Friday, October 3, 2014

Black Male Worker Unemployment Rate Increases To 11 Percent In September 2014

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 10.8 to 11 percent between August and September 2014; while the official unemployment rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 9.6 percent in September 2014, according to the “seasonally adjusted” Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In addition, between August and September 2014, the total number of unemployed Black male workers over 20 years-of age increased by 35,000 (from 929,000 to 964,000), according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.

In September 2014, the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States was still 30.5 percent; while the total number of unemployed Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased by 5,000 (from 213,000 to 218,000) between August and September 2014, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all Black workers (youth, male and female) was still 11 percent in September 2014, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youth between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased from 21.6 to 24 percent between August and September 2014; while the number of Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 121,000 (from 901,000 to 780,000) during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, the “not seasonally adjusted” number of Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 123,000 (from 1,149,000 to 1,026,000) between August and September 2014.

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased from 17.7 to 18.7 percent between August and September 2014; while the total number of unemployed white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased by 51,000 (from 783,000 to 834,000) during the same period, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, between August and September 2014, the “seasonally adjusted” number of white youths in the U.S. labor force who still had jobs decreased by 13,000 (from 3,637,000 to 3,624,000).

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States increased from 19.6 to 20 percent between August and September 2014; while the total number of officially unemployed youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States increased by 39,000 (from 1,085,000 to 1,124,000) during the same period, according to the “seasonally adjusted’ data..

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Latino workers (male, female and youth) in the United States was still 6.9 percent in September 2014; while the total number of Latino workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 72,000 (from 13,080,000 to 13,152,000) between August and September 2014, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, In addition, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 7.2 percent in September 2014; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 4.8 percent during that same month.
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Between August and September 2014, the “not seasonally adjusted” number of Asian-American workers in the U.S. labor force decreased by 33,000 (from 8,751,000 to 8,718,000); while the number of Asian-American workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 118,000 (from 4,952,000 to 5,070,000) during that same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted data. In addition, between August and September 2014, the “not seasonally adjusted” number of Asian-American workers who still had jobs decreased by 15,000 (from 8,354,000 to 8,339,000), while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Asian-American workers was still 4.3 percent in September 2014.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 4.4 percent in September 2014; while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 4.8 percent during that same month. In addition, the total “seasonally adjusted” number of white workers (male, female and youth) who still had jobs decreased by 46,000 (from 116,754,000 to 116,708,000) between August and September 2014; while the total number of white workers in the U.S. labor force decreased by 331,000 (from 123,275,000 to 122,944,000) during the same period, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data..

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all female workers over 16 years-of-age was still 6 percent in September 2014; while the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all male workers over 16 years-of-age was still 5.9 percent during that same month. In addition, the total number of female workers over 16 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 26,000 (from 68,525,000 to 68,499,000) between August and September 2014, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data; while the total “seasonally adjusted” number of all male workers over 16 years-of-age not in the U.S. labor force increased by 107,000 (from 36,924,000 to 37,031,000) during the same period.

In September 2014, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all U.S. workers (male, female and youth) was still 5.9 percent; while 9,262,000 workers were still officially unemployed in the United States during that same month, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ October 3, 2014 press release:

“…The rates for adult women (5.5 percent), teenagers (20.0 percent), and blacks (11.0 percent) showed little change over the month…Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs…in September [was]…4.5 million. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged at 3.0 million in September. These individuals accounted for 31.9 percent of the unemployed…

“The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in September at 7.1 million. These individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job…

“In September, 2.2 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier…These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey…Among the marginally attached, there were 698,000 discouraged workers in September…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…


“Employment in…major industries, including manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, and government, showed little change over the month…”

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