Saturday, December 6, 2014

Black Male Worker "Seasonally Adjusted" Unemployment Rate Increases To 11.2 Percent In November 2014

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 10.7 to 11.2 percent between October and November 2014; while the number of unemployed Black male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 44,000 (from 925,000 to 969,000) during the same period, according to the “seasonally adjusted” Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number of Black male workers over 20 years-of-age still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 66,000 (from 8,677,000 to 8,611,000) between October and November 2014; while the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States was still 28.1 percent in November 2014.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all Black workers (youth, male and female) increased from 10.9 to 11.1 percent between October and November 2014, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data; while the official “seasonally adjusted” total  number of unemployed Black workers in the United States increased by 46,000 (from 2,065,000 to 2,111,000) during the same period. In addition, between October and November 2014, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age also increased from 9.4  to 9.6 percent; while the “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Black female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 26,000 during the same period.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 4.2 to 4.6 percent between October and November 2014; while the “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed white male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 246,000 (from 2,691,000 to 2,937,000) during the same period. In addition, between October and November 2014, the “seasonally adjusted” number of white male workers who still had jobs decreased by 128,000 (from 61,473,000 to 61,345,000).

The official “seasonally” adjusted unemployment rate for all white workers (youth, male and female) increased from 4.8 to 4.9 percent between October and November 2014, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data; while the official “seasonally adjusted” total number of unemployed white workers in the United States increased by 125,000 (from 5,965,000 to 6,090,000) during the same period. In addition, between October and November 2014, the “seasonally adjusted” number of white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 72,000 (from 3,843,000 to 3,771,000); while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 15.6 percent in November 2014.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youth between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 16.3 percent in November 2014; while the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States was still 17.7 percent during that same month. In addition, between October and November 2014, the total “seasonally adjusted” number of youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States who still had jobs decreased by 22,000 (from 4,768,000 to 4,746,000); while the total “seasonally adjusted” number of youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 89,000 (from 5,854,000 to 5,765,000) during the same period.

Between October and November 2014, the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 95,000 (from 728,000 to 833,000); while the “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 5.1 to 5.8 percent during the same period. In addition, the “not seasonally adjusted” number of Latino male workers who still had jobs decreased by 47,000 (from 13,550,000 to 13,503,000) between October and November 2014; while the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Latino workers (male, female and youth) in the United States was still 6.6 percent in November 2014.

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 4.5 percent in November 2014; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 6.4 percent during that same month. In addition, the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all female workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States was still 5.8 percent in November 2014; while the “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 5.3 percent during that same month.

The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers in the United States was still 4.8 percent in November 2014; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of Asian-American workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 124,000 (from 5,054,000 to 5,178,000) between October and November 2014.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all male workers over 16 years-of-age increased from 5.6 to 5.9 percent between October and November 2014; while the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all male workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 5.1 to 5.4 percent during the same period. In addition, between October and November 2014, the total “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed male workers over 16 years-of-age not in the United States increased by 236,000 (from 4,638,000 to 4,874,000); while the total “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 277,000 (from 4,076,000 to 4,353,000) during the same period.

Between October and November 2014, the official “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed workers in the United States increased from 8,995,000 to 9,110,000; while the official unemployment rate for all U.S. workers (male, female and youth) in November 2014 was still 5.8 percent, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ December 5, 2014 press release: 

“…The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8 percent…In November…the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 9.1 million…The unemployment rate for adult men rose to 5.4 percent in November. The rates for adult women (5.3 percent, teenagers (17.7 percent), whites (4.9 percent, blacks (11.1 percent), and Hispanics (6.6 percent) showed little change over the month…

“The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 2.8 million in November. These individuals accounted for 30.7 percent of the unemployed…The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers), at 6.9 million, changed little in November. 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 November, 2.1 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 November, little different from a year earlier…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…”

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