The official “seasonally
adjusted” unemployment rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age increased
from 9.2 to 9.9 percent between October and November 2015; while the number of
unemployed Black male workers over 20-years-of-age increased by 59,000 (from
806,000 to 865,000) 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 who still had jobs
decreased by 84,000 (from 7,965,000 to 7,881,000) between October and November
2015; while the “seasonally adjusted” number of Black male workers over 20
years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 26,000 (from 8,772,000 to
8,746,000) during the same period.
Between October and
November 2015, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all
Black workers in the United States (youth, male and female) increased from 9.2
to 9.4 percent; while the total “seasonally adjusted” number of all jobless
Black workers increased by 39,000 (from 1,787,000 to 1,826,000) during the same
period. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black
youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 23.7 percent in November 2015;
while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black female workers over 20
years-of-age was still 8 percent during that same month.
Between October and
November 2015, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latina female
workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 6.4 to 6.7 percent; while the “seasonally
adjusted” jobless rate for all Latino workers (youth, male and female) in the
United States increased from 6.3 to 6.4 percent during the same period. In
addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latina female workers
over 20 years-of-age increased by 44,000 (from 682,000 to 726,000) between
October and November 2015; while the total number of all unemployed Latino workers
in the United States increased by 20,000 (from 1,660,000 to 1,680,000) during
the same period..
The “seasonally
adjusted” number of Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age in the U.S. labor
force decreased by 89,000 (from 14,460,000 to 14,371,000) between October and November
2015; while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino male workers over 20
years-of-age increased from 5.1 to 5.4 percent during the same period. In
addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latino male workers
over 20 years-of-age increased by 38,000
(from 733,000 to 771,000) between October and November 2015; while the number
of Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by
128,000 (from 13,727,000 to 13,599,000) during the same period. And the
official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino youth between 16
and 19 years-of-age was still 16.7 percent in November 2015.
The official
“seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white youths between 16 and 19
years-of-age was still 13.5 percent in November 2015; while the official
“seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all youths (Black, Latino, white and
Asian-American) between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States was still 15.7
percent during that same month. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number
of youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased
by 15,000 (from 5,587,000 to 5,572,000) between October and November 2015.
The “seasonally
adjusted” number of unemployed Asian-American
workers in the United States increased by 37,000 (from 316,000 to 335,000)
between October and November 2015; while the unemployment rate for
Asian-American workers increased from 3.5 to 3.9 percent during the same period,
according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.
The official
“seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white female workers over 20
years-of-age in the United States increased from 3.9 to 4 percent between October
and November 2015; while the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate
for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 4 percent in November
2015. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all white
workers (youth, male and female) was still 4.3 percent in November 2015; while
the “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed white female workers over 20
years-of-age increased by 30,000 (from 2,143,000 to 2,173,000) between October
and November 2015. And the number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age in
the U.S labor force decreased by 112,000 (from 64,579,000 to 64,457,000) during
the same period, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.
In November 2015, the
“seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all female workers over 16 years-of-age
in the United States was still 4.9 percent;; while the official “seasonally
adjusted” unemployment rate for all female workers over 20 years-of-age
increased from 4.5 to 4.6 percent between October and November 2015. In
addition, the total number of unemployed female workers over 20 years-of-age
increased by 49,000 (from 3,211,000 to 3,260,000) during the same period,
according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.
The official “seasonally
adjusted” unemployment rate for all male workers over 16 years-of-age in the
United States increased from 5.1 to 5.2 percent between October and November
2015; while the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all male
workers over 20 years-of-age was still 4.7 percent in November 2015. In
addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number of all unemployed male workers over
16 years-of-age in the United States increased by 41,000 (from 4,282,000 to
4,323,000) between October and November 2015; while the number of male workers
over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 89,000 (from 76,852,000 to
76,763,000) during the same period.
Between October and
November 2015, the total number of officially unemployed workers in the United
States increased by 29,00 (from 7,908,000 to 7,937,000), according to the “seasonally
adjusted” data; and the “seasonally adjusted”” unemployment rate for all U.S.
workers (male, female and youth) was still 5 percent in November 2015.
According to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ December 4, 2015 press release:
“….The unemployment
rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent was unchanged at 5.0 percent…Mining and
information lost jobs…The number of unemployed persons at 7.9 million, was
essentially unchanged…
“The number of
long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 2.1 million in November and has shown little movement since June. In November, these individuals accounted for 25.7 percent of the unemployed...
"The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) increased by 319,000 to 6.1 million 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, 1.7
million persons were marginally attached to the labor force…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 594,000 discouraged workers in November, little changed
from a year earlier….Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for
work because they believe no jobs are available for them….
“Employment in mining
continued to decline in November (-11,000), with losses concentrated in support activities for mining (-7,000). Since a recent peak in December 2014, employment in mining has declined by 123,000.
“Information lost
12,000 jobs over the month. Within the industry, employment in motion pictures and sound recording decreased by 13,000 in November...
"Employment in other major industries, including manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, financial activities, and government changed little over the month...
"In November, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees, at $21.19, changed little..."
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