The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for African-American female workers over 20 years-of-age also jumped from 12.4 to 13.3 percent between December 2009 and January 2010; while the “ not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for African-American youth between 16 and 19 years of age was still 43.5 percent in January 2010.
The number of unemployed African-American workers jumped from 2,775,000 to 3,059,000 between December 2009 and January 2010, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” figures; while the number of unemployed white workers jumped from 10,928,000 to 11,952,000, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” figures. In addition, the number of unemployed Hispanic or Latino workers jumped from 2,890,000 to 3,132,000 between December 2009 and January 2010, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Hispanic or Latino male workers over 20 years of age also jumped from 12.8 to 13.8 percent between December 2009 and January 2010. For all Hispanic or Latino workers over 16 years of age (which takes into account the 37.3 percent “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youth), the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate jumped from 12.9 to 13.9 percent between December 2009 and January 2010.
For white male workers in the United States over 20 years of age, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate increased from 9.6 to 10.7 percent between December 2009 and January 2010, while the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white female workers over 20 years of age increased from 6.8 to 7.1 percent between December 2009 and January 2010.
The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers was still 8.4 percent in January 2010, while the official “not seasonally adjusted” national jobless rate for all U.S. workers jumped from 9.7 to 10.6 percent between December 2009 and January 2010.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ February 5, 2010 press release:
“…Employment fell in construction and in transportation and warehousing…
“…In January, the unemployment rate of veterans from Gulf War era II (September 2001 to the present) was 12.6 percent, compared with 10.4 percent for nonveterans. Persons with a disability had a higher jobless rate than persons with no disability—15.2 versus 10.4 percent…The unemployment rate for the foreign born was 11.8 percent, and the rate for the native born was 10.3 percent…
“The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) continued to trend up in January, reaching 6.3 million…
“About 2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in January…These individuals…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 1.1 million discouraged workers in January…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…
“Construction employment declined by 75,000 in January, with nonresidential specialty trade contractors (-48,000) accounting for the majority of the decline…
“In January, transportation and warehousing employment fell by 19,000, due to a large job loss among couriers and messengers (-23,000)…
“…Employment in state and local governments, excluding education, continued to trend down….
“The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for…December was revised from -85,000 to -150,000…”
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