Between September and October 2010, the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino or Hispanic workers in the United States also increased from 12.4 to 12.6 percent; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” rate for Latina or Hispanic female workers over 20-years-of-age increased from 11.1 to 11.7 percent between September and October 2010. The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino or Hispanic youths between 16 and 19-years-of-age also increased from 31 to 31.6 percent between September and October 2010; while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youths increased from 23.4 to 23.6 percent during this same period. Between September and October 2010, the number of Latino or Hispanic workers with jobs in the United States decreased from 20,070,000 to 19,939,000, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data; while the number of officially unemployed Latino or Hispanic workers increased from 2,840,000 to 2,865,000.
The total number of officially unemployed workers in the United States increased from 14,767,000 to 14,843,000 between September and October 2010; while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all U.S. male workers over 16-years-of- age was still 10.4 percent in October 2010. The official jobless rate for white male workers over 20-years-of-age in the United States was still 8.9 percent in October 2010, while the unemployment rate for white female workers over 20-years-of-age increased from 7.2 to 7.3 percent between September and October 2010. The official “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed white female workers in the United States increased from 3,949,000 to 4,010,000 between September and October 2010; while the number of white male workers over-20-years-of-age with jobs dropped from 59,755,000 to 59,431,000 during this same period.
Between September and October 2010, the official jobless rate for all white workers over 16-years-of-age increased from 8.7 to 8.8 percent; while the unemployment rate for all U.S. workers remained at 9.6 percent. The total number of white workers with jobs decreased from 114,500,000 to 113,974,000 between September and October 2010; while the total number of unemployed white workers in the United States increased from 10,904,000 to 10,933,000 during this same period.
The official jobless rate for all Asian-American workers also increased from 6.4 to 7.1 percent between September and October 2010, according to the "not seasonally adjustated" data; while the total number of unemployed Asian-American workers increased from 463,000 to 519,000 under the Democratic Obama Administration during this same period.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ November 5, 2010 press release:
“…The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was about unchanged over the month at 6.2 million. In October, 41.8 percent of unemployed persons had been jobless for 27 weeks or more…
“Both the civilian labor force participation rate, at 64.5 percent, and the employment-population ratio, at 58.3 percent, edged down over the month…
“About 2.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in October, up from 2.4 million 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 1.2 million discouraged workers in October, an increase of 411,000 from a year earlier…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them….
“Employment in manufacturing changed little in October (-7,000)…
“…Employment in construction, wholesale trade, transportation, information, and financial activities showed little change in October…
“…Employment in local government, excluding education, decreased by 14,000 over the month…The number of temporary decennial census workers fell by 5,000 in October…”
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