Black Male Worker `Not Seasonally Adjusted' Jobless Rate Jumps To 18 Percent Under Obama & GOP House of Representatives

Between February and March 2011, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 17.5 to 18 percent under the Democratic Obama Administration and the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives; while the “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 12.5 percent in March 2011, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age also increased from 37.2 to 39.3 percent between February and March 2011. In addition, the number of unemployed Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased by 52,000--from 1,406,000 to 1,458,000--between February and March 2011, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.

In March 2011, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Latino or Hispanic workers in the United States was still 11.9 percent; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino or Hispanic youths between 16 and 19 years-of age increased from 30.6 to 31.9 percent between February and March 2011..

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 8.7 percent in March 2011; while the “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all U.S. male workers over 16 years-of-age was still 10.2 percent in March 2011. For all U.S. workers (male and female) over 16 years-of-age, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate was still 9.2 percent in March 2011; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all young workers between the ages of 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 23.6 percent in March 2011.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ April 1, 4 2011 press release:

“…The number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, at 8.2 million, was little changed in March…The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was 6.1 million in March; their share of the unemployed increased from 43.9 to 45.5 percent over the month…

“The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in March, at 8.4 million. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job…

“In March, 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, up slightly 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 921,000 discouraged workers in March…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them….

“Employment in local government continued to trend down over the month. Local government has lost 416,000 jobs since an employment peak in September 2008…”