The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 40.7 percent in May 2011, while the official unemployment rate for all Black workers over 16 years-of-age (female, male and youth combined) increased from 16.1 to 16.2 percent between April and May 2011.
The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 7.9 percent in May 2011; while the official jobless rate for all U.S. female white workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 7 to 7.1 percent between April and May 2011. The number of unemployed white female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 81,000 (from 3,833,010 to 3,914,000) between April and May 2011; while the number of unemployed white male workers over 20-years-of-age increased by 43,000 (from 5,124,000 to 5,167,000) during the same period. The official jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 20.7 percent in May 2011.
Between April and May 2011, the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino or Hispanic workers in the United States also increased from 11.8 to 11.9 percent; while the number of unemployed Latino or Hispanic workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 27,000 (from 2,688,000 to 2,715,000), according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data, during this same period. The number of Latino or Hispanic workers having jobs also dropped by 85,000 (from 20,110,000 to 20,025,000) between April and May 2011, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers jumped from 6.4 to 7 percent during the same period. The number of unemployed Asian-American workers increased by 51,000 (from 463,000 to 514,000) between April and May 2011, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.
For all U.S. workers (male and female) over 16 years-of-age, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate increased from 9 to 9.1 percent between April and May 2011; while the jobless rate for all male workers over 16 years-of-age increased from 9.4 to 9.5 percent and the unemployment rate for all female workers over 16 years-of-age increased from 8.4 to 8.5 percent during this same period. Between April and May 2011, the official total number of unemployed U.S. workers over 16-years-of-age increased by 167,000 (from 13,747,000 to 13,914,000).
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ June 3, 2011 press release:
“…Local government employment continued to decline…
“In May, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) increased by 361,000 to 6.2 million…
“The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was…8.5 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 May, 2.2 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 822,000 discouraged workers in May…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…
“Employment in manufacturing changed little in May (-5,000). Job gains in fabricated metal products and in machinery were offset by losses in transportation equipment, paper and paper products, and printing and related support activities…
“Employment in local government continued to decline over the month (-28,000). Local government has lost 446,000 jobs since…September 2008…”
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