The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Black workers (youth, female and male) in the United States was still 13.3 percent in March 2013; while the total number of Black workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 148,000 (from 11,583,000 to 11,731,000) between February and March 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data..
The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States was still 12.2 percent in March 2013; while the number of Black female workers over 20 years-of-age who still have jobs decreased by 76,000 (8,302,000 to 8,226,000) between February and March 2013. In addition, the number of Black female workers over 20 years-of-age still in the U.S. labor force also decreased by 126,000 (from 9,491,000 to 9,365,000) during the same period.
The official unemployment rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 33.8 percent in March 2013; while the official jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 12.7 percent in that same month.
The official jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased from 22.1 to 22.5 percent between February and March 2013; while the number of white youths who still have jobs decreased by 99,000 (from 3,645,000 to 3,546,000) during the same period.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino youth between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 28.1 percent in March 2013; while the number of Latino youths who still have jobs decreased by 26,000 (from 716,000 to 690,000) between February and March 2013.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 9.3 percent in March 2013; while the number of Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age who still have jobs decreased by 90,000 (from 8,980,000 to 8,890,000) between February and March 2013. In addition, the number of Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age still in the U.S. labor force also decreased by 170,000 (from 9,975,000 to 9,805,000) during the same period.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 8.2 percent in March 2013; while the number of Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 16,000 (from 13,534,000 to 13,518,000) between February and March 2013.
According to the “seasonally adjusted” data, the total number of Latino workers who still have jobs decreased by 93,000 (from 22,215,000 to 22,122,000) between February and March 2013; while the total number of Latino workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 282,000 (from 12,606,000 to 12,888,000) during the same period. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all Latino workers (youth, male and female) was still 9.2 percent in March 2013.
The total number of white workers in the United States who still had jobs decreased by 170,000 (from 115,250,000 to 115,080,000) between February and March 2013, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data; while the number of white workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 232,000 (from 70,233,000 to 770,565,000) during the same period. And the unemployment rate for all white workers (youth, male and female) was still 6.7 percent in March 2013.
The number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age who still have jobs decreased by 65,000 (from 60,659,000 to 60,594,000) between February and March 2013; while the number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 171,000 (from 64,720,000 to 64,549,000) during the same period. In addition, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 6.1 percent in March 2013.
The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 6 to 6.1 percent between February and March 2013; while the number of unemployed white female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 37,000 (from 3,278,000 to 3,315,000) during the same period. In addition, the number of white female workers over 20 years-of-age who still have jobs decreased by 6,000 (from 50,946,000 to 50,940,000 between February and March 2013.
According to the “not seasonally adjusted” data, the number of Asian-American workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 80,000 (from 4,619,000 to 4,699,000) between February and March 2013; while the unemployment rate for Asian-American workers was still 5 percent in March 2013.
The total number of all youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States who still have jobs decreased by 25,000 (from 4,376,000 to 4,351,000) between February and March 2013; while the number of youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age not in the U.S. labor force increased by 91,000 (from 11,012,000 to 11,103,000) during the same period. And the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 24.2 percent in March 2013.
For both all male workers in the United States over 16 years-of-age and all female workers in the United States the official unemployment rate was still 7.6 percent in March 2013; but the total number of workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 663,000 (from 89,304,000 to 89,967,000) between February and March 2013. In addition, the total number of workers in the United States who still have jobs decreased by 206,000 (from 143,492,000 to 143,286,000) during the same period and 11,742,000 workers in the United States were still officially unemployed in March 2013.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ April 5, 2013 press release:
“…The unemployment rate was little changed at 7.6 percent…Employment…declined in retail trade…In March, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 4.6 million. These individuals accounted for 39.6 percent of the unemployed.
“The civilian labor force declined by 496,000…The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) fell by 350,000 over the month to 7.6 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, 2.3 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 803,000 discouraged workers in March…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them….
“In March, retail trade employment declined by 24,000…Job declines occurred in clothing and clothing accessories stores (-15,000), building material and garden supply stores (-10,000), and electronics and appliance stores (-6,000).
“Within government, U.S. Postal Service employment fell by 12,000 in March…”
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