The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all Black workers (youth, male and female) increased from 13.4 to 13.5 percent between July and August 2013; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age jumped from 12.4 to 13.3 percent during the same period, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data. In addition, the “not seasonally adjusted” total number of jobless Black male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 61,000 (from 1,052,000 to 1,113,000) between July and August 2013; while the number of Black male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 174,000 (from 7,398,000 to 7,224,000) during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 11.3 to 11.5 percent between July and August 2013; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Black female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 25,000 (from 1,063,000 to 1,088,000) during that same period. In addition, the number of Black female workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 27,000 (from 8,382,000 to 8,355,000) between July and August 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 38.4 percent in August 2013; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 306,000 in August 2013.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 7.7 to 7.9 percent between July and August 2013; while the number of unemployed Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 33,000 (from 1,063,000 to 1,096,000) during the same period. In addition, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 28.4 percent in August 2013: while the number of unemployed Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 78,,000 (from 997,000 to 919,000) between July and August 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 8.7 percent in August 2013; while the number of Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 103,000 (from 9,041,000 to 8,938,000) between July and August 2013. In addition, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Latino workers in the United States (male, female and youth) was still 9.2 percent in August 2013; while the total number of Latino workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 338,000 (from 12,328,000 to 12,666,000) between July and August 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 19.4 percent in August 2013; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all white workers (youth, male and female) was still 6.4 percent in that same month. In addition, between July and August 2013, the total number of white workers in the United States who still had jobs decreased by 537,000 (from 116,321,000 to 115,884,000); while the number of white workers in the U.S. labor force dropped by 1,021,000 (from 124,807,000 to 123,786,000) during the same period, according to the official “not seasonally adjusted” data..
In August 2013, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 5.9 percent; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 5.8 percent in the same month.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers was still 5.1 percent in August 2013; while the number of Asian-American workers who still had jobs decreased by 20,000 (from 8,153,000 to 8,133,000) between July and August 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, the number of Asian-American workers in the U.S. labor force decreased by 67,000 (from 8,641,000 to 8,574,000) during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.
In August 2013, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 22.1 percent; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all female workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States was still 7.3 percent in that same month. In addition, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all male workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States was still 7.4 percent in August 2013.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States was still 6.7 percent in August 2013; while the “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 6.7 percent in that same month..
The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all U.S. workers was still 7.3 percent in August 2013; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” total number of unemployed workers in the United States was still 11,462,000 in that same month. In addition, the total number of people not in the U.S. labor force increased by 1,428,000 (from 88,560,000 to 89,988,000) between July and August 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ September 6,, 2013 press release:
“…The unemployment rate was little changed at 7.3 percent…Employment…declined in information...Both the number of unemployed persons, at 11.3 million, and the unemployment rate at 7.3 percent, changed little in August…
“In August, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was about unchanged at 4.3 million. These individuals accounted for 37.9 percent of the unemployed…The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) declined by 334,000 to 7.9 million in August. 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 August, 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 866,000 discouraged workers in August, essentially unchanged from a year earlier…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…
“…In August…employment in information declined...Employment in temporary help services changed little in August…Within information, the motion picture and sound recording industry lost 22,000 jobs in August…Employment in…mining and logging, construction, transportation and warehousing, financial activities, and government, showed little or no change in August…
“The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for June was revised from +188,000 to +172,000, and the change for July was revised from +162,000 to +104,000. With these revisions, employment gains in June and July combined were 74,000 less than previously reported…”
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