Black Youth Unemployment Rate Increases To 36.8 Percent In April 2014

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States increased from 36.1 to 36.8 percent between March and April 2014, according to recently released Bureau of Labor Statistics data; while the number of unemployed Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased by 25,000 (from 233,000 to 258,000) during the same period..

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age also increased from 21.3 to 21.7 percent between March and April 2014; while the number of unemployed Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased by 2,000 (from 220,000 to 222,000) during the same period. In addition, the number of Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 13,000 (from 1,036,000 to 1,023,000) between March and April 2014..

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 15.9 percent in April 2014; while the number of white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 11,000 (from 3,701,000 to 3,690,000) between March and April 2014. In addition, the number of white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 142,000 (from 4,531,000 to 4,389,000) during the same period.

In April 2014, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 19.1 percent; while the total number of youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 24,000 (from 4,503,000 to 4,479,000) between March and April 2014. In addition, the total number of youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 162,000 (from 5,696,000 to 5,534,000) between March and April 2014; while the total number of youths between 16 and 19 years not in the U.S. labor force increased by 157,000 (from 10,962,000 to 11,119,000) during the same period.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all Black workers (youth, male and female) was still 11.6 percent in April 2014; while the total number of Black workers who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 36,000 (from 18,756,000 to 18,720,000) between March and April 2014. In addition, the total number of Black workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 72,000 (from 11,963,000 to 12,035,000) during the same period.

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 10.4 percent in April 2014; while the unemployment rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 10.8 percent during that same month. In addition, between March and April 2014, the number of Black female workers over 20 years-of age who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 31,000 (from 9,614,000 to 9,583,000); while the number of Black male workers over 20 years-of-age who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 61,000 (from 8,496,000 to 8,435,000) during the same period.

Between March and April 2014, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Asian-American workers increased from 5.4 to 5.7 percent; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Asian-American workers increased by 18,000 (from 480,000 to 498,000) during the same period. In addition, the number of Asian-American workers who still had jobs decreased by 126,000 (from 8,409,000 to 8,283,000) between March and April 2014; while the total number of Asian-American workers who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 107,000 (from 8,889,000 to 8,782,000) during the same period. Between March and April 2014, the total number of Asian-American workers who were not in the U.S. labor force also increased by 279,000 (from 4,880,000 to 5,059,000), 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 6.6 percent in April 2014; while the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Latino workers (male, female and youth) in the United States was still 7.3 percent during that same month. In addition, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 5.7 percent in April 2014; while the number of Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 53,000 (from 13,922,000 to 13,869,000) between March and April 2014. During the same period, the number of Latina female workers who were still in the U.S. labor force also decreased by 64,000 (from 10,200,000 to 10,136,000).

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 5.1 percent in April 2014; while the jobless rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 4.7 percent during that same month. In addition, the number of white female workers over 20 years-of-age who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 232,000 (from 54,509,000 to 54,277,000) between March and April 2014; while the number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 279,000 (from 64,724,000 to 64,445,000) during the same period.

The number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 100,000 (from 61,282,000 to 61,182,000) between March and April 2014, according to the “seasonally adjusted data”; while the total number of all white workers (young, female and male) who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 652,000 (from 123,763,000 to 123,111,000) during the same period. In addition, the total number of white workers who were not in the U.S. labor force also increased by 746,000 (from 71,353,000 to 72,099,000) between March and April 2014; while the official unemployment rate for all white workers in the United States was still 5.3 percent in April 2014. .

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 5.7 percent in April 2014; while the official unemployment rate for all male workers over 20 years-of-age was also still 5.9 percent during that same month. In addition, the total number of male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 96,000 (from 75,230,000 to 75,134,000) between March and April 2014; while the official jobless rate for all male workers over 16 years-of-age was still 6.4 percent in April 2014.

In April 2014, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all U.S. workers (male, female and youth) was still 6.3 percent; while the number of workers in the United States who still had jobs decreased by 73,000 (from 145,742,000 to 145,669,000) between March and April 2014. In addition, during that same period the total number of U.S. workers who were still in the U.S. labor force decreased by 806,000 (from 156,227,000 to 155,421,000); while 9,753,000 workers were still counted as officially unemployed in the United States in April 2014.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May 2,, 2014 press release:

“The civilian labor force dropped by 806,000 in April...The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed at 7.5 million in April. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find full-time work.

“In April, 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 783,000 discouraged workers in April, little changed from a year earlier...Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them...

"...Electronics and appliance stores lost 11,000 jobs in April...Employment in...manufacturing, transportation and warehousing information, financial activities, and government changed little over the month..."

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