Friday, February 6, 2015

Black Youth "Not Seasonally Adjusted" Unemployment Rate Still 30.6 Percent In January 2015

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States was still 30.6 percent in January 2015; while the number of Black youths who still had jobs decreased by 33,000 (from 468,000 to 433,000) between December 2014 and January 2015, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States increased from 16.6 to 22.1 percent between December 2014 and January 2015; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latino youths increased by 63,000 (from 194,000 to 257,000) during the same period. In addition, between December 2014 and January 2015 the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased by 191,000 (from 515,000 to 706,000); while the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased from 12.3 to 16.9 percent during the same period..

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States increased from 14.9 to 19.2 percent between December 2014 and January 2015; while the total “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased by 220,000 (from 803,000 to 1,023,000) during the same period..

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 11 to 11.4 percent between December 2014 and January 2015; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Black male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 24,000 (from 957,000 to 981,000) during the same period.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 8 to 8.8 percent between December 2014 and January 2015; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Black female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 86,000 (from 761,000 to 847,000) during the same period. In addition, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Black workers in the United States (youth, male and female) increased from 10.2 to 10.7 percent between December 2014 and January 2015; while the total “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Black workers increased by 94,000 (from 1,924,000 to 2,018,000) during the same period..

Between December 2014 and January 2015, the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed white female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 279,000 (from 2,216,000 to 2,495,000); while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 4.1 to 4.6 percent during that same period.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 4.4 to 5.2 percent between December 2014 and January 2015; while the “not seasonally” adjusted number of unemployed white male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 509,000 (from 2,852,000 to 3,361,000) during the same period.

The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all white workers (youth, male and female) also increased from 4.6 to 5.3 percent between December 2014 and January 2015; while the total “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed white workers (youth, male and female) in the U.S. labor force increased by 980,000 (from 5,582,000 to 6,562,000) during the same period.  

Between December 2014 and January 2015, the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 203,000 (from 810,000 to 1,013,000); while the official “not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 5.7 to 7 percent between December 2014 and January 2015..

The total “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latino workers (youth, male and female) increased by 323,000 (from 1,635,000 to 1,958,000) between December 2014 and January 2015; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Latino workers in the United States increased from 6.4 to 7.5 percent during the same period.

Between December 2014 and January 2015, the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 56,000 (from 631,000 to 687,000); while the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 6.2 to 6.6 percent during the same period. In addition, the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers in the United States was still 4.1 percent in January 2015; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of Asian-American workers not in the U.S. labor force increased by 269,000 (from 5,090,000 to 5,359,000) between December 2014 and January 2015.

The “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed female workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States increased by 540,000 (from 3,584,000 to 4,124,000) between December 2014 and January 2015; while the the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all female workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States increased from 4.9 to 5.6 percent during the same period.

Between December 2014 and January 2015, the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed female workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased by 398,000 (from 3,262,000 to 3,660,000); while the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 4.7 to 5.2 percent during the same period.

Between December 2014 and January 2015, the official “not seasonally adjusted” total number of unemployed workers in the United States increased by 1,167,000 (from 8,331,000 to 9,498,000); while the official unemployment rate for all U.S. workers (male, female and youth) increased from 5.4 to 6.1 percent during the same period according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ February 6,, 2015 press release:

“,,,The number of unemployed persons, at 9.0 million, was little changed in January...The unemployment rate for teenagers (18.8 percent) increased in January….In January, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged at 2.8 million. These individuals accounted for 31.5 percent of the unemployed….

“The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was essentially unchanged in January at 6.8 million. These individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job.

“In January, 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 682,000 discouraged workers in January….Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them….


“Employment in…mining and logging, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, information, and government showed little change over the month….”