Black Male Worker `Seasonally Adjusted' Unemployment Rate Increases To 9.9 Percent In November 2015

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 9.2 to 9.9 percent between October and November 2015; while the number of unemployed Black male workers over 20-years-of-age increased by 59,000 (from 806,000 to 865,000) during the same period, according to the “seasonally adjusted” Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number of Black male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 84,000 (from 7,965,000 to 7,881,000) between October and November 2015; while the “seasonally adjusted” number of Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 26,000 (from 8,772,000 to 8,746,000) during the same period.

Between October and November 2015, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all Black workers in the United States (youth, male and female) increased from 9.2 to 9.4 percent; while the total “seasonally adjusted” number of all jobless Black workers increased by 39,000 (from 1,787,000 to 1,826,000) during the same period. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 23.7 percent in November 2015; while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 8 percent during that same month.

Between October and November 2015, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 6.4 to 6.7 percent; while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all Latino workers (youth, male and female) in the United States increased from 6.3 to 6.4 percent during the same period. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 44,000 (from 682,000 to 726,000) between October and November 2015; while the total number of all unemployed Latino workers in the United States increased by 20,000 (from 1,660,000 to 1,680,000) during the same period..

The “seasonally adjusted” number of Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 89,000 (from 14,460,000 to 14,371,000) between October and November 2015; while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 5.1 to 5.4 percent during the same period. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age increased  by 38,000 (from 733,000 to 771,000) between October and November 2015; while the number of Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 128,000 (from 13,727,000 to 13,599,000) during the same period. And the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino youth between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 16.7 percent in November 2015.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 13.5 percent in November 2015; while the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all youths (Black, Latino, white and Asian-American) between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States was still 15.7 percent during that same month. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number of youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 15,000 (from 5,587,000 to 5,572,000) between October and November 2015.

The “seasonally adjusted” number of  unemployed Asian-American workers in the United States increased by 37,000 (from 316,000 to 335,000) between October and November 2015; while the unemployment rate for Asian-American workers increased from 3.5 to 3.9 percent during the same period, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 3.9 to 4 percent between October and November 2015; while the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 4 percent in November 2015. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all white workers (youth, male and female) was still 4.3 percent in November 2015; while the “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed white female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 30,000 (from 2,143,000 to 2,173,000) between October and November 2015. And the number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age in the U.S labor force decreased by 112,000 (from 64,579,000 to 64,457,000) during the same period, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.

In November 2015, the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all female workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States was still 4.9 percent;; while the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 4.5 to 4.6 percent between October and November 2015. In addition, the total number of unemployed female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 49,000 (from 3,211,000 to 3,260,000) during the same period, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all male workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States increased from 5.1 to 5.2 percent between October and November 2015; while the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 4.7 percent in November 2015. In addition, the “seasonally adjusted” number of all unemployed male workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States increased by 41,000 (from 4,282,000 to 4,323,000) between October and November 2015; while the number of male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 89,000 (from 76,852,000 to 76,763,000) during the same period.

Between October and November 2015, the total number of officially unemployed workers in the United States increased by 29,00 (from 7,908,000 to 7,937,000), according to the “seasonally adjusted” data; and the “seasonally adjusted”” unemployment rate for all U.S. workers (male, female and youth) was still 5 percent in November 2015.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ December 4, 2015 press release:

“….The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent was unchanged at 5.0 percent…Mining and information lost jobs…The number of unemployed persons at 7.9 million, was essentially unchanged…

“The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 2.1 million in November and has shown little movement since June. In November, these individuals accounted for 25.7 percent of the unemployed...

"The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) increased by 319,000 to 6.1 million in November...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 November, 1.7 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 594,000 discouraged workers in November, little changed from a year earlier….Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them….

“Employment in mining continued to decline in November (-11,000), with losses concentrated in support activities for mining (-7,000). Since a recent peak in December 2014, employment in mining has declined by 123,000.

“Information lost 12,000 jobs over the month. Within the industry, employment in motion pictures and sound recording decreased by 13,000 in November...

"Employment in other major industries, including manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, financial activities, and government changed little over the month...

"In November, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees, at $21.19, changed little..."