10 December 2012

• U.S. Unemployment Among Major Worker Groups – November 2012


"The unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent in November. The number of unemployed persons, at 12.0 million, changed little.

"Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.2 percent), adult women (7.0 percent), teenagers (23.5 percent), whites (6.8 percent), and Hispanics (10.0 percent) showed little or no change in November. The unemployment rate for blacks (13.2 percent) declined over the month. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.4 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier."

Source: USDOL-BLS


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