If it isn't safe, why is there a much higher percentage employed than in liberal utopias?
Wouldn't it be fair to say, a place that was unwelcoming and or dangerous for black people, would have a high black unemployment rate?
The fourth quarter of 2022 saw an overall strong labor market with slowing inflation and steady job growth. However, stubborn racial disparities in employment rates persisted in many states. With no indication from the Fed of a reduced pace of rate hikes until at least 2024, it will be important to monitor whether the fight against inflation results in casualties in communities with higher unemployment.
2022 Q4 • Updated March 2023
Wouldn't it be fair to say, a place that was unwelcoming and or dangerous for black people, would have a high black unemployment rate?
Economic Indicators State unemployment by race and ethnicity
The fourth quarter of 2022 saw an overall strong labor market with slowing inflation and steady job growth. However, stubborn racial disparities in employment rates persisted in many states. With no indication from the Fed of a reduced pace of rate hikes until at least 2024, it will be important to monitor whether the fight against inflation results in casualties in communities with higher unemployment.
2022 Q4 • Updated March 2023
2022 Q4 • Updated March 2023
The fourth-quarter labor market remained strong overall, though persistent racial employment gaps have yet to close
By Kyle K. Moore
EPI analyzes national and state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity, and racial/ethnic unemployment rate gaps on a quarterly basis to generate a consistent sample to create reliable and precise estimates of unemployment rates by race and ethnicity at the state level.
We report estimates for all states and subgroups, flagging those for which constructed unemployment rates are heavily weighted by national-level data with an asterisk (*) (see Methodological note). The following analysis contains data on the fourth quarter of 2022.
2023 Q4 | State Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity
Low unemployment across the board led to a healthy yet still inequitable labor market. 2023 Q4 • Updated February 2024 The fourth quarter of 2023 saw some group- and state-specific unemployment rates rise slightly as nationwide rates remained low By Kyle K. Moore EPI analyzes national and...
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