The sitting president gets the credit or the blame when it comes to the current state of the economy.
Black unemployment rate falls to record low
Black unemployment rate falls to record low
Black unemployment rate falls to record low
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 6.8 percent unemployment rate for black workers in December, the lowest in the 45 years the data has been tracked.
- Unemployment overall was 4.1 percent.
Unemployment among black workers is at its lowest since at least the early 1970s, when the government began tracking the data.
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The black unemployment rate of 6.8 percent in December was the lowest since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking it in 1972, a year in which the rate ranged from 11.2 percent to 9.4 percent. In the 45 years the data has been tracked, the unemployment rate for black or African-American workers aged 16 years and older has never fallen below 7 percent.
Unemployment rate - Black or African-American - since 1972
Black unemployment rate falls to record low
