http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/white-unemployment-53-black-unemployment-114(CNSNews.com) – While unemployment nationwide is 6.1%,
the unemployment rate for black Americans at 11.4% is more than double the rate for white Americans, who have an unemployment rate of 5.3%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The unemployment rate for Latino Americans, at 7.5%, is also lower than the unemployment rate for blacks, the BLS data show.
For black Americans, age 16 and older, seasonally adjusted,
the unemployment rate between July and August stayed the same at 11.4%, and that is up from the 10.7% rate in June. It was at a low 7.6% in August 2007.
