In 2024, 8.6 percent of the Black or African-American population in the United States were unemployed, the highest unemployment rate of any ethnicity. In 2021, the national unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent.
Unemployment rate in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 20, 2022). Unemployment rate in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/237917/us-unemployment-rate-by-race-and-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Unemployment rate in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity." Chart. January 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237917/us-unemployment-rate-by-race-and-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Unemployment rate in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237917/us-unemployment-rate-by-race-and-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Unemployment Rate in The United States in 2021, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/237917/us-unemployment-rate-by-race-and-ethnicity/
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