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Unemployment Rate by Race and Ethnicity
U.S. unemployment rate by race and Hispanic origin, %
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Unemployment by race and ethnicity from the household survey. The groups move together through the cycle, but the gaps between them persist.
What this chart reads
- Black Unemployment Rateas “Black”latest 2026-09-01
- Hispanic or Latino Unemployment Rateas “Hispanic or Latino”latest 2026-09-01
- White Unemployment Rateas “White”latest 2026-09-01
- Asian Unemployment Rateas “Asian”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
Black Unemployment Rate. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, series LNS14000006 (seasonally adjusted). Retrieved through FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14000006). Public domain (US government work); cite the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Refreshed nightly by fred-sync.
Hispanic or Latino Unemployment Rate. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, series LNS14000009 (seasonally adjusted). Retrieved through FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14000009). Public domain (US government work); cite the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Refreshed nightly by fred-sync.
White Unemployment Rate. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, series LNS14000003 (seasonally adjusted). Retrieved through FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14000003). Public domain (US government work); cite the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Refreshed nightly by fred-sync.
Asian Unemployment Rate. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, series LNS14032183 (seasonally adjusted). Retrieved through FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14032183). Public domain (US government work); cite the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Refreshed nightly by fred-sync.
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