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Fatherhood Programs and Healthy Marriage Funding (2009)
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National Policy Briefing
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December 2009 issue | previous issues

  • Safety Net Failing to Assist Those in Need during Recession
  • Michigan to Consider Eliminating Burdensome Child Support Surcharges
  • More Evidence of Increasing Hardship for Unemployed Americans
  • Legislation Would Reverse Drug Arrest Disparities Between Cocaine and Crack
  • Data on Racial and Economic Disparities in Bachelor Degree Attainment
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Did You Know?
 

(2/10/2010)

Monthly Employment Data Update
Bureau of Labor Statistics January 2010

  • Unemployment in January fell to 9.7 percent versus 10.0 percent in December
  • January’s unemployment rate for African American men, 20 years old or older, rose to 17.6 percent versus 16.6 percent in December
  • January’s unemployment rate for African American women, 20 years old or older, rose to 13.3 percent versus 13.1 percent in December
  • January’s unemployment rate for African American teen-agers, 16 to 19 years, dropped to 43.8 percent versus 48.4 percent in December
  • Over two-fifths (41.2 percent) of the 14.8 million people who are unemployed have been looking for work 27 weeks or longer. This is the highest percentage on record in data going back to 1948. (CBPP)

For additional information and a further breakdown of the January employment data, go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website at: http://www.bls.gov/
news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

A statement on the January Employment report by the Chief Economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) can be found at: http://www.cbpp.org/
files/2-5-10ui-stmt.pdf

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