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(8/6/2010)
Monthly Employment Data Update
July 2010
- July’s unemployment rate remained
unchanged at 9.5%
- July’s unemployment rate for
African American men, 20 years old or older, dropped
to 16.7 percent versus 17.4 percent in June
- July’s unemployment rate for
African American women, 20 years old or older, rose
to 12.9 percent versus 11.8 percent in June
- July’s unemployment rate for
African American teen-agers, 16 to 19 years, rose
to 40.6 percent versus 39.9 percent in June
For additional information and a further breakdown
of the July employment data, go to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics website at: http://www.bls.gov/
news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
A statement on the July Employment report by the Chief
Economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
(CBPP) can be found at: http://www.cbpp.org/
files/8-6-10ui-stmt.pdf |
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