Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Latest Data: 2021
Frequency: Annual

The Unemployment Rate, White represents the percentage of white persons (those having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa) in the labor force civilian non-institutional population (the number of people aged 16 and older who are not incarcerated or on active duty in the military) that is unemployed.

The Unemployment Rate, Black represents the percentage of black persons (those having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa) in the labor force that is unemployed.

The Unemployment Rate, Hispanic represents the percentage of Hispanic persons (those with Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race) in the labor force that is unemployed.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), “unemployed persons are those who were not employed during the reference week (based on the definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference week, and were currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed expressed as a percent of the labor force. The employment-population ratio is the proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older that is employed.”

The most recent data comes from the BLS Table: Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population in states by sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and detailed age

Note: BLS mentions that the 2017 data is obtained from a preliminary report published by Current Population Survey (CPS). CPS claims that the reported preliminary data will be different from the final table in a number of ways. However, data for the labor force participation rates, the employment-population ratios, and the unemployment rates will be very similar.