January 06, 2010 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Work-experience unemployment rate, 2008
Percentage of the population who worked during the year, by sex, race, and ethnicity, 2007 and 2008
| |
2007 |
2008 |
Total |
|
|
Both sexes |
9.5 |
13.2 |
Men |
10.3 |
14.5 |
Women |
8.6 |
11.7 |
White |
|
|
Men |
9.9 |
13.9 |
Women |
8.0 |
11.1 |
Black |
|
|
Men |
13.9 |
20.5 |
Women |
11.6 |
15.3 |
Asian |
|
|
Men |
7.0 |
9.5 |
Women |
6.8 |
10.5 |
Hispanic |
|
|
Men |
13.0 |
18.7 |
Women |
11.3 |
15.8 |
These data featured in the TED article, Work-experience unemployment rate, 2008.
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