Figure 3. Unemployment rates, by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1990–2017
Quarter and year Whites Blacks Asians Hispanics

Q1 1990

4.6 11.0 7.4

Q2 1990

4.6 10.6 8.0

Q3 1990

4.9 11.7 8.2

Q4 1990

5.3 12.3 9.1

Q1 1991

5.8 12.2 9.3

Q2 1991

6.1 12.7 10.0

Q3 1991

6.2 12.2 10.3

Q4 1991

6.3 12.9 10.5

Q1 1992

6.5 14.0 11.2

Q2 1992

6.7 14.4 11.6

Q3 1992

6.7 14.2 11.7

Q4 1992

6.5 14.2 11.7

Q1 1993

6.2 13.8 11.4

Q2 1993

6.2 13.5 10.5

Q3 1993

6.0 12.5 10.2

Q4 1993

5.9 12.1 10.9

Q1 1994

5.7 12.8 10.2

Q2 1994

5.4 11.6 10.3

Q3 1994

5.2 10.9 10.0

Q4 1994

4.9 10.7 9.2

Q1 1995

4.8 10.0 9.4

Q2 1995

5.0 10.5 9.3

Q3 1995

4.9 11.0 9.2

Q4 1995

4.9 9.9 9.4

Q1 1996

4.8 10.4 9.6

Q2 1996

4.8 10.5 9.3

Q3 1996

4.5 10.6 8.6

Q4 1996

4.6 10.6 8.0

Q1 1997

4.5 10.7 8.3

Q2 1997

4.2 10.4 7.8

Q3 1997

4.2 9.5 7.5

Q4 1997

4.0 9.7 7.3

Q1 1998

4.0 9.3 7.0

Q2 1998

3.8 8.9 7.0

Q3 1998

3.9 9.1 7.3

Q4 1998

3.9 8.3 7.3

Q1 1999

3.7 8.0 6.4

Q2 1999

3.8 7.6 6.8

Q3 1999

3.7 8.3 6.6

Q4 1999

3.5 8.1 6.1

Q1 2000

3.5 7.9 3.8 5.8

Q2 2000

3.4 7.5 3.8 5.7

Q3 2000

3.5 7.6 3.7 5.9

Q4 2000

3.4 7.3 3.1 5.6

Q1 2001

3.7 8.1 3.4 6.0

Q2 2001

3.9 8.1 3.9 6.4

Q3 2001

4.2 8.7 5.2 6.5

Q4 2001

4.9 9.8 5.3 7.4

Q1 2002

5.0 10.1 5.6 7.4

Q2 2002

5.1 10.5 6.2 7.5

Q3 2002

5.1 9.8 6.0 7.4

Q4 2002

5.1 10.6 5.7 7.9

Q1 2003

5.1 10.5 6.0 7.8

Q2 2003

5.4 11.1 6.2 8.0

Q3 2003

5.4 11.0 6.1 7.7

Q4 2003

5.1 10.6 5.6 7.2

Q1 2004

5.0 10.1 4.7 7.4

Q2 2004

5.0 10.0 4.5 6.9

Q3 2004

4.7 10.6 4.1 6.8

Q4 2004

4.6 10.7 4.4 6.7

Q1 2005

4.5 10.6 4.2 6.1

Q2 2005

4.4 10.2 3.9 6.0

Q3 2005

4.3 9.4 4.3 5.9

Q4 2005

4.3 9.7 3.5 6.1

Q1 2006

4.1 9.3 3.3 5.4

Q2 2006

4.1 9.0 3.4 5.2

Q3 2006

4.0 9.1 2.8 5.3

Q4 2006

3.9 8.4 2.8 5.0

Q1 2007

4.0 8.1 3.0 5.2

Q2 2007

4.0 8.3 3.1 5.7

Q3 2007

4.2 7.9 3.2 5.7

Q4 2007

4.3 8.7 3.7 6.0

Q1 2008

4.4 8.9 3.3 6.4

Q2 2008

4.7 9.2 3.9 7.2

Q3 2008

5.3 10.6 4.1 7.9

Q4 2008

6.3 11.7 4.6 9.0

Q1 2009

7.6 13.4 6.5 11.0

Q2 2009

8.5 14.9 7.2 11.9

Q3 2009

8.8 15.0 7.7 12.7

Q4 2009

9.1 15.9 7.7 12.7

Q1 2010

8.9 16.5 8.0 12.8

Q2 2010

8.8 15.8 7.4 12.3

Q3 2010

8.6 15.9 7.3 12.2

Q4 2010

8.7 15.8 7.3 12.7

Q1 2011

8.1 15.7 6.9 11.9

Q2 2011

8.0 16.3 6.8 11.7

Q3 2011

7.9 16.1 7.5 11.2

Q4 2011

7.7 15.2 6.9 11.2

Q1 2012

7.4 13.9 6.4 10.7

Q2 2012

7.4 13.8 5.6 10.7

Q3 2012

7.2 13.9 5.6 10.0

Q4 2012

6.9 13.8 6.0 9.8

Q1 2013

6.9 13.5 5.8 9.6

Q2 2013

6.7 13.6 4.8 9.0

Q3 2013

6.4 12.8 5.3 9.1

Q4 2013

6.1 12.4 5.0 8.7

Q1 2014

5.8 12.0 5.4 8.1

Q2 2014

5.3 11.3 5.4 7.6

Q3 2014

5.2 11.3 4.4 7.3

Q4 2014

4.9 10.7 4.7 6.6

Q1 2015

4.8 10.2 3.8 6.8

Q2 2015

4.7 9.9 4.1 6.8

Q3 2015

4.4 9.2 3.6 6.6

Q4 2015

4.4 8.9 3.9 6.3

Q1 2016

4.3 8.8 3.8 5.6

Q2 2016

4.3 8.6 3.8 5.9

Q3 2016

4.3 8.2 3.9 5.8

Q4 2016

4.3 8.1 3.1 5.8

Q1 2017

4.1 7.9 3.5 5.5

Q2 2017

3.8 7.5 3.5 5.1

Q3 2017

3.7 7.3 3.8 5.1

Q4 2017

3.6 7.1 2.8 4.8

Note: People of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race. Data for Asians are not available before 2000 and are not seasonally adjusted before 2010.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.