Figure 3. Unemployment rates, by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1995–2019
Quarter Whites Blacks Asians Hispanics

Q1 1994

5.7 12.8 4.9 10.2

Q2 1994

5.4 11.6 4.8 10.3

Q3 1994

5.2 10.9 4.8 10.0

Q4 1994

4.9 10.7 4.5 9.2

Q1 1995

4.8 10.0 4.6 9.4

Q2 1995

5.0 10.5 4.5 9.3

Q3 1995

4.9 11.0 4.2 9.2

Q4 1995

4.9 9.9 4.2 9.4

Q1 1996

4.8 10.4 4.0 9.6

Q2 1996

4.8 10.5 4.0 9.3

Q3 1996

4.5 10.6 3.8 8.6

Q4 1996

4.6 10.6 3.9 8.0

Q1 1997

4.5 10.7 3.9 8.3

Q2 1997

4.2 10.4 3.7 7.8

Q3 1997

4.2 9.5 3.8 7.5

Q4 1997

4.0 9.7 3.7 7.3

Q1 1998

4.0 9.3 3.5 7.0

Q2 1998

3.8 8.9 3.5 7.0

Q3 1998

3.9 9.1 3.4 7.3

Q4 1998

3.9 8.3 4.2 7.3

Q1 1999

3.7 8.0 4.0 6.4

Q2 1999

3.8 7.6 4.0 6.8

Q3 1999

3.7 8.3 3.8 6.6

Q4 1999

3.5 8.1 3.9 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 10.1 3.7 6.7

Q2 2015

4.7 9.9 4.1 6.8

Q3 2015

4.4 9.3 3.6 6.6

Q4 2015

4.4 9.0 3.9 6.3

Q1 2016

4.3 8.7 3.8 5.6

Q2 2016

4.3 8.6 3.8 5.9

Q3 2016

4.3 8.3 3.9 5.8

Q4 2016

4.3 8.1 3.1 5.8

Q1 2017

4.1 7.8 3.5 5.4

Q2 2017

3.8 7.6 3.5 5.0

Q3 2017

3.7 7.4 3.8 5.1

Q4 2017

3.6 7.2 2.8 4.9

Q1 2018

3.6 7.0 3.0 5.0

Q2 2018

3.5 6.3 2.8 4.8

Q3 2018

3.3 6.4 3.2 4.6

Q4 2018

3.4 6.3 3.0 4.4

Q1 2019

3.4 6.8 3.1 4.6

Q2 2019

3.2 6.2 2.3 4.2

Q3 2019

3.3 5.6 2.7 4.2

Q4 2019

3.2 5.6 2.7 4.1

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. Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

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