Chart 2. Unemployment rates, by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1994–2022 (in percent)
Quarter Whites Blacks Asians Hispanics

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

5.7 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

4.2 8.7 3.8 5.7

Q2 2016

4.3 8.5 3.8 5.9

Q3 2016

4.3 8.2 3.9 5.8

Q4 2016

4.3 8.3 3.1 5.7

Q1 2017

4.0 7.8 3.4 5.4

Q2 2017

3.8 7.4 3.5 5.1

Q3 2017

3.8 7.4 3.7 5.1

Q4 2017

3.6 7.3 2.9 5.0

Q1 2018

3.5 7.0 3.0 4.9

Q2 2018

3.5 6.2 2.8 4.7

Q3 2018

3.4 6.3 3.1 4.6

Q4 2018

3.4 6.4 3.1 4.5

Q1 2019

3.3 6.8 3.1 4.5

Q2 2019

3.2 6.2 2.3 4.2

Q3 2019

3.3 5.5 2.6 4.2

Q4 2019

3.2 5.7 2.7 4.3

Q1 2020

3.3 6.4 3.2 4.9

Q2 2020

12.1 16.3 14.4 17.0

Q3 2020

7.9 13.1 10.5 11.3

Q4 2020

6.0 10.4 6.8 9.0

Q1 2021

5.5 9.5 5.9 8.2

Q2 2021

5.2 9.4 5.7 7.4

Q3 2021

4.5 8.2 4.6 6.2

Q4 2021

3.6 7.1 3.9 5.2

Q1 2022

3.3 6.5 3.1 4.5

Q2 2022

3.2 6.0 2.8 4.3

Q3 2022

3.1 6.1 2.6 4.2

Q4 2022

3.2 5.8 2.7 4.1

Turning points are quarterly.  Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter. 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.