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January 06, 2010 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
2007 | 2008 | |
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Total |
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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 |
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Men |
13.0 | 18.7 |
Women |
11.3 | 15.8 |
These data featured in the TED article, Work-experience unemployment rate, 2008.