June 01, 2010

Families with unemployed members in 2009

Percentage of families with at least one unemployed member, by race and ethnicity, 2008�09
Race and ethnicity	2008	2009
Total	7.8	12.0
White	7.1	11.1
Asian	6.3	11.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	11.0	16.9
Black or African American	12.8	17.4

These data featured in the TED article, Families with unemployed members in 2009.

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