October 5, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Unemployment rates by race and ethnicity, 2010

Unemployment rates, by race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 1975–2010
Year	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
1975	7.8	14.8	—	12.2
1976	7.0	14.0	—	11.5
1977	6.2	14.0	—	10.1
1978	5.2	12.8	—	9.1
1979	5.1	12.3	—	8.3
1980	6.3	14.3	—	10.1
1981	6.7	15.6	—	10.4
1982	8.6	18.9	—	13.8
1983	8.4	19.5	—	13.7
1984	6.5	15.9	—	10.7
1985	6.2	15.1	—	10.5
1986	6.0	14.5	—	10.6
1987	5.3	13.0	—	8.8
1988	4.7	11.7	—	8.2
1989	4.5	11.4	—	8.0
1990	4.8	11.4	—	8.2
1991	6.1	12.5	—	10.0
1992	6.6	14.2	—	11.6
1993	6.1	13.0	—	10.8
1994	5.3	11.5	—	9.9
1995	4.9	10.4	—	9.3
1996	4.7	10.5	—	8.9
1997	4.2	10.0	—	7.7
1998	3.9	8.9	—	7.2
1999	3.7	8.0	—	6.4
2000	3.5	7.6	3.6	5.7
2001	4.2	8.6	4.5	6.6
2002	5.1	10.2	5.9	7.5
2003	5.2	10.8	6.0	7.7
2004	4.8	10.4	4.4	7.0
2005	4.4	10.0	4.0	6.0
2006	4.0	8.9	3.0	5.2
2007	4.1	8.3	3.2	5.6
2008	5.2	10.1	4.0	7.6
2009	8.5	14.8	7.3	12.1
2010	8.7	16.0	7.5	12.5

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