Racial and ethnic characteristics of the U.S. labor force, 2011

September 5, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Percent of U.S. labor force by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2011 annual averages
Race or ethnicity	Number	Percent
Total	153,617,000	100.0
White, non-Hispanic	103,334,000	67.3
Hispanic or Latino	22,898,000	14.9
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	17,110,000	11.1
Asian, non-Hispanic	7,242,000	4.7
Two or more races	2,149,000	1.4
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,182,000	0.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	439,000	0.3

Unemployment rate by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2011 annual averages
Race or ethnicity	Unemployment rate
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	15.9
American Indian and Alaska Native	14.6
Two or more races	13.6
Hispanic or Latino	11.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	10.4
White, non-Hispanic	7.2
Asian, non-Hispanic	7.0

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