UNEMPLOYMENT RATE - BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN: 1972-2017
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1972 11.2 11.2 10.7 9.8 10.2 10.2 10.5 10.6 10.4 10.6 10.0 9.4
1973 9.1 9.5 9.4 9.9 9.6 9.8 9.8 9.2 9.7 8.8 9.3 9.0
1974 9.5 9.8 9.8 9.5 9.7 10.1 10.4 9.9 10.8 11.5 12.4 13.1
1975 14.1 14.4 15.1 15.3 15.1 15.0 14.1 15.2 15.4 14.9 14.6 14.5
1976 14.3 14.4 13.5 13.8 13.2 14.3 13.9 14.3 13.7 13.9 14.0 14.1
1977 13.8 14.2 13.9 12.8 13.5 13.9 13.9 15.1 14.5 14.5 14.7 13.6
1978 13.9 13.1 13.1 12.9 13.0 12.8 13.0 12.3 11.9 11.8 12.7 12.4
1979 12.4 13.1 12.5 12.9 12.4 12.2 12.1 12.4 11.7 12.3 11.9 12.2
1980 13.0 12.9 12.9 13.8 14.4 14.6 15.3 14.6 14.8 15.1 15.1 15.0
1981 14.6 14.7 15.1 14.7 14.8 15.7 15.0 16.3 15.9 16.7 16.8 17.2
1982 17.3 17.7 18.1 18.2 18.5 18.5 18.8 18.9 19.7 20.1 20.2 20.9
1983 21.2 19.9 20.1 20.4 20.3 20.7 19.4 19.7 18.8 18.2 17.5 17.8
1984 17.3 16.2 16.6 16.5 15.7 15.6 16.7 16.0 15.0 15.3 15.0 15.2
1985 15.2 15.8 15.1 15.1 15.2 14.4 15.2 14.3 15.2 15.0 15.6 15.0
1986 14.5 14.4 14.6 14.8 14.6 15.1 14.4 14.8 14.9 14.6 14.3 13.7
1987 14.0 13.8 13.8 12.9 13.6 12.9 12.9 12.6 12.6 12.3 12.1 12.1
1988 12.0 12.4 12.7 12.2 12.3 11.5 11.6 11.4 11.0 11.1 11.0 11.3
1989 11.8 11.9 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.7 11.0 11.1 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.6
1990 11.1 11.0 10.9 10.7 10.6 10.5 11.4 11.7 12.1 12.1 12.4 12.4
1991 11.9 12.2 12.5 12.7 12.8 12.5 11.9 12.4 12.3 13.3 12.5 12.9
1992 13.5 14.2 14.1 14.1 14.7 14.6 14.4 14.2 13.9 14.3 14.1 14.3
1993 14.1 13.5 13.7 14.0 13.1 13.4 12.7 12.3 12.5 11.8 12.6 11.7
1994 13.1 12.8 12.4 11.9 11.7 11.3 10.9 11.2 10.6 11.3 10.8 9.9
1995 10.3 10.1 9.7 10.7 10.0 10.7 10.9 11.1 11.1 10.0 9.7 10.2
1996 10.6 10.0 10.6 10.7 10.2 10.4 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.7 10.6 10.5
1997 10.8 10.7 10.5 10.2 10.3 10.8 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.0
1998 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.8 9.5 8.8 9.1 8.6 8.6 7.7
1999 7.8 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.4 7.7 8.7 7.7 8.5 8.4 8.0 7.8
2000 8.2 8.1 7.4 7.0 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.4
2001 8.2 7.7 8.3 8.0 7.9 8.3 8.0 9.1 8.9 9.5 9.8 10.1
2002 10.0 9.9 10.5 10.7 10.2 10.5 9.8 9.8 9.7 9.8 10.7 11.3
2003 10.5 10.7 10.3 10.9 10.9 11.5 10.9 10.9 11.1 11.4 10.2 10.1
2004 10.4 9.7 10.3 9.8 10.1 10.2 11.0 10.5 10.3 10.8 10.7 10.7
2005 10.6 10.9 10.5 10.3 10.1 10.2 9.2 9.7 9.4 9.1 10.6 9.2
2006 8.9 9.5 9.5 9.4 8.7 8.9 9.5 8.8 9.0 8.4 8.5 8.3
2007 7.9 8.0 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.1 7.6 8.0 8.5 8.5 9.0
2008 9.1 8.4 9.2 8.6 9.6 9.4 10.0 10.6 11.3 11.4 11.5 12.1
2009 12.7 13.7 13.7 15.0 15.0 14.8 14.8 14.8 15.3 15.8 15.7 16.1
2010 16.5 16.1 16.8 16.6 15.5 15.2 15.6 15.9 16.0 15.6 16.2 15.5
2011 15.8 15.5 15.8 16.5 16.3 16.2 15.9 16.4 15.9 14.6 15.6 15.4
2012 13.6 14.0 14.0 13.3 13.5 14.5 14.2 13.8 13.6 14.1 13.3 14.0
2013 13.7 13.9 13.0 13.2 13.4 14.0 12.6 12.8 13.1 12.9 12.4 11.9
2014 12.1 11.9 12.1 11.5 11.4 10.9 11.6 11.4 11.0 10.8 11.0 10.5
2015 10.3 10.3 9.9 9.6 10.2 9.6 9.1 9.4 9.2 9.1 9.4 8.4
2016 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.8 8.2 8.6 8.4 8.1 8.3 8.6 8.0 7.8
2017 7.7 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.5 7.1 7.4
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey,
Unemployment Rate - Black or African American - LNS14000006
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