Black women still have higher unemployment rates

Unemployment rate for women by race or ethnicity, before and after the COVID-19 national emergency

A double bar graph shows the comparison between unemployment rates in February 2020 and July 2023. Black women are the only group with higher unemployment rates in 2023: 5.2% in July 2023 compared with 4.8% in February 2020.

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Data on all groups is seasonally adjusted, except for Asian women, for whom seasonally adjusted data is not available.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chart: Chabeli Carrazana & Jasmine MithaniThe 19th・19thnews.org