Table 1
Unemployment rates by race and ethnicity for selected metro areas, 2014 and 2016
| 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Unemployment rate | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | Atlanta | Baltimore | Boston | Charlotte | Chicago | Cleveland | Detroit | Dallas | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Minneapolis | New York | Philadelphia | Richmond | St. Louis | San Francisco | |
| All | 5.0% | 5.2% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 4.9% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 3.6% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 3.5% | 5.0% | 4.2% |
| White | 4.0% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 2.6% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Black | 8.7% | 7.3% | 7.7% | 7.1% | 12.7% | 10.3% | 5.7% | 8.9% | 6.7% | 10.4% | 8.3% | ||||||
| Hispanic | 5.9% | 4.0% | 5.4% | 7.2% | 2.8% | 5.2% | 6.2% | 8.3% | 5.0% | ||||||||
| Black-white unemployment rate ratio | |||||||||||||||||
| 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 | |||||||
| Percentage point difference between black and white unemployment rates | |||||||||||||||||
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 4.3 | |||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Unemployment rate | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | Atlanta | Baltimore | Boston | Charlotte | Chicago | Cleveland | Detroit | Dallas | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Minneapolis | New York | Philadelphia | Richmond | St. Louis | San Francisco | |
| All | 6.5% | 7.2% | 5.8% | 5.9% | 7.5% | 7.3% | 7.3% | 8.6% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 7.8% | 4.4% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 5.5% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| White | 5.1% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 6.9% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 6.8% | 3.5% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 4.0% | 5.9% | 4.8% |
| Black | 11.8% | 12.7% | 9.7% | 12.9% | 15.4% | 15.0% | 10.0% | 15.6% | 11.7% | 11.5% | 14.7% | ||||||
| Hispanic | 7.9% | 5.6% | 10.1% | 9.0% | 6.3% | 8.5% | 8.7% | 11.7% | 8.2% | ||||||||
| Black-white unemployment ratio | |||||||||||||||||
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | |||||||
| Percentage point difference between black and white unemployment rates | |||||||||||||||||
| 6.7 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 8.8 | |||||||
| Percentage point change in unemployment rate, 2014-2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | Atlanta | Baltimore | Boston | Charlotte | Chicago | Cleveland | Detroit | Dallas | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Minneapolis | New York | Philadelphia | Richmond | St. Louis | San Francisco | |
| All | -1.5 | -2.0 | -1.3 | -2.2 | -2.6 | -1.5 | -1.5 | -3.3 | -2.0 | -1.0 | -2.9 | -0.9 | -2.1 | -1.9 | -2.0 | -2.5 | -2.6 |
| White | -1.2 | -0.7 | -1.6 | -1.6 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -2.7 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -2.4 | -0.6 | -1.2 | -1.9 | -1.4 | -1.9 | -0.9 |
| Black | -3.1 | -5.4 | -2.0 | -5.8 | -2.7 | -4.7 | -4.3 | -6.7 | -5.0 | -1.0 | -6.4 | ||||||
| Hispanic | -2.0 | -1.6 | -4.7 | -1.9 | -3.5 | -3.3 | -2.4 | -3.5 | -3.1 | ||||||||
Notes: Unemployment rates in each year are the 12-month average from September of the previous year through August of the current year.
Source: EPI analysis of basic monthly Current Population Survey microdata.
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