U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2010-11
(Numbers in thousands)
Total Men Women
Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011
WHITE
Total who worked or looked for work........................... 129,249 127,809 69,593 68,304 59,656 59,505
Percent with unemployment................................... 15.0 13.7 16.8 14.7 12.8 12.5
Total with unemployment..................................... 19,329 17,479 11,687 10,026 7,643 7,453
Did not work but looked for work.......................... 4,598 4,092 2,609 2,124 1,989 1,968
Worked during the year.................................... 14,732 13,387 9,078 7,902 5,654 5,485
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............ 19.2 18.8 19.6 19.0 18.5 18.4
Percent who worked during the year (1) ................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 3.4 2.6 3.6 3.0 3.1 2.1
Part-year workers (3) with unemployment................. 96.6 97.4 96.4 97.0 96.9 97.9
1 to 4 weeks.......................................... 12.0 13.6 10.2 12.3 14.9 15.5
5 to 14 weeks......................................... 26.3 25.7 26.6 25.8 25.7 25.5
15 weeks or more...................................... 58.3 58.1 59.6 58.9 56.3 56.9
With 2 spells or more of unemployment........... 21.5 20.4 23.7 24.5 17.9 14.6
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Total who worked or looked for work........................... 18,263 18,822 8,466 8,685 9,797 10,137
Percent with unemployment................................... 22.5 22.2 25.9 24.5 19.5 20.3
Total with unemployment..................................... 4,105 4,180 2,192 2,124 1,913 2,056
Did not work but looked for work.......................... 1,395 1,491 758 753 637 737
Worked during the year.................................... 2,710 2,689 1,434 1,371 1,276 1,319
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............ 22.9 23.9 22.3 23.6 23.6 24.1
Percent who worked during the year (1) ................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.8
Part-year workers (3) with unemployment................. 98.2 98.3 98.0 98.3 98.4 98.2
1 to 4 weeks.......................................... 11.7 8.9 11.4 8.8 12.2 9.1
5 to 14 weeks......................................... 19.9 20.6 20.0 21.2 19.8 19.9
15 weeks or more...................................... 66.5 68.7 66.6 68.2 66.4 69.2
With 2 spells or more of unemployment........... 17.2 17.7 20.7 22.8 13.2 12.4
ASIAN
Total who worked or looked for work........................... 7,569 8,364 3,955 4,347 3,614 4,017
Percent with unemployment................................... 12.9 12.2 12.9 12.0 12.9 12.4
Total with unemployment..................................... 973 1,020 509 522 465 498
Did not work but looked for work.......................... 316 316 144 153 172 162
Worked during the year.................................... 657 705 364 369 293 335
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............ 21.3 20.5 21.7 20.2 20.8 20.7
Percent who worked during the year (1) ................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 3.0 0.8 3.6 0.9 2.3 0.6
Part-year workers (3) with unemployment................. 97.0 99.2 96.4 99.1 97.7 99.4
1 to 4 weeks.......................................... 14.6 10.6 15.3 12.1 13.9 8.9
5 to 14 weeks......................................... 20.6 27.1 19.5 28.1 21.9 25.9
15 weeks or more...................................... 61.8 61.6 61.6 58.8 61.9 64.6
With 2 spells or more of unemployment........... 14.0 18.9 16.9 22.0 10.5 15.4
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Total who worked or looked for work........................... 22,825 24,216 13,301 13,683 9,524 10,533
Percent with unemployment................................... 20.5 18.3 22.4 19.2 18.0 17.1
Total with unemployment..................................... 4,686 4,427 2,974 2,630 1,712 1,798
Did not work but looked for work.......................... 1,138 1,093 638 556 500 536
Worked during the year.................................... 3,548 3,335 2,336 2,073 1,212 1,261
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............ 20.0 20.0 19.9 19.7 20.2 20.6
Percent who worked during the year (1) ................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.9 2.1 1.7
Part-year workers (3) with unemployment................. 97.7 97.6 97.7 97.1 97.9 98.3
1 to 4 weeks.......................................... 10.7 11.0 8.9 10.3 14.0 12.3
5 to 14 weeks......................................... 26.5 24.8 27.8 25.2 24.1 24.1
15 weeks or more...................................... 60.5 61.7 60.9 61.6 59.8 61.9
With 2 spells or more of unemployment........... 24.0 22.5 26.7 25.9 18.8 16.8
1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
2 Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
3 Worked less than 50 weeks.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in
table 3 because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be
of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
