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Data extracted on: May 11, 2019 (12:54:27 AM)

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

**Series Id:**           LNS14000006
Seasonally Adjusted
**Series title:**        (Seas) Unemployment Rate - Black or African American
**Labor force status:**  Unemployment rate
**Type of data:**        Percent or rate
**Age:**                 16 years and over
**Race:**                Black or African American

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Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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	13.8	13.0	13.3	13.4	14.2	12.6	12.8	13.0	12.8	12.3	11.9
2014	12.1	11.8	12.1	11.6	11.4	11.0	11.6	11.4	11.0	10.6	10.9	10.6
2015	10.3	10.1	9.9	9.8	10.3	9.6	9.1	9.4	9.3	8.9	9.4	8.5
2016	8.8	8.6	8.9	8.9	8.2	8.7	8.4	8.0	8.4	8.3	8.0	7.9
2017	7.7	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.7	7.1	7.4	7.6	7.1	7.3	7.3	6.7
2018	7.7	6.8	6.8	6.5	5.9	6.5	6.6	6.3	6.0	6.2	6.0	6.6
2019	6.8	7.0	6.7	6.7

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