Black Women Continue To Face High Unemployment As Labor Market Sees Modest Gains
The unemployment rate for Black women in February was 8.9 percent, and for Latinas it was 8.5 percent. For White women, it was 5.2 percent.
Chabeli Carrazana
Originally published by The 19th
While the labor market made modest gains in February, Black women continue to be left behind.
They were the only group of women who saw their unemployment rate rise significantly in February — up to 8.9 percent from 8.5 percent in January — and the only group of women that lost workers in the labor force. Some 11,000 Black women left the workforce last month, while other groups added thousands of workers, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
Overall, the economy added 379,000 jobs last month — a slight bump in what has been months of stalled growth. Since Sep...