While the monthly jobs report regularly broke out the unemployment rate for Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White Americans, data specific to Native Americans had never been included. Now it is.
San Francisco In May 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics delivered the worst US jobs report on record: 20.5 million jobs had been lost in the previous month and the national unemployment rate had hit 14.7%. More data followed showing how Black and Hispanic Americans were getting hit much harder by the pandemic than White workers , further widening the wealth gap in the US.
But until last month, one stark detail remained unpublished: Native Americans saw their jobless rate soar even higher than any of these groups to a staggering 28.6% that April. While the monthly jobs report regularly breaks out the unemployment rate for Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White Americans, data specific to Native Americans — classified by the agency as American Indians and Alaska Natives — has never been included.
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