Unemployment Rate Fell For Everyone Except Black Women

Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Rayna Reid ·Updated January 12, 2022

December’s jobs report was released last week, and the numbers seemed promising as the unemployment rate overall decreased; however, breaking down the data by gender and race tells a different story. “The unemployment rate fell in December for all U.S. workers except Black women.”

The unemployment rate was 7.1% for all Black workers, in a stark contrast to the

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