Black unemployment remains highest among all racial categories with February jump in joblessness

Black unemployment remains highest among all racial categories with February jump in joblessness

The jobless rate among African Americans has consistently been higher than that of white workers and, in the latest jobs report, that has not changed. Unemployment rose again in February among Black people, and continues to be the highest among all racial groups in the U.S. The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported. For that month, the Black unemployment rate rose to 7.7% — higher than the …