Unemployment rates projected to remain high for whites, Latinos, and African Americans through 2013

In Unemployment rates are projected to remain high for whites, Latinos, and African Americans throughout 2013, Algernon Austin, director of EPI’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy, reviews state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity. He finds unemployment rates are expected to show essentially no improvement for white, Latino, and African American workers through 2013. The forecasts are particularly troubling for African Americans and Latinos, as the African American unemployment rate will continue to exceed the overall rate in each state with sufficient sample size for reliable statistics, and the Latino unemployment rate will continue to exceed the overall rate in 13 out of 23 states with sample sizes large enough for estimates. View the interactive map.