National Data | Chart | The Employment Bus: Immigrants Drive, Blacks Sit in the Back

Male Unemployment by Race, Nativity

and Education, 2003 and 2005

(Male workers 25 years and older)

Unemployment Rate (%)

U.S.-born

2003

2005

% point change

All races

4.9%

3.9%

-1.0%

White, non-Hispanic

4.3%

3.2%

-1.1%

Black, non-Hispanic

8.9%

8.0%

-0.9%

Hispanic

6.3%

4.8%

-1.5%

U.S.-born HS Dropouts

All races

9.2%

8.1%

-1.1%

White, non-Hispanic

7.7%

6.7%

-1.0%

Black, non-Hispanic

14.5%

15.0%

0.5%

Hispanic

9.5%

7.3%

-2.2%

Foreign-born

All races

5.7%

3.7%

-2.0%

White, non-Hispanic

4.8%

3.2%

-1.6%

Black, non-Hispanic

8.2%

5.4%

-2.8%

Hispanic

5.6%

3.7%

-1.9%

Foreign-born-HS Dropouts

All races

6.9%

4.4%

-2.5%

White, non-Hispanic

6.3%

4.8%

-1.5%

Black, non-Hispanic

11.1%

4.3%

-6.8%

Hispanic

6.5%

4.4%

-2.1%

Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Unpublished work tables sent to author by Abraham Mosisa, BLS economist.