Black unemployment remains high
The jobless rate in October for Black men and Black women was 5.8 percent, the highest among all other groups surveyed.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 150,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Job gains occurred in health care, government, and social assistance. Employment declined in manufacturing due to strike activity.
Among the other major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.7 percent), adult women (3.3 percent), teenagers (13.2 percent), Whites (3.5 percent), Asians (3.1 percent), and Hispanics (4.8 percent).