May 04, 2012
May 4, 2012
By demographic group, the worst employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) is among black men and black teens. The former has an EPOP that is 6.5 percentage points below its pre-recession level. Black teens have an EPOP of 15.5 percent, down 9.0 percentage points from the 2006 level. The EPOP for black women is down 3.7 percentage points from its pre-recession level, but has risen 3.2 percentage points from lows hit last summer.
The EPOP for white men is 4.8 percentage points below the pre-recession level, but up 0.6 percentage points from last summer’s low. The EPOP for white women is 3.0 percentage points below its pre-recession level, but hit a new low in April.
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