Although African Americans have an unemployment rate almost double that of the overall population, the Black workforce is just as diverse. Because the federal government was one of the first to integrate, African Americans have been over represented in that sector. Black women have made the greatest strides recently. Today 32% of Employed Black women have jobs in management or professional occupations compared to just 22% of employed Black men.
  • $35,575 Black Median Household income (dollars) (all races $52,029)
  • $41,998 Black Median Family income (dollars)       (all races $63,366)
African American population 16 years and over 29,551,074(all races 238,764,455)
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Private wage and salary employees
Government employees
Self-employed employees     
Unpaid family employees

Employed                              
Unemployed                            
Armed Forces                          
Not in labor force                    
Percent of civilian labor force   
The below chart categorizes the African American workforce by industry. As you can see we are again overrepresented in government jobs such as education and social assistance. African Americans also have a large presence in the health care industry which is expected to see substantial job growth for the foreseeable future.
Although incomes for African Americans have improved significantly since the Civil Rights era, they are still lower then the average Americans. For example the median income for Black families is $21 thousand less than the American median income. These charts also prove that there is a substantial benefit for those in a married-couple family no matter what race or ethnicity.
WELFARE/OTHER INCOME
4.9% of African Americans receive public cash assistance which is twice that of the national share. But even more startling, is the fact that 20.3% of Blacks receive some sort of food stamp assistance.
76.6%
19.7%
3.6%
0.1%

56.3%
7.5%
0.7%
35.6%
11.7%
79.0%
14.5%
6.4%
0.2%

61.30%
4.20%
0.50%
34.10%
6.40%
*All statistics used here are from the US Census Bureau 2007 American Community Survey, unless otherwise noted
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Civilian employed population 16 years and over
Management, professional, and related occupations...................
Service occupations................................................................
Sales and office occupations...................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................................
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations.......

Male civilian employed population 16 years and over.........
Management, professional, and related occupations...................
Service occupations.................................................................
Sales and office occupations....................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations....
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations.......

Female civilian employed population 16 years and over.....
Management, professional, and related occupations...................
Service occupations................................................................
Sales and office occupations....................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations....
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations.......


16,625,026
27.5%
24.5%
26.7%
0.3%
5.8%
15.2%

7,578,512
22.1%
21.4%
19.0%
0.6%
11.9%
25.0%

9,046,514
32.1%
27.1%
33.1%
0.1%
0.6%
7.0%
146,266,253
34.9%
17.1%
25.5%
0.7%
9.3%
12.5%

77,404,053
31.9%
14.0%
17.7%
1.0%
17.0%
18.3%

68,862,200
38.3%
20.7%
34.2%
0.3%
0.6%
5.9%

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining................................................
Construction.........................................................................................................
Manufacturing.......................................................................................................
Wholesale trade....................................................................................................
Retail trade...........................................................................................................
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities...........................................................
Information............................................................................................................
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing...................................
Professional, scientific, management, administrative waste management services......
Educational services, and health care and social assistance.....................................
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services................
Other services (except public administration)............................................................
Public administration..............................................................................................
0.6%
3.7%
9.3%
2.0%
11.2%
7.4%
2.6%
6.3%
8.9%
27.8%
9.1%
4.3%
6.9%
INDUSTRY
1.8%
7.4%
11.2%
3.0%
11.6%
5.2%
2.4%
6.9%
10.4%
21.7%
8.8%
4.8%
4.7%
Workers 16 years and over
Car, truck, or van - drove alone
Car, truck, or van - carpooled
Public transportation (excluding taxicab)
Walked
Other means
Worked at home
Mean travel time to work (minutes)
16,344,283
70.4%
10.7%
11.8%
3.0%
1.9%
2.3%
27.8

143,995,967
75.5%
10.7%
5.0%
2.8%
1.8%
4.1%
25.5
Families
Median family income (dollars)

Married-couple families
Median income (dollars)

Male householder, no spouse present
Median income (dollars)

Female householder, no spouse present
Median income (dollars)

75,030,551
$63,366

74.2%
$75,387

6.90%
$44,066

18.9%
$31,325

8,744,143
$41,998

44.6%
$66,108

9.50%
$35,928

45.9%
$26,625

Individuals
Per capita income (dollars)
With earnings for full-time, year-round workers:
Male
Female
Mean earnings (dollars) for full-time, year-round workers:
Male
Female
Median earnings (dollars) full-time, year-round workers:
Male
Female

$304,059,728.0
$27,589.0

$60,407,447
$43,726,356

$62,069
$43,938

$45,556
$35,471

$40,211,186.0
$17,802.0

$5,812,045
$6,300,497

$44,137
$37,798

$36,389
$31,673

COMMUTING TO WORK
More than twice as many African Americans use public transportation to reach their jobs than that of all Americans and they typically live further from job centers. This makes for higher average commute times to work.
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