Employment

Black Owned Businesses with Employees

Black owned employer businesses in the United States increased 13.6% between 2012 and 2017 totaling 124,000 Black firms. These businesses employed 1,208,270  people, an...

DATA CHART: Essential African American Workers at Risk of COVID-19

One of the reasons health departments across the country are reporting African Americans with higher incidence rates of positive COVID-19 test results and deaths...

RANK: Cities Where Black Men with Jobs Outnumber Black Women

Nationwide there are 93 Black men with full-time jobs for every 100 Black women with full-time jobs but that number can vary greatly depending on the location.

CHART: African American Employment Status by Sex

about 73% of Black men ages 25 to 64 were in the labor force including 66% who were employed, 6% who were unemployed, and 1% in the armed forces.

Black Unemployment from Obama to Trump

Black Unemployment grew after the Great Recession when millions of jobs were wiped out due to the housing crisis of 2008. Post-recession Black unemployment...

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