JOBS DATA: 92,986,000 PEOPLE NOT IN THE WORKFORCE

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Breitbart:

The month of May saw 92,986,000 people not participating in the workforce, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals.

 

May’s total represented slight decline compared to last month’s record, which saw 93,194,000 people outside the workforce.

 

The BLS defines those not in the labor force as people ages 16 and older who are neither employed nor “made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week.”

 

The labor force participation rate came in at 62.9 percent, a slight uptick compared to April’s 62.8 percent.

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55,951,000 WOMEN OUTSIDE LABOR FORCE

 

Mirroring the national numbers, the number of women outside the workforce experienced a slight decline in May, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

In April, the number of women not in the workforce hit a record 56,167,000. Come May, that number declined to 55,951,000.

 

People not in the labor force, according to the BLS, include people ages 16 and older who are neither employed nor “made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/05/55951000-women-outside-labor-force-dips-below-record/

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BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT NEARLY DOUBLE NATIONAL RATE, TWICE AS HIGH AS WHITE UNEMPLOYMENT

 

The unemployment rate for African Americans was nearly twice the national average and more than double the unemployment rate for whites last month, according to new jobs data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

According to the BLS, African Americans experienced an unemployment rate of 10.2 percent in May, up from 9.6 percent in April.

 

Meanwhile, the national average was 5.5 percent in May with whites experiencing an unemployment rate of 4.7 percent. Unemployment for Latinos was around the middle at 6.7 percent and Asians boasted the lowest unemployment rate with 4.1 percent.

 

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/05/black-unemployment-nearly-double-national-rate-twice-as-high-as-white-unemployment/