WASHINGTON (AP) - Unemployment rates fell in August for college graduates, teenagers, African-Americans and Asians.
But the jobless rate jumped for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from 3 percent in July to 3.9 percent last month.
The Labor Department said Friday that employers added a total of 201,000 jobs in August. The unemployment rate held at 3.9 percent for a second straight month.
The data for demographic groups came from a survey of households that is part of the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report
Unemployment rate by group: | |||
(Numbers in percentages) | August 2018 | July 2018 | August 2017 |
White | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
Black | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.6 |
Asian | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity* | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
Adult men | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
Adult women | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
Teenagers | 12.8 | 13.1 | 13.8 |
20-24 years old | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.2 |
25-54 years old | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
55 and over | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan* | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.2 |
No high school diploma | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
High school graduate | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
Some college | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
College graduate | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
Duration of Unemployment: | |||
Average length (weeks) | 22.6 | 23.2 | 24.3 |
Jobless 6 months or more (pct.) | 21.5 | 22.7 | 24.7 |
*Includes all races | |||
Source: Labor Department | |||
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