Table Data - Unemployment Level - 20 Yrs. & over, Black or African American Men
| Title | Unemployment Level - 20 Yrs. & over, Black or African American Men |
|---|---|
| Series ID | LNS13000031 |
| Source | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Release | Employment Situation |
| Seasonal Adjustment | Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Units | Thousands of Persons |
| Date Range | 1972-01-01 to 2025-12-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-01-09 8:12 AM CST |
| Notes |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1972-01-01 | 344 |
| 1972-02-01 | 327 |
| 1972-03-01 | 303 |
| 1972-04-01 | 290 |
| 1972-05-01 | 306 |
| 1972-06-01 | 287 |
| 1972-07-01 | 341 |
| 1972-08-01 | 316 |
| 1972-09-01 | 309 |
| 1972-10-01 | 289 |
| 1972-11-01 | 275 |
| 1972-12-01 | 261 |
| 1973-01-01 | 249 |
| 1973-02-01 | 256 |
| 1973-03-01 | 270 |
| 1973-04-01 | 278 |
| 1973-05-01 | 286 |
| 1973-06-01 | 270 |
| 1973-07-01 | 288 |
| 1973-08-01 | 275 |
| 1973-09-01 | 265 |
| 1973-10-01 | 271 |
| 1973-11-01 | 261 |
| 1973-12-01 | 236 |
| 1974-01-01 | 289 |
| 1974-02-01 | 316 |
| 1974-03-01 | 311 |
| 1974-04-01 | 304 |
| 1974-05-01 | 302 |
| 1974-06-01 | 326 |
| 1974-07-01 | 282 |
| 1974-08-01 | 330 |
| 1974-09-01 | 357 |
| 1974-10-01 | 382 |
| 1974-11-01 | 409 |
| 1974-12-01 | 452 |
| 1975-01-01 | 505 |
| 1975-02-01 | 524 |
| 1975-03-01 | 563 |
| 1975-04-01 | 583 |
| 1975-05-01 | 573 |
| 1975-06-01 | 594 |
| 1975-07-01 | 572 |
| 1975-08-01 | 579 |
| 1975-09-01 | 616 |
| 1975-10-01 | 570 |
| 1975-11-01 | 596 |
| 1975-12-01 | 590 |
| 1976-01-01 | 547 |
| 1976-02-01 | 546 |
| 1976-03-01 | 511 |
| 1976-04-01 | 507 |
| 1976-05-01 | 480 |
| 1976-06-01 | 546 |
| 1976-07-01 | 533 |
| 1976-08-01 | 509 |
| 1976-09-01 | 503 |
| 1976-10-01 | 517 |
| 1976-11-01 | 562 |
| 1976-12-01 | 551 |
| 1977-01-01 | 513 |
| 1977-02-01 | 506 |
| 1977-03-01 | 504 |
| 1977-04-01 | 423 |
| 1977-05-01 | 512 |
| 1977-06-01 | 500 |
| 1977-07-01 | 507 |
| 1977-08-01 | 583 |
| 1977-09-01 | 546 |
| 1977-10-01 | 561 |
| 1977-11-01 | 516 |
| 1977-12-01 | 486 |
| 1978-01-01 | 530 |
| 1978-02-01 | 479 |
| 1978-03-01 | 454 |
| 1978-04-01 | 471 |
| 1978-05-01 | 455 |
| 1978-06-01 | 441 |
| 1978-07-01 | 436 |
| 1978-08-01 | 439 |
| 1978-09-01 | 422 |
| 1978-10-01 | 438 |
| 1978-11-01 | 473 |
| 1978-12-01 | 470 |
| 1979-01-01 | 459 |
| 1979-02-01 | 497 |
| 1979-03-01 | 503 |
| 1979-04-01 | 473 |
| 1979-05-01 | 462 |
| 1979-06-01 | 443 |
| 1979-07-01 | 471 |
| 1979-08-01 | 466 |
| 1979-09-01 | 441 |
| 1979-10-01 | 481 |
| 1979-11-01 | 470 |
| 1979-12-01 | 497 |
| 1980-01-01 | 563 |
| 1980-02-01 | 541 |
| 1980-03-01 | 534 |
| 1980-04-01 | 617 |
| 1980-05-01 | 637 |
| 1980-06-01 | 677 |
| 1980-07-01 | 718 |
| 1980-08-01 | 701 |
| 1980-09-01 | 724 |
| 1980-10-01 | 665 |
| 1980-11-01 | 663 |
| 1980-12-01 | 616 |
| 1981-01-01 | 597 |
| 1981-02-01 | 631 |
| 1981-03-01 | 649 |
| 1981-04-01 | 619 |
| 1981-05-01 | 681 |
| 1981-06-01 | 712 |
| 1981-07-01 | 666 |
| 1981-08-01 | 719 |
| 1981-09-01 | 740 |
| 1981-10-01 | 772 |
| 1981-11-01 | 818 |
| 1981-12-01 | 854 |
| 1982-01-01 | 880 |
| 1982-02-01 | 880 |
| 1982-03-01 | 874 |
| 1982-04-01 | 878 |
| 1982-05-01 | 900 |
| 1982-06-01 | 909 |
| 1982-07-01 | 923 |
| 1982-08-01 | 930 |
| 1982-09-01 | 1038 |
| 1982-10-01 | 1065 |
| 1982-11-01 | 1058 |
| 1982-12-01 | 1133 |
| 1983-01-01 | 1123 |
| 1983-02-01 | 1046 |
| 1983-03-01 | 1044 |
| 1983-04-01 | 1069 |
| 1983-05-01 | 1074 |
| 1983-06-01 | 1050 |
| 1983-07-01 | 1027 |
| 1983-08-01 | 1012 |
| 1983-09-01 | 943 |
| 1983-10-01 | 889 |
| 1983-11-01 | 862 |
| 1983-12-01 | 847 |
| 1984-01-01 | 862 |
| 1984-02-01 | 814 |
| 1984-03-01 | 867 |
| 1984-04-01 | 862 |
| 1984-05-01 | 795 |
| 1984-06-01 | 835 |
| 1984-07-01 | 895 |
| 1984-08-01 | 812 |
| 1984-09-01 | 766 |
| 1984-10-01 | 760 |
| 1984-11-01 | 717 |
| 1984-12-01 | 780 |
| 1985-01-01 | 746 |
| 1985-02-01 | 798 |
| 1985-03-01 | 763 |
| 1985-04-01 | 766 |
| 1985-05-01 | 760 |
| 1985-06-01 | 708 |
| 1985-07-01 | 740 |
| 1985-08-01 | 688 |
| 1985-09-01 | 770 |
| 1985-10-01 | 795 |
| 1985-11-01 | 785 |
| 1985-12-01 | 778 |
| 1986-01-01 | 755 |
| 1986-02-01 | 749 |
| 1986-03-01 | 743 |
| 1986-04-01 | 757 |
| 1986-05-01 | 747 |
| 1986-06-01 | 792 |
| 1986-07-01 | 774 |
| 1986-08-01 | 783 |
| 1986-09-01 | 813 |
| 1986-10-01 | 806 |
| 1986-11-01 | 771 |
| 1986-12-01 | 705 |
| 1987-01-01 | 723 |
| 1987-02-01 | 687 |
| 1987-03-01 | 680 |
| 1987-04-01 | 650 |
| 1987-05-01 | 733 |
| 1987-06-01 | 691 |
| 1987-07-01 | 695 |
| 1987-08-01 | 661 |
| 1987-09-01 | 628 |
| 1987-10-01 | 603 |
| 1987-11-01 | 619 |
| 1987-12-01 | 614 |
| 1988-01-01 | 608 |
| 1988-02-01 | 664 |
| 1988-03-01 | 674 |
| 1988-04-01 | 642 |
| 1988-05-01 | 653 |
| 1988-06-01 | 613 |
| 1988-07-01 | 594 |
| 1988-08-01 | 599 |
| 1988-09-01 | 557 |
| 1988-10-01 | 593 |
| 1988-11-01 | 590 |
| 1988-12-01 | 608 |
| 1989-01-01 | 626 |
| 1989-02-01 | 647 |
| 1989-03-01 | 608 |
| 1989-04-01 | 619 |
| 1989-05-01 | 603 |
| 1989-06-01 | 589 |
| 1989-07-01 | 583 |
| 1989-08-01 | 612 |
| 1989-09-01 | 623 |
| 1989-10-01 | 633 |
| 1989-11-01 | 652 |
| 1989-12-01 | 675 |
| 1990-01-01 | 650 |
| 1990-02-01 | 618 |
| 1990-03-01 | 616 |
| 1990-04-01 | 614 |
| 1990-05-01 | 598 |
| 1990-06-01 | 597 |
| 1990-07-01 | 665 |
| 1990-08-01 | 677 |
| 1990-09-01 | 739 |
| 1990-10-01 | 735 |
| 1990-11-01 | 753 |
| 1990-12-01 | 739 |
| 1991-01-01 | 688 |
| 1991-02-01 | 752 |
| 1991-03-01 | 733 |
| 1991-04-01 | 783 |
| 1991-05-01 | 789 |
| 1991-06-01 | 780 |
| 1991-07-01 | 748 |
| 1991-08-01 | 733 |
| 1991-09-01 | 707 |
| 1991-10-01 | 731 |
| 1991-11-01 | 709 |
| 1991-12-01 | 787 |
| 1992-01-01 | 838 |
| 1992-02-01 | 894 |
| 1992-03-01 | 917 |
| 1992-04-01 | 870 |
| 1992-05-01 | 920 |
| 1992-06-01 | 897 |
| 1992-07-01 | 903 |
| 1992-08-01 | 898 |
| 1992-09-01 | 868 |
| 1992-10-01 | 902 |
| 1992-11-01 | 845 |
| 1992-12-01 | 876 |
| 1993-01-01 | 836 |
| 1993-02-01 | 822 |
| 1993-03-01 | 882 |
| 1993-04-01 | 862 |
| 1993-05-01 | 817 |
| 1993-06-01 | 841 |
| 1993-07-01 | 775 |
| 1993-08-01 | 771 |
| 1993-09-01 | 776 |
| 1993-10-01 | 714 |
| 1993-11-01 | 800 |
| 1993-12-01 | 679 |
| 1994-01-01 | 793 |
| 1994-02-01 | 806 |
| 1994-03-01 | 692 |
| 1994-04-01 | 687 |
| 1994-05-01 | 686 |
| 1994-06-01 | 658 |
| 1994-07-01 | 673 |
| 1994-08-01 | 677 |
| 1994-09-01 | 627 |
| 1994-10-01 | 650 |
| 1994-11-01 | 642 |
| 1994-12-01 | 556 |
| 1995-01-01 | 612 |
| 1995-02-01 | 553 |
| 1995-03-01 | 527 |
| 1995-04-01 | 605 |
| 1995-05-01 | 590 |
| 1995-06-01 | 611 |
| 1995-07-01 | 613 |
| 1995-08-01 | 646 |
| 1995-09-01 | 624 |
| 1995-10-01 | 541 |
| 1995-11-01 | 567 |
| 1995-12-01 | 623 |
| 1996-01-01 | 620 |
| 1996-02-01 | 663 |
| 1996-03-01 | 687 |
| 1996-04-01 | 654 |
| 1996-05-01 | 652 |
| 1996-06-01 | 640 |
| 1996-07-01 | 630 |
| 1996-08-01 | 591 |
| 1996-09-01 | 664 |
| 1996-10-01 | 636 |
| 1996-11-01 | 656 |
| 1996-12-01 | 560 |
| 1997-01-01 | 620 |
| 1997-02-01 | 596 |
| 1997-03-01 | 624 |
| 1997-04-01 | 590 |
| 1997-05-01 | 578 |
| 1997-06-01 | 657 |
| 1997-07-01 | 559 |
| 1997-08-01 | 544 |
| 1997-09-01 | 553 |
| 1997-10-01 | 565 |
| 1997-11-01 | 533 |
| 1997-12-01 | 581 |
| 1998-01-01 | 559 |
| 1998-02-01 | 534 |
| 1998-03-01 | 550 |
| 1998-04-01 | 542 |
| 1998-05-01 | 473 |
| 1998-06-01 | 527 |
| 1998-07-01 | 608 |
| 1998-08-01 | 530 |
| 1998-09-01 | 508 |
| 1998-10-01 | 481 |
| 1998-11-01 | 495 |
| 1998-12-01 | 462 |
| 1999-01-01 | 431 |
| 1999-02-01 | 468 |
| 1999-03-01 | 421 |
| 1999-04-01 | 450 |
| 1999-05-01 | 471 |
| 1999-06-01 | 461 |
| 1999-07-01 | 520 |
| 1999-08-01 | 440 |
| 1999-09-01 | 536 |
| 1999-10-01 | 561 |
| 1999-11-01 | 514 |
| 1999-12-01 | 499 |
| 2000-01-01 | 559 |
| 2000-02-01 | 545 |
| 2000-03-01 | 473 |
| 2000-04-01 | 463 |
| 2000-05-01 | 499 |
| 2000-06-01 | 484 |
| 2000-07-01 | 478 |
| 2000-08-01 | 507 |
| 2000-09-01 | 471 |
| 2000-10-01 | 494 |
| 2000-11-01 | 489 |
| 2000-12-01 | 507 |
| 2001-01-01 | 496 |
| 2001-02-01 | 483 |
| 2001-03-01 | 567 |
| 2001-04-01 | 582 |
| 2001-05-01 | 555 |
| 2001-06-01 | 559 |
| 2001-07-01 | 579 |
| 2001-08-01 | 657 |
| 2001-09-01 | 565 |
| 2001-10-01 | 577 |
| 2001-11-01 | 613 |
| 2001-12-01 | 656 |
| 2002-01-01 | 651 |
| 2002-02-01 | 648 |
| 2002-03-01 | 712 |
| 2002-04-01 | 683 |
| 2002-05-01 | 647 |
| 2002-06-01 | 751 |
| 2002-07-01 | 670 |
| 2002-08-01 | 665 |
| 2002-09-01 | 681 |
| 2002-10-01 | 715 |
| 2002-11-01 | 753 |
| 2002-12-01 | 768 |
| 2003-01-01 | 754 |
| 2003-02-01 | 755 |
| 2003-03-01 | 698 |
| 2003-04-01 | 776 |
| 2003-05-01 | 818 |
| 2003-06-01 | 823 |
| 2003-07-01 | 751 |
| 2003-08-01 | 767 |
| 2003-09-01 | 807 |
| 2003-10-01 | 764 |
| 2003-11-01 | 732 |
| 2003-12-01 | 688 |
| 2004-01-01 | 715 |
| 2004-02-01 | 676 |
| 2004-03-01 | 699 |
| 2004-04-01 | 684 |
| 2004-05-01 | 686 |
| 2004-06-01 | 685 |
| 2004-07-01 | 773 |
| 2004-08-01 | 775 |
| 2004-09-01 | 757 |
| 2004-10-01 | 760 |
| 2004-11-01 | 788 |
| 2004-12-01 | 796 |
| 2005-01-01 | 775 |
| 2005-02-01 | 806 |
| 2005-03-01 | 701 |
| 2005-04-01 | 686 |
| 2005-05-01 | 680 |
| 2005-06-01 | 724 |
| 2005-07-01 | 628 |
| 2005-08-01 | 665 |
| 2005-09-01 | 671 |
| 2005-10-01 | 646 |
| 2005-11-01 | 732 |
| 2005-12-01 | 657 |
| 2006-01-01 | 574 |
| 2006-02-01 | 674 |
| 2006-03-01 | 648 |
| 2006-04-01 | 678 |
| 2006-05-01 | 683 |
| 2006-06-01 | 611 |
| 2006-07-01 | 701 |
| 2006-08-01 | 651 |
| 2006-09-01 | 642 |
| 2006-10-01 | 639 |
| 2006-11-01 | 627 |
| 2006-12-01 | 570 |
| 2007-01-01 | 592 |
| 2007-02-01 | 598 |
| 2007-03-01 | 692 |
| 2007-04-01 | 648 |
| 2007-05-01 | 628 |
| 2007-06-01 | 635 |
| 2007-07-01 | 604 |
| 2007-08-01 | 540 |
| 2007-09-01 | 588 |
| 2007-10-01 | 645 |
| 2007-11-01 | 639 |
| 2007-12-01 | 668 |
| 2008-01-01 | 655 |
| 2008-02-01 | 634 |
| 2008-03-01 | 672 |
| 2008-04-01 | 665 |
| 2008-05-01 | 706 |
| 2008-06-01 | 760 |
| 2008-07-01 | 836 |
| 2008-08-01 | 845 |
| 2008-09-01 | 956 |
| 2008-10-01 | 958 |
| 2008-11-01 | 990 |
| 2008-12-01 | 1112 |
| 2009-01-01 | 1145 |
| 2009-02-01 | 1207 |
| 2009-03-01 | 1231 |
| 2009-04-01 | 1368 |
| 2009-05-01 | 1324 |
| 2009-06-01 | 1286 |
| 2009-07-01 | 1278 |
| 2009-08-01 | 1316 |
| 2009-09-01 | 1273 |
| 2009-10-01 | 1366 |
| 2009-11-01 | 1349 |
| 2009-12-01 | 1322 |
| 2010-01-01 | 1425 |
| 2010-02-01 | 1452 |
| 2010-03-01 | 1573 |
| 2010-04-01 | 1454 |
| 2010-05-01 | 1370 |
| 2010-06-01 | 1394 |
| 2010-07-01 | 1333 |
| 2010-08-01 | 1349 |
| 2010-09-01 | 1387 |
| 2010-10-01 | 1304 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1366 |
| 2010-12-01 | 1322 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1350 |
| 2011-02-01 | 1343 |
| 2011-03-01 | 1394 |
| 2011-04-01 | 1425 |
| 2011-05-01 | 1386 |
| 2011-06-01 | 1372 |
| 2011-07-01 | 1366 |
| 2011-08-01 | 1433 |
| 2011-09-01 | 1332 |
| 2011-10-01 | 1288 |
| 2011-11-01 | 1365 |
| 2011-12-01 | 1250 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1058 |
| 2012-02-01 | 1188 |
| 2012-03-01 | 1165 |
| 2012-04-01 | 1148 |
| 2012-05-01 | 1162 |
| 2012-06-01 | 1186 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1246 |
| 2012-08-01 | 1137 |
| 2012-09-01 | 1145 |
| 2012-10-01 | 1152 |
| 2012-11-01 | 1093 |
| 2012-12-01 | 1141 |
| 2013-01-01 | 1114 |
| 2013-02-01 | 1064 |
| 2013-03-01 | 1074 |
| 2013-04-01 | 1101 |
| 2013-05-01 | 1139 |
| 2013-06-01 | 1098 |
| 2013-07-01 | 1058 |
| 2013-08-01 | 1120 |
| 2013-09-01 | 1195 |
| 2013-10-01 | 1060 |
| 2013-11-01 | 1008 |
| 2013-12-01 | 942 |
| 2014-01-01 | 1013 |
| 2014-02-01 | 1065 |
| 2014-03-01 | 1011 |
| 2014-04-01 | 935 |
| 2014-05-01 | 990 |
| 2014-06-01 | 942 |
| 2014-07-01 | 1009 |
| 2014-08-01 | 935 |
| 2014-09-01 | 961 |
| 2014-10-01 | 891 |
| 2014-11-01 | 947 |
| 2014-12-01 | 949 |
| 2015-01-01 | 914 |
| 2015-02-01 | 870 |
| 2015-03-01 | 860 |
| 2015-04-01 | 825 |
| 2015-05-01 | 944 |
| 2015-06-01 | 836 |
| 2015-07-01 | 772 |
| 2015-08-01 | 807 |
| 2015-09-01 | 780 |
| 2015-10-01 | 769 |
| 2015-11-01 | 875 |
| 2015-12-01 | 765 |
| 2016-01-01 | 721 |
| 2016-02-01 | 753 |
| 2016-03-01 | 754 |
| 2016-04-01 | 826 |
| 2016-05-01 | 675 |
| 2016-06-01 | 744 |
| 2016-07-01 | 736 |
| 2016-08-01 | 674 |
| 2016-09-01 | 758 |
| 2016-10-01 | 781 |
| 2016-11-01 | 711 |
| 2016-12-01 | 707 |
| 2017-01-01 | 663 |
| 2017-02-01 | 715 |
| 2017-03-01 | 746 |
| 2017-04-01 | 635 |
| 2017-05-01 | 597 |
| 2017-06-01 | 563 |
| 2017-07-01 | 649 |
| 2017-08-01 | 706 |
| 2017-09-01 | 642 |
| 2017-10-01 | 710 |
| 2017-11-01 | 702 |
| 2017-12-01 | 613 |
| 2018-01-01 | 685 |
| 2018-02-01 | 552 |
| 2018-03-01 | 550 |
| 2018-04-01 | 569 |
| 2018-05-01 | 572 |
| 2018-06-01 | 587 |
| 2018-07-01 | 568 |
| 2018-08-01 | 554 |
| 2018-09-01 | 556 |
| 2018-10-01 | 630 |
| 2018-11-01 | 563 |
| 2018-12-01 | 592 |
| 2019-01-01 | 685 |
| 2019-02-01 | 691 |
| 2019-03-01 | 634 |
| 2019-04-01 | 638 |
| 2019-05-01 | 560 |
| 2019-06-01 | 512 |
| 2019-07-01 | 535 |
| 2019-08-01 | 553 |
| 2019-09-01 | 497 |
| 2019-10-01 | 496 |
| 2019-11-01 | 467 |
| 2019-12-01 | 552 |
| 2020-01-01 | 556 |
| 2020-02-01 | 584 |
| 2020-03-01 | 671 |
| 2020-04-01 | 1471 |
| 2020-05-01 | 1367 |
| 2020-06-01 | 1486 |
| 2020-07-01 | 1377 |
| 2020-08-01 | 1229 |
| 2020-09-01 | 1160 |
| 2020-10-01 | 1064 |
| 2020-11-01 | 1020 |
| 2020-12-01 | 962 |
| 2021-01-01 | 863 |
| 2021-02-01 | 948 |
| 2021-03-01 | 926 |
| 2021-04-01 | 1013 |
| 2021-05-01 | 926 |
| 2021-06-01 | 961 |
| 2021-07-01 | 789 |
| 2021-08-01 | 853 |
| 2021-09-01 | 737 |
| 2021-10-01 | 781 |
| 2021-11-01 | 649 |
| 2021-12-01 | 658 |
| 2022-01-01 | 677 |
| 2022-02-01 | 640 |
| 2022-03-01 | 554 |
| 2022-04-01 | 638 |
| 2022-05-01 | 567 |
| 2022-06-01 | 524 |
| 2022-07-01 | 545 |
| 2022-08-01 | 584 |
| 2022-09-01 | 570 |
| 2022-10-01 | 514 |
| 2022-11-01 | 520 |
| 2022-12-01 | 515 |
| 2023-01-01 | 532 |
| 2023-02-01 | 522 |
| 2023-03-01 | 541 |
| 2023-04-01 | 467 |
| 2023-05-01 | 571 |
| 2023-06-01 | 589 |
| 2023-07-01 | 530 |
| 2023-08-01 | 509 |
| 2023-09-01 | 578 |
| 2023-10-01 | 530 |
| 2023-11-01 | 649 |
| 2023-12-01 | 486 |
| 2024-01-01 | 543 |
| 2024-02-01 | 638 |
| 2024-03-01 | 635 |
| 2024-04-01 | 541 |
| 2024-05-01 | 663 |
| 2024-06-01 | 621 |
| 2024-07-01 | 681 |
| 2024-08-01 | 594 |
| 2024-09-01 | 535 |
| 2024-10-01 | 585 |
| 2024-11-01 | 608 |
| 2024-12-01 | 583 |
| 2025-01-01 | 713 |
| 2025-02-01 | 577 |
| 2025-03-01 | 642 |
| 2025-04-01 | 593 |
| 2025-05-01 | 546 |
| 2025-06-01 | 722 |
| 2025-07-01 | 723 |
| 2025-08-01 | 751 |
| 2025-09-01 | 705 |
| 2025-10-01 | . |
| 2025-11-01 | 807 |
| 2025-12-01 | 731 |