The differences in unemployment rates are even more dramatic when broken down by race and age. For example, white men's unemployment rate in June was 9.5%, while black men's was 17.8%. For white women it was 8%, and for black women, 13.1%, according to the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Teens have a harder time during recessions too. Here's a sampling of unemployment rates in June for various groups:
- Black men 20 and older: 16.4%.
- Black women 20 and older: 11.3%.
- White men 20 and older: 9.2%.
- White women 20 and older: 6.8%.
- Black males age 16 to 19: 50%.
- Black females age 16 to 19: 40.6%.
- White males age 16 to 19: 26.5%.
- White females age 16 to 19: 23.5%.