New york times unemployment chart. As the accompanying charts show jobless claims rose sharply in the vast majority of states. Job losses for black workers are deepening skip to comments the comments section is closed. The unemployment rate has ticked up just two tenths of a percentage point since february to 26 percent.
During the great recession of 2007 to 2010 the unemployment rate among the black population peaked at 168 percent while the highest rate for the white population was 92. These figures come from state unemployment insurance offices tallying up the number of people newly. A graphic comparing the 33 million unemployment claims filed last week to weekly claims over the past two decades.
The times used a chart to put the 33 million new unemployment claims into haunting perspective. Noriko hayashi for the new york times in japan though the number has barely budged.