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What You Need to Know About the State of Urban Jobs!
NUL’s State of Urban Jobs site at iamempowered.com gives you everything you need to know about jobs including the monthly employment report with stats for Blacks, Whites and Latinos, the National Urban League’s position on employment and job creation policy, the facts about how investing in job creation is the best strategy for reducing the deficit, as well as resume writing tips and job listings. Click here to view and stay abreast of the latest developments.
Highlights of the July 2011 Employment Report
Job growth picked up in July, after little growth over the previous two months. The economy added 117,000 jobs in July while private sector employment (excludes government losses) increased by 154,000, representing better than expected numbers following a day of major losses in the stock market and last week’s news of slower economic growth in the first two quarters of 2011. The number of unemployed people in July decreased slightly to 13.9 million as the labor force participation rate edged down to 63.9% representing nearly 200,000 people who left the labor market.
Private sector job growth was concentrated in professional and business services (+34,000), heath care (+31,300), retail trade (+25,900) and manufacturing (+24,000). Most losses were concentrated in state and local governments (-39,000) with modest job losses also in financial activities (-4,000).
The unemployment rate for July was little changed – now 9.1% (from 9.2% in June). The black unemployment rate decreased to 15.9% (from 16.2%), reflecting lower labor force participation – down to 60.4% from 61.0% in June. The unemployment rate for black men was unchanged at 17.0%; for black women, it decreased slightly to 13.4% (from 13.8%). The unemployment rate for whites remained unchanged at 8.1% while the Hispanic rate fell slightly to 11.3% (from 11.6%). Rates of teen unemployment were 23.0% for whites (from 21.8%), 39.2% for African-Americans (from 39.9%) and 36.2% for Latinos (from 35.4%). The rate of underemployment (including the unemployed, marginally attached and those working part-time for economic reasons) was little changed at 16.1% (from 16.2%). The ranks of long-term unemployed (jobless for 27 weeks or more) decreased slightly to 6.2 million (from 6.3 million) or 44.4% of all unemployed.
The July 2011 Employment report is available at the State of Urban Jobs website along with NULPI’s latest report, “At Risk: The State of the Black Middle Class”. Also, available from the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), the July 2011 edition of its state-by-state snapshots which detail each individual state’s economic progress for the previous month. For more information on State and Regional Unemployment Statistics for June 2011 (latest available), click here. For more information on Metropolitan Area Unemployment Statistics for June 2011 (latest available), click here.
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Dr. Valerie Rawlston Wilson is an economist and Vice President of Research at the National Urban League Policy Institute where she is responsible for planning and directing the Policy Institute’s Research Agenda. She is one of the primary architects of the National Urban League’s Plan for Putting Americans Back to Work, a bold 6-point job creation plan for urban America. Dr. Wilson has served as Managing Editor and Associate Editor of The State of Black America report and is staff director and ex-officio member of the National Urban League President’s Council of Economic Advisors, designed to assist the League in shaping national economic policy. Her fields of specialization include labor economics, economics of higher education, poverty and racial inequality. Dr. Wilson earned a PhD in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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NUL’s State of Urban Jobs site at iamempowered.com gives you everything you need to know about jobs including the monthly employment report with stats for Blacks, Whites and Latinos, the National Urban League’s response to the current crisis, the facts about how investing in job creation is the best strategy for reducing the deficit, as well as resume writing tips and job listings.
The project was launched in 2010 by Iamempowered.com and the National Urban League’s Policy Institute, to bring the Institute’s esteemed research, policy analysis and publications online. Through such activities as the annual Legislative Policy Conference and the publication of The State of Black America the Policy Institute provides a foundation from which to advocate on behalf of African Americans and urban communities. The Institute’s extensive collection of reports, fact sheets and publications is made available in one location for scholars, policy analysts, policymakers and advocacy groups, along with tools and information for entrepreneurs, job seekers, and those seeking information on the emerging green economy.
