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Face of the New Workforce

Employment growth in the past year has come mostly in groups with historically high jobless rates.

  
INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT BY GROUP

HISPANIC, ALL AGES        10.1%*
BLACK, AGED 16-19         5.9%
WOMEN WHO HEAD FAMILIES   4.9%
WOMEN, 55 AND OLDER       4.2%
MEN, 55 AND OLDER         3.8%
WHITE, AGED 16-19         3.5%
MARRIED WOMEN             1.5%
MARRIED MEN               0.6%

*Three-month average
DATA: LABOR DEPT.


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