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Black women see unemployment rate fall sharply in November, but are still left behind in overall labor market recovery

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Black women see unemployment rate fall in November, but are still left behind in overall recovery

, the unemployment rate for U.S. workers overall dipped from 4.6% in October to 4.2% last month, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Black men also saw an improvement in employment last month with the unemployment rate falling from 8.3% to 7.3% in November. However, Spriggs pointed out the unemployment rate for workers without a high school diploma fell from 7.4% to 5.7% in November, lower than the unemployment rate of Black workers of all educational levels at 6.7%.

 

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