The 2011 annual report on Black employment and unemployment shows that while the overall economy grew by over 1.6 million jobs, Black workers experienced mixed results. The official Black unemployment rate remained constant, but when Black women and Black men are examined separately, Black female unemployment rates rose, while Black male unemployment rates fell. The underlying components of the official unemployment rate also showed movement. The Black unemployment rate was still higher than the rate in June 2009 when the recession officially ended. The unemployment rates for whites and Latinos fell during the same period.
