(CNSNews.com) -- The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today that the employment level for black Americans, age 16 and over, seasonally adjusted, was at a record level in July of 19,481,000 employed.
That is the highest number recorded by the BLS since it started tallying the data in 1972. In June, the number was 19,199,000.
In related news, the employment numbers for July show that the national unemployment rate held at 3.7% and the unemployment rate for blacks held at 6.0%, which is closest to the near-record low of 5.9%, from May 2018. https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/black-employ...
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