July 11, 2006 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Unemployment rates and demographic groups in June 2006

The unemployment rate for all workers held at 4.6 percent in June.

Unemployment rates by demographic group, May and June 2006
[Chart data—TXT]

The unemployment rate for adult men declined to 4.0 percent, while the unemployment rate for teenagers edged up to 15.4 percent.

Jobless rates for the other major worker groups—adult women (4.1 percent), whites (4.1 percent), blacks (9.0 percent) and Hispanics (5.3 percent)—showed little or no change over the month.

The data in this report are from the Current Population Survey and are seasonally adjusted. More information can be found in "The Employment Situation: June 2006" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 06-1172.

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