Chart Data

Unemployment Rates by Age and Ethnic Group

Tab 1: Unemployment rate for persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity by age, 1973–2011 annual averages
Year	16-19 years	20-24 years	25-34 years	35-44 years	45-54 years
1973	19.7	8.5	5.7	5.6	4.7
1974	19.8	9.8	6.3	5.9	4.6
1975	27.7	16.7	9.9	8.6	8.1
1976	23.8	15.9	9.1	8.2	8.4
1977	22.9	12.0	8.6	6.1	7.3
1978	20.7	10.9	8.0	6.5	5.8
1979	19.2	10.4	6.7	6.2	5.2
1980	22.5	12.1	9.1	7.7	5.7
1981	23.9	13.9	8.8	7.4	6.4
1982	29.9	17.7	12.3	10.7	8.4
1983	28.4	16.7	11.9	11.3	10.0
1984	24.1	12.4	9.7	8.2	7.5
1985	24.3	12.6	9.9	7.7	7.4
1986	24.7	12.9	9.6	8.4	7.8
1987	22.3	10.6	7.7	6.7	6.9
1988	22.0	9.8	7.1	6.0	6.0
1989	19.4	10.7	7.0	5.9	6.3
1990	19.5	9.1	7.3	6.6	6.4
1991	22.9	11.6	9.2	8.1	8.0
1992	27.5	13.2	10.4	9.8	8.8
1993	26.1	13.1	9.3	9.1	8.6
1994	24.5	11.8	9.0	7.7	8.1
1995	24.1	11.5	8.2	7.2	6.4
1996	23.6	11.8	7.3	7.3	6.0
1997	21.6	10.3	6.3	6.4	5.1
1998	21.3	9.4	5.9	5.5	4.6
1999	18.6	8.3	5.4	4.8	4.8
2000	16.6	7.5	4.8	4.5	3.3
2001	17.7	8.1	5.9	5.2	4.3
2002	20.1	9.9	6.6	6.0	5.5
2003	20.0	10.2	7.0	6.0	6.3
2004	20.4	9.3	6.3	5.3	5.2
2005	18.4	8.6	5.3	4.5	4.4
2006	15.9	7.2	4.7	4.3	3.7
2007	18.1	7.8	4.9	4.3	4.3
2008	22.4	11.5	6.7	5.8	6.3
2009	30.2	16.2	11.4	10.2	10.1
2010	32.2	17.4	11.3	10.3	10.8
2011	31.1	15.7	10.4	9.2	9.9

Tab 2: Unemployment rate for persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity age 16 and older, by detailed ethnic group, 1988–2011 annual averages
Year	Hispanic or Latino	Mexican American	Puerto Rican	Cuban
1988	8.2	9.1	8.6	5.0
1989	8.0	8.6	9.6	5.6
1990	8.2	8.4	9.5	7.2
1991	10.0	10.5	12.0	8.1
1992	11.6	11.8	14.4	7.9
1993	10.8	10.7	13.1	7.9
1994	9.9	10.1	11.6	8.1
1995	9.3	9.7	11.2	7.4
1996	8.9	9.2	9.6	7.2
1997	7.7	7.7	9.8	6.6
1998	7.2	7.3	8.3	6.0
1999	6.4	6.6	8.2	4.6
2000	5.7	5.9	6.6	4.5
2001	6.6	6.7	7.8	6.5
2002	7.5	7.5	9.4	6.7
2003	7.7	7.7	9.3	6.0
2004	7.0	7.2	8.1	4.5
2005	6.0	6.2	7.8	3.3
2006	5.2	5.2	7.2	3.6
2007	5.6	5.6	7.9	4.0
2008	7.6	7.7	10.3	6.3
2009	12.1	12.2	13.8	9.4
2010	12.5	12.4	15.4	12.4
2011	11.5	11.6	14.1	11.2