Black-White Jobless Gap Widens, Narrows Between Women and Men

Employment disparities between Black and White Americans widened in August but narrowed between men and women, even as jobless rates came down across the board.

The Black unemployment rate in August was 13%, down from 14.6% in July. This put the unemployment rate at about 1.8 times that of White Americans, which dropped to 7.3% last month, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday. The unemployment rate for White Americans was below the overall rate, which fell to 8.4% in August from 10.2%.