(CNSNews.com) – The numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for December 2014 show that while the national unemployment rate for whites is 4.8%, the national>unemployment rate for blacks is more than double that, at 10.4%.
Blacks comprise 13.2% of the U.S. population and whites comprise 77.7% of the population, according to the Census Bureau.
For Latinos, who comprise 17.1% of the U.S. population, the unemployment rate in December was 6.5%, down slightly from November's rate of 6.6%.
The last time the national unemployment rate for blacks was below 10.4% was in July 2008, some six-and-a-half years ago.