The unemployment rate was 9.2% in June 2011, relatively unchanged <\/span><\/p>
from 9.1% in May<\/span>.  <\/span>The unemployment rate was higher among men<\/span> <\/p>
age 20 and over (9.1%), <\/span>compared <\/span>to women<\/span> age 20 and over (8.0%).  <\/span>
Among youth of both sexes, age 16 <\/span>to 19 years, <\/span>the <\/span>unemployment <\/span>
rate was 24.5%.<\/span>


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<\/span> <\/p>
The unemployment rate varied by race and ethnicity, with the <\/span><\/p>
highest rates among <\/span>African Americans.  <\/span>The unemployment <\/span><\/p>
rate was 16.2% among African Americans <\/span>of both sexes, <\/span><\/p>
compared to 8.1% among whites and 6.8% among Asians (not <\/span><\/p>
seasonally  <\/span>adjusted).  <\/span>It <\/span>was <\/span>17.0% among African American <\/span><\/p>
men and 13.8% <\/span>among African American women.  <\/span>The <\/span><\/p>
<\/span>unemployment rate among African American <\/span>youth, age 16 to <\/span><\/p>
19 years, was 39.9%.  <\/span>The <\/span>unemployment rate was 11.6% <\/span><\/p>
among <\/span>Hispanics of both sexes: it was 9.8% among <\/span>Hispanic <\/span><\/p>
<\/span>men and 11.4% among Hispanic <\/span>women (not seasonally adjusted). <\/span> <\/span><\/p>
<\/span> <\/p>
The unemployment rate was highest among those with the lowest <\/span><\/p>
levels of education. <\/span>The rate <\/span>was 14.3% among people with less <\/span><\/p>
than a high school education, 10.0% among <\/span>high school <\/span>graduates, <\/span><\/p>
8.4% among those with some college, and 4.4% among those <\/span><\/p>
with a bachelor's <\/span>degree or higher. <\/span><\/p>
<\/span> <\/p>
In May 2010, the West reported the highest regional jobless rate <\/span><\/p>
(10.9%), while the Northeast recorded the lowest rate, 8.9%. The <\/span><\/p>
states with the highest unemployment rates were Nevada (14.0%), <\/span><\/p>
Michigan (13.6%), California (12.4%), Florida (11.7%), Mississippi <\/span><\/p>
<\/span>(11.4%) <\/span>and <\/span>South <\/span>Carolina (11.0%).  <\/span>The states <\/span>with the lowest <\/span><\/p>
unemployment rates were North Dakota (3.6%), <\/span>South Dakota (4.6%), <\/span><\/p>
Nebraska (4.9%), Vermont (6.2%), New Hampshire (6.4%), and <\/span><\/p>
<\/span>Kansas <\/span>(6.5%). <\/span> <\/span><\/p>
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