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The unemployment divide

June 10, 2010 at 2:09AM

Blacks are 3.1 times as likely as whites to be unemployed in the metro area, the highest racial disparity among the top 50 metro areas in the country, according to a new study. The metro area has the second highest black unemployment rate in the country.

Metro areaBlackWhiteBlack-white

ratio

Detroit20.913.81.5

Minneapolis/St. Paul20.46.63.1

St. Louis17.38.42.1

Las Vegas16.910.11.7

Memphis15.75.13.0

Charlotte15.69.41.7

Chicago15.58.51.8

Miami15.48.01.9

Los Angeles15.08.61.7

Atlanta14.37.22.0

Source: Economic Policy Institute

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