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- Upper left (#) and right (%) charts: The number of white workers (age 16+) fell by approximately 700,000 from November 2007 (pre-crisis) to November 2016, while the number of workers of other races rose. Hispanics added approximately 4.9 million (+24%), Asian 2.3 million (+34%), and African Americans 2.3 million (+14%). Both the numbers and percentages were obtained using the FRED database for the age 16+ workers.[1] This reflects a significant decline in the white working age population (4.8 million) over that same period, while the other races had increases in the working age population.
- Details by race for the age 25-54 (prime working age group) were not available in FRED below the total figure.
- A NYT article reported similar figures for the age 16+ group, with a similar chart. In addition, it reported that for the age 25-54 group: The number of Hispanics was up 3.0 million, Asian up 1.5 million, Black up 1.0 million, and Whites down 6.5 million relative to the November 2007 level.[2] However, this total (-1.0 million) differed from the -2.0 total figure available in FRED for the same time period.
- While the age 25-54 white population fell about 5% from November 2007 to November 2016, which would correspond with a declining number of whites employed, whites also had a larger decline in the employment to population ratio than non- whites.[3]
- Lower left chart: The ratio of employed to civilian population (age 16+), also called the E-M ratio, remained below November 2007 levels for all four racial groups in 2016.
- Lower right chart: Higher education levels enjoyed a more robust jobs recovery during the period.
- These racial and educational disparities may have helped the Trump campaign with the white working class voters in 2016.[2]
- Indexing means dividing the value in a given period by the base period, in this case November 2007. The value of the base period is X/X = 1 or 100%. So an index value of 124 means a 24% increase over the base period. The upper right and lower right charts use this technique.
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English: Employment trends by race and education, comparing pre-crisis levels with November 2016 |
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