WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in August for college graduates, teenagers, African-Americans and Asians.
But the jobless rate jumped for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from 3 percent in July to 3.9 percent last month.
The Labor Department said Friday that employers added a total of 201,000 jobs in August. The unemployment rate held at 3.9 percent for a second straight month.
The data for demographic groups came from a survey of households that is part of the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report
| Unemployment rate by group: | |||
| (Numbers in percentages) | August 2018 | July 2018 | August 2017 |
| White | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Black | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.6 |
| Asian | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| Hispanic or Latino ethnicity* | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| Adult men | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| Adult women | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| Teenagers | 12.8 | 13.1 | 13.8 |
| 20-24 years old | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.2 |
| 25-54 years old | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 55 and over | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan* | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.2 |
| No high school diploma | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| High school graduate | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Some college | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| College graduate | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Duration of Unemployment: | |||
| Average length (weeks) | 22.6 | 23.2 | 24.3 |
| Jobless 6 months or more (pct.) | 21.5 | 22.7 | 24.7 |
| *Includes all races | |||
| Source: Labor Department | |||
