10 Worst States For African Americans Without Jobs

10 Worst States For African Americans Without Jobs


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TENNESSEE

Percent unemployed getting benefits: 16% (tied, 2nd lowest)

Unemployment rate: 6.3% (19th highest)

Black Unemployment Rate (2013): 15%

Nashville and Memphis rank among 40 of the country’s cities employing the fewest African Americans.

According to MarketWatch, the average unemployment insurance was $232, or just 27.6% of the weekly average wage in Tennessee—both well below the $312 and 33% averages for the nation, respectively.

Only 16% of people who applied for unemployment insurance received it, less than in all but two other states.


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