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Rural unemployment rates recovered faster from 2020 to 2021, remained highest for “Black or African American” residents

by Austin Sanders
5/2/2022

Rural Economy & Population
Employment & Education
Population & Migration
Rural Poverty & Well-Being

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Bar chart comparing the unemployment rate among White, Black or African American, and Hispanic or Latino workers in urban and rural areas in 2007, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

Rural unemployment rates recovered faster from 2020 to 2021, remained highest for “Black or African American” residents

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