Matthew Phillips writes for Bloomberg Businessweek that “Digging through the demographic data in the latest job numbers, one of the clear winners of the last few months has been black women. Since December, they’ve knocked more than 3 percentage points off their unemployment rate, from 13.9 percent to 10.8 percent. Unemployment among black men [...]

For the 2010 Census, the following are the household numbers by racial group: 82.3 million White, non-Hispanic households; 14.1 million Black households; 13.5 million Hispanic households; and 4.6 million Asian households out of a total of 116.7 million households nationwide. There are two important Click here to continue reading

Pew Research did a survey among Millennials to see how they were coping with the economy. The report said, “there are some significant differences in the impact of the recession among young adults by race, particularly in the areas of education and employment. The economic data show that young blacks have an even higher unemployment [...]

Pew Research Center reports that “fewer than four in ten (38%) say there are serious conflicts between blacks and whites, including 10% who see these conflicts as being ‘very strong.’ About a third say there are similar disagreements between the young and the old (34%, a 9-point increase since 2009).” While racial conflicts have seemed [...]

Compared with those who are not involved in communal organizations, religiously active Americans are more trusting of others; are more optimistic about their impact on their community; have a higher opinion of their community in general; are more involved in all kinds of neighborhood organizations, and devote more time to the groups that they are [...]

Radio’s diverse listener base continues to grow, with the number of weekly listeners increasing among Black (non-Hispanic) Adults aged 12 and older. • According to the Center for Research’s report on the Arbitron September 2011 Report, radio continues to reach more than 93% of Black (non-Hispanic) Persons aged 12 and over on a weekly basis, [...]

The 2010 Census shows that, as a race, blacks over-index for thepercent of multigenerational households (7.2% versus 4.4%) comparedwith the total population. The states that are driving much of this areIllinois at 8.8%, Louisiana’s 8.7%, New York’s 8.2% and New Jersey’s7.9%. The 2010 Census also shows that since the 2000 Census, thesestates have shown either [...]

Target Market News reports that “nearly one in three African American adults (30%) and nearly four in ten Hispanics (39%) say that they are more likely to support a cause or social issue online than offline today – both significantly higher percentages than Caucasians (24%), according to the new Dynamics of Cause Engagement study conducted [...]

According to Technorati.com, a recent BET study on moviegoing found that: “On average, African Americans go to the movies 13.4 times a year, compared with 11 times a year for general moviegoers.” Sixty-two percent of African Americans say they’ll see a movie several times. For African Americans, the top three sources of information about movies [...]

Target Market News reports that African Americans’ use of digital media is particularly active, according to Horowitz’s “State of Cable and Broadband Services” report noting that “36% of Black consumers watch TV content on alternative platforms at least weekly versus 25% of White non-Hispanic urban consumers and the incidence of weekly mobile TV viewing is [...]

Target Market News reports on the Fannie Mae Fourth Quarter National Housing Survey, conducted between October 2010 and December 2010. African Americans are generally more positive about owning a home than the general population. More than one-third of African Americans (35%) say they will buy a home in the next three years, compared to only [...]