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During Economic Recovery, Latinos Making Biggest Jobs Gains | While making up 15 percent of the U.S. workforce, Latinos have made up half of the employment gains since the economy began adding more jobs in early 2010, according to Labor Department data. It is also the only demographic that has returned to pre-recession employment numbers, the Los Angeles Times reports. However, the 10.5 percent unemployment rate among Latinos remains higher than the 8.3 percent nationally and 7.4 percent for whites. While public sector layoffs have disproportionately hurt African Americans, Latinos make up a larger share of workers in food service, manufacturing, and health care, which have seen gains while government jobs continue to disappear.
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