US Economic Recovery & Unemployment Data Show Some Are Being Left Behind

- The Los Angeles metro area is one of only two (Houston being the other) that had large enough sample sizes to calculate local unemployment rates for the major demographic groups tracked by the Census Bureau, and provides a good illustration of how margins of error are used to identify comparisons that are statistically significant.
- For Asian Americans in San Francisco and Los Angeles, low tourism and high housing costs are weighing on their rebound, while Latinos in Phoenix have benefited from a strong construction sector.
- The Los Angeles metro area is one of only two (Houston being the other) that had large enough sample sizes to calculate local unemployment rates for the major demographic groups tracked by the Census Bureau, and provides a good illustration of how margins of error are used to identify comparisons that are statistically significant.
- For Asian Americans in San Francisco and Los Angeles, low tourism and high housing costs are weighing on their rebound, while Latinos in Phoenix have benefited from a strong construction sector.
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– US Economic Recovery & Unemployment Data Show Some Are Being Left Behind
