Unemployment Rose Most for Teenage, Black, Latino & Asian Workers

The Trump administration released its latest jobs report today, showing a decline of 19,000 jobs between May 2025 and February 2026—92,000 fewer new jobs than anticipated. Young, Black, Latino, and Asian workers suffered the worst losses. Unemployment among teenagers jumped 1.3 percentage points between January and February, while Asian joblessness rose 0.6 percentage points, Black unemployment by 0.4 points, and Latino by 0.3 points. Overall employment fell in February, with the economy losing 92,000 jobs.

“President Trump’s billionaire economy is failing ordinary working people, especially those who have traditionally suffered most in bad times: young workers, Blacks, and Latinos,” said David Kass, executive director of Americans for Tax Fairness. “What workers and families need is an end to Republican trickle-down economics, and instead focus on investing in American workers and communities. That means raising taxes on the rich and corporations, better funding public services, and narrowing the wealth and income gaps that keep the finances of average Americans in perilous shape.”