Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and detailed age, 2013 annual averages:
[North Carolina]
White male EPOP: 69.8% White male unemployment rate: 6.2%
African American male EPOP: 64.9% African American male unemployment rate: 14.8%
***** http://www.bls.gov/lau/ptable14full2013.pdf
Not benign? I suspect it was far uglier than that.
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and detailed age, 2013 annual averages:
[North Carolina]
White male EPOP: 69.8% White male unemployment rate: 6.2%
African American male EPOP: 64.9% African American male unemployment rate: 14.8%
*****
http://www.bls.gov/lau/ptable14full2013.pdf
Not benign? I suspect it was far uglier than that.