Blacks And Poor Americans List Unemployment As Larger Problem Than General Economy: Gallup: To a large number of Americans, an economic recovery without jobs is not really a recovery at all.Overall, 55 percent of Americans picked either the general economy (29 percent) or joblessness (26 percent) as the country's most important problem, according to a Gallup poll released Friday, making this the fifth straight month of the year that Americans put the economy and unemployment atop their list.
The next most popular answer was the federal deficit, at 13 percent.
But now, there are a number of demographic groups that are identifying unemployment as an even bigger concern than the broader economy. Indeed, unemployment, not the general economy, was the top issue of concern for blacks, senior citizens, and people who earned $30,000 or less per year, according to the Gallup poll.
