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The gap between white and black unemployment in America is at a record low

The black unemployment rate fell in June to a 17-year low.

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The gap between the black and white unemployment rates in the US shrunk to a record low in June.

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the share of jobless African Americans in the labor force fell to 7.1%, the lowest level since April 2000. It was 1.5 percentage points down from a year ago, and it helped create the smallest gap between white and black employment on record.

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"While the unemployment rates for workers of color remain far higher than for white non-Hispanic workers, the black unemployment rate has been falling faster than overall unemployment over the last year," she said in a statement after the jobs report.

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Overall, the US economy added 222,000 jobs in June, more than economists had expected.

Black unemployment, however, remained much higher than the overall unemployment rate of 4.4%, which in June inched up from a 16-year low.

And, it was greater than the white unemployment rate, which at 3.8%, was lower than the overall rate.

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