From 1992 to 2012, black females increased their labor force participation rate by 1.3 percentage points (from 58.5% to 59.8%), white females decreased their rate by 0.3 points (from 57.7% to 57.4%), white males decreased their rate by 5.5 points (from 76.5% to 71.0%), and black males decreased their rate by 7.1 points (70.7% to 63.6%).