Racial discrimination in hiring practices has led to unequal employment opportunities for non-White workers. A deep history of racism and xenophobia in the US is the general explanation for why this issue has persisted to the modern day. Though most people assume race is no longer a deciding factor of people’s futures, that is quite the opposite of reality. Race determines health, healthcare, education, income, and so many other factors that decide the quality of any one person’s life. Research on discrimination in hiring practices has been conducted heavily in the past, with emphasis on analyzing how it manifests and what measures can be taken to combat the issue. The most salient limitation to this research is that racial bias is not a quantifiable measure. This is why it so important to watch trends carefully and see how they compare to outcomes for White employees, the majority group in this society. We use data from IPUMS CPS, the Current Population Survey, in this research to examine unemployment rates of racial groups. The unemployment rates of Black, Asian, American Indian/Aleut/Eskimo, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander peoples are compared to that of White people. It is found that unemployment rates differ greatly for those of minority racial groups in the United States. The White racial group has lower unemployment rates for all the races consistently, except for the Asian racial group. Also, rates of unemployment began to increase at faster rates at the turn of the year 2020, most saliently for the Black racial group. This is likely due to the economic downfall that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. This study confirms that racial discrimination in hiring practices may very well be present, and even rising, in the modern day.