A more comprehensive look at employment: Employment-to-population ratios for select workers by race/ethnicity and gender, February 2020, April 2020, January 2024, and February 2024
characteristic | February 2020 | April 2020 | January 2024 | February 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
White men | 69.6% | 60.5% | 67.5% | 67.4% |
White women | 56.6% | 47.1% | 56.0% | 56.0% |
Black men | 63.7% | 53.1% | 65.7% | 65.5% |
Black women | 60.8% | 49.6% | 59.9% | 60.6% |
Latinx men | 78.2% | 64.3% | 75.6% | 76.3% |
Latinx women | 59.1% | 45.2% | 58.1% | 58.4% |
Notes: Data are for workers ages 20 and older. Racial and ethnic categories are not mutually exclusive; white and Black data do not exclude Latinx workers of each race. Employment to population levels are labeled for February, April, and the trough in between.