Care workers are disproportionately women of color: Gender and race/ethnicity breakdown of all workers, home health care workers, and child care workers
| Men | White women | Black women | Hispanic women | AAPI women | Women of other race/ethnicity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All workers | 53.1% | 29.1% | 6.4% | 7.5% | 3.3% | 0.5% |
| Home health care workers | 11.4% | 34.0% | 26.1% | 20.1% | 7.0% | 1.4% |
| Child care workers | 6.0% | 53.1% | 14.1% | 22.3% | 3.3% | 1.2% |
Notes: To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this figure draws from pooled 2018–2020 microdata. AAPI refers to Asian American/Pacific Islander. Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, AAPI non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race).
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.18 (2021), https://microdata.epi.org.