Black and Hispanic men make up a growing share of those employed in truck-driving occupations: Racial/ethnic and gender composition of truck-driving occupations, 1979--2018
| Years | White men | White women | Black men | Black women | Hispanic men | Hispanic women | Other men and women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–83 | 84.0% | 1.9% | 9.2% | 0.1% | 3.9% | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| 1984–88 | 79.0% | 2.9% | 10.7% | 0.2% | 6.0% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| 1989–93 | 75.6% | 3.2% | 12.6% | 0.3% | 6.7% | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| 1994–98 | 72.7% | 3.2% | 13.0% | 0.4% | 8.9% | 0.2% | 1.6% |
| 1999–2003 | 68.4% | 3.1% | 14.0% | 0.5% | 12.1% | 0.2% | 1.7% |
| 2004–08 | 64.2% | 2.9% | 14.3% | 0.7% | 15.3% | 0.3% | 2.3% |
| 2009–13 | 61.3% | 2.4% | 14.8% | 0.7% | 17.7% | 0.3% | 2.9% |
| 2014–18 | 55.1% | 2.8% | 16.0% | 0.8% | 19.9% | 0.5% | 4.9% |
Note: Analysis based on sample of full-time workers, defined as employed and working more than 30 hours per week at their main job. Data are pooled over five-year intervals in order to create a large enough sample to disaggregate by race, ethnicity, and gender.
Source: Author’s analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau