The labor market attachment of Black and Hispanic families is still recovering from the impact of the last two recessions: Share of low-income families with at least one full-time earner in the household, 2007–2023

Year White Black Hispanic
2007 67.7% 63.6% 77.7%
2008 68.6% 61.7% 73.8%
2009 63.7% 57.2% 69.6%
2010 63.1% 56.0% 68.1%
2011 64.6% 56.7% 70.7%
2012 64.8% 57.2% 72.4%
2013 62.3% 61.7% 71.8%
2014 66.5% 61.9% 75.4%
2015 65.7% 61.7% 73.4%
2016 67.3% 60.8% 74.2%
2017 67.4% 63.5% 75.6%
2018 68.7% 64.4% 76.6%
2019 69.0% 61.1% 76.6%
2020 66.0% 61.4% 73.7%
2021 68.8% 60.7% 72.9%
2022 68.0% 68.1% 72.5%
2023 67.6% 63.4% 73.4%
Economic Policy Institute

Note: Shaded areas denote recessions. Race and ethnicity are mutually exclusive (i.e., white alone non-Hispanic, Black alone or in any combination non-Hispanic, Hispanic any race). 

Source: EPI analysis of 2008–2024 U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata.

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