Employment concerns rose sharply for Black and Hispanic adults and their families last year: Share of adults concerned about finding or keeping a job by race and ethnicity, 2024–2025

2024 2025
White  30.28% 32.47%
Black  46.35% 55.12%
Hispanic 46.93% 54.87%

 

Economic Policy Institute

Note: Race and ethnicity are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, Hispanic any race).

Source: Author’s analysis of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (Washington: Board of Governors, 2025, 2026).

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