Figure B

Latinx workers face the largest employment losses in the coronavirus recession: Employment-to-population ratio for Latinx and white workers, by gender, February--June 2020

February March April May June
White workers 61.3% 60.2% 51.8% 53.4% 55.4%
Latinx workers 65.1% 63.0% 51.3% 52.8% 56%
White men 69.7% 68.5% 60.5% 62.1% 63.8%
White women 56.6% 55.7% 47.1% 48.8% 51.1%
Latinx men 78.5% 75.9% 64.3% 66.1% 68.2%
Latinx women 59.1% 57.3% 45% 46.3% 50.3%
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Notes: Workers, ages 16 and over, for aggregate totals (white workers; Latinx workers). Workers, ages 20 and over, for results disaggregated by gender. The race and ethnic categories are not mutually exclusive; therefore, white may include Latinx workers and persons whose ethnicity is identified as Latinx may be of any race.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Household Data Table A-2, and Table A-3.

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