Latinx workers are less likely to be able to work from home than white workers: Ability to work from home for Latinx and white workers, pre-pandemic (2017--2018 data); and shares of workers working at home every day, February 2020 and May 2020
| Ability to work from home | Latinx | White |
|---|---|---|
| Share of workers who could work at home, pre-pandemic | 16.2% | 29.9% |
| Share of workers working at home in February | 5.2% | 9.7% |
| Share of workers working at home in May | 23.4% | 39.4% |
| No longer employed | 34.0% | 22.5% |
| Working from home daily | 12.3% | 22.9% |
Note: White refers to non-Latinx whites; persons whose ethnicity is identified as Latinx may be of any race.
Sources: Real-Time Population Survey for May 10–16 and May 24–30, adapted from “Work from Home After the COVID-19 Outbreak” (Bick, Blandin, and Mertens 2020), Table 4; Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Flexibilities and Work Schedules, 2017 and 2018; Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey microdata.