Employment-to-population ratios for workers age 16 and older by race and ethnicity, January 2020–October 2023

White Black Hispanic
Jan-2020 61.3% 58.9% 64.9%
Feb-2020 61.3 59.3 65
Mar-2020 60.1 57.6 62.9
Apr-2020 51.7 48.7 51.4
May-2020 53.5 49.6 52.9
Jun-2020 55.5 50.8 56
Jul-2020 55.8 51.5 56.4
Aug-2020 57.2 52.5 58.4
Sep-2020 57.3 52.6 58.2
Oct-2020 58.1 53.7 59.8
Nov-2020 57.9 54.1 59.8
Dec-2020 57.9 54.0 59.3
Jan-2021 57.8 54.7 59.4
Feb-2021 57.9 54.2 59.8
Mar-2021 58.1 54.9 60.3
Apr-2021 58.2 55.2 60.1
May-2021 58.3 55.4 60.4
Jun-2021 58.2 55.9 60.6
Jul-2021 58.6 55.8 61.5
Aug-2021 58.7 56.2 61.5
Sep-2021 58.9 56.5 61.6
Oct-2021 59.1 56.3 62
Nov-2021 59.5 56.8 63
Dec-2021 59.7 56.6 62.8
Jan-2022 59.9 57.7 63.2
Feb-2022 60.1 58.1 63.6
Mar-2022 60.2 58.2 63.7
Apr-2022 59.9 58.6 63.4
May-2022 59.9 59.1 63.6
Jun-2022 59.9 58.5 63.7
Jul-2022 60.0 58.3 63.1
Aug-2022 60.1 57.9 63.8
Sep-2022 60.1 58.5 63.5
Oct-2022 60.0 58.4 63.3
Nov-2022 59.8 58.8 63.1
Dec-2022 60.2 58.9 63.5
Jan-2023 60.2  59.5 63.3
Feb-2023 60.1  59.8 63.2
Mar-2023 60.2 60.9  63.7
Apr-2023 60.3  60.0  63.8
May-2023 60.2  59.6  64.2
Jun-2023 60.4  58.9  64.4
Jul-2023 60.3  59.1  64.4
Aug-2023 60.4  59.3 63.8
Sept-2023 60.3%  59.3% 64.2%
Oct-2023 60.1% 59.2% 63.7%

Note: Racial and ethnic categories are not mutually exclusive; white and Black data do not exclude Latinx workers of each race.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Survey public data. 

View the underlying data on epi.org.