Chart: Reinstating a local hire law in Cleveland would provide more job opportunities to Black and Latinx construction workers by ensuring more jobs go to Cleveland residents: Demographic comparison of construction workers in the city of Cleveland versus Ohio overall | Economic Policy Institute

Figure D

Reinstating a local hire law in Cleveland would provide more job opportunities to Black and Latinx construction workers by ensuring more jobs go to Cleveland residents: Demographic comparison of construction workers in the city of Cleveland versus Ohio overall

	White	Black	Latinx	Other
Cleveland	49.0%	29.5%	18.8%	2.6%
Ohio	88.3%	4.7%	5.3%	1.8%

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Source: EPI analysis of five-year 2019 American Community Survey microdata.

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