Most of the workers who would benefit from a fair scheduling ordinance in Detroit are Black: Number and demographic shares of nonmanagerial workers in the retail and food service industries in Detroit
| Retail | Food service | Retail and food service | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of workers | Share of industry | Number of workers | Share of industry | Number of workers | Share of industry | |
| Total | 21,013 | 100.0% | 17,689 | 100.0% | 38,702 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||||||
| Women | 12,026 | 57.2% | 9,208 | 52.1% | 21,234 | 54.9% |
| Men | 8,987 | 42.8% | 8,481 | 47.9% | 17,468 | 45.1% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 2,332 | 11.1% | 2,590 | 14.6% | 4,922 | 12.7% |
| Black | 16,844 | 80.2% | 13,099 | 74.1% | 29,943 | 77.4% |
| Latinx | 1,254 | 6.0% | 1,376 | 7.8% | 2,630 | 6.8% |
| Other | 583 | 2.8% | 624 | 3.5% | 1,207 | 3.1% |
Source: EPI analysis of five-year 2019 American Community Survey microdata.