Women make up a majority of Alabama’s state and local government workers: Demographics of the overall, private-sector, and state and local public-sector workforces in Alabama
| Total workforce | Private sector | State and local government | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers | Share of sector | Workers | Share of sector | Workers | Share of sector | |
| All | 1,894,700 | 100.0% | 1,584,900 | 100.0% | 246,500 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||||||
| Men | 962,500 | 50.8% | 826,900 | 52.2% | 99,800 | 40.5% |
| Women | 932,200 | 49.2% | 758,000 | 47.8% | 146,700 | 59.5% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 1,266,300 | 66.8% | 1,057,600 | 66.7% | 168,700 | 68.4% |
| Black | 494,400 | 26.1% | 408,400 | 25.8% | 66,200 | 26.9% |
| Latinx | 70,800 | 3.7% | 65,000 | 4.1% | 4,400 | 1.8% |
| AAPI/other | 63,200 | 3.3% | 53,900 | 3.4% | 7,100 | 2.9% |
| Men of color | 294,300 | 15.5% | 255,500 | 16.1% | 29,200 | 11.8% |
| Women of color | 334,100 | 17.6% | 271,800 | 17.1% | 48,500 | 19.7% |
| Not a person of color | 1,266,300 | 66.8% | 1,057,600 | 66.7% | 168,700 | 68.4% |
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| Less than high school | 164,200 | 8.7% | 153,000 | 9.7% | 10,300 | 4.2% |
| High school | 525,000 | 27.7% | 473,100 | 29.9% | 42,300 | 17.2% |
| Some college | 467,800 | 24.7% | 408,800 | 25.8% | 44,800 | 18.2% |
| Associate degree | 187,800 | 9.9% | 162,000 | 10.2% | 20,500 | 8.3% |
| Bachelor’s or advanced degree | 549,900 | 29.0% | 388,100 | 24.5% | 128,600 | 52.2% |
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, pooled years 2017–2018.