State and local governments disproportionately employ Black workers and women in Mississippi: Demographics of the overall, private-sector, and state and local public-sector workforces in Mississippi
| Total workforce | Private sector | State and local government | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers | Share of sector | Workers | Share of sector | Workers | Share of sector | |
| All | 1,123,700 | 100.0% | 900,200 | 100.0% | 186,000 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||||||
| Men | 557,400 | 49.6% | 465,500 | 51.7% | 71,400 | 38.4% |
| Women | 566,300 | 50.4% | 434,700 | 48.3% | 114,500 | 61.6% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 658,500 | 58.6% | 532,900 | 59.2% | 105,400 | 56.7% |
| Black | 409,200 | 36.4% | 321,100 | 35.7% | 75,500 | 40.6% |
| Latinx | 30,600 | 2.7% | 27,500 | 3.1% | * | * |
| AAPI/other | 25,400 | 2.3% | 18,800 | 2.1% | * | * |
| Men of color | 211,500 | 18.8% | 175,400 | 19.5% | 28,400 | 15.3% |
| Women of color | 253,700 | 22.6% | 192,000 | 21.3% | 52,100 | 28.0% |
| Not a person of color | 658,500 | 58.6% | 532,900 | 59.2% | 105,400 | 56.7% |
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| Less than high school | 95,500 | 8.5% | 87,700 | 9.7% | 6,600 | 3.5% |
| High school | 300,600 | 26.8% | 262,600 | 29.2% | 32,400 | 17.4% |
| Some college, no degree | 284,300 | 25.3% | 241,200 | 26.8% | 33,200 | 17.8% |
| Associate degree | 147,200 | 13.1% | 119,100 | 13.2% | 21,300 | 11.5% |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 296,100 | 26.4% | 189,600 | 21.1% | 92,400 | 49.7% |
Note: *Value not available due to insufficient sample size.
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, pooled years 2017–2018.