Shares of Southern domestic workers by select gender and race/ethnicity demographics
| State | Women | Black | Hispanic | White | Black women | Hispanic women | White women | U.S.-born | Foreign-born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 94.1% | 47.0% | – | 44.7% | 44.1% | – | 41.9% | 95.5% | 4.5% |
| Arkansas | 89.0% | 28.8% | – | 61.0% | 25.0% | – | 54.5% | 95.9% | 4.1% |
| Delaware | 83.3% | 60.9% | – | 30.2% | 47.2% | – | 27.6% | 83.8% | 16.2% |
| District of Columbia | 91.6% | 56.6% | – | – | 48.8% | – | – | 40.4% | 59.6% |
| Florida | 93.6% | 29.8% | 39.5% | 26.4% | 28.0% | 37.2% | 24.4% | 46.4% | 53.6% |
| Georgia | 92.9% | 53.9% | 11.1% | 28.3% | 49.9% | 10.3% | 26.7% | 77.6% | 22.4% |
| Kentucky | 88.3% | 12.0% | – | 80.2% | 10.3% | – | 70.8% | 93.0% | 7.0% |
| Louisiana | 90.9% | 66.0% | 5.7% | 25.0% | 59.5% | 5.6% | 23.4% | 95.0% | 5.0% |
| Maryland | 89.7% | 48.2% | 16.9% | 22.2% | 41.6% | 16.4% | 20.7% | 51.5% | 48.5% |
| Mississippi | 93.2% | 66.2% | – | 29.5% | 62.1% | – | 27.4% | 99.0% | 1.0% |
| North Carolina | 93.1% | 44.1% | 8.0% | 42.1% | 41.3% | 7.7% | 38.6% | 92.1% | 7.9% |
| Oklahoma | 91.5% | 19.7% | 6.7% | 56.1% | 17.5% | 6.4% | 51.3% | 92.9% | 7.1% |
| South Carolina | 91.3% | 50.5% | – | 41.0% | 45.3% | – | 38.0% | 94.7% | 5.3% |
| Tennessee | 89.2% | 30.1% | 5.5% | 61.0% | 26.8% | 4.9% | 54.3% | 94.0% | 6.0% |
| Texas | 89.4% | 21.3% | 55.0% | 19.4% | 18.8% | 49.7% | 17.4% | 69.8% | 30.2% |
| Virginia | 91.6% | 37.1% | 14.5% | 37.1% | 34.2% | 13.8% | 33.8% | 70.7% | 29.3% |
| West Virginia | 86.5% | – | – | 91.0% | – | – | 79.8% | 98.0% | 2.0% |
Note: Some demographic shares omitted due to low-sample size (-).
Source: EPI analysis of 2017–2019 and 2021–2023 American Community Survey data.