Women, particularly Black and Hispanic women, are overrepresented in domestic work in the South: Race, gender, and citizenship status of domestic workers and all other workers in the South
All other workers | Domestic workers | |
---|---|---|
Women | 47.0% | 90.9% |
Men | 53.0% | 9.1% |
Black | 17.8% | 33.8% |
Hispanic | 18.5% | 27.6% |
White | 56.2% | 32.8% |
Black women | 9.5% | 30.5% |
Hispanic women | 7.9% | 25.4% |
White women | 26.0% | 29.9% |
Foreign-born naturalized citizen | 7.9% | 11.5% |
Foreign-born non-U.S. citizen | 8.1% | 14.2% |
Source: EPI analysis of 2017–2019 and 2021–2023 American Community Survey data.