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.

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