State and local governments employ higher shares of women and Black women: Demographics of the private and state and local public-sector workforce in United States
| Private sector | State and local government | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Share | Count | Share | Share who work in state and local government | |
| Overall | 118,980,562 | 100% | 17,256,696 | 100% | 12.3% |
| Gender | |||||
| Men | 63,480,366 | 53.4% | 6,967,959 | 40.4% | 9.6% |
| Women | 55,500,193 | 46.6% | 10,288,736 | 59.6% | 15.3% |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | 72,592,321 | 61.0% | 11,594,713 | 67.2% | 13.4% |
| Black | 14,486,105 | 12.2% | 2,414,731 | 14.0% | 13.7% |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 22,055,629 | 18.5% | 2,160,724 | 12.5% | 8.8% |
| AAPI | 8,601,330 | 7.2% | 871,897 | 5.1% | 9.0% |
| Other | 1,245,179 | 1.0% | 214,631 | 1.2% | 13.7% |
| Gender and race/ethnicity | |||||
| White men | 38,761,445 | 32.6% | 4,736,702 | 27.4% | 10.6% |
| White women | 33,830,872 | 28.4% | 6,858,010 | 39.7% | 16.5% |
| Black men | 6,870,493 | 5.8% | 921,025 | 5.3% | 11.3% |
| Black women | 7,615,611 | 6.4% | 1,493,706 | 8.7% | 15.7% |
| Hispanic men | 12,698,108 | 10.7% | 850,684 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
| Hispanic women | 9,357,521 | 7.9% | 1,310,039 | 7.6% | 12.1% |
| AAPI men | 4,510,987 | 3.8% | 378,571 | 2.2% | 7.5% |
| AAPI women | 4,090,344 | 3.4% | 493,326 | 2.9% | 10.5% |
| Other men | 639,335 | 0.5% | 80,976 | 0.5% | 10.5% |
| Other women | 605,843 | 0.5% | 133,655 | 0.8% | 16.9% |
| Education | |||||
| Less than high school | 10,953,504 | 9.2% | 452,847 | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| High school | 33,043,956 | 27.8% | 2,885,911 | 16.7% | 7.9% |
| Some college | 34,205,124 | 28.7% | 4,212,319 | 24.4% | 10.7% |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 27,569,625 | 23.2% | 4,893,845 | 28.4% | 14.6% |
| Advanced degree | 13,208,353 | 11.1% | 4,811,774 | 27.9% | 25.5% |
| Veteran status | |||||
| Not a veteran | 112,849,529 | 94.8% | 16,304,641 | 94.5% | 12.3% |
| Veteran | 5,496,738 | 4.6% | 926,947 | 5.4% | 12.8% |
| Veteran status N/A | 634,295 | 0.5% | 25,108 | 0.1% | 3.8% |
| Nativity/citizenship | |||||
| U.S.-born | 97,202,783 | 81.7% | 15,515,145 | 89.9% | 13.4% |
| Foreign-born U.S. citizen | 10,116,154 | 8.5% | 1,164,774 | 6.7% | 10.1% |
| Foreign-born noncitizen | 11,661,628 | 9.8% | 576,777 | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Age | |||||
| Under 23 | 11,801,156 | 9.9% | 722,938 | 4.2% | 5.7% |
| 23–49 | 71,028,914 | 59.7% | 10,020,990 | 58.1% | 12.1% |
| 50 or older | 36,150,495 | 30.4% | 6,512,769 | 37.7% | 14.7% |
Source: EPI analysis of 2017–2019 Current Population Survey microdata.