Chart: Hispanics and men will drive increase in the browning of the working class: Projected percentage-point change in share of 18- to 64-year-old working class with given racial/ethnicity characteristic, by gender, 2013–2032

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Hispanics and men will drive increase in the browning of the working class: Projected percentage-point change in share of 18- to 64-year-old working class with given racial/ethnicity characteristic, by gender, 2013–2032

	Male	Female
White, non-Hispanic	-5.1%	-7.9%
Hispanic	7.2%	4.5%
Black	0.7%	-0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%

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Note: The working class consists of members of the labor force who have less than a bachelor's degree.

Source: EPI analysis of educational attainment trends from 1993–2013 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement and Bureau of Labor Statistics' long-term labor force projections for 2005–2050

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