Figure B
The share of workers of color with a job returned to pre-pandemic levels over the last 4 years: Employment-to-population ratios by race and ethnicity, 2019–2024
| year | AAPI | AIAN | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 62.4% | 57.2% | 58.5% | 63.9% |
| 2020 | 57.4% | 52.2% | 53.4% | 58.8% |
| 2021 | 60.5% | 55.5% | 55.5% | 61.1% |
| 2022 | 62.6% | 56.0% | 58.3% | 63.5% |
| 2023 | 63.2% | 55.3% | 59.4% | 63.9% |
| 2024 | 62.5% | 57.0% | 58.8% | 63.9% |
Notes: AIAN refers to American Indian and Alaska Native, and AAPI refers to Asian American or Pacific Islander. Race and ethnicity are mutually exclusive for Black, AAPI workers, but not for AIAN workers (i.e. Black non-Hispanic, Hispanic any race, AAPI non-Hispanic, and AIAN any ethnicity). Race groups are single-race only.
Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata from EPI Microdata Extracts, Version 1.0.60 (2025); https://microdata.epi.org.
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