The State of the Latino Workforce: March, 2010

THE STATE OF THE LATINO WORKFORCE March, 2010

Source: LaToya Egwuekwe, The Decline: The Geography of a Recession, latoyaegwuekwe.wordpress.com.

The recession is worse for many workers of color.

Monthly Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted) 18 15.8 % Black

16

12

12.4 % Latino

10

9.7 % Total

8

8.8 % White

6 4 2 0 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010

Unemployment Rate (%) (Seasonally Adjusted)

14

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Data Retrieval: Labor Force Statistics,� Current Population Survey, Tables A-2, A-3. Washington, DC, http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsatabs.htm (accessed March 2010).

Latinos are concentrated in hard-hit sectors.

One in five service workers is Latino (20.2%).

11.4% of service workers are unemployed.

One in five transportation and material moving workers is Latino (19.7%).

15% of transportation and material moving workers are unemployed.

One in three construction workers is Latino (29.5%).

24.6% of construction workers are unemployed.

Two in five farming, fishing, and forestry workers are Latino (39.3%).

25.9% of farming, fishing, and forestry workers are unemployed.

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