Table 3.
Risk factors for unemployment from COVID-19.
| Risk factor (Feb.2017 – Feb 2020) |
April 2020 to June 2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Latinx | Asian | White | Total | National unemployment rate | |
| Essential | ||||||
| Nonessential industry | 16.5% | 15.2% | 15.9% | 15.5% | 15.7% | 27.2% |
| Essential industry | 83.5% | 84.9% | 84.1% | 84.6% | 84.3% | 10.4% |
| Education | ||||||
| High school dropout | 7.9% | 23.7% | 6.1% | 4.9% | 8.6% | 21.6% |
| High school graduates | 31.5% | 32.1% | 17.0% | 24.6% | 26.3% | 16.1% |
| Some college | 32.5% | 25.5% | 18.3% | 28.4% | 27.9% | 14.8% |
| College graduates | 18.3% | 13.3% | 32.8% | 26.9% | 23.8% | 9.3% |
| Graduate school | 9.8% | 5.3% | 25.7% | 15.2% | 13.4% | 5.6% |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 17.2% | 11.8% | 19.6% | 19.3% | 17.7% | 14.7% |
| Midwest | 16.2% | 9.5% | 11.9% | 26.9% | 21.5% | 13.1% |
| South | 57.2% | 39.1% | 23.7% | 34.0% | 37.0% | 11.2% |
| West | 9.5% | 39.6% | 44.8% | 19.8% | 23.8% | 14.0% |
| Experience | ||||||
| Potential experience (years) | 21.4 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 24.0 | 22.9 | |
| Less than median | 14.1% | |||||
| More than median | 11.4% | |||||
| Major industry (2-digit NAICS) | ||||||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | 0.4% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 5.0% |
| Mining | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.23% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 12.0% |
| Construction | 3.8% | 12.9% | 2.6% | 7.0% | 7.2% | 12.2% |
| Manufacturing | 8.4% | 9.8% | 11.0% | 10.3% | 10.0% | 11.2% |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 12.7% | 13.2% | 11.8% | 13.1% | 13.0% | 14.2% |
| Transportation and utilities | 8.7% | 5.8% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 12.3% |
| Information | 1.7% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 12.1% |
| Financial activities | 5.7% | 5.0% | 7.8% | 7.4% | 6.7% | 5.5% |
| Professional and business services | 10.4% | 11.4% | 17.2% | 12.6% | 12.4% | 8.9% |
| Educational and health services | 27.1% | 16.5% | 21.2% | 23.1% | 22.4% | 10.0% |
| Leisure and hospitality | 10.4% | 12.4% | 10.3% | 8.2% | 9.5% | 33.6% |
| Other services | 4.3% | 5.5% | 6.1% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 17.9% |
| Public administration | 6.3% | 3.2% | 3.4% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| Major occupation (2-digit NAICS) | ||||||
| Management, business, and financial occupations | 11.0% | 9.6% | 17.4% | 19.4% | 16.5% | 5.4% |
| Professional and related occupations | 19.3% | 12.5% | 34.2% | 25.5% | 23.0% | 8.1% |
| Service occupations | 24.3% | 24.1% | 16.6% | 14.2% | 17.5% | 23.1% |
| Sales and related occupations | 9.3% | 9.4% | 8.7% | 10.6% | 10.1% | 15.5% |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 13.4% | 10.9% | 8.9% | 11.2% | 11.3% | 11.7% |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 0.3% | 2.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 9.5% |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3.2% | 11.4% | 1.7% | 4.7% | 5.4% | 15.3% |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2.3% | 3.5% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 11.2% |
| Production occupations | 6.0% | 7.4% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 14.9% |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 10.2% | 8.3% | 4.7% | 5.4% | 6.5% | 17.0% |
| Telework | ||||||
| Share of jobs that can be done at home | 32.1% | 24.4% | 43.5% | 41.7% | 37.4% | |
| Less than median | 15.9% | |||||
| More than median | 9.7% | |||||
| Health risk | ||||||
| Exposed to health risk index (Z-score) | 0.12 | −0.05 | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.00 | |
| Less than median | 10.3% | |||||
| More than median | 15.5% | |||||
Notes: Calculated by author using CPS microdata based on February 2017 to February 2020. Sample includes all individuals in the labor force ages 16 and over. The last column shows the April to June national unemployment rate which includes all races.