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. 2022 Aug;112(8):1180–1190. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306862

TABLE 3—

Race/Ethnicity of Individuals With Outbreak-Associated COVID-19 Cases, by Industry Sector: California, January 2020–August 2021

Industry Sector Latino, No. (%) White, No. (%) Asian, No. (%) Black, No. (%) Other,a No. (%) Unknown, No. (%)
Health care and social assistance (n = 85 766) 16 066 (18.7) 27 158 (31.7) 9 477 (11.0) 5 389 (6.3) 8 643 (10.1) 19 033 (22.2)
Public administration (n = 33 954) 7 868 (23.2) 4 627 (13.6) 545 (1.6) 2 274 (6.7) 1 830 (5.4) 16 810 (49.5)
Manufacturing (n = 8 228) 4 339 (52.7) 973 (11.8) 1 063 (12.9) 153 (1.9) 793 (9.6) 907 (11.0)
Retail trade (n = 7 491) 3 587 (47.9) 1 707 (22.8) 476 (6.4) 242 (3.2) 787 (10.5) 692 (9.2)
Educational services (n = 5 303) 1 598 (30.1) 2 029 (38.3) 261 (4.9) 236 (4.5) 575 (10.8) 604 (11.4)
Transportation and warehousing (n = 5 203) 2 505 (48.1) 784 (15.1) 421 (8.1) 336 (6.5) 606 (11.6) 551 (10.6)
Accommodation and food services (n = 5 008) 2 469 (49.3) 1 275 (25.5) 247 (4.9) 147 (2.9) 439 (8.8) 431 (8.6)
Other services, except public administration (n = 2 390) 919 (38.5) 762 (31.9) 214 (9.0) 53 (2.2) 232 (9.7) 210 (8.8)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (n = 1 521) 1 134 (74.6) 88 (5.8) 36 (2.4) 4 (0.3) 85 (5.6) 174 (11.4)
Construction (n = 1 349) 687 (50.9) 350 (25.9) 33 (2.4) 26 (1.9) 113 (8.4) 140 (10.4)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (n = 1 333) 580 (43.5) 376 (28.2) 98 (7.4) 33 (2.5) 142 (10.7) 104 (7.8)
Wholesale trade (n = 1 141) 684 (59.9) 156 (13.7) 43 (3.8) 14 (1.2) 120 (10.5) 124 (10.9)
Administrative and support and waste management services (n = 844) 532 (63.0) 101 (12.0) 34 (4.0) 34 (4.0) 68 (8.1) 75 (8.9)
Real estate and rental and leasing (n = 792) 298 (37.6) 179 (22.6) 118 (14.9) 60 (7.6) 56 (7.1) 81 (10.2)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (n = 739) 257 (34.8) 226 (30.6) 79 (10.7) 17 (2.3) 72 (9.7) 88 (11.9)
Finance and insurance (n = 514) 196 (38.1) 137 (26.7) 30 (5.8) 12 (2.3) 59 (11.5) 80 (15.6)
Utilities (n = 245) 90 (36.7) 76 (31.0) 4 (1.6) 12 (4.9) 31 (12.7) 32 (13.1)
Information (n = 153) 80 (52.3) 31 (20.3) 13 (8.5) 7 (4.6) 14 (9.2) 8 (5.2)
Management of companies and enterprises (n = 137) 71 (51.8) 23 (16.8) 8 (5.8) 3 (2.2) 12 (8.8) 20 (14.6)
Military (n = 60) 8 (13.3) 9 (15.0) 1 (1.7) 1 (1.7) 1 (1.7) 40 (66.7)
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (n = 36) 15 (41.7) 11 (30.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.8) 9 (25.0)

Note. Information is shown for all outbreak-associated cases for which case-level data were available (54% of cases); the percentage of cases with case-level data available varied by sector. See Figure A for data visualization.

a

Includes Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, other, and multirace.