Figure 1. Cumulative Job Losses Since January 2025 for Black Women (February–December 2025)
Source: IWPR analysis of seasonally adjusted Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Table A-3: Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted, found at https://www.
bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea03.htm, and Table A-4: Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted, found at https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea04.htm.
Notes: Estimates are based on the cumulative differences in employment since January 2025, seasonally adjusted, for Black women (including both Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black women), aged 20 years or older, February–December 2025.
*Data was not collected in October 2025 due to the US government shutdown.
Notes: Estimates are based on the cumulative differences in employment since January 2025, seasonally adjusted, for Black women (including both Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black women), aged 20 years or older, February–December 2025.
*Data was not collected in October 2025 due to the US government shutdown.