Working-age Black residents in the Bay Area are less likely to be employed, though employment has rebounded since the Great Recession.

Employment rate by race for the working age population (ages 25-64), 9-county Bay Area, 2000-2022

Black residents include all residents who identify as Black, including multiracial and Latinx residents. This chart displays the employment status of survey respondents at the time of survey, regardless of their recent employment history.
Source: Bay Area Equity Atlas analysis of American Community Survey microdata from IPUMS USA.Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper