White and higher-income workers were most prevalent among home-based workers





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More People in All Race/Ethnic Groups Worked From Home 2019-2021

The number of home-based workers increased across all races and ethnic groups?? especially among high-income workers?? between 2019 and 2021, a time when working from home was encouraged because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A U.S. Census Bureau?report released today [ [link removed] ]?shows that while White home-based workers more than doubled their numbers and remained the largest single group in the home-based workforce, the number of Black or African American, Asian and Hispanic or Latino individuals working from home also grew substantially during this time period.

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The report uses 2019 and 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates.

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* White home-based workers increased from 7.2 million to 18.4 million.
* Black home-based workers increased from 0.7 million to 2.6 million.
* Asian home-based workers increased from 0.5 million to 2.6 million.
* Workers reporting Two or More Races increased markedly, from 0.2 million to 2.6 million.
* Hispanic and non-Hispanic home-based workers roughly tripled from 1.1 million to 3.2 million and from 7.9 million to 24.3 million, respectively.





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