Table 4. February 2020 to April 2020 CPS worker counts for key demographics for all workers, highly exposed workers and not highly exposed workers
Worker type Demographic Category Employment Unemployment rate
February employment March employment April employment February to April percent difference February unemployment rate March unemployment rate April unemployment rate

All workers

None All workers 158,017,404 155,167,192 133,325,808 –15.6 3.8 4.5 14.4
Gender Men 83,047,264 81,793,960 71,810,038 –13.5 4.1 4.8 13.3
Women 74,970,140 73,373,232 61,515,770 –17.9 3.4 4.2 15.7
Race White only 122,668,581 120,660,190 104,082,574 –15.2 3.4 4.1 13.8
Black only 19,529,751 19,017,683 16,248,270 –16.8 6.3 7.0 16.4
Asian only 10,327,393 10,058,336 8,475,618 –17.9 2.5 4.1 14.3
All other 5,491,680 5,430,982 4,519,345 –17.7 6.2 6.9 20.9
Age 16 to 24 years old 19,081,546 18,059,739 13,112,044 –31.3 8.0 10.0 26.9
25 to 54 years old 101,151,803 100,141,056 87,909,549 –13.1 3.3 3.9 12.6
55 to 64 years old 26,939,383 26,706,244 23,609,245 –12.4 2.6 3.4 12.5
65+ years old 10,844,671 10,260,153 8,694,971 –19.8 3.2 3.7 15.6
Hispanic ethnicity Hispanic 28,311,217 27,531,184 22,625,491 –20.1 4.8 6.3 18.5
Non-Hispanic 129,706,187 127,636,009 110,700,317 –14.7 3.6 4.2 13.6
Marital status (25+ years old) Married 83,815,233 83,628,130 74,819,947 –10.7 2.2 2.7 10.9
Never married 33,986,850 33,024,188 27,839,427 –18.1 4.8 5.5 16.6
Other marital status 21,133,775 20,455,135 17,554,390 –16.9 4.1 5.1 14.8
Educational attainment (25+ years old) Less than a high school diploma 8,670,067 8,439,022 6,872,495 –20.7 7.2 8.1 20.9
High school diploma, no college 34,793,442 33,460,473 27,556,750 –20.8 4.1 4.8 17.0
Some college or associate’s degree 36,061,032 35,803,359 30,633,663 –15.1 3.3 3.9 14.8
Bachelor’s degree only 36,792,009 36,686,256 33,549,993 –8.8 2.2 2.5 9.4
Advanced degree 22,619,308 22,718,343 21,600,863 –4.5 1.6 2.3 6.2
Family type Not living with a family member 37,390,088 35,715,717 30,179,966 –19.3 3.8 4.8 14.4
No children family 62,524,760 61,588,954 53,220,784 –14.9 3.8 4.3 15.1
Single-parent family 12,676,955 12,298,149 9,591,655 –24.3 6.4 7.3 19.8
Married with children family 45,425,601 45,564,372 40,333,402 –11.2 3.0 3.8 12.2

Highly exposed workers

None All highly exposed workers 29,113,690 28,660,646 17,982,024 –38.2 4.5 6.5 34.1
Gender Men 14,927,838 15,130,943 9,942,024 –33.4 4.2 6.0 30.3
Women 14,185,851 13,529,703 8,040,000 –43.3 4.9 7.1 38.3
Race White only 22,154,774 21,781,872 14,010,204 –36.8 3.9 5.7 32.6
Black only 3,568,795 3,528,243 2,094,194 –41.3 8.9 11.3 38.3
Asian only 2,121,172 2,108,080 1,231,265 –42.0 1.8 6.6 35.6
All other 1,268,949 1,242,451 646,361 –49.1 6.4 6.3 45.5
Age 16 to 24 years old 6,821,739 6,557,727 3,537,243 –48.1 7.2 11.3 41.8
25 to 54 years old 16,630,771 16,275,118 10,637,505 –36.0 4.0 5.2 32.2
55 to 64 years old 4,016,878 4,117,047 2,613,718 –34.9 2.9 4.6 32.2
65+ years old 1,644,301 1,710,753 1,193,558 –27.4 2.6 3.7 27.7
Hispanic ethnicity Hispanic 6,210,105 6,103,419 3,588,418 –42.2 4.8 8.4 38.1
Non-Hispanic 22,903,584 22,557,227 14,393,605 –37.2 4.5 6.0 33.0
Marital status (25+ years old) Married 12,119,940 11,881,614 8,193,025 –32.4 2.4 4.0 28.5
Never married 6,694,549 6,637,646 4,011,576 –40.1 5.7 6.0 36.7
Other marital status 3,477,462 3,583,659 2,240,180 –35.6 4.3 6.3 34.1
Educational attainment (25+ years old) Less than a high school diploma 1,716,042 1,852,118 1,113,106 –35.1 4.8 6.7 36.7
High school diploma, no college 7,331,270 7,042,372 4,371,212 –40.4 4.2 4.9 35.0
Some college or associate’s degree 6,794,829 6,796,208 4,365,846 –35.7 3.5 5.2 33.1
Bachelor’s degree only 4,916,510 4,858,730 3,401,036 –30.8 3.0 4.5 27.7
Advanced degree 1,533,299 1,553,491 1,193,581 –22.2 2.8 4.0 20.2
Family type Not living with a family member 7,238,650 6,967,738 4,140,208 –42.8 4.1 5.9 34.7
No children family 11,285,791 11,293,478 7,360,872 –34.8 4.8 6.2 34.4
Single-parent family 2,954,695 2,864,840 1,554,376 –47.4 7.2 9.2 39.4
Married with children family 7,634,554 7,534,589 4,926,567 –35.5 3.6 6.4 31.2

Not highly exposed workers

None All not highly exposed workers 128,903,714 126,506,547 115,343,785 –10.5 3.6 4.1 10.3
Gender Men 68,119,426 66,663,017 61,868,015 –9.2 4.1 4.5 9.8
Women 60,784,288 59,843,529 53,475,770 –12.0 3.1 3.6 10.9
Race White only 100,513,807 98,878,318 90,072,371 –10.4 3.3 3.7 9.9
Black only 15,960,955 15,489,441 14,154,076 –11.3 5.6 6.0 11.7
Asian only 8,206,221 7,950,256 7,244,354 –11.7 2.7 3.4 9.2
All other 4,222,731 4,188,531 3,872,984 –8.3 6.1 7.1 14.5
Age 16 to 24 years old 12,259,806 11,502,012 9,574,801 –21.9 8.4 9.2 19.2
25 to 54 years old 84,521,032 83,865,938 77,272,043 –8.6 3.2 3.6 9.0
55 to 64 years old 22,922,506 22,589,196 20,995,527 –8.4 2.6 3.2 9.2
65+ years old 9,200,370 8,549,400 7,501,413 –18.5 3.3 3.7 13.3
Hispanic ethnicity Hispanic 22,101,112 21,427,765 19,037,073 –13.9 4.9 5.7 13.3
Non-Hispanic 106,802,603 105,078,782 96,306,712 –9.8 3.4 3.8 9.7
Marital status (25+ years old) Married 71,695,294 71,746,516 66,626,922 –7.1 2.2 2.5 8.1
Never married 27,292,301 26,386,542 23,827,851 –12.7 4.6 5.3 11.8
Other marital status 17,656,313 16,871,476 15,314,210 –13.3 4.1 4.8 11.0
Educational attainment (25+ years old) Less than a high school diploma 6,954,025 6,586,904 5,759,389 –17.2 7.7 8.5 16.9
High school diploma, no college 27,462,172 26,418,101 23,185,538 –15.6 4.1 4.8 12.5
Some college or associate’s degree 29,266,203 29,007,151 26,267,817 –10.2 3.2 3.6 10.7
Bachelor’s degree only 31,875,499 31,827,526 30,148,957 –5.4 2.0 2.2 6.8
Advanced degree 21,086,009 21,164,853 20,407,282 –3.2 1.5 2.2 5.2
Family type Not living with a family member 30,151,439 28,747,979 26,039,758 –13.6 3.8 4.6 9.9
No children family 51,238,969 50,295,476 45,859,912 –10.5 3.6 3.9 10.9
Single-parent family 9,722,260 9,433,309 8,037,279 –17.3 6.1 6.8 14.5
Married with children family 37,791,047 38,029,783 35,406,835 –6.3 2.9 3.3 8.7

Source: Authors’ calculations based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey February 2020, March 2020, and April 2020 basic monthly data.