See U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2020), “Employment Status of the Civilian Noninstitutional Population by Race, Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity, Sex, and Age, Seasonally Adjusted,” table A-4, Current Population Survey (Washington: BLS, October), https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea04.htm. 7 Black and Latinx workers are overrepresented in the frontline fields of work that entail high contact and pose greater risks of exposure to infection.
See Steven Brown (2020), “How COVID-19 Is Affecting Black and Latino Families’ Employment and Financial Well-Being,” Urban Institute, Urban Wire: Race and Ethnicity (blog), May 6, https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/how-covid-19-affecting-black-and-latinofamilies-employment-and-financial-well-being.