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New Mexico, California, Texas, Arizona, Florida, and Nevada had the largest shares of their labor force that were Hispanic or Latino in 2020. Hispanics or Latinos composed more than a quarter of the labor force in each. By comparison, Hispanics or Latinos accounted for 18.0 percent of the U.S. labor force.
State | Hispanic or Latino labor force as a percent of total | Hispanic or Latino labor force | Total labor force |
---|---|---|---|
New Mexico |
43.6% | 405,000 | 929,000 |
California |
37.7 | 7,099,000 | 18,807,000 |
Texas |
37.4 | 5,231,000 | 14,001,000 |
Arizona |
34.2 | 1,227,000 | 3,584,000 |
Florida |
29.4 | 2,962,000 | 10,071,000 |
Nevada |
27.4 | 421,000 | 1,536,000 |
Colorado |
22.3 | 696,000 | 3,127,000 |
New Jersey |
20.2 | 912,000 | 4,511,000 |
Illinois |
18.3 | 1,145,000 | 6,246,000 |
New York |
18.0 | 1,664,000 | 9,267,000 |
Connecticut |
14.9 | 279,000 | 1,868,000 |
Utah |
14.4 | 235,000 | 1,628,000 |
Rhode Island |
13.7 | 75,000 | 547,000 |
Washington |
13.5 | 529,000 | 3,921,000 |
Idaho |
13.4 | 120,000 | 896,000 |
Kansas |
13.4 | 201,000 | 1,503,000 |
Oklahoma |
12.6 | 233,000 | 1,850,000 |
Massachusetts |
11.5 | 422,000 | 3,664,000 |
Oregon |
11.4 | 242,000 | 2,117,000 |
North Carolina |
11.3 | 563,000 | 4,977,000 |
Virginia |
10.7 | 470,000 | 4,384,000 |
Georgia |
10.4 | 524,000 | 5,046,000 |
District of Columbia |
10.1 | 41,000 | 406,000 |
Nebraska |
9.7 | 101,000 | 1,042,000 |
Delaware |
9.5 | 46,000 | 484,000 |
Maryland |
9.3 | 296,000 | 3,178,000 |
Wyoming |
9.1 | 27,000 | 296,000 |
Hawaii |
7.4 | 48,000 | 647,000 |
Pennsylvania |
7.0 | 445,000 | 6,386,000 |
Arkansas |
6.9 | 94,000 | 1,358,000 |
Tennessee |
6.6 | 216,000 | 3,293,000 |
Indiana |
6.5 | 217,000 | 3,337,000 |
Louisiana |
6.2 | 129,000 | 2,080,000 |
Iowa |
6.1 | 102,000 | 1,660,000 |
Alaska |
6.1 | 21,000 | 343,000 |
South Carolina |
6.0 | 143,000 | 2,385,000 |
Wisconsin |
5.8 | 177,000 | 3,074,000 |
Missouri |
5.7 | 173,000 | 3,038,000 |
Minnesota |
5.5 | 169,000 | 3,078,000 |
Michigan |
5.0 | 245,000 | 4,852,000 |
Ohio |
4.5 | 259,000 | 5,723,000 |
Alabama |
4.3 | 95,000 | 2,232,000 |
Kentucky |
4.2 | 84,000 | 2,014,000 |
New Hampshire |
4.0 | 30,000 | 754,000 |
North Dakota |
3.5 | 14,000 | 403,000 |
South Dakota |
3.2 | 15,000 | 468,000 |
Montana |
3.2 | 17,000 | 539,000 |
Mississippi |
2.9 | 36,000 | 1,255,000 |
West Virginia |
2.3 | 18,000 | 793,000 |
Maine |
2.2 | 15,000 | 681,000 |
Vermont |
1.2 | 4,000 | 331,000 |
Other states with large Hispanic or Latino shares of the labor force include Colorado, New Jersey, Illinois, and New York.
These Current Population Survey data are compiled by the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. For more information, see our state demographic data. People whose ethnicity is Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Hispanics or Latinos made up over one-fourth of the labor force in six states in 2020 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/hispanics-or-latinos-made-up-over-one-fourth-of-the-labor-force-in-six-states-in-2020.htm (visited December 14, 2024).