"A backlash in the diversity, equity and inclusion space has also hit this group. By the numbers: In January, Black women's unemployment rate was 5.4%, and the overall rate was 4. Now, the rate for Black women has spiked more than two percentage points, while the overall rate has crept up only by 0.3 percentage points. Between the lines: Women make up a slight minority of the federal workforce but represent the majority of employees among the agencies targeted by the White House, including USAID,"
"Overall, Black women make up 12% of the federal workforce - near double their share in the overall labor force, the New York Times recently noted. Zoom out: The federal government has lost 97,000 jobs so far this year, per the Labor Department's latest release. That doesn't yet account for those government employees who took the "fork in the road," or deferred resignation."
In January, Black women's unemployment rate was 5.4% compared with 4% overall. The rate for Black women has increased by more than two percentage points while the overall rate rose only 0.3 points. Women are a slight minority of the federal workforce but are the majority of employees at several agencies targeted by the White House, including USAID, the CFPB and the Department of Education, where Black women constituted 28% of workers. Black women account for 12% of the federal workforce, near double their share in the overall labor force. The federal government has lost 97,000 jobs so far this year and some resignations are not yet counted as unemployment.
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