Over a span of less than three months, the COVID-19 pandemic has radically upended the lives and livelihoods of millions of workers and their families. But while the pain has been widespread, it has not been equally shared: workers of color and immigrant workers are being hardest hit by the loss of jobs and income, and women of color especially are disproportionately employed in the lowest-wage, essential jobs that place them at risk of contracting the virus. In order to inform equity-focused relief and recovery strategies, this report offers a comprehensive, disaggregated analysis of the labor market effects of the coronavirus in the United States and ten metro regions: Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Miami, Nashville, San Francisco, and Seattle. This analysis was produced through a partnership between the National Equity Atlas and Burning Glass Technologies. Read the report and download the underlying data.

Media: Mounting Unemployment Crisis Fuels Racial Wealth Gap (Politico), COVID-19’s Economic Fallout Is Hitting The Black Community Hard, Too (HuffPost), Here's How The Coronavirus Pandemic Changed The Way Columbus Residents Spend Money (Columbus Business First). 

This fact sheet was created in partnership with the Raise the Roof Coalition to support their work in Contra Costa County to advance policies that protect renters at risk of eviction during the COVID-19 emergency. Key findings include:

• 14,000 Contra Costa County households – including 12,100 children – are at imminent risk of eviction and homelessness if the county's eviction moratorium is lifted because they include one or more workers who’ve lost their jobs and have no replacement income.
• An additional 8,700 households could be at risk of eviction once the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program ends on July 31.

See the accompanying analysis and methodology. 

Learn more about the campaign at www.facebook.com/raisetheroofconcord/.