The Race Gap In U.S. Employment Is Fading For Workers 65+

While progress has been made in closing the race gap in employment, there are still areas where disparities persist. One area of interest is the employment of workers aged 65 and over. In the last 10 years, the gap in the Black-white employment-to-population ratio, which measures the share of all employed workers out of the total working-age population, has diminished from 1.3 to 0.8 in this age group.

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