A pair of studies referenced by the New York Times shows that Black and Hispanic workers were more likely to have lost their jobs since March, and twice as likely to have experienced food insecurity, than white workers. The Times said that this is due to the magnification of the pandemic's economic chaos on their livelihoods. In contrast to the last recession, the industries hit hardest in the past year have tended to be in the service sector, which historically has employed larger numbers of workers from the Black and Hispanic communities. Think restaurants, hotels, salons and other service-based industries. Both studies were issued by the Urban Institute.

It is for this reason that other studies have found that women have also been disproportionately affected by the pandemic economy—these same sectors also employ larger numbers of women. Recently, data from the National Women's Law Center revealed that 865,000 women left the workforce just last month alone. These same sectors also employ larger proportions of young people, and, as a consequence,young people are also being disproportionately affected by the pandemic economy. Many, according to a recent survey, have lost hope for the future. With all this in mind, many faring the worst would be young Black or Hispanic women.