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Having a job is an essential driver of economic stability. A robust regional economy also relies on employers’ ability to attract, hire and retain talent. Throughout America's history, Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian residents have faced unequal barriers to employment, including the spatial mismatch of jobs, transportation and housing, explicit and implicit employer discrimination, patterns of hiring within exclusive social networks, or preferences for credentials and professional experiences that are less accessible to people of color.

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Studies of the region’s response to the last three economic downturns reveal that workers of color are often the first to be laid off and the last to be hired in times of full employment. In an inclusive regional economy, employers would find value in talent from all racial and ethnic groups, making jobs equally accessible to all workers, regardless of their race and ethnicity.

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Employment rates vary widely across racial, ethnic, and cultural groups in the region. Over the 2015-2019 period, Chinese, Somali, Indigenous, and Black residents with American ancestry had employment rates of 65% or less, while 79% of Ethiopian adults were employed.

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Differences were even more stark in 2020, with employment rates ranging from a low of 54% for Somali and Indigenous residents to more than 80% for Puerto Rican, Korean, and Indian residents. The impacts of the pandemic recession were most severe for Black residents, whose employment rate dropped from 70% in 2019 to 62% in 2020.

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Quotes in this section come from residents of the Minneapolis-St. Paul region and are intended to offer context for understanding the Indicators. They were shared with the Center for Economic Inclusion in a series of community engagement sessions conducted over the course of this project.

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\"Ten years ago, when I came into this country, I couldn’t get a job. When we first came, we were hosted in Boston, and couldn’t lay our hands on even the little job that pays like eight dollars an hour... it was so difficult at that time. It took us 8 months before we could get a job in Minnesota. That was the reason we moved here. If everyone can get a good job, get a home, a mortgage, it’s easier for everyone.\"

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