New UCLA study highlights large disparities in L.A.'s Latinx labor force

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A study from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute released Wednesday analyzed the Latinx workforce across the state of California, with a focus on L.A. County, the Bay Area, the central San Joaquin Valley and the north San Joaquin Valley. Included in the data collected by the program’s Latino Data Hub — which uses data predominantly from 2022 for this study — are examinations of demographics, human capital and employment conditions of a group of workers that makes up 40% of California’s total workforce.

The study’s authors — Miguel Hernández , Alberto Vargas , Rosario Majano , Misael Galdámez and Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas — found that Latinx workers in the coun