Less than half of Los Angeles residents are still working and ethnic minorities are being hit the hardest by coronavirus job losses

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• More than half of Los Angeles workers are now unemployed, according to a national survey.
• Research from the USC Downside Center for Economic and Social Research found that only 45% of LA residents are still employed — down 16% since mid-March.
• This means an estimated 1.3 million Angelenos have lost their jobs during the coronavirus crisis.
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More than half of the population of Los Angeles are now unemployed, according to a national survey from the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research.

Researchers found that only 45% of LA workers are still employed, compared with 61% in mid-March as 1.3 million people have lost their jobs during the coronavirus crisis.

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