More than HALF of Los Angeles workers are now unemployed

MORE than half of Los Angeles residents are unemployed — making up an estimated 1.3 of the 22 million people who have filed for unemployment amid the coronavirus crisis.

Over one million people are unemployed in Los Angeles County, with only 45 per cent of local residents still employed, a study from the University of Southern California found.

In mid-March, before the pandemic spurred stay-at-home orders across the country, 61 per cent of those people had jobs, according to the LAist.

The study found that 15 per cent of white people reported losing their jobs, while 18 per cent of Latinos and 21 per cent of black people also reported losses.