Black, Hispanic women hit hardest after Illinois decreed which jobs were ‘nonessential’ By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Jon Josko 06/03/2020 More than 1 in 5 black and Hispanic female workers in Illinois lost their jobs during the first month of the COVID-19 lockdown. TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, jobs, recession