New EEOC State-Specific Statistics Offer A Treasure Trove Of Data For Employers

On May 14, 2012, the EEOC announced that for the first time it will post private sector workplace discrimination charge statistics for each of the fifty states and the U.S. Territories for EEOC fiscal years 2009-2011 online. The data is available here. 

The EEOC’s new state-specific statistics provide the total number of charges filed in each state, as well as the percentage of total U.S. charges represented by each state. The EEOC also breaks out the charge data according to subject matter, including race, sex, national origin, religion, color, retaliation, age, disability, Equal Pay Act, and GINA. For each category, the EEOC’s new statistics show what percentage of all U.S. charges were filed by category and state, and what percentage of the total number of state charges are attributable to a given category.

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