Minorities in the Labor Force - Workforce Projections For 2010

In 2004, for the first time, the percent of the workforce of Hispanic origin (13.1%) was higher than the percent of the workforce that was African-American (11.3%). In addition, more Hispanics than African-Americans will enter the workforce through the year 2014, causing the group to make up an increasingly larger part of the

TABLE 4.5 Race-based charges filed and resolved under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1992–2005 Race-Based Charges, FY 1992—FY 2005," in Enforcement Statistics and Litigation, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, January 27, 2006, http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/race.html (accessed February 26, 2006)

TABLE 4.5
Race-based charges filed and resolved under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1992–2005
[Represents the total number of charge receipts filed and resolved under Title VII alleging race-based discrimination]
	Fiscal year 1992	FY 1993	FY 1994	FY 1995	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005
Notes:
*Does not include monetary benefits obtained through litigation.
The total of individual percentages may not always sum to 100% due to rounding.
EEOC total workload includes charges carried over from previous fiscal years, new charge receipts and charges transferred to EEOC from Fair mployment Practice Agencies (FEPAs). Resolution of charges each year may therefore exceed receipts for that year because workload being resolved is drawn from a combination of pending, new receipts and FEPA transfer charges rather than from new charges only.
SOURCE: "Race-Based Charges, FY 1992—FY 2005," in Enforcement Statistics and Litigation, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, January 27, 2006, http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/race.html (accessed February 26, 2006)
Receipts	29,548	31,695	31,656	29,986	26,287	29,199	28,820	28,819	28,945	28,912	29,910	28,526	27,696	26,740
Resolutions	28,497	27,440	25,253	31,674	35,127	36,419	35,716	35,094	33,188	32,077	33,199	30,702	29,631	27,411
Resolutions by type
Settlements	1,852	1,581	1,452	1,211	998	1,206	1,460	2,138	2,802	2,549	3,059	2,890	2,927	2,801
	6.50%	5.80%	5.80%	3.80%	2.80%	3.30%	4.10%	6.10%	8.40%	7.90%	9.20%	9.40%	9.90%	10.20%
Withdrawals w/benefits	1,722	1,749	1,541	1,362	1,088	912	823	1,036	1,150	1,203	1,200	1,125	1,088	1,167
	6.00%	6.40%	6.10%	4.30%	3.10%	2.50%	2.30%	3.00%	3.50%	3.80%	3.60%	3.70%	3.70%	4.30%
Administrative closures	5,645	6,611	7,837	9,443	8,442	8,395	7,871	7,213	5,727	5,626	5,043	4,759	4,261	3,674
	19.80%	24.10%	31.00%	29.80%	24.00%	23.10%	22.00%	20.60%	17.30%	17.50%	15.20%	15.50%	14.40%	13.40%
No reasonable cause	18,772	17,094	14,068	19,364	24,210	24,988	24,515	23,148	21,319	20,302	21,853	20,506	20,166	18,608
	65.90%	62.30%	55.70%	61.10%	68.90%	68.60%	68.60%	66.00%	64.20%	63.30%	65.80%	66.80%	68.10%	67.90%
Reasonable cause	506	405	355	294	389	918	1,047	1,559	2,190	2,397	2,044	1,422	1,189	1,161
	1.80%	1.50%	1.40%	0.90%	1.10%	2.50%	2.90%	4.40%	6.60%	7.50%	6.20%	4.60%	4.00%	4.20%
Successful conciliations	161	141	144	111	151	248	287	382	529	691	580	392	330	377
	0.60%	0.50%	0.60%	0.40%	0.40%	0.70%	0.80%	1.10%	1.60%	2.20%	1.70%	1.30%	1.10%	1.40%
Unsuccessful conciliations	345	264	211	183	238	670	760	1,177	1,661	1,706	1,464	1,030	859	784
	1.20%	1.00%	0.80%	0.60%	0.70%	1.80%	2.10%	3.40%	5.00%	5.30%	4.40%	3.40%	2.90%	2.90%
Merit resolutions	4,080	3,735	3,348	2,867	2,475	3,036	3,330	4,733	6,142	6,149	6,303	5,437	5,204	5,129
	14.30%	13.60%	13.30%	9.10%	7.00%	8.30%	9.30%	13.50%	18.50%	19.20%	19.00%	17.70%	17.60%	18.70%
Monetary benefits (millions)*	$31.90	$33.30	$39.70	$30.10	$37.20	$41.80	$32.20	$53.20	$61.70	$86.50	$81.10	$69.60	$61.10	$76.50

workforce. The number of African-Americans in the labor force is expected to increase 16.8% during this period, while the number of Hispanics in the workforce is expected to increase by 33.7%. Hispanics are expected to make up 15.9% of the labor force in 2014, up from 13.1% in 2004. The growth of Hispanics in the workforce can be attributed to higher birth rates among that group as well as increased immigration. (See Table 4.6.)

Another fast-growing group in the labor force is that of Asians and Pacific Islanders. The proportion of Asian-Americans in the workforce is expected to increase by 32.4% between 2004 and 2014, and Asians and Pacific Islanders are expected to make up 5.1% of the labor force by 2014. (See Table 4.6.) As with most other minority groups, increases reflect continued high immigration and higher fertility rates among some minority populations.

The non-Hispanic white labor force is expected to grow more slowly than the overall labor force, causing the white proportion to decrease from 70% in 2004 to 65.6% in 2014. (See Table 4.6.) The decrease is due to a relatively low immigration rate of non-Hispanic whites to the United States, projected lower birth rates than those of minority populations, and declining labor force participation by non-Hispanic white men, a reflection of the aging of the white male labor force.