Black employees represented 17.6 percent (267,370) of the permanent Federal workforce (FW) as of September 30, 2002, compared to 11.3 percent in the civilian labor force (CLF). The FW and CLF percentages in 2001 were 17.7 and 11.3 percent, respectively.
Black men represented 6.7 percent of the FW and 5.3 percent of the CLF in 2002, the same as in 2001.
Black women represented 10.9 percent of the FW and 6.0 percent of the CLF in 2002. In 2001, these percentages were 11.0 and 6.0, respectively.
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