The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
TABLE A-4
Government Wide Employment of Workers in
FEDERAL WAGE SYSTEM (FWS) POSITIONS
2000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007
TOTAL WORK FORCE CLF 2,479,199 2,462,152 2,442,643 2,445,335 2,459,505 2,428,330 2,606,903 2,610,920 2,611,493 2,608,172
% of FWS Employees
9.45 9.15 8.79 8.48 8.34 7.45 7.51 7.54 7.46 7.35
FWS WORK FORCE*
 232,693 223,421 214,880 208,580 202,471 194,259 196,114 196,800 194,858 191,701
% OF MEN
 53.23 89.37 89.05 88.96 89.48 89.47 89.09 89.19 89.06 88.98 89.10 170,809
% OF WOMEN
 46.77 10.63 10.95 11.04 10.52 10.53 10.91 10.81 10.94 11.01 10.90 20,892
HISPANIC or LATINO (%)
 10.69 8.09 7.73 7.67 7.70 7.67 7.70 7.87 7.85 7.87 7.88 15,114
% OF MEN
 6.17 7.36 7.00 6.92 6.99 6.94 6.91 7.08 7.02 7.04 7.08 13,569
% OF WOMEN
 4.52 0.73 0.73 0.75 0.71 0.73 0.79 0.79 0.82 0.83 0.81 1,545
WHITE (%)
 72.77 65.87 66.06 66.07 66.32 66.35 66.43 66.43 66.60 66.51 66.54 127,560
% OF MEN
 39.03 60.65 60.62 60.59 60.97 60.95 60.81 60.85 60.93 60.88 60.94 116,814
% OF WOMEN
 33.74 5.22 5.39 5.49 5.35 5.40 5.63 5.58 5.67 5.70 5.61 10,746
BLACK or AFRICAN AMERICAN(%)
 10.50 18.73 18.88 18.95 18.60 18.48 18.62 18.34 18.21 18.21 18.22 34,928
% OF MEN
 4.84 14.89 14.93 15.04 15.06 15.02 15.10 14.86 14.75 14.72 14.75 28,268
% OF WOMEN
 5.66 3.84 3.95 3.91 3.55 3.46 3.52 3.49 3.46 3.49 3.47 6,660
ASIAN (%)**
 3.63 4.63 4.71 4.60 4.62 4.75 4.50 4.73 4.75 4.19 4.06 7,779
% OF MEN
 1.92 4.18 4.22 4.11 4.13 4.24 3.98 4.20 4.18 3.65 3.54 6,788
% OF WOMEN
 1.71 0.45 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.57 0.54 0.52 991
NATIVE HAWAIIAN/OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)***
 0.11 0.57 0.63 1,205
% OF MEN
 0.06 0.52 0.57 1,086
% OF WOMEN
 0.05 0.05 0.06 119
AMERICAN INDIAN/ ALASKA NATIVE (%)
 0.66 2.68 2.67 2.71 2.76 2.74 2.75 2.62 2.60 2.53 2.45 4,702
% OF MEN
 0.34 2.28 2.27 2.30 2.35 2.32 2.30 2.19 2.18 2.12 2.05 3,923
% OF WOMEN
 0.32 0.40 0.40 0.41 0.42 0.43 0.45 0.43 0.42 0.41 0.41 779
TWO OR MORE RACES***
 1.64 0.06 0.22 413
% OF MEN
 0.88 0.05 0.19 361
% OF WOMEN
 0.76 0.01 0.03 52
INDIVIDUALS WITH TARGETED DISABILITIES %
CLF not available 1.47 1.45 1.40 1.40 1.34 1.29 1.23 1.16 1.14 1.13 2,167











*The remainder of the figures in this table include September 30, 2007 agency data as reported in CPDF. Does not include data for Foriegn Service, AAFES, TVA, USPS, or intelligence gathering agencies. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding and the additional "Two or More Races" category in the 2000 Census Special EEO file.
** The numbers for 1998 - 2005 include totals for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders.
*** Separate data first became available in 2006.

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