U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
The number for total charges reflects the number of individual charge filings. Because individuals often file charges claiming multiple types of discrimination, the number of total charges for any given fiscal year will be less than the total of the ten types of discrimination listed.
The data are compiled by the Office of Research, Information, and Planning from EEOC's Charge Data System - quarterly reconciled Data Summary Reports, and the national data base.
FY 1992 | FY 1993 | FY 1994 | FY 1995 | FY 1996 | |
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Total Charges | 72,302 | 87,942 | 91,189 | 87,529 | 77,990 |
Race | 29,548 | 31,695 | 31,656 | 29,986 | 26,287 |
40.9% | 36.0% | 34.8% | 34.3% | 33.8% | |
Sex | 21,796 | 23,919 | 25,860 | 26,181 | 23,813 |
30.1% | 27.2% | 28.4% | 29.9% | 30.6% | |
National Origin | 7,434 | 7,454 | 7,414 | 7,035 | 6,687 |
10.3% | 8.5% | 8.1% | 8.0% | 8.6% | |
Religion | 1,388 | 1,449 | 1,546 | 1,581 | 1,564 |
1.9% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2.0% | |
Color | 374 | 461 | 413 | 700 | 832 |
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.1% | |
Retaliation - All Statutes | 11,096 | 13,814 | 15,853 | 17,070 | 16,080 |
15.3% | 15.7% | 17.4% | 19.5% | 20.6% | |
Retaliation - Title VII only | 10,499 | 12,644 | 14,415 | 15,342 | 14,412 |
14.5% | 14.4% | 15.8% | 17.5% | 18.5% | |
Age | 19,573 | 19,809 | 19,618 | 17,416 | 15,719 |
27.1% | 22.5% | 21.5% | 19.9% | 20.2% | |
Disability | *1,048 | 15,274 | 18,859 | 19,798 | 18,046 |
1.4% | 17.4% | 20.7% | 22.6% | 23.1% | |
Equal Pay Act | 1,294 | 1,328 | 1,381 | 1,275 | 969 |
1.8% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
* EEOC began enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1992.