African Americans make up 17.4 percent of the federal workforce, as compared to 10.1 percent of the civilian labor force. But the percentage of African Americans drops dramatically with each rise in job grade. They hold 27.6 percent of the lowest positions (GS 1-4), 25.8 percent of GS 5-8, 15.7 percent of GS 9-12, 10.9 percent of GS 13-15 and just 6.9 percent of Senior Pay levels.
Advance Your Career
Do you want to learn more about careers with the federal government? Find one here.
Looking for scholarships to take your skill set to the next level? Find a scholarship here.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders represent 4.9 percent of federal employees and 4 percent of the civilian workforce. They too are underrepresented at Senior Pay levels, representing 5.9 percent of GS 1-4 pay grades but just 2.6 percent at the Senior Pay grade.
American Indians form 1.9 percent of the federal workforce but make up 0.8 percent of the civilian labor force. Job grade participation ranges from 5 percent at GS 1-4 to 2.9 percent at GS 5-8 to only 0.8 percent at the Senior Pay level.
Hispanics make up just 7.3 percent of the federal workforce versus 12.6 percent of the civilian labor force. They hold about 9 percent of the GS 1-4 and 5-8 job grade positions and 3.4 percent of Senior Pay-level jobs.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_States
Race/Ethnicity/Number/Percentage of U.S. population (2010 Census)
Americans 308,745,538/100.0 %
Non-Hispanic White 196,817,552/63.7 %
Non-Hispanic Black 37,685,848/12.2 %
Non-Hispanic Asian 14,465,124/4.7 %
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 2,247,098/0.7 %
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 481,576/0.2 %
Non-Hispanic some other race 604,265/0.2 %
Non-Hispanic two or more races 5,966,481/1.9 %
Hispanic or Latino 50,477,594/16.3 %
Total 308,745,538/100.0%
White American 223,553,265/72.4 %
Black American 38,929,319/12.6 %
Asian American 14,674,252/4.8 %
American Indian or Alaska Native 2,932,248/0.9 %
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 540,013/0.2 %
Some other race 19,107,368/6.2 %
Two or more races 9,009,073/2.9 %
Total 308,745,538/100.0%
Not Hispanic nor Latino 258,267,944 83.7 %
White Hispanic 26,735,713 8.7 %
Black Hispanic 1,243,471 0.4 %
American Indian or Alaska Native Hispanic 685,150 0.2 %
Asian Hispanic 209,128 0.1 %
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Hispanic 58,437 0.0 %
Some other race Hispanic 18,503,103 6.0 %
Two or more races Hispanic 3,042,592 1.0 %
Total 308,745,538 100.0%
If Ms. Rice truly wants the federal employment to reflect the racial composition of the United States, she will be in favor of:
- An immediate DECREASE in the number of African-Americans in the federal workforce (over represented by 4.8%)
- An immediate DECREASE in the number of Asian American/Pacific Islanders in the federal workforce (over represented by 1.0%)
- An immediate INCREASE in the number of Hispanics in the federal workforce (under represented by 9.0%) (This number is suspect as the Census enumerates persons and employment in the federal government requires citizenship - well, atleast for the moment.)