Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Special Tabulation by Jennifer Cheeseman Day Presentation for the State Data Centers Annual Meeting October 15,
Sponsors 2 Department of Justice – Civil Rights Division Department of Labor -- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Office of Personnel Management Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
What is it? A special tabulation of the civilian labor force aged 16 and older Occupation by sex by race/ethnicity, and other characteristics for detailed geography Similar to 2000 EEO File 3
Primary uses External benchmark for conducting comparisons between the racial, ethnic, and sex composition of each employer's workforce to its available labor market 4
Used by organizations to develop and update their affirmative action plans 5 Who needs this?
Monitoring/enforcing civil rights laws Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) Rehabilitation Act of
50 years of EEO Tabulations 7
New this time ACS year file Margins of error 2010 Census population base 2010 SOC Occupation categories Additional variable: Citizenship 8
Variables Geography (type and level) Occupation Sex Race/ethnicityCitizenshipIndustry AgeEarnings Educational attainment 9
3 Geography Types 10 Residence geography (where people live ) Workplace geography (where people work) Workflow geography (where people work and where they commute from)
Geography Levels U.S. Total All states Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA’s) of 50,000 or more Counties and County Sets (Counties with populations of 50,000 or more or aggregations of counties that together have a population of 50,000 or more.) Places of 50,000 or more 11
Data Dissemination Plans Available Fall 2012 On American FactFinder 12
For more information: Census Bureau EEO File web page: – 13 Industry and Occupation Statistics Branch