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Color-Based Charges (Charges filed with EEOC) FY 1997 - FY 2022

The following chart represents the total number of charges filed and resolved under Title VII alleging color-based discrimination.

The data are compiled by the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics from data compiled from EEOC's Charge Data System and, from FY 2004 forward, EEOC's Integrated Mission System.

This does not include charges filed with state or local Fair Employment Practices Agencies.

  FY 1997 FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Receipts 762 965 1,303 1,290 1,135 1,381 1,550 930 1,069 1,241 1,735 2,698 2,943 2,780 2,832 2,662 3,146 2,756 2,833 3,102 3,240 3,166 3,415 3,562 3,516 4,088
Resolutions 905 1,058 1,420 1,499 1,401 1,515 1,752 1,155 1,104 1,126 1,281 1,880 2,486 2,985 3,208 3,138 3,169 2,849 2,840 3,148 3,535 3,623 3,592 3,460 3,408 3,585
Resolutions By Type                                                    
Settlements 11 27 35 103 82 175 121 94 77 85 113 175 210 227 204 188 182 195 187 171 202 130 143 182 224 225
  1.2% 2.6% 2.5% 6.9% 5.9% 11.6% 6.9% 8.1% 7.0% 7.5% 8.8% 9.3% 8.4% 7.6% 6.4% 6.0% 5.7% 6.8% 6.6% 5.4% 5.7% 3.6% 4.0% 5.3% 6.6% 6.3%
Withdrawals w/Benefits 22 26 39 45 138 39 55 36 36 43 51 111 130 124 120 116 218 160 164 177 211 181 198 211 211 265
  2.4% 2.5% 2.7% 3.0% 9.9% 2.6% 3.1% 3.1% 3.3% 3.8% 4.0% 5.9% 5.2% 4.2% 3.7% 3.7% 6.9% 5.6% 5.8% 5.6% 6.0% 5.0% 5.5% 6.1% 6.2% 7.4%
Administrative Closures 425 538 649 413 373 402 481 289 265 233 333 380 551 567 735 599 595 593 590 635 587 620 587 665 663 716
  47.0% 50.9% 45.7% 27.6% 26.6% 26.5% 27.5% 25.0% 24.0% 20.7% 26.0% 20.2% 22.2% 19.0% 22.9% 19.1% 18.8% 20.8% 20.8% 20.2% 16.6% 17.1% 16.3% 19.2% 19.5% 20.0%
No Reasonable Cause 380 455 641 752 695 809 1,007 652 672 725 717 1,131 1,466 1,888 2,071 2,081 2,023 1,826 1,824 2,112 2,474 2,614 2,620 2,336 2,274 2,296
  42.0% 43.0% 45.1% 50.2% 49.6% 53.4% 57.5% 56.5% 60.9% 64.4% 56.0% 60.2% 59.0% 63.2% 64.6% 66.3% 63.8% 64.1% 64.2% 67.1% 70.0% 72.2% 72.9% 67.5% 66.7% 64.0%
Reasonable Cause 67 12 56 186 113 90 88 84 54 40 67 83 129 179 78 154 151 75 75 53 61 78 44 66 36 83
  7.4% 1.1% 3.9% 12.4% 8.1% 5.9% 5.0% 7.3% 4.9% 3.6% 5.2% 4.4% 5.2% 6.0% 2.4% 4.9% 4.8% 2.6% 2.6% 1.7% 1.7% 2.2% 1.2% 1.9% 1.1% 2.3%
Successful Conciliations 6 4 15 28 23 20 7 22 10 7 24 15 37 30 19 23 108 17 20 15 22 13 15 28 13 54
  0.7% 0.4% 1.1% 1.9% 1.6% 1.3% 0.4% 1.9% 0.9% 0.6% 1.9% 0.8% 1.5% 1.0% 0.6% 0.7% 3.4% 0.6% 0.7% 0.5% 0.6% 0.4% 0.4% 0.8% 0.4% 1.5%
Unsuccessful Conciliations 61 8 41 158 90 70 81 62 44 33 43 68 92 149 59 131 43 58 55 38 39 65 29 38 23 29
  6.7% 0.8% 2.9% 10.5% 6.4% 4.6% 4.6% 5.4% 4.0% 2.9% 3.4% 3.6% 3.7% 5.0% 1.8% 4.2% 1.4% 2.0% 1.9% 1.2% 1.1% 1.8% 0.8% 1.1% 0.7% 0.8%
Merit Resolutions 100 65 130 334 333 304 264 214 167 168 231 369 469 530 402 458 551 430 426 401 474 389 385 459 471 573
  11.0% 6.1% 9.2% 22.3% 23.8% 20.1% 15.1% 18.5% 15.1% 14.9% 18.0% 19.6% 18.9% 17.8% 12.5% 14.6% 17.4% 15.1% 15.0% 12.7% 13.4% 10.7% 10.7% 13.3% 13.8% 16.0%
Monetary Benefits (Millions)* $1.5 $1.4 $3.4 $3.5 $4.0 $6.4 $4.4 $3.6 $3.1 $6.9 $6.3 $8.0 $10.1 $9.0 $7.3 $9.8 $29.6 $8.9 $8.9 $8.4% $11.8 $9.1 $13.7 $13.8 $26.7 $21.0

* Does not include monetary benefits obtained through litigation.

The total of individual percentages may not always sum to 100% due to rounding.

EEOC total workload includes charges carried over from previous fiscal years, new charge receipts and charges transferred to EEOC from Fair Employment Practice Agencies (FEPAs). Resolution of charges each year may therefore exceed receipts for that year because workload being resolved is drawn from a combination of pending, new receipts and FEPA transfer charges rather than from new charges only.

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