FY 2009 - 2022 EEOC Charge Receipts for MA

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.

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
TOTAL CHARGES* 290 419 459 426 400 436 594 503 470 412 379 341 315 1186
% of US total charges* 0.3% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.7% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1.6%
Race 84 111 106 82 100 107 118 135 115 107 104 92 88 122
% of US race charges 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.6%
% of total state charges 29.0% 26.5% 23.1% 19.2% 25.0% 24.5% 19.9% 26.8% 24.5% 26.0% 27.4% 27.0% 27.9% 10.3%
Sex 69 127 145 139 113 119 116 129 146 144 135 84 77 137
% of US sex charges 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.4% 0.4% 0.7%
% of total state charges 23.8% 30.3% 31.6% 32.6% 28.3% 27.3% 19.5% 25.6% 31.1% 35.0% 35.6% 24.6% 24.4% 11.6%
National Origin 46 53 67 56 64 68 70 98 57 41 56 54 31 51
% of US National Origin charges 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% 1.0% 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.5% 0.9%
% of total state charges 15.9% 12.6% 14.6% 13.1% 16.0% 15.6% 16.1% 19.5% 12.1% 10.0% 14.8% 15.8% 9.8% 4.3%
Religion* 13 19 24 13 15 26 16 19 33 14 17 19 8 733
% of US Religion charges* 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.3% 0.4% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 1.0% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% 0.3% 5.3%
% of total state charges* 4.5% 4.5% 5.2% 3.1% 3.8% 6.0% 2.7% 3.8% 7.0% 3.4% 4.5% 5.6% 2.5% 61.8%
Color 29 35 33 15 31 28 23 23 23 28 38 47 29 43
% of US Color charges 1.0% 1.3% 1.2% 0.6% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 1.1% 1.3% 0.8% 1.1%
% of total state charges 10.0% 8.4% 7.2% 3.5% 7.8% 6.4% 3.9% 4.6% 4.9% 6.8% 10.0% 13.8% 9.2% 3.6%
Retaliation (All) 98 145 182 143 140 169 173 197 213 171 157 154 144 241
% of US Retaliation (All) charges 0.3% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.6%
% of total state charges 33.8% 34.6% 39.7% 33.6% 35.0% 38.8% 29.1% 39.2% 45.3% 41.5% 41.4% 45.2% 45.7% 20.3%
Retaliation (Title VII) 86 118 145 111 102 149 142 157 171 126 128 110 107 173
% of US Retaliation (Title VII) charges 0.3% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.6%
% of total state charges 29.7% 28.2% 31.6% 26.1% 25.5% 34.2% 23.9% 31.2% 36.4% 30.6% 33.8% 32.3% 34.0% 14.6%
Age 73 103 124 137 98 137 111 142 110 102 90 78 103 107
% of US Age charges 0.3% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 0.5% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 0.9%
% of total state charges 25.2% 24.6% 27.0% 29.8% 24.5% 31.4% 18.7% 28.2% 23.4% 24.8% 23.7% 22.9% 32.7% 9.0%
Disability 76 128 132 128 134 129 301 159 147 133 114 142 121 228
% of US Disability charges 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1.2% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.9%
% of total state charges 26.2% 30.5% 28.8% 30.0% 33.5% 29.6% 50.7% 31.6% 31.3% 32.3% 30.1% 41.6% 38.4% 19.2%
Equal Pay Act 1 2 3 3 4 5 0 3 6 5 7 8 9 9
% of US EPA charges 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.3% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% 0.9% 0.9%
% of total state charges 0.3% 0.5% 0.7% 0.7% 1.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.6% 1.3% 1.2% 1.8% 2.3% 2.9% 0.8%
GINA** 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 2 6 1 5
% of US GINA charges 0.0% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.8% 1.5% 1.8% 1.0% 1.4% 0.2% 1.1%
% of total state charges 0.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 1.0% 0.5% 1.8% 0.3% 0.4%

*Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits genetic information discrimination in employment, took effect on November 21, 2009.

‡Text for the footnotes added.