FY 2009 - 2022 EEOC Charge Receipts for IL

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* 5713 5288 6098 5490 4781 4487 4581 5072 4392 4444 3928 3682 3634 4909
% of US total charges* 6.1% 5.3% 6.1% 5.5% 5.1% 5.1% 5.2% 5.5% 5.2% 5.8% 5.4% 5.5% 5.4% 6.7%
Race 2148 1985 1997 1826 1855 1756 1822 2255 1663 1559 1448 1376 1308 1291
% of US race charges 6.4% 5.5% 5.6% 5.4% 5.6% 5.7% 5.9% 7.0% 5.8% 6.3% 6.0% 6.2% 5.9% 6.1%
% of total state charges 37.6% 37.5% 32.7% 33.3% 38.8% 39.1% 39.8% 44.5% 37.9% 35.1% 36.9% 37.4% 36.0% 26.3%
Sex 1574 1385 1371 1447 1308 1263 1308 1325 1399 1484 1215 1119 963 1108
% of US sex charges 5.6% 4.8% 4.8% 4.8% 4.7% 4.9% 5.0% 4.9% 5.5% 6.0% 5.2% 5.2% 4.5% 5.6%
% of total state charges 27.6% 26.2% 22.5% 26.4% 27.4% 28.1% 28.6% 26.1% 31.9% 33.4% 30.9% 30.4% 26.5% 22.6%
National Origin 652 610 606 566 543 492 495 952 390 423 343 340 681 289
% of US National Origin charges 5.9% 5.4% 5.1% 5.2% 5.1% 5.1% 5.2% 9.7% 4.7% 6.0% 4.9% 5.3% 10.7% 5.3%
% of total state charges 11.4% 11.5% 9.9% 10.3% 11.4% 11.0% 11.0% 18.8% 8.9% 9.5% 8.7% 9.2% 18.7% 5.9%
Religion* 158 180 192 165 169 154 180 167 155 146 129 120 108 1434
% of US Religion charges* 4.7% 4.7% 4.6% 4.3% 4.5% 4.3% 5.1% 4.4% 4.5% 5.1% 4.7% 5.0% 4.5% 10.4%
% of total state charges* 2.8% 3.4% 3.1% 3.0% 3.5% 3.4% 3.9% 3.3% 3.5% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3% 3.0% 29.2%
Color 145 120 148 135 118 130 141 159 143 135 117 148 156 175
% of US Color charges 4.9% 4.3% 5.2% 5.1% 3.8% 4.7% 5.1% 5.1% 4.4% 4.3% 3.4% 4.2% 4.4% 4.3%
% of total state charges 2.5% 2.3% 2.4% 2.5% 2.5% 2.9% 3.1% 3.1% 3.3% 3.0% 3.0% 4.0% 4.3% 3.6%
Retaliation (All) 2008 1999 1949 1902 1951 1885 2012 2327 2382 2551 2285 2084 1842 2704
% of US Retaliation (All) charges 6.0% 5.5% 5.2% 5.0% 5.1% 5.0% 5.3% 5.5% 5.6% 6.5% 5.8% 5.5% 4.9% 7.1%
% of total state charges 35.1% 37.8% 32.0% 34.6% 40.8% 42.0% 43.9% 45.9% 54.2% 57.4% 58.2% 56.6% 50.7% 55.1%
Retaliation (Title VII) 1703 1649 1589 1516 1579 1533 1537 1761 1798 1993 1754 1573 1346 2086
% of US Retaliation (Title VII) charges 5.9% 5.3% 5.1% 4.9% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.3% 5.6% 6.5% 5.8% 5.6% 4.8% 7.3%
% of total state charges 29.8% 31.2% 26.1% 27.6% 33.0% 34.2% 33.6% 34.7% 40.9% 44.8% 44.7% 42.7% 37.0% 42.5%
Age 1406 1235 2279 1674 1133 1030 1082 1633 1032 1000 858 776 841 650
% of US Age charges 6.2% 5.3% 9.7% 7.3% 5.3% 5.0% 5.3% 7.8% 5.6% 5.9% 5.5% 5.5% 5.9% 5.7%
% of total state charges 24.6% 23.4% 37.4% 27.5% 23.7% 23.0% 23.6% 32.2% 23.5% 22.5% 21.8% 21.1% 23.1% 13.2%
Disability 1399 1402 1339 1390 1360 1362 1414 1466 1414 1353 1286 1244 1235 1472
% of US Disability charges 6.5% 5.6% 5.2% 5.3% 5.2% 5.4% 5.6% 5.2% 5.3% 5.5% 5.3% 5.1% 5.1% 5.9%
% of total state charges 24.5% 26.5% 22.0% 25.3% 28.4% 30.4% 30.9% 28.9% 32.2% 30.4% 32.7% 33.8% 34.0% 30.0%
Equal Pay Act 66 60 50 71 51 54 44 52 34 52 55 47 43 49
% of US EPA charges 7.0% 5.7% 5.4% 6.6% 5.0% 5.8% 4.7% 4.8% 3.4% 4.9% 4.9% 4.8% 4.4% 5.1%
% of total state charges 1.2% 1.1% 0.8% 1.3% 1.1% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% 1.2% 1.4% 1.3% 1.2% 1.0%
GINA** 0 14 23 14 29 18 20 20 14 10 9 8 15 28
% of US GINA charges 0.0% 7.0% 9.4% 5.0% 8.7% 5.4% 6.0% 8.4% 6.8% 4.5% 4.3% 1.8% 3.4% 6.3%
% of total state charges 0.0% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6%

*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.