FY 2009 - 2022 EEOC Charge Receipts for NC

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* 4782 5219 4918 4778 4453 4017 4113 4372 3752 3583 3345 3439 2958 3506
% of US total charges* 5.1% 5.2% 4.9% 4.8% 4.8% 4.5% 4.6% 4.8% 4.5% 4.7% 4.6% 5.1% 4.4% 4.8%
Race 1945 2076 1959 1874 1748 1603 1653 1705 1447 1345 1249 1219 1123 1205
% of US race charges 5.8% 5.8% 5.5% 5.6% 5.3% 5.2% 5.3% 5.3% 5.1% 5.5% 5.2% 5.5% 5.1% 5.7%
% of total state charges 40.7% 39.8% 39.8% 39.2% 39.3% 39.9% 40.2% 39.0% 38.6% 37.5% 37.3% 35.4% 38.0% 34.4%
Sex 1308 1470 1341 1387 1278 1178 1167 1265 1034 1079 1016 1021 808 976
% of US sex charges 4.7% 5.1% 4.7% 4.6% 4.6% 4.5% 4.5% 4.7% 4.0% 4.4% 4.3% 4.8% 3.8% 4.9%
% of total state charges 27.4% 28.2% 27.3% 29.0% 28.7% 29.3% 28.4% 28.9% 27.6% 30.1% 30.4% 29.7% 27.3% 27.8%
National Origin 366 472 437 412 355 329 306 321 262 280 216 239 210 227
% of US National Origin charges 3.3% 4.2% 3.7% 3.8% 3.3% 3.4% 3.2% 3.3% 3.2% 3.9% 3.1% 3.7% 3.3% 4.1%
% of total state charges 7.7% 9.0% 8.9% 8.6% 8.0% 8.2% 7.6% 7.3% 7.0% 7.8% 6.5% 6.9% 7.1% 6.5%
Religion* 155 205 174 183 190 168 193 210 149 141 142 106 97 331
% of US Religion charges* 4.6% 5.4% 4.2% 4.8% 5.1% 4.7% 5.4% 5.5% 4.3% 4.9% 5.2% 4.4% 4.0% 2.4%
% of total state charges* 3.2% 3.9% 3.5% 3.8% 4.3% 4.2% 4.7% 4.8% 4.0% 3.9% 4.2% 3.1% 3.3% 9.4%
Color 59 87 76 81 80 77 2 118 114 117 113 122 101 236
% of US Color charges 2.0% 3.1% 2.7% 3.0% 2.5% 2.8% 0.1% 3.8% 3.5% 3.7% 3.3% 3.4% 2.8% 5.8%
% of total state charges 1.2% 1.7% 1.5% 1.7% 1.8% 1.9% 0.0% 2.7% 3.0% 3.3% 3.4% 3.5% 3.4% 6.7%
Retaliation (All) 1592 1822 1814 1809 1887 1659 1779 2077 1854 1864 1832 1959 1601 1802
% of US Retaliation (All) charges 4.7% 5.0% 4.9% 4.8% 4.9% 4.4% 4.7% 4.9% 4.5% 4.7% 4.7% 5.2% 4.3% 4.8%
% of total state charges 33.3% 34.9% 36.9% 37.9% 42.4% 41.3% 43.3% 47.5% 49.4% 52.0% 54.8% 57.0% 54.1% 51.4%
Retaliation (Title VII) 1406 1601 1547 1502 1545 1345 1476 1673 1432 1477 1397 1408 1142 1337
% of US Retaliation (Title VII) charges 4.9% 5.2% 4.9% 4.8% 4.9% 4.4% 4.8% 5.1% 4.5% 4.8% 4.6% 5.0% 4.1% 4.7%
% of total state charges 29.4% 30.7% 31.5% 31.4% 34.7% 33.5% 35.9% 38.3% 38.2% 41.2% 41.8% 40.9% 38.6% 38.1%
Age 1052 994 991 934 849 864 858 885 751 758 687 649 548 587
% of US Age charges 4.6% 4.3% 4.2% 4.1% 4.0% 4.2% 4.2% 4.2% 4.1% 4.5% 4.4% 4.6% 3.9% 5.1%
% of total state charges 22.0% 19.0% 20.2% 19.0% 19.1% 21.5% 20.9% 20.2% 20.0% 21.2% 20.5% 18.9% 18.5% 16.7%
Disability 1072 1221 1214 1200 1252 1134 1159 1384 1210 1158 1146 1308 1142 1315
% of US Disability charges 5.0% 4.9% 4.7% 4.5% 4.8% 4.5% 4.6% 4.9% 4.5% 4.7% 4.7% 5.4% 4.7% 5.3%
% of total state charges 22.4% 23.4% 24.7% 25.1% 28.1% 28.2% 28.2% 31.7% 32.2% 32.3% 34.3% 38.0% 38.6% 37.5%
Equal Pay Act 35 47 38 48 37 22 45 41 52 45 41 45 32 50
% of US EPA charges 3.7% 4.5% 4.1% 4.4% 3.6% 2.3% 4.8% 3.8% 5.2% 4.2% 3.7% 4.6% 3.3% 5.2%
% of total state charges 0.7% 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 0.8% 0.5% 1.1% 0.9% 1.4% 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 1.1% 1.4%
GINA** 0 9 16 4 17 8 9 8 9 8 12 19 9 38
% of US GINA charges 0.0% 4.5% 6.5% 1.4% 5.1% 2.4% 2.7% 3.4% 4.4% 3.6% 5.7% 4.3% 2.0% 8.6%
% of total state charges 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 1.1%

*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.