New EEOC data by state

Curious about how your state stacks up on the bigotry index?  Well, wonder no more--the EEOC has now published a state by state summary of its discrimination statistics.  As far as I can tell, the data is virtually useless, unless you are writing some type of research paper on long term trends in changing perceptions of the workforce about federal discrimination law, or want to scare potential clients into using your services.

But if you want to know what percentage of the national genetic discrimination cases are found in your state, this is the site for you.  E.g.,

	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011
TOTAL CHARGES for Illinois	5,713	5,288	6,098
% of US total charges	6.1%	5.3%	6.1%
Race	2,148	1,985	1,997
% of US race charges	6.4%	5.5%	5.6%
% of total state charges	37.6%	37.5%	32.7%
Sex	1,574	1,385	1,371
% of US sex charges	5.6%	4.8%	4.8%
% of total state charges	27.6%	26.2%	22.5%
National Origin	652	610	606
% of US National Origin charges	5.9%	5.4%	5.1%
% of total state charges	11.4%	11.5%	9.9%
Religion	158	180	192
% of US Religion charges	4.7%	4.7%	4.6%
% of total state charges	2.8%	3.4%	3.1%
Color	145	120	148
% of US Color charges	4.9%	4.3%	5.2%
% of total state charges	2.5%	2.3%	2.4%
Retaliation (All)	2,008	1,999	1,949
% of US Retaliation (All) charges	6.0%	5.5%	5.2%
% of total state charges	35.1%	37.8%	32.0%
Retaliation (Title VII)	1,703	1,649	1,589
% of US Retaliation (Title VII) charges	5.9%	5.3%	5.1%
% of total state charges	29.8%	31.2%	26.1%
Age	1,406	1,235	2,279
% of US Age charges	6.2%	5.3%	9.7%
% of total state charges	24.6%	23.4%	37.4%
Disability	1,399	1,402	1,339
% of US Disability charges	6.5%	5.6%	5.2%
% of total state charges	24.5%	26.5%	22.0%
Equal Pay Act	66	60	50
% of US EPA charges	7.0%	5.7%	5.4%
% of total state charges	1.2%	1.1%	0.8%
GINA*	0	14	23
% of US GINA charges	0.0%	7.0%	9.4%
% of total state charges	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%

Somebody at the Commission probably got a nice performance bonus and raise out of this little project, so I encourage you to take advantage of viewing what your tax dollar hath wrought.  Happy perusing...