Workforce composition by race and ethnicity

How did the racial and ethnic makeup of newsroom staff change?

This data shows a breakdown of the percentage and total number of newsroom employees by race and ethnicity.

	Asian or Asian American		Black or African American		Hispanic or Latino/a/x		Native American or Alaska Native		Biracial or Multiracial
	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.
2002	2.36	1,283	5.29	2,879	3.86	2,098	0.56	307	-	-
2003	2.62	1.435	5.33	2,919	4.04	2,212	0.53	289	-	-
2004	2.78	1,507	5.42	2,938	4.17	2,258	0.58	313	-	-
2005	3.07	1,664	5.51	2,985	4.29	2,323	0.55	295	-	-
2006	3.15	1,689	5.51	2,950	4.5	2,409	0.57	304	-	-
2007	3.2	1,764	5.27	2,900	4.37	2,404	0.59	324	-	-
2008	3.22	1,692	5.3	2,790	4.46	2,346	0.54	284	-	-
2009	3.14	1,466	5.17	2,412	4.47	2,087	0.63	293	-	-
2010	3.27	1,356	4.88	2,022	4.63	1,919	0.48	197	-	-
2011	3.1	1,288	4.68	1,949	4.54	1,889	0.48	198	-	-
2012	2.9	1,166	4.65	1,886	4.07	1,650	0.33	132	0.37	149
2013	3.1	1,191	4.62	1,755	4.26	1,620	0.37	140	0.29	108
2014	3.1	1156	4.8	1754	4.5	1637	0.4	146	0.5	197
2015	2.8	926	4.74	1,560	4.19	1,377	0.36	118	0.56	185
Net since 2002	0.46	-357	-0.55	-1,319	0.33	-721	-0.20	-189	0.56	185
Note: Biracial or Multiracial category was not used before 2012.