Federal contractors are required to prove their efforts to represent women and people of color in recruitment and advancement — but new public data shows many are falling behind, especially among leadership and management positions, USA Today and Reveal reported April 28.
Federal contractors are required to file reports each year breaking down the race, ethnicity and gender of employees by category. The Labor Department released data on 19,000 federal contractors in April in response to a lawsuit from Reveal.
Thousands of contractors' information is yet to be released, pending legal challenges, USA Today reported.
Here is the breakdown of the U.S. workforce by gender, race and ethnicity as of 2020, the most recent data available:
Men: 52.74 percent
Women: 47.26 percent
Hispanic: 16.78 percent
White: 63.61 percent
Black: 11.20 percent
Asian: 5.74 percent
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.53 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 0.16 percent
Two or more races: 1.98 percent
Six payers and health systems with health plans appeared in the top 200 federal contractors by employee size in the data obtained by Reveal.
Here's how these payers' executive and management staff broke down by race, ethnicity and gender:
Cigna
Men: 42.6 percent
Women: 57.4 percent
Hispanic: 5.5 percent
White: 76.7 percent
Black: 8.7 percent
Asian: 7.3 percent
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.2 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 0.2 percent
Two or more races: 1.4 percent
Centene
Men: 36.5 percent
Women: 63.5 percent
Hispanic: 12.1 percent
White: 63.3 percent
Black: 15.1 percent
Asian: 3.9 percent
American Indian or Alaska Native: 3.8 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 0.3 percent
Two or more races: 1.5 percent
Banner Health
Men: 31.7 percent
Women: 68.3 percent
Hispanic: 13.7 percent
White: 76 percent
Black: 3.6 percent
Asian: 3.3 percent
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.6 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 0.2 percent
Two or more races: 2.5 percent
Sanford Health
Men: 25.5 percent
Women: 74.5 percent
Hispanic: 2.5 percent
White: 94.1 percent
Black: 1 percent
Asian: 1.2 percent
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.4 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander 0.1 percent
Two or more races: 0.7 percent
Humana
Men: 39.9 percent
Women: 60.1 percent
Hispanic: 10.7 percent
White: 71.5 percent
Black: 10.7 percent
Asian: 5.2 percent
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.2 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 0.5 percent
Two or more races: 1.1 percent
Baylor Scott & White Health
Men: 30.2 percent
Women: 69.8 percent
Hispanic: 11.5 percent
White: 70.6 percent
Black: 10.6 percent
Asian: 5.2 percent
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.5 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 0.2 percent
Two or more races: 1.6 percent