FY 2009 - 2022 EEOC Charge Receipts for AL

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* 3345 3493 3154 3246 3105 2879 2802 3371 2522 2488 2108 1539 1659 1677
% of US total charges* 3.6% 3.5% 3.2% 3.3% 3.3% 3.2% 3.2% 3.7% 3.0% 3.3% 2.9% 2.3% 2.5% 2.3%
Race 1745 1831 1626 1611 1520 1466 1389 1865 1171 1187 950 693 768 708
% of US race charges 5.2% 5.1% 4.6% 4.8% 4.6% 4.7% 4.5% 5.8% 4.1% 4.8% 4.0% 3.1% 3.5% 3.4%
% of total state charges 52.2% 52.4% 51.6% 49.6% 49.0% 50.9% 49.6% 55.3% 46.4% 47.7% 45.1% 45.0% 46.3% 42.2%
Sex 1004 1006 934 1086 976 902 864 934 888 838 734 493 550 517
% of US sex charges 3.6% 3.5% 3.3% 3.6% 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 3.5% 3.5% 3.4% 3.1% 2.3% 2.6% 2.6%
% of total state charges 30.0% 28.8% 29.6% 33.5% 31.4% 31.3% 30.8% 27.7% 35.2% 33.7% 34.8% 32.0% 33.2% 30.8%
National Origin 87 155 85 127 207 165 115 109 68 64 60 38 50 55
% of US National Origin charges 0.8% 1.4% 0.7% 1.2% 1.9% 1.7% 1.2% 1.1% 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0%
% of total state charges 2.6% 4.4% 2.7% 3.9% 6.7% 5.7% 4.0% 3.2% 2.7% 2.6% 2.8% 2.5% 3.0% 3.3%
Religion* 63 90 66 83 162 140 60 75 66 58 44 33 28 145
% of US Religion charges* 1.9% 2.4% 1.6% 2.2% 4.4% 3.9% 1.7% 2.0% 1.9% 2.0% 1.6% 1.4% 1.2% 1.0%
% of total state charges* 1.9% 2.6% 2.1% 2.6% 5.2% 4.9% 2.1% 2.2% 2.6% 2.3% 2.1% 2.1% 1.7% 8.6%
Color 34 59 49 64 122 135 88 87 60 99 74 47 55 69
% of US Color charges 1.2% 2.1% 1.7% 2.4% 3.9% 4.9% 3.2% 2.8% 1.9% 3.1% 2.2% 1.3% 1.5% 1.7%
% of total state charges 1.0% 1.7% 1.6% 2.0% 3.9% 4.7% 3.1% 2.6% 2.4% 4.0% 3.5% 3.1% 3.3% 4.1%
Retaliation (All) 1081 1216 1050 1199 1224 1220 1137 1211 1107 1208 995 774 808 709
% of US Retaliation (All) charges 3.2% 3.4% 2.8% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.0% 2.9% 3.1% 3.1% 2.5% 2.1% 2.1% 1.9%
% of total state charges 32.3% 34.8% 33.3% 36.9% 39.4% 42.4% 40.6% 35.9% 43.9% 48.6% 47.2% 50.3% 48.7% 42.3%
Retaliation (Title VII) 1006 1129 959 1111 1132 1101 1010 1079 989 1085 882 654 681 571
% of US Retaliation (Title VII) charges 3.5% 3.6% 3.1% 3.6% 3.6% 3.6% 3.3% 3.3% 3.1% 3.6% 2.9% 2.3% 2.4% 2.0%
% of total state charges 30.1% 32.3% 30.4% 34.2% 36.5% 38.2% 36.0% 32.0% 39.2% 43.6% 41.8% 42.5% 41.0% 34.0%
Age 658 643 579 619 579 563 518 503 414 591 370 270 278 244
% of US Age charges 2.9% 2.8% 2.5% 2.7% 2.7% 2.7% 2.5% 2.4% 2.3% 3.5% 2.4% 1.9% 2.0% 2.1%
% of total state charges 19.7% 18.4% 18.4% 19.6% 18.6% 19.6% 18.5% 14.9% 16.4% 23.8% 17.6% 17.5% 16.8% 14.5%
Disability 588 686 638 677 683 680 635 647 624 611 490 403 422 445
% of US Disability charges 2.7% 2.7% 2.5% 2.6% 2.6% 2.7% 2.5% 2.3% 2.3% 2.5% 2.0% 1.7% 1.7% 1.8%
% of total state charges 17.6% 19.6% 20.2% 20.9% 22.0% 23.6% 22.7% 19.2% 24.7% 24.6% 23.2% 26.2% 25.4% 26.5%
Equal Pay Act 55 42 45 57 108 112 35 17 32 30 31 26 21 19
% of US EPA charges 5.8% 4.0% 4.9% 5.3% 10.6% 11.9% 3.7% 1.6% 3.2% 2.8% 2.8% 2.7% 2.1% 2.0%
% of total state charges 1.6% 1.2% 1.4% 1.8% 3.5% 3.9% 1.2% 0.5% 1.3% 1.2% 1.5% 1.7% 1.3% 1.1%
GINA** 0 12 9 17 61 68 10 7 3 41 5 1 5 7
% of US GINA charges 0.0% 6.0% 3.7% 6.1% 18.3% 20.4% 3.0% 2.9% 1.5% 18.6% 2.4% 0.2% 1.1% 1.6%
% of total state charges 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5% 2.0% 2.4% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 1.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.4%

*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.