As promised last month by CEO Tim Cook, Apple has released its first diversity report. It’s revealed that Apple employees are 55 percent white, 15 percent Asian, 11 percent Hispanic, and 7 percent black. The remaining 12 percent were made up of people who belong to two or more racial groups, another racial group, or did not declare their race.
Those statistics were revealed alongside comparisons with race and ethnicity figures in tech, non-tech industries, and leadership. Apple is also 70 percent male and 30 percent female globally.
The numbers are accompanied by a Tim Cook letter.
Cook writes that “inclusion inspires innovation” and that Apple believes other categories factor into diversity — “personal qualities that usually go unmeasured, like sexual orientation, veteran status, and disabilities.” Though Cook does point to Apple’s sponsorship of various rights groups, he also writes, “Let me say up front: As CEO, I’m not satisfied with the numbers on this page. They’re not new to us, and we’ve been working hard for quite some time to improve them. We are making progress, and we’re committed to being as innovative in advancing diversity as we are in developing our products.”
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