More Details on 2010 EEO Census File Emerge

More details are being posted regarding the 2010 EEO census file for use in the development of Affirmative Action Plans. First, the list of census codes has been released and can be found here:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/ioindex/ioindex.html

The 2010 EEO census occupational list has 539 codes and 4 military codes. The list, available in spreadsheet format, is separated by job category.

Additional details were made available in a Powerpoint presentation by the US Census Bureau. The summary is as follows:

- File is sponsored by The EEOC, OFCCP, Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division and the Office of Personnel Management

- Similar to the 2000 EEO file, the 2010 file is a special tabulation of the civilian labor force (CLF) aged 16 and older

- Occupation by sex by race/ethnicity, and other characteristics for detailed geography

- External benchmark for conducting comparisons between the racial, ethnic, and sex composition of each employer's workforce to its available labor market

- Used by organizations to develop and update their affirmative action plans

- Monitoring/enforcing Civil Rights laws:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA)
Rehabilitation Act of 1973

- New for the 2010 EEO File
ACS 2006-2010 5-year file
Margins of error
2010 Census population base
2010 SOC Occupation categories
Additional variable: Citizenship

- Three Geography Types
Residence
Worksite
Worflow Geography

- Geography Levels
U.S. Total
All states
Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA’s) of 50,000 or more
Counties and County Sets (Counties with populations of 50,000 or more or aggregations of counties that together have a population of 50,000 or more.)
Places of 50,000 or more

- Expected Availability - Fall 2012

Link to the slides is here:

http://search.census.gov/search?q=2010+eeo+tabulation&filter=0&entqr=0&output=xml_no_dtd&ud=1&client=subsite&proxystylesheet=subsite&hq=inurl%3Awww.census.gov%2Fhhes%2Fwww%2Feeoindex&subtitle=&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8