HomeMy WebLinkAboutRacial Equity report 2015-19 final
Date: November 10, 2020
To: Geoff Fruin, City Manager
From: Stefanie Bowers, Human Rights Coordinator & Equity Director
Re: Racial Equity Report Card
It has been seven years since we published our first report on racial equity. We publish
this data to be transparent and to show our progress on racial equity at the City in the
areas of employment, criminal justice, and number of complaints based on race
received by the Human Rights Office alleging discrimination in the community. The
report card spotlights where we were in 2015 and compares that to where we were in
2019 (2019 reflects the most recent data the City has in these areas). The report card
has been modified from last year’s version to display the actual data.
The report card is derived from three reports: the Human Rights Commission’s Annual
Report, the Police Department’s Annual Reports and the Employee Statistics Report. All
three reports are hyperlinked on the report card.
CITY OF IOWA CITY RACIAL EQUITY REPORT CARD 2015 TO 2019
Sources: Iowa City Human Rights Commission Annual Report FY15–19Iowa City Employee Statistics Report, January 2016, 2020Iowa City Police Department Annual Report 2015–2019US Census
COMPLAINTS ALLEGING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN IOWA CITY
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT CITY EMPLOYEE DEMOGRAPHICS
ALL CHARGES BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
YOUTH REFERRALS/CHARGES BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
YOUTH CURFEW VIOLATIONS
TRAFFIC STOPS BY RACE/ETHNICITY AND GENDER
2015 2019 % CHANGE
Population --------------------------74,227 -----------Population --------------------------75,130 ----------------+1.0%
White ---------------------------------78.5% -----------White ----------------------------------78.5% -----------------0.0%
Black or African American -------------9.2% -----------Black or African American -------------8.2% ----------------11.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native ----0.3% -----------American Indian and Alaska Native ----0.3% -----------------0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander------------------7.2% -----------Asian/Pacific Islander ------------------7.6% ----------------+5.0%Hispanic or Latinx ----------------------5.5% -----------Hispanic or Latinx ----------------------5.8% ----------------+5.0%
Total employees ----------------------1,008 -----------Total employees -----------------------956 -----------------5.0%
White ------------------------------------933 -----------White ------------------------------------843 ----------------9.65%Black or African American ---------------32 -----------Black or African American ---------------47 --------------+46.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native --------3 -----------American Indian and Alaska Native -------4 --------------+33.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander---------------------17 -----------Asian/Pacific Islander --------------------13 ----------------24.0%
Hispanic or Latinx ------------------------23 -----------Hispanic or Latinx ------------------------27 --------------+18.0%
Two or more races ------------------------NA -----------Two or more races ------------------------24 -------------------NA
Total charges ------------------------5,493 -----------Total charges --------------------------5,214 -----------------5.0%
White ----------------------------------3,596 -----------White -----------------------------------3,544 -----------------1.5%
Black or African American ------------1,758 -----------Black or African American ------------1,524 ----------------13.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native -------17 -----------American Indian and Alaska Native ------22 --------------+29.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander-------------------100 -----------Asian/Pacific Islander --------------------91 -----------------9.0%
Hispanic or Latinx -----------------------390 -----------Hispanic or Latinx -----------------------468 --------------+20.0%Race/ethnicity not known ----------------21 -----------Race/ethnicity not known ----------------33 --------------+57.0%
Total charges ---------------------------316 -----------Total charges ----------------------------180 ---------------43.0%
White ------------------------------------132 -----------White --------------------------------------71 ----------------46.0%
Black or African American --------------184 -----------Black or African American --------------109 ----------------41.0%American Indian and Alaska Native --------0 -----------American Indian and Alaska Native -------0 -----------------0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander----------------------0 -----------Asian/Pacific Islander ---------------------0 -----------------0.0%
Hispanic or Latinx ------------------------24 -----------Hispanic or Latinx -------------------------9 ----------------62.5%
Race/ethnicity not known -----------------5 -----------Race/ethnicity not known -----------------5 -----------------0.0%
Total violations --------------------------20 -----------Total violations --------------------------14 ---------------30.0%
White --------------------------------------13 -----------White ----------------------------------------7 ----------------46.0%
Black or African American -----------------7 -----------Black or African American -----------------7 -----------------0.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native --------0 -----------American Indian and Alaska Native -------0 -----------------0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander----------------------0 -----------Asian/Pacific Islander ---------------------0 -----------------0.0%
Hispanic or Latinx --------------------------3 -----------Hispanic or Latinx -------------------------3 -----------------0.0%
Male ----------------------------------8,048 -----------Male -----------------------------------9,039 --------------+12.0%
White ----------------------------------5,523 -----------White -----------------------------------5,855 ----------------+6.0%Black or African American -------------1281 -----------Black or African American ------------1,748 --------------+36.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native -------14 -----------American Indian and Alaska Native ------19 --------------+36.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander-------------------543 -----------Asian/Pacific Islander -------------------535 -----------------1.0%
Hispanic or Latinx -----------------------475 -----------Hispanic or Latinx -----------------------556 ---------------+17.0%
Two or more races -----------------------141 -----------Two or more races ------------------------72 ----------------49.0%
Female --------------------------------4,793 -----------Female --------------------------------5,423 --------------+13.0%
White ----------------------------------3,523 -----------White -----------------------------------3,901 --------------+10.0%
Black or African American --------------680 -----------Black or African American --------------835 --------------+23.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native -------10 -----------American Indian and Alaska Native --------7 ----------------30.0%Asian/Pacific Islander-------------------254 -----------Asian/Pacific Islander -------------------286 --------------+13.0%
Hispanic or Latinx -----------------------233 -----------Hispanic or Latinx -----------------------289 --------------+24.0%
Two or more races ------------------------47 -----------Two or more races ------------------------19 ----------------60.0%
Total complaints ------------------------19 -----------Total complaints -------------------------19 -----------------0.0%
Totals represent the number
of charges, not the number
of persons charged. Some
persons may have been charged more than once.
Youth charges are referrals to Juvenile Court Services.