• People of color in radio news U.S. by ethnicity 1995-2020

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According to the source, 5.9 percent of people within the radio news workforce in the United States in 2019 were African American. Whilst this marks an improvement from the previous few years, the figure is close to that of 1995. Hispanic and Latino Americans also saw a lower rate of representation in the radio news sector than in the mid 1990s.

Share of people of color in the radio news workforce in the United States from 1995 to 2020, by ethnicity

	African American	Hispanic/Latino	Asian American	Native American
1995	5.7%	7.5%	0.6%	1%
2000	5%	3%	1%	1%
2005	0.7%	6%	0.7%	0.5%
2010	2.9%	0.7%	0.4%	1.1%
2015	4.4%	2.7%	1.7%	1%
2017	2.8%	4.2%	4%	0.7%
2018	5.1%	3.6%	1.9%	0.6%
2019	5.9%	6%	2.1%	0.4%
2020*	6.8%	5%	3.1%	0.5%

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September 2020

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United States

Survey time period

1995 to 2019

Supplementary notes

*Forecast.
The 2019 survey was conducted among a random sample of 3,427 radio stations. Valid responses came from 1,313 television stations and 673 radio news directors and general managers representing 1,996 radio stations.

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