Diversity facts provide summaries of diversity data, statistics and trends about traditionally underrepresented groups, including Blacks, Latinos, Asians, American Indians, women, people with disabilities, veterans, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Diversity facts help companies stay on top of the latest numbers about diversity in the workplace, spending patterns, demographic changes, lawsuits, corporate governance and much more. These facts are excellent for use in diversity presentations, diversity training and diversity-management reports. They can also be very useful for diversity and/or multicultural marketing.

Below is just a small sampling of diversity facts:

Did You Know That …

• Nearly 11 percent of the white population doesn't have health insurance versus 19.1 percent for Blacks, 30.7 percent for Latinos, 17.6 percent for Asians and 31.7 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
  (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Disability

• Over a 12-year period—from 1995 to 2007—the purchasing power of people with disabilities increased by 26 percent, the equivalent of $45 billion.
  (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

• In August 2009, the unemployment rate of people with a disability was 16.9 percent, compared with 9.3 percent for people with no ADA-defined disability.
  (Source: Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Latinos

• From 1990 to 2013, Latino purchasing power is projected to grow by 560 percent, while white purchasing power during the same period is only projected to grow by 211 percent.
  (Source: Selig Center for Economic Growth)

• Between 2005 and 2016, college enrollment for U.S. Latinos is expected to increase by 45 percent, compared with 17 percent for the general population.
  (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Or That …

Women

• Approximately 2.4 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women, up from 0.6 percent in 2000.
  (Source: Fortune)

• Twenty percent of the highest-paid employees at Fortune 500 companies are women.
  (Source: Catalyst)

Veterans

• Six million veterans have disabilities, including loss of hearing and hypertension.
  (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

• Since the Iraq/Afghanistan wars, 9,100 veterans have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.
  (Source: U.S. Pentagon)

And That …

LGBTs

• About 78 percent of LGBT people and their friends and relatives would switch brands to companies that are known as being LGBT-friendly.
  (Witeck-Combs/Harris Interactive)

• All of The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity have LGBT employee-resource groups versus 30 percent five years ago.
  (DiversityIncBestPractices.com)

Blacks

• From 1990 to 2007, the nation's Black population increased by 27 percent, compared with 15 percent for the white population and 21 percent for the total population.
  (Sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau)

• In 2007, the Black share of total buying power was 8.4 percent, up from 7.4 percent in 1990. This was expected to rise to 8.7 percent by 2012, which accounts for nine cents out of every dollar spent nationwide.
  (Source: Selig Center for Economic Growth)