Apple is Still Largely White, Male, But Slowly Diversifying

Another year, and Apple's workforce is still largely male and white, according to the company's latest annual diversity report.

Sixty-eight percent of Apple's worldwide staff is male, no change from last year.

But in the US, the company's work force is now 54 percent white, a two percentage point drop from the year before.

During that period, new hires in the US largely came from minority groups. For instance, 55 percent of the new hires at Apple identified as Asians, blacks, Hispanics or multiracial. Another 1 percent identified as Native American, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific islander.

Despite no year-over-year change in the gender ratio, Apple says its also making strides in hiring women. Among employees under the age of 30, females make up 36 percent. That' up five percentage points from 2014.

Because Apple has a huge workforce at 130,000 employees, any change of one percent is significant and can affect thousands.

"For example, since 2014 we've increased female representation at Apple by 2 percentage points, hiring 37,000 women globally," the company said.

In recent years, Silicon Valley has come under criticism for struggling to hire more women and minorities. That's prompted companies including Apple to take steps to bring more underrepresented groups in tech.

As part of the diversity report, Apple has published a video showing its inclusive work force. However, at the leadership level, company staff is largely male at 71 percent.

In the US, Apple leadership staff is also mainly white at 66 percent.

"Meaningful change takes time," Apple said in its report. "We're proud of our accomplishments, but we have much more work to do."

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