"Sector-wide Findings.  - According to the 2016 estimated census for the United States, 39 percent of the population is ""non-white."" For ease of reporting, our researchers categorized an organization as having equitable representation of people of color if at least 35 percent of their leadership team comprises people of color.  Of the 777 leaders we analyzed for race/ethnicity, we identified only 16 percent as leaders of color."
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