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Public Works is a racially diverse department . No one race / ethnicity is a majority : We are 36 % Asian , 24 % white , 21 % Black , 18 % Latinx / Hispanic , 0.7 % American Indian / Alaskan Native , 0.6 % multiracial and 0.13 % Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander . ( Please note that all data relies on racial / ethnic self-identification . All workforce demographic data is from the San Francisco Department of Human Resources ’ March 2020 report , unless otherwise stated . Sometimes Filipinx and Pacific Islander staff are included under Asian and at other times they are not .)

Table 3 Racial demographics of Public Works staff , fiscal year 2020-21 . Asian includes Filipinx .

Asian
White
23.84 %
36.20 %
In looking at the overall racial demographics of Public Works , we are clearly a racially diverse department with 24 % white staff and no one race being a majority . ( Table 3 ) And , the percentage of Asian and Latinx / Hispanic Public Works staff generally aligns with the population of San Francisco . Approximately 1 / 5 of the department identifies as Black , even though Black residents make up about 4.5 % of San Francisco ’ s available workforce . ( Table 4 ) Though this statistic reflects the successful hiring and retention of Black employees , it must be remembered that there has been a steady out-migration of Black families from the city , from a high of 13 % of the population in 1970 . Many Black Public Works staff were born and raised in San Francisco but now live in neighboring counties because of high real estate and living costs .
Black
Hispanic
American Indian / Alaskan Native
Multiracial
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.67 %
0.609 %
0.13 %
20.75 %
17.80 %
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