Apple Releases New Diversity Numbers, Hired Over 11,000 Women in Past Year

apple has released updated diversity numbers provide breakdown of company's workforce based on gender, race , ethnicity in 2015. new data reveals apple hired on 11,000 women globally on past year, 65% increase on previous year, in addition 2,200 black employees, 50% year-over-year increase, , 2,700 hispanic employees, 66% increase on previous year.

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apple says has hired more diverse candidates in 2015 year date, percentage of new hires in past year broken down follows: 35% women (global), 19% asian (u.s.), 13% hispanic (u.s.), 11% black (u.s.). apple's global gender split 69% male , 31% female, marginal change last year's 70% male-30% female split.

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apple ceo tim cook:

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diversity critical innovation , essential apple's future. aspire more make our company diverse talent available hire. must address broad underlying challenges, offer new opportunities, , create future generation of employees diverse world around us. aspire make difference beyond apple. [...]

proud of progress we've made, , our commitment diversity unwavering. know there lot more work done.

people read page , see our progress. others recognize how farther have go. see both. , more important these statistics, see tens of thousands of apple employees on world, speaking dozens of languages, working together. celebrate differences , many benefits , our customers enjoy result.

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apple's overall race , ethnicity breakdown in united states 54% white, 18% asian, 11% hispanic, 8% black, 2% multiple, 1% other , 6% undeclared. data reflects past year through june 27, 2015 , varies when broken down individual categories including tech, non-tech, leadership, retail , retail leadership.

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