From the article: > the company remains committed to an internal goal to reach > "market supply" representation of women and minorities by 2020. The term

From the article: > the company remains committed to an internal goal to reach > "market supply" representation of women and minorities by 2020. The term "market supply" isn't defined in the article, but I assume it's basically what you're talking about (except overall job market, not just applicants). If that's true, then Google is already accounting for that factor but minorities are still underrepresented.