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That depends. The data segregates into "tech" and "non-tech", but doesn't seem to define these terms well. If tech is taken to mean mostly programmers and engin
by jiggy2011 12y ago
That depends. The data segregates into "tech" and "non-tech", but doesn't seem to define these terms well. If tech is taken to mean mostly programmers and engineers then you would expect these to be clustered around Cupertino, in which case (based on pure demographics) you would expect more hispanics and less whites. If you are including people like geniuses at retail stores then perhaps it would break down differently depending on how these stores are distributed around the US.
- wyager 12y agoThat's true, but a 17% difference from expected seems quite large. And if we're talking about people working at Cupertino, the pool of tech workers is significantly more white and asian than the average U.S. population, and I would think most of the Apple employees at Cupertino are pulled from that population. Apple does have a substantially higher percentage of asians than would be expected from the entire U.S. population (15% vs 5%), probably due to the relatively large number of asian tech workers, but I would think the same effect would lead to a larger-than-expected percentage of white employees.