Public Release of the Annual Demographic Report: Hiring and Retention of Minorities, Women, and
Persons with Disabilities in the United States Intelligence Community Fiscal Year 2015
Consistent with Section 114 of the “National Security Act of 1947,” as amended by Section 324 of the “Intelligence Authorization Act of 2003,” the Director of National Intelligence is disclosing to the public a summary of the demographic data on the population of minorities, women, and persons with disabilities employed by the United States Intelligence Community during fiscal year 2015 (between 1 October 2014 and 30 September 2015).
This report provides an in-depth examination of IC diversity in all 17 IC elements listed below.
| Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
Department of Energy (DoE), Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (IN) |
United States Air Force (USAF), 25 AF National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) |
| Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), and Homeland Security Investigations |
United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, National Ground Intelligence Center |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation, Intelligence Branch (FBI/IB) |
Department of State's (DOS), Bureau of Intelligence and Research (State INR) |
United States Coast Guard (USCG) CG Intelligence Center (part of DHS) |
| National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) |
Department of the Treasury, Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) |
United States Marine Corps (USMC), MC Intelligence Activity |
| National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) |
Drug Enforcement and Administration (DEA), Office of National Security Intelligence |
United States Navy (USN), Naval Intelligence Activity (NIA) |
| National Security Agency (NSA) |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) |
The report also highlights key initiatives and accomplishments and tracks the IC's progress and areas for improvement in diversity hiring, promotion, career development, and attrition. Overall, the FY 2015 analysis indicates that the IC continues to make progress in increasing the representation of minorities, women, and persons with disabilities (PWD). Five- year trends (FY 2011-20 15) in hiring and attrition dynamics indicate a gradual increase in minority representation over time.
Report Findings: IC Continues to Progress
- Five-year trends (FY 20011-2015) in minority representation continues to slowly trend in a positive direction. Minority representation in FY 2011 was 23.2%. In FY 2015 minority representation was 24.6%.
- In FY 2015, overall IC minority representation in hiring increased from 23.6% (FY 2014) to 24.9%, largely due to a 1.4% increase in Hispanic hiring.
- The proportion of women in the IC remained just below 40% over the last five years.
