Jurisdiction workforce reflects racial or ethnic composition of community
Full Question Text
Overall, would you say the government's workforce is reflective of the community's population in terms of racial and/or ethnic composition?
| % Statewide | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overall, would you say the government's workforce is reflective of the community's population in terms of racial and/or ethnic composition? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Reflective of the community | 67% |
| Not as representative as it could be | 18% | |
| Don't know | 15% | |
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| Overall, would you say the government's workforce is reflective of the community's population in terms of racial and/or ethnic composition? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Reflective of the community | 71% | 66% | 62% | 75% | 67% |
| Not as representative as it could be | 19% | 15% | 34% | 10% | 18% | |
| Don't know | 11% | 19% | 4% | 15% | 15% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| Overall, would you say the government's workforce is reflective of the community's population in terms of racial and/or ethnic composition? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Reflective of the community | 74% | 70% | 59% | 52% | 42% | 67% |
| Not as representative as it could be | 6% | 15% | 28% | 42% | 51% | 18% | |
| Don't know | 21% | 15% | 13% | 5% | 7% | 15% | |
| % within Region of Michigan | ||||||||
| Region of Michigan | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | |||
| Overall, would you say the government's workforce is reflective of the community's population in terms of racial and/or ethnic composition? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Reflective of the community | 76% | 79% | 65% | 67% | 62% | 55% | 67% |
| Not as representative as it could be | 8% | 7% | 19% | 11% | 23% | 34% | 18% | |
| Don't know | 16% | 13% | 16% | 22% | 14% | 10% | 15% | |
| % within Urban/Rural Self Identification | |||||||
| Urban/Rural Self Identification | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't Know | |||
| Overall, would you say the government's workforce is reflective of the community's population in terms of racial and/or ethnic composition? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Reflective of the community | 75% | 68% | 49% | 39% | 8% | 67% |
| Not as representative as it could be | 7% | 19% | 44% | 49% | 35% | 18% | |
| Don't know | 18% | 13% | 7% | 12% | 57% | 15% | |