In 2023, almost 77 percent of people employed in the motion picture and video industries in the United States identified as white. About one out of ten employees identified as Black or African American. That same year, almost two-thirds of employees in the U.S. film industry were male.
Distribution of employees in the motion picture and video industries in the United States in 2023, by ethnicity
The source adds the following information: "Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not shown for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race."
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 26, 2024). Distribution of employees in the motion picture and video industries in the United States in 2023, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276600/motion-pictures-video-industries-employees-share-by-ethnicity-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Distribution of employees in the motion picture and video industries in the United States in 2023, by ethnicity." Chart. January 26, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276600/motion-pictures-video-industries-employees-share-by-ethnicity-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Distribution of employees in the motion picture and video industries in the United States in 2023, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276600/motion-pictures-video-industries-employees-share-by-ethnicity-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Distribution of Employees in The Motion Picture and Video Industries in The United States in 2023, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276600/motion-pictures-video-industries-employees-share-by-ethnicity-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Distribution of employees in the motion picture and video industries in the United States in 2023, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276600/motion-pictures-video-industries-employees-share-by-ethnicity-united-states/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Distribution of employees in the motion picture and video industries in the United States in 2023, by ethnicity [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 26, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276600/motion-pictures-video-industries-employees-share-by-ethnicity-united-states/
