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By Inc Staff |  May 23, 2006

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  • 145 - Average number of full-time employees in 2004 (median = 57)
  • 27 - Average number of part-time employees in 2004 (median = 2)
  • 15% - Average employee turnover for 2006 Inner City 100 vs. 20.2% for US (according to Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Ethnicity:

  • 56% - White
  • 44% - Minority

 

Minority Representation:

  • 19% - Latino
  • 17% - Black
  • 4% - Asian or Pacific Islander
  • 1% - Native American
  • 1% - Arab or Middle Eastern
  • 1% - Mixed Ethnicity
  • 1% - Other

 

According to ICIC’s State of the Inner City Economies (SOICE) project, inner city populations are 81% minority compared to 31% of the population in surrounding metropolitan statistical areas.

Sex:

  • 58% - Male
  • 42% - Female

 

Division of Labor:

  • 10% - Senior management
  • 38% - Mid-level / skilled
  • 52% - Rank & file

 

Inner City 100 Employee Attributes:
34% of all Inner City 100 employees live in the inner city, including 44% of all “rank & file” employees, 26% of all mid-level/skilled employees, and 17% of all senior management. According to ICIC’s State of the Inner City Economies project, just 23% of all inner city jobs overall are held by inner-city residents.

More than one in five CEOs said that at least 25% of their employees were immigrants to the United States. 18% said that at least a quarter of their workforce did not speak English as their primary language.

38% of Inner City 100 companies have employed people who have been incarcerated.

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