Though only 10% of the U.S. civilian labor force, African-Americans are 18% of U.S. government workers

Not only are African-Americans disproportionately the beneficiaries of federal programs, from the Earned Income Tax Credit to aid for education and student loans, they are even more over-represented in the federal workforce than they are on state payrolls. They are 25% of the employees at Treasury and Veterans Affairs, 31% of the State Department, 37% of Department of Education employees and 38% of Housing and Urban Development. They are 42% of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., 55% of the employees at the Government Printing Office and 82% at the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency. In addition, 44% of Fannie Mae employees and 50% of Freddie Mac's were persons of color.