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PROBABLE CAUSE IN DISCRIMINATION ALLEGATIONS

Benchmark Analysis

DC Office of Human Rights

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Jurisdiction or Human Rights Office	Percentage of Probable Cause	Percentage of No Probable Cause	Percentage of Administrative Dismissals	Percentage of Settlements and Conciliations
Office of Human Rights for the District of Columbia
2004	2%	56%	12%	30%
2006	4%	55%	17%	24%
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
2004	5%	62%	18%	15%
2005	6%	62%	16%	16%
2006	5%	61%	17%	17%
New York City Commission on Human Rights
2004	6%	41%	33%	20%
2005	8%	48%	27%	17%
2006	4%	46%	29%	21%
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
2004	*6.1%/15.9%[1]****
2005	*6.1%/13.9%
2006	*8.1%/18.9%
Tennessee Human Rights Commission
2004	1%	80%	13%	6%
2005	1%	81%	13%	5%
Texas Workforce Commission, Civil Rights Division
2005	0%	64%	31%	5%
City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations
2006	12%	35%	25%	28%
City of Tucson, Arizona[2]
2006	11%	66%	11%	11%
Kansas Human Rights Commission
2005	3%[3]	59%	25%	13%

APPENDIX A[4]

	7/1/2005 population estimate	4/1/2000 census population	4/1/1990 census population	Numeric population change 1990–2000	Percent population change 1990–2000	Size rank 1990	Size rank 2000	Size rank 2005
New York, N.Y.	8,143,197	8,008,278	7,322,564	685,714	9.4	1	1	1
Los Angeles, Calif.	3,844,829	3,694,820	3,485,398	209,422	6.0	2	2	2
Chicago, Ill.	2,842,518	2,896,016	2,783,726	112,290	4.0	3	3	3
Houston, Tex.	2,016,582	1,953,631	1,630,553	323,078	19.8	4	4	4
Philadelphia, Pa.	1,463,281	1,517,550	1,585,577	–68,027	–4.3	5	5	5
Phoenix, Ariz.	1,461,575	1,321,045	983,403	337,642	34.3	10	6	6
San Antonio, Tex.	1,256,509	1,144,646	935,933	208,713	22.3	9	9	7
San Diego, Calif.	1,255,540	1,223,400	1,110,549	112,851	10.2	6	7	8
Dallas, Tex.	1,213,825	1,188,580	1,006,877	181,703	18.0	8	8	9
San Jose, Calif.	912,332	894,943	782,248	112,695	14.4	11	11	10
Detroit, Mich.	886,671	951,270	1,027,974	–76,704	–7.5	7	10	11
Indianapolis, Ind.	784,118	781,870	741,952	49,974	6.7	13	12	12
Jacksonville, Fla.	782,623	735,617	635,230	100,387	15.8	15	14	13
San Francisco, Calif.	739,426	776,733	723,959	52,774	7.3	14	13	14
Columbus, Ohio	730,657	711,470	632,910	78,560	12.4	16	15	15
Austin, Tex.	690,252	656,562	465,622	190,940	41.0	25	16	16
Memphis, Tenn.	672,277	650,100	610,337	39,763	6.5	18	18	17
Baltimore, Md.	635,815	651,154	736,014	–84,860	–11.5	12	17	18
Fort Worth, Tex.	624,067	534,694	447,619	87,075	19.5	29	27	19
Charlotte, N.C.	610,949	540,828	395,934	144,894	36.6	33	26	20
El Paso, Tex.	598,590	563,662	515,342	48,320	9.4	22	23	21
Milwaukee, Wis.	578,887	596,974	628,088	–31,114	–5.0	17	19	22
Seattle, Wash.	573,911	563,374	516,259	47,115	9.1	21	24	23
Boston, Mass.	559,034	589,141	574,283	14,858	2.6	20	20	24
Denver, Colo.	557,917	554,636	467,610	87,026	18.6	28	25	25
Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.¹	556,429	256,231	269,063	12,832	–4.8	58	67	26
Washington, DC	550,521	572,059	606,900	–34,841	–5.7	19	21	27
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.²	549,110	545,524	510,784	59,107	11.6	26	22	28
Las Vegas, Nev.	545,147	478,434	258,295	220,139	85.2	63	32	29
Portland, Ore.	533,427	529,121	437,319	91,802	21.0	27	28	30
Oklahoma City, Okla.	531,324	506,132	444,719	61,413	13.8	30	29	31
Tucson, Ariz.	515,526	486,699	405,390	81,309	20.1	34	30	32
Albuquerque, N.M.	494,236	448,607	384,736	63,871	16.6	40	35	33
Long Beach, Calif.	474,014	461,522	429,433	32,089	7.5	32	34	34
Atlanta, Ga.	470,688	416,474	394,017	22,457	5.7	38	39	35
Fresno, Calif.	461,116	427,652	354,202	73,450	20.7	48	37	36
Sacramento, Calif.	456,441	407,018	369,365	37,653	10.2	37	40	37
New Orleans, La.	454,863	484,674	496,938	–12,264	–2.5	24	31	38
Cleveland, Ohio	452,208	478,403	505,616	–27,213	–5.4	23	33	39
Kansas City, Mo.	444,965	441,545	435,146	6,399	1.5	31	36	40
Mesa, Ariz.	442,780	396,375	288,091	108,284	37.6	53	42	41
Virginia Beach, Va.	438,415	425,257	393,069	32,188	8.2	39	38	42
Omaha, Nebr.	414,521	390,007	335,795	54,212	16.1	47	44	43
Oakland, Calif.	395,274	399,484	372,242	27,242	7.3	35	41	44
Miami, Fla.	386,417	362,470	358,548	3,922	1.1	46	47	45
Tulsa, Okla.	382,457	393,049	367,302	25,747	7.0	44	43	46
Honolulu CDP,³ Hawaii	377,379	371,657	365,272	6,385	1.7	41	46	47
Minneapolis, Minn.	372,811	382,618	368,383	14,235	3.9	43	45	48
Colorado Springs, Colo.	369,815	360,890	281,140	79,750	28.4	54	48	49
Arlington, Tex.	362,805	332,969	261,721	71,248	27.2	62	54	50

1. Louisville and Jefferson County merged in Jan. 2003. Figures prior to 2003 are for Louisville city only.

2. Nashville-Davidson city is consolidated with Davidson County.

[1] The higher rate represents Massachusetts’ new pc compilation: PC Rate=PC divided by the lack of Probable Cause

[2] For 2006, Tucson had one (1) administrative closure, one (1) settlement, one (1) cause finding and one no cause finding.

[3] Based on numbers furnished of resolved cases with recovery-at conciliation and pre-hearing settlement.

[4] www.infoplease.com - includes census information.