Salary Survey Trends 2010–2011 · 9
Minority professional staff in US ARL university libraries continues to be disproportionately distributed
across the country. Using Figure 2, we can compare the number of minority staff with other staff, region by
region. These patterns of distribution have been relatively stable for the entire history of ARL’s data-collection
experience. Minorities are underrepresented by over 34% in the East South Central region and by more than 28%
in the West North Central region (see Table 25 for a definition of the regions). Proportionately to other regions,
there are more minorities in the Pacific, South Atlantic, West South Central, and Middle Atlantic regions.
Figure 2: Minority Professionals by Region in US ARL University Libraries, FY 2010–2011
New
England
Middle
Atlantic
East
North
Central
West
North
Central
South
Atlantic
East
South
Central
West
South
Central
Mountain Pacific TOTAL %
Race/Ethnicity
Category
Black 31 72 74 24 109 22 28 7 28 395 31%
Hispanic 21 44 27 10 39 6 40 20 43 250 20%
Asian 79 105 69 25 84 9 40 21 155 587 46%
AI/AN* 3 3 15 4 1 0 1 7 0 34 3%
Minority Total 134 224 185 63 233 37 109 55 226 1,266 100%
Minority
Percent 10.60% 17.70% 14.60% 5.00% 18.40% 2.90% 8.60% 4.30% 17.90%
Nonminority
Total 1,100 1,267 1,390 531 1,216 342 591 430 778 7,645 100%
Nonminority
Percent 14.40% 16.60% 18.20% 6.90% 15.90% 4.50% 7.70% 5.60% 10.20%
Regional
Percent
Total staff 13.80% 16.70% 17.70% 6.70% 16.30% 4.30% 7.90% 5.40% 11.30%
Proportional
Minority
Representation -26.44% 6.76% -19.63% -28.35% 15.71% -34.67% 11.37% -22.76% 75.42%
* American Indian/Alaskan Native
According to Figure 3 below, 68.6% of female professional staff in US ARL university libraries are members
of the four racial/ethnic groups in Figure 2, whereas 62.4% of female professional staff are members of the
Caucasian/Other racial/ethnic group. The overall gender balance in the 115 Canadian and US university libraries
(including law and medical libraries) is 35.9% male and 64.1% female. See Figure 2, above, and Figure 3, below,
for more detail on race/ethnic and gender distribution.