Editing Silicon Valley (section)

=== Statistics ===
In 2014, tech companies [[Google]], [[Yahoo!]], [[Facebook]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], and others, released corporate transparency reports that offered detailed employee breakdowns. In May, [[Google]] said 17% of its tech employees worldwide were women, and, in the U.S., 1% of its tech workers were [[African Americans|black]] and 2% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic/Latino]].<ref name=Musil140528>{{cite web |last=Musil |first=Steven |date=May 28, 2014 |title=Google discloses its diversity record and admits it's not good |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/google-discloses-its-workforce-diversity-record-and-its-not-good/ |website=CNET |publisher=CBS Interactive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041452/http://www.cnet.com/news/google-discloses-its-workforce-diversity-record-and-its-not-good/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> June 2014 brought reports from Yahoo! and Facebook. [[Yahoo!]] said that 15% of its tech jobs were held by women, 2% of its tech employees were black and 4% Hispanic.<ref name=Levy140617>{{cite web |last=Levy |first=Karyne |date=June 17, 2014 |title=Yahoo's Diversity Numbers Are Just As Terrible As The Rest of the Tech Industry's |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-workplace-diversity-numbers-2014-6 |website=Business Insider |access-date=March 24, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110032/http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-workplace-diversity-numbers-2014-6 |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> [[Facebook]] reported that 15% of its tech workforce was female, and 3% was Hispanic and 1% was black.<ref name=Williams140625>{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Maxine |date=June 25, 2014 |title=Building a More Diverse Facebook |url=http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/06/building-a-more-diverse-facebook/ |publisher=Facebook |access-date=March 24, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323000938/http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/06/building-a-more-diverse-facebook/ |archive-date=March 23, 2015}}</ref>

In August 2014, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] reported that 80% of its global tech staff was male and that, in the U.S., 54% of its tech jobs were staffed by Caucasians and 23% by Asians.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=August 13, 2014 |title=Apple diversity report released; Cook 'not satisfied with the numbers' |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-diversity-report-released-cook-not-satisfied-with-the-numbers/ |publisher=CBS Interactive |agency=Associated Press |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126065024/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-diversity-report-released-cook-not-satisfied-with-the-numbers/ |archive-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref> Soon after, ''[[USA Today]]'' published an article about Silicon Valley's lack of tech-industry diversity, pointing out that it is largely white or Asian, and male. "Blacks and Hispanics are largely absent," it reported, "and women are underrepresented in Silicon Valley—from giant companies to start-ups to venture capital firms."<ref name=Guynn-Weise>{{cite news |last1=Guynn |first1=Jessica |last2=Weise |first2=Elizabeth |date=August 15, 2014 |title=Lack of diversity could undercut Silicon Valley |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/06/26/silicon-valley-tech-diversity-white-asian-black-hispanic-google-facebook-yahoo/11372421/ |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=March 24, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417035957/http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/06/26/silicon-valley-tech-diversity-white-asian-black-hispanic-google-facebook-yahoo/11372421/ |archive-date=April 17, 2015}}</ref> Civil rights activist [[Jesse Jackson]] said of improving diversity in the tech industry, "This is the next step in the civil rights movement"<ref name=Koch140815>{{cite news |last=Koch |first=Wendy |date=August 15, 2014 |title=Jesse Jackson: Tech diversity is next civil rights step |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/07/28/jesse-jackson-seeks-eeoc-scrutiny-of-tech-industry/13270991/ |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=March 24, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303203816/http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/07/28/jesse-jackson-seeks-eeoc-scrutiny-of-tech-industry/13270991/ |archive-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> while [[T. J. Rodgers]] has argued against Jackson's assertions.

According to a 2019 Lincoln Network survey, 48% of high-tech workers in Silicon Valley identify as [[Christianity|Christians]], with [[Roman Catholicism]] (27%) being its largest branch, followed by [[Protestantism]] (19%).<ref name="LincolnNetworksurvey">{{cite web|url=https://joinlincoln.org/pdfs/lincoln-2019-viewpoint-report.pdf|title=2019 Viewpoint Inclusion Survey Report|date=February 22, 2009|publisher=Lincoln Network survey|page=4|access-date=February 23, 2023|archive-date=March 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329042830/https://joinlincoln.org/pdfs/lincoln-2019-viewpoint-report.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The same study found that 16% of high-tech workers identify as nothing in particular, 11% as something else, 8% as [[Agnosticism|Agnostics]], and 7% as [[Atheism|Atheists]]. Around 4% of high-tech workers in Silicon Valley identify as [[Judaism|Jews]] or [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], 3% as [[Hinduism|Hindus]], 2% as [[Islam|Muslims]] and 1% as [[Satanism|Satanists]].<ref name="LincolnNetworksurvey"/>