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Children’s and YA Books Received by the CCBC, by and/or About Black, Indigenous and People of Color, Publication Year 2002-2017
Last Updated: August 20, 2019
(Percentages are rounded up to nearest tenth when over 1%; to nearest 100th when less than one percent)
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Year |
Books
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Black/African |
Indigenous |
Asian Pacific/
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Latine |
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| By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | ||
| 2017 | 3,700 | 132 (3.6%) | 355 (9.6%) | 38 (1.0%) | 72 (1.9%) | 279 (7.5%) | 312 (8.4%) | 118 (3.2%) | 218 (5.9%) |
| 2016 | 3,400 | 94 (2.8%) | 287 (8.4%) | 23 (.68%) | 55 (1.6%) | 217 (6.4%) | 240 (7.1%) | 104 (3.1%) | 169 (5.0%) |
| 2015 | 3,400 | 108 (3.2%) | 270 (7.9%) | 19 (.56%) | 42 (1.2%) | 176 (5.2%) | 113 (3.3%) | 60 (1.8%) | 85 (2.5%) |
| 2014 | 3,500 | 85 (2.4%) | 181 (5.2%) | 20 (.57%) | 38 (1.1%) | 129 (3.7%) | 112 (3.2%) | 59 (1.7%) | 66 (1.9%) |
| 2013 | 3,200 | 69 (2.2%) | 94 (2.9%) | 18 (.56%) | 34 (1.1%) | 90 (2.8%) | 69 (2.2%) | 49 (1.5%) | 58 (1.8%) |
| 2012 | 3,600 | 69 (1.9%) | 119 (3.3%) | 6 (.17%) | 22 (.61%) | 83 (2.3%) | 76 (2.1%) | 58 (1.6%) | 54 (1.5%) |
| 2011 | 3,400 | 79 (2.3%) | 123 (3.6%) | 12 (.35%) | 28 (.82%) | 76 (2.2%) | 91 (2.7%) | 52 (1.5%) | 58 (1.7%) |
| 2010 | 3,400 | 102 (3.0%) | 156 (4.6%) | 9 (.26%) | 22 (.65%) | 60 (1.8%) | 64 (1.9%) | 55 (1.6%) | 66 (1.9%) |
| 2009 | 3,000 | 83 (2.8%) | 157 (5.2%) | 12 (.40%) | 33 (1.1%) | 67 (2.2%) | 80 (2.7%) | 60 (2.0%) | 61 (2.0%) |
| 2008 | 3,000 | 83 (2.8%) | 172 (5.7%) | 9 (.30%) | 40 1.3%) | 77 (2.6%) | 98 (3.3%) | 48 (1.6%) | 79 (2.6%) |
| 2007 | 3,000 | 77 (2.6%) | 150 (5.0%) | 6 (.20%) | 44 (1.5%) | 56 (1.2%) | 68 (2.3%) | 42 (1.4%) | 59 (2.0%) |
| 2006 | 3,000 | 87 (2.9%) | 153 (5.1%) | 14 (.50%) | 41 (1.4%) | 72 (2.4%) | 74 (2.5%) | 42 (1.4%) | 63 (2.1%) |
| 2005 | 2,800 | 75 (2.7%) | 149 (5.3%) | 4 (.14%) | 34 (1.2%) | 60 (2.1%) | 64 (2.3%) | 50 (1.8%) | 76 (2.7%) |
| 2004 | 2,800 | 99 (3.5%) | 143 (5.1%) | 7 (.25%) | 33 (1.2%) | 61 (2.2%) | 65 (2.5%) | 37 (1.3%) | 61 (2.2%) |
| 2003 | 3,200 | 79 (2.5%) | 171 (5.3%) | 11 (.34%) | 95 (3.0%) | 43 (1.3%) | 78 (2.4%) | 41 (1.3%) | 63 (2.0%) |
| 2002 | 3,150 | 69 (2.2%) | 166 (5.3%) | 6 (.19%) | 64 (2.0%) | 46 (1.5%) | 91 (2.9%) | 48 (1.5%) | 94 (3.0%) |
Children’s and YA Books Received by the CCBC, by and/or About Black, Indigenous and People of Color, Publication Year 2015-2017 (US Publishers Only)
Last Updated: October 27, 2020
(Percentages are rounded up to nearest tenth when over 1%; to nearest 100th when less than one percent)
Year |
Books
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Black/African |
Indigenous |
Asian Pacific/
|
Latine |
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| By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | ||
| 2017 | 3,500 | 126 (3.6%) | 334 (9.5%) | 18 (.51%) | 44 (1.3%) | 260 (7.4%) | 286 *8.2%) | 109 (3.1%) | 205 (5.6%) |
| 2016 | 3,200 | 92 (2.9%) | 267 (8.3%) | 8 (.25%) | 35 (1.1%) | 195 (6.1%) | 225 (7.0%) | 95 (3.0%) | 157 (4.9%) |
| 2015 | 3,200 | 106 (3.3%) | 244 (7.6%) | 9 (.28%) | 28 (.88%) | 156 (4.9%) | 107 (3.3%) | 56 (1.8%) | 79 (2.5%) |