Books by and/or about Black, Indigenous and People of Color 2002-2017

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Children’s Books By and/or About Black, Indigenous and People of  Color Received by the CCBC
2002-2017

Last Updated: October 27, 2020
See next chart for numbers from U.S. publishers only, 2015-2018

Year	Books Received at CCBC	Black/African		Indigenous		Asian Pacific		Latine
		By	About	By	About	By	About	By	About
2017	3,700	132	355	38	72	279	312	118	218
2016	3,400	94	287	23	55	217	240	104	169
2015	3,400	108	270	19	42	176	113	60	85
2014	3,500	85	181	20	38	129	112	59	66
2013	3,200	69	94	18	34	90	69	49	58
2012	3,600	69	119	6	22	83	76	58	54
2011	3,400	79	123	12	28	76	91	52	58
2010	3,400	102	156	9	22	60	64	55	66
2009	3,000	83	157	12	33	67	80	60	61
2008	3,000	83	172	9	40	77	98	48	79
2007	3,000	77	150	6	44	56	68	42	59
2006	3,000	87	153	14	41	72	74	42	63
2005	2,800	75	149	4	34	60	64	50	76
2004	2,800	99	143	7	33	61	65	37	61
2003	3,200	79	171	11	95	43	78	41	63
2002	3,150	69	166	6	64	46	91	48	94

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Children’s Books By and/or About Black, Indigenous and People of Color Received by the CCBC –US Publishers Only
2015-2017

Last Updated: October 27, 2020

Year	Books Received at CCBC from US Pubs	Black/African		Indigenous		Asian Pacific		Latine
		By	About	By	About	By	About	By	About
2017	3,500	126	334	18	44	260	286	109	205
2016	3,200	92	267	8	35	195	225	95	157
2015	3,200	106	244	9	28	156	107	56	79