Based on feedback, in 2019 the CCBC added the category “Pacific Islander,” which previously had been folded into the “Asian” category as “Asian/Pacific Islander.” In 2020 we added the “Arab” category. We have since updated the numbers from 2018 and 2019 to document both “Pacific Islander” and “Arab.”
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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 2018-
Last Updated: April 24, 2026
(Percentages are rounded up to nearest tenth when over 1%; to nearest 100th when less than one percent. “By” includes both authors and illustrators.)
Year |
Books
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Black/African |
Indigenous |
Asian |
Latine |
Pacific Islander |
Arab |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | ||
| 2025 | 3,638 | 398 (10.9%) | 491 (13.5%) | 85 (2.3%) | 88 (2.4%) | 672 (18.5%) | 434 (11.9%) | 401 (11.0%) | 254 (7.0%) | 5 (0.14%) | 6 (0.16%) | 30 (0.82%) | 32 (0.88%) |
| 2024 | 3,631 | 462 (12.7%) | 574 (15.8%) | 103 (2.8%) | 105 (2.9%) | 685 (18.9%) | 475 (13.1%) | 405 (11.2%) | 286 (7.9%) | 12 (.33%) | 7 (0.19%) | 41 (1.1%) | 34 (.94%) |
| 2023 | 3,526 | 472 (13.4%) | 531 (15.1%) | 85 (2.4%) | 87 (2.5%) | 650 (18.4%) | 411 (11.7%) | 401 (11.4%) | 302 (8.6%) | 4 (0.11%) | 6 (0.17%) | 42 (1.2%) | 32 (.94%) |
| 2022 | 3,460* | 463 (13.4%) | 493 (14.2%) | 55 (1.6%) | 62(1.8%) | 653 (18.9%) | 375 (10.8%) | 372 (10.8%) | 236 (6.8%) | 8 (0.23%) | 13 (0.38%) | 31 (0.90%) | 25 (0.72%) |
| 2021 | 3,434* | 317 (9.2%) | 454 (13.2%) | 60 (1.7%) | 74 (2.2%) | 502 (14.6%) | 358 (10.4%) | 337 (9.8%) | 240 (7%) | 6 (0.17%) | 7 (0.20%) | 25 (0.73%) | 23 (0.67%) |
| 2020 | 3,452* | 257 (7.4%) | 411 (11.9%) | 39 (1.1%) | 53 (1.5%) | 420 (12.2%) | 328 (9.5%) | 250 (7.2%) | 205 (5.9%) | 1 (0.03%) | 5 (0.14%) | 20 (0.58%) | 27 (0.78%) |
| 2019 | 4,077 | 229 (5.6%) | 481 (11.8%) | 51 (1.3%) | 70 (1.7%) | 451 (11.1%) | 369 (9.1%) | 259 (6.4%) | 237 (5.8%) | 4 (0.1%) | 6 (0.15%) | 21 (0.52%) | 37 (0.91%) |
| 2018 | 3,682 | 206 (5.6%) | 405 (11%) | 44 (1.2%) | 56 (1.5%) | 399 (10.8%) | 343 (9.3%) | 224 (6.1%) | 254 (6.9%) | 2 (0.05%) | 7 (0.19%) | 18 (0.49%) | 28 (0.76%) |
*Due to the pandemic, some publishers didn’t send out review copies, so we didn’t get the number of books we typically do. As always, we recommend calculating percentages to see trends.