PROBABLE CAUSE IN DISCRIMINATION ALLEGATIONS

Benchmark Analysis

DC Office of Human Rights

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Jurisdiction or Human Rights Office	Percentage of Probable Cause	Percentage of No Probable Cause	Percentage of Administrative Dismissals	Percentage of Settlements and Conciliations
Office of Human Rights for the District of Columbia
2004	2%	56%	12%	30%
2006	4%	55%	17%	24%
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
2004	5%	62%	18%	15%
2005	6%	62%	16%	16%
2006	5%	61%	17%	17%
New York City Commission on Human Rights
2004	6%	41%	33%	20%
2005	8%	48%	27%	17%
2006	4%	46%	29%	21%
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
2004	*6.1%/15.9%[1]
2005	*6.1%/13.9%
2006	*8.1%/18.9%
Tennessee Human Rights Commission
2004	1%	80%	13%	6%
2005	1%	81%	13%	5%
Texas Workforce Commission, Civil Rights Division
2005	0%	64%	31%	5%
City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations
2006	12%	35%	25%	28%
City of Tucson, Arizona[2]
2006	11%	66%	11%	11%
Kansas Human Rights Commission
2005	3%[3]	59%	25%	13%

APPENDIX A[4]

	7/1/2005 population estimate	4/1/2000 census population	4/1/1990 census population	Numeric population change 1990–2000	Percent population change 1990–2000	Size rank 1990	Size rank 2000	Size rank 2005
New York, N.Y.	8,143,197	8,008,278	7,322,564	685,714	9.4	1	1	1
Los Angeles, Calif.	3,844,829	3,694,820