cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this dataset, please cite it as: Probative Growth, State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports, 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23964131. Source: Probative, State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports, version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23964131, licensed CC BY 4.0."
type: dataset
title: "State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports"
authors:
  - name: "Probative Growth"
    website: "https://probativegrowth.com"
version: "2.0.0"
date-released: 2026-11-04
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.23964131
url: "https://probativegrowth.com/data/state-civil-rights/"
license: CC-BY-4.0
abstract: "Complaint and charge counts that state civil-rights agencies print in their own annual reports or publish as open data, one row per figure with the document's URL and a verbatim quote: California Civil Rights Department (2024 intake forms and immediate right-to-sue requests), Illinois Department of Human Rights (charges received and employment charges in fiscal year 2024, charges docketed in 2025) and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (allegations in employment complaints, fiscal years 2021-22 to 2024-25 and the part of 2025-26 so far). Each quote is re-checked against the document, and each Pennsylvania figure against the portal's own aggregate."
keywords:
  - "state civil rights agency complaints"
  - "California Civil Rights Department complaints"
  - "Illinois Department of Human Rights charges"
  - "Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission complaints"
  - "employment discrimination charges by state"
  - "employment lawyer market data"