{"meta":{"dataset":"state-civil-rights","title":"State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23753029","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753029","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23753028","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753029, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753029","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts state agencies publish, kept for research and marketing planning. A complaint or charge is not a finding that discrimination happened; rights and deadlines are for your own counsel.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/state-civil-rights.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/state-civil-rights/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"jurisdiction","records":[{"id":"state-civil-rights:CA-intake-forms-cy2024","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"CA","stateName":"California","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"California Civil Rights Department","measure":"intake-forms","period":"calendar year 2024","status":"P","text":"California, calendar year 2024: 33,505 intake forms received (all civil rights areas), as printed in California Civil Rights Department's CRD 2024 Annual Report. 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A right-to-sue request closes CRD's own investigation so the complainant can sue.","value":16924,"unit":"intake forms that were immediate right-to-sue requests in employment cases","quote":"Of those, 16,924 were part of an immediate","document":"CRD 2024 Annual Report","documentUrl":"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/11/CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf","sources":[{"label":"California Civil Rights Department: CRD 2024 Annual Report","url":"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/11/CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"California Civil Rights Department","url":"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/11/CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf","release":"CRD 2024 Annual Report","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"A right-to-sue request closes CRD's own investigation so the complainant can sue.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:IL-charges-received-fy2024","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"IL","stateName":"Illinois","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","measure":"charges-received","period":"state fiscal year 2024","status":"P","text":"Illinois, state fiscal year 2024: 2,906 charges of discrimination received (all areas), as printed in Illinois Department of Human Rights's IDHR Annual Report FY 2024.","value":2906,"unit":"charges of discrimination received (all areas)","quote":"In FY 2024, the agency received 2,906 charges of discrimination","document":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","documentUrl":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","sources":[{"label":"Illinois Department of Human Rights: IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","release":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"FY 2024 Illinois Department of Human Rights Annual Report.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":null,"confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:IL-employment-charges-fy2024","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"IL","stateName":"Illinois","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","measure":"employment-charges","period":"state fiscal year 2024","status":"P","text":"Illinois, state fiscal year 2024: 2,342 charges filed in employment, as printed in Illinois Department of Human Rights's IDHR Annual Report FY 2024. 80.59% of the 2,906 charges received.","value":2342,"unit":"charges filed in employment","quote":"2,342 Charges 80.59%","document":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","documentUrl":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","sources":[{"label":"Illinois Department of Human Rights: IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","release":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"FY 2024 Illinois Department of Human Rights Annual Report.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"80.59% of the 2,906 charges received.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:IL-charges-docketed-fy2025","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"IL","stateName":"Illinois","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","measure":"charges-docketed","period":"state fiscal year 2025","status":"P","text":"Illinois, state fiscal year 2025: 2,698 charges docketed (all areas), as printed in Illinois Department of Human Rights's IDHR Annual Report FY 2025. FY2025 counts docketed charges; FY2024 counts charges received, so the two are not strictly comparable.","value":2698,"unit":"charges docketed (all areas)","quote":"Charge Processing docketed 2,698 charges (a 6% increase from FY24)","document":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2025","documentUrl":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY2025-IDHR-Annual-Report.vf.pdf","sources":[{"label":"Illinois Department of Human Rights: IDHR Annual Report FY 2025","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY2025-IDHR-Annual-Report.vf.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY2025-IDHR-Annual-Report.vf.pdf","release":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2025","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"FY2025-IDHR-Annual-Report.vf.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"FY2025 counts docketed charges; FY2024 counts charges received, so the two are not strictly comparable.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2021-2022","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2021-2022","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2021-2022: 3,866 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. 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","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2022-2023","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2022-2023","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2022-2023: 5,099 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. 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","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2023-2024","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2023-2024","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2023-2024: 5,973 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. 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","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2024-2025","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2024-2025","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2024-2025: 4,004 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. 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","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2025-2026","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2025-2026","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2025-2026: 4,412 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. 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Fiscal year 2025-2026 covers July 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026 only.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"}]}