Fannie Mae 7. SBC Communications 3. Sempra Energy 8. Darden Restaurants 9. Lucent Technologies 10.
Whites are a minority in two other states, New Mexico and Hawaii, and in the District of Columbia.
Women, Blacks, and Hispanics are underrepresented in the engineering workforce and some of the physical sciences. Some progress has been made, however, over the past decade. Women and some minorities are underrepresented in most technical fields, including those related to information technology. As a result, while many employers struggle to recruit adequate numbers of workers with computer-related skills, large pools of potential talent remain untapped. In the current global marketplace, companies need diverse employees who are able to successfully interact with a diverse customer base, both foreign and domestic.