11/17/2020

People of Color Comprise Nearly Half of Biden's Transition Team

Meanwhile, 53 percent of the senior staff are women

As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office in January, nearly half of the transition team laying the groundwork for his administration is made up of people of color, and women are in the majority.

Forty-six percent of the transition staff are people of color, according to new diversity data of the transition team provided to CNN, and 41 percent of the senior staff are people of color. The majority of transition staff -- 52 percent -- are women, and 53 percent of the senior staff are women.

The new diversity figures come as Biden is set to announce his Cabinet picks and senior staff for the White House in the coming weeks -- one of the first tests of his campaign pledge to build an administration that will "look like America."

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