According to Walmarts latest company demographic report:
Research Summary. Using a database of 30 million profiles, Zippia estimates demographics and statistics for Walmart. Our estimates are verified against BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. After extensive research and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:
- Walmart has 2,300,000 employees.
- 55% of Walmart employees are women, while 45% are men.
- The most common ethnicity at Walmart is White (63%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (15%) and Black or African American (13%).
- 15% of Walmart employees are Hispanic or Latino.
- 13% of Walmart employees are Black or African American.
- The average employee at Walmart makes $31,618 per year.
- Walmart employees are most likely to be members of the republican party.
- On average, employees at Walmart stay with the company for 3.3 years.
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Walmart Number of Employees, Statistics, Diversity, Demographics, and Facts - Zippia
Obviously, according to the numbers, if Walmart is demonstrating any favoritism towards any particular demographic it is not Black people. Interestingly, in their survey they left out the fact that 75% of their middle and upper management staff is White, and about 8.5% is Black.