While only adding 39 roles, a gain of about 1 percent, blacks accounted for 15.5 percent of all roles, exceeding the African American population of the United States, which is just under 13 percent.
Latino actors were cast in 379 additional roles last year, bringing their share up to 6 percent, a 1.2 percent increase that was largely attributed to advances in episodic television. Latinos account for 13.6 percent of the U.S. population.
Asian/Pacific Islanders made no gains last year and still account for 2.5 percent of total roles. Native Americans' share dropped to 0.2 percent from 0.37 percent.
The report, based on all television and theatrical productions (excluding commercials and animation) reported to the guild via casting-data reports, also breaks down the numbers by gender and age. Women 40 and older got 29 percent of all female roles, a 2 percent increase.
| The Hollywood Reporter (via the Oregonian) says "Blacks, Latinos and older women report more acting roles"
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