Historically, the legal profession has been one of the least diverse in the nation. In 2007, around 4% of lawyers identified as African American, and about 4% identified as Hispanic. A decade later, those numbers increased to approximately 5% each, despite the fact that African Americans made up around 13.3% of the population and Hispanics made up about 17.8%. Between 2009 and 2016, the percentage of female lawyers increased by less than one percent.