Top Companies for Diversity

Black Enterprise recently released their 2010 Best Companies for Diversity Survey recognizing companies that demonstrate a commitment to diversity in one or more of the following areas: board of directors, employee base, senior management and supplier diversity. This is Black Enterprise's sixth survey of its kind and data was collected by sending surveys to the nation's top 1,000 companies and the 50 leading global companies with robust U.S. operations.

McDonald's Corp and WGL Holdings demonstrated significant strengths in all four areas surveyed and Burger King Corp, Pepco Holding Inc., PG&E COrp, Sodexo Inc, Sprint Nextel Corp., TIAA-CREF and Xerox Corp were leaders in three of the four areas. Norfolk Southern Corp. and the U.S. Postal Service were cited for the first time on this year's list.

The full list, organized by state, is below.

Arkansas

• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville

California

• PG&E Corp, San Francisco
• Sempra Energy, San Diego

Connecticut

• AETNA Inc., Hartford
• Pitney Bowes, Stamford
• Xerox Corp, Norwalk

District of Columbia

• Fannie Mae, Washington
• Pepco Holdings Inc., Washington
• U.S. Postal Service, Washington

Florida

• Burger King Corp., Miami
• Darden Restaurants Inc., Orlando

Georgia

• AFLAC, Columbus
• The Coca Cola Company, Altanta
• UPS, Atlanta

Illinois

• McDonald's Corp, Oakbrook
• Northwestern Trust Corp, Chicago
• State Farm Insurance Cos., Bloomington

Kansas

• Sprint Nextel Corp., Overland Park

Kentucky

• Yum Brands Inc., Louisville

Maryland

• Marriott International Inc., Bethesda
• Sodexo Inc., Gaithersburg

Michigan

• Ford Motor Co., Dearborn

Minnesota

• General Mills Inc., Minneapolis

Nevada

• MGM Mirage, Las Vegas

New Jersey

• Verizon Communications Inc., Basking Ridge

New York

• American Express Co., New York
• International Business Machines (IBM), Armonk
• Pepsico Inc., Purchase
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, White Plains

North Carolina

• Bank of America Corp., Charlotte
• TIAA-CREF, Charlotte

Ohio

• Proctor & Gamble Co., Cincinnati

Pennsylvania

• Aramark, Philadelphia

Tennessee

• Fedex Corp., Memphis

Texas

• AT&T Inc., Dallas
• Comercia Inc., Dallas

Virginia

• Freddie Mac, McLean
• Norfolk Southern Corp, Norfolk