Photo: Participants in “Coding and Couture” Summer Camp, open to self-identified girls, trans, and nonbinary youth in grades 5-8.
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Assemblers
Assemblers
Everyone who learns with us is an Assembler! No two Assemblers are alike—and that is an awesome thing.
We strive to serve everyone in our community and to create spaces where all Assemblers can be their full authentic selves. We captured the demographic data below for participants in our onsite programs through our registration and attendance management system, Jumbula.
Assemblers by Neighborhood
Assemblers by Neighborhood
Assemblers join us from all over Pittsburgh—from Avalon to Homewood to Mt. Washington—with nearly one in five from our home neighborhood of Garfield. We’ve even had visitors from Philadelphia and Kansas City, MO!
Map: Assembler 2023 participation by zip code
Chart: Pittsburgh neighborhoods where Assemblers lived in 2023
Chart: Age of Assemble participants (2020-2023)
Assemblers by Age
Assemblers by Age
While Assemblers can be—and are!—any age, the bulk of our participants are youth ages 5-10. Participation for tweens/youth 12 and older—a group that several staff noted are increasingly difficult to engage post-pandemic—was low and stagnant compared to previous years.
Assemblers by Gender
Assemblers by Gender
Over half of Assemblers in 2023 identified as female, far outpacing the proportion of women working in STEM. The National Science Foundation found that women made up just 35% of the STEM workforce in 2021. Of the over 460 Assemblers who reported their gender in 2023, 3.7% identified as non-binary or gender non-conforming.
Chart: Gender of Assemble participants (2020-2023)
Chart: Race of Assemble participants in 2023
Assemblers by Race
Assemblers by Race
About half of Assemblers are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). 29% are Black (more than Pittsburgh’s population of 23% according to census data); 52% are white (fewer than Pittsburgh’s population of 65%), and 9% are multi-racial (compared to 5% in census numbers). Again, these numbers outpace current representation in the STEM workforce, where the NSF found just 9% of workers are Black or African American.
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