Responding to criticism from minorities, a new report released by the Democratic National Committee shows 44 percent of its staff members are people of color and just over half are women, according to NBC News.

There had been criticism of the DNC for taking minority voters for granted, while not hiring them for jobs., the network news noted.

In 2015, 35.9 percent of DNC employees were minorities and 48 percent were women, according to Time magazine.

NBC News said the DNC became more diverse as it staffed back up following the post-2016 election lull. The number of Latinos working for the DNC increased from 5 to 22, while the number of African-Americans jumped from 22-30. Asian-American/Pacific Islanders and LGBTQ people at the DNC rose from 14 to 19, according to NBC News.

Seventy percent of department heads are now women, the network news reported, attributing the information to the DNC report.

"Our mission is not complete, but we’ve made unprecedented progress," wrote DNC Chief Operating Officer Laura Chambers, who prepared the report.

"We simply cannot be effective advocates for the communities we represent if we do not accurately reflect them at every single level — from staff, to party officers, to elected officials," Chambers added.

NBC News said there has been criticism of DNC hiring practices in the past. And last year, a group of black female political leaders wrote a critical open letter to DNC Chairman Tom Perez, the network news pointed out.

"The Democratic Party has a real problem," they said in the letter. "The data reveals that Black women voters are the very foundation to a winning coalition, yet most Black voters feel like the Democrats take them for granted."