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Diversity in Medicine: Facts and Figures 2019

Figure 18. Percentage of all active physicians by race/ethnicity, 2018

Figure 18 shows the percentage of active physicians by race/ethnicity. Among active physicians, 56.2% identified as White, 17.1% identified as Asian, 5.8% identified as Hispanic, and 5.0% identified as Black or African American. Note that the race for 13.7% of active physicians is Unknown, making that the largest subgroup after White and Asian.