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Diversity in Medicine: Facts and Figures 2019

Figure 5. Percentage of Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish Origin (alone) applicants to U.S. medical schools by Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish Origin subgroups, academic year 2018-2019

Figure 5 disaggregates data for applicants who identified as Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin. In 2018-2019, the two largest Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish Origin applicant subgroups were Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano/Chicana (28.1%), and Puerto Rican (20.8%). The two smallest subgroups were Argentinean (1.2%) and Dominican (2.5%). Applicants from the Multiple Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish Origin subgroups were 9.2% of all Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish Origin applicants.