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Distribution of Nonfederal Physicians by Race/Ethnicity, 2002

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United StatesPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White49.4%
Black2.6%
Hispanic2.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander9.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.5%
Unknown33.4%



AlabamaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White58.9%
Black3.6%
Hispanic1.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander5.1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other1.9%
Unknown28.7%

AlaskaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White65.1%
Black1.1%
Hispanic1.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander3.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.8%
Other0.9%
Unknown27.5%

ArizonaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White54.3%
Black1.4%
Hispanic3.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander7.0%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.4%
Unknown31.2%

ArkansasPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White59.1%
Black2.2%
Hispanic1.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander4.6%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.1%
Unknown30.6%

CaliforniaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White42.7%
Black2.2%
Hispanic3.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander14.9%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.8%
Unknown34.4%

ColoradoPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White61.4%
Black0.8%
Hispanic1.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander3.5%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other0.9%
Unknown31.7%

ConnecticutPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White54.4%
Black1.9%
Hispanic1.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander7.5%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.1%
Unknown32.2%

DelawarePercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White47.9%
Black3.9%
Hispanic2.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander12.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.3%
Unknown31.3%

District of ColumbiaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White40.5%
Black11.5%
Hispanic1.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander4.4%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.3%
Unknown39.5%

FloridaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White44.4%
Black2.5%
Hispanic11.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander6.7%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.6%
Unknown32.6%

GeorgiaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White51.8%
Black7.2%
Hispanic2.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander6.8%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.1%
Unknown29.8%

HawaiiPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White31.4%
Black1.0%
Hispanic0.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander35.4%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other1.8%
Unknown29.5%

IdahoPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White68.2%
Black0.4%
Hispanic0.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander1.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other0.6%
Unknown28.6%

IllinoisPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White43.6%
Black3.0%
Hispanic2.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander13.5%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other3.4%
Unknown33.9%

IndianaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White56.5%
Black2.5%
Hispanic1.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander8.8%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.4%
Unknown28.5%

IowaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White58.1%
Black1.2%
Hispanic0.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander6.2%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.5%
Unknown31.1%

KansasPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White56.3%
Black1.6%
Hispanic2.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander7.1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.5%
Unknown30.5%

KentuckyPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White56.7%
Black1.5%
Hispanic1.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander8.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.6%
Unknown29.7%

LouisianaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White51.1%
Black4.2%
Hispanic3.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander6.6%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.3%
Unknown32.4%

MainePercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White59.1%
Black0.4%
Hispanic0.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander2.9%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other1.0%
Unknown35.7%

MarylandPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White44.7%
Black6.3%
Hispanic2.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander10.6%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.6%
Unknown33.5%

MassachusettsPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White50.6%
Black1.5%
Hispanic1.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander7.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.2%
Unknown36.8%

MichiganPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White40.0%
Black2.9%
Hispanic1.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander10.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.9%
Unknown42.5%

MinnesotaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White59.5%
Black1.0%
Hispanic1.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander5.4%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other1.3%
Unknown31.2%

MississippiPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White61.4%
Black4.7%
Hispanic1.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander4.5%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other1.6%
Unknown26.6%

MissouriPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White51.3%
Black1.9%
Hispanic1.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander8.0%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.9%
Unknown34.2%

MontanaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White68.3%
Black0.4%
Hispanic1.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander1.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.2%
Other0.6%
Unknown28.1%

NebraskaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White61.2%
Black1.2%
Hispanic1.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander4.6%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other1.5%
Unknown30.0%

NevadaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White50.1%
Black2.4%
Hispanic2.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander12.4%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.2%
Other2.7%
Unknown30.0%

New HampshirePercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White61.0%
Black0.6%
Hispanic0.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander3.4%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other1.3%
Unknown32.7%

New JerseyPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White43.1%
Black2.9%
Hispanic2.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander13.7%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other3.9%
Unknown33.7%

New MexicoPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White50.9%
Black1.4%
Hispanic7.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander5.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.4%
Other2.0%
Unknown32.8%

New YorkPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White42.1%
Black3.2%
Hispanic2.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander11.4%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.8%
Unknown37.9%

North CarolinaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White59.6%
Black3.9%
Hispanic1.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander5.2%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other1.7%
Unknown28.3%

North DakotaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White54.7%
Black1.1%
Hispanic1.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander7.9%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.5%
Other3.2%
Unknown31.4%

OhioPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White47.3%
Black2.3%
Hispanic1.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander9.5%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.8%
Unknown36.7%

OklahomaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White53.5%
Black1.4%
Hispanic1.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander6.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.5%
Other2.3%
Unknown34.6%

OregonPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White61.5%
Black0.6%
Hispanic1.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander5.1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other1.3%
Unknown30.4%

PennsylvaniaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White51.6%
Black1.7%
Hispanic1.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander8.2%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.4%
Unknown34.8%

Rhode IslandPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White53.4%
Black1.4%
Hispanic1.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander7.1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.7%
Unknown33.7%

South CarolinaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White60.8%
Black3.4%
Hispanic1.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander4.2%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other1.5%
Unknown28.8%

South DakotaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White66.2%
Black0.4%
Hispanic0.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander4.3%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.2%
Other1.4%
Unknown26.8%

TennesseePercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White57.3%
Black3.7%
Hispanic1.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander5.6%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other1.9%
Unknown30.2%

TexasPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White48.1%
Black2.6%
Hispanic7.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander9.1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.8%
Unknown30.3%

UtahPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White66.0%
Black0.4%
Hispanic1.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander3.1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other0.9%
Unknown28.6%

VermontPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White59.7%
Black0.3%
Hispanic0.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander2.0%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other1.3%
Unknown36.2%

VirginiaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White51.4%
Black3.8%
Hispanic1.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander9.0%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other2.6%
Unknown31.5%

WashingtonPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White57.8%
Black0.9%
Hispanic1.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander7.7%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other1.5%
Unknown30.9%

West VirginiaPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White47.4%
Black0.7%
Hispanic1.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander12.1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.8%
Unknown35.4%

WisconsinPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White59.0%
Black1.1%
Hispanic1.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander7.7%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.1%
Other2.1%
Unknown29.0%

WyomingPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White68.0%
Black0.3%
Hispanic0.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander2.5%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.2%
Other1.1%
Unknown27.4%



GuamPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White32.6%
Black2.1%
Hispanic1.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander28.4%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other6.4%
Unknown29.2%

Puerto RicoPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White1.7%
Black0.2%
Hispanic44.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander0.2%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other0.6%
Unknown53.1%

Virgin IslandsPercent0.0% - 100.0%
 
White14.9%
Black23.6%
Hispanic5.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander8.1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native0.0%
Other1.9%
Unknown46.6%



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Notes: U.S. Total excludes the U.S. Territories.
Categories are mutually exclusive and reflect self-identification by physicians surveyed. Physicians shown as "Other" identified with a category different from those listed; racial/ethnic identification was not reported for physicians shown as "Unknown."
Categories may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
Sources: American Medical Association, Physicians Professional Data, data as of 2002, copyright 2003.



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