Table 1. Percentages of Medical Faculty by Race/Ethnicity in US Medical Schools and in the US Population.
Race/ethnicity |
% of US medical school faculty in 2018 4 |
% of US population in 2020 6 |
White |
63.9 |
58.9 |
Asian |
19.2 |
6.3 |
Black/African American |
3.6 |
13.6 |
Hispanic, Latino, Spanish origin (alone or in combination with another race/ethnicity) |
5.5 |
35.0 |
Native American |
0.2 |
1.3 |
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander |
1.0 |
0.3 |