Table 1.

Ophthalmology Faculty Numbers by Race and Ethnicity

Racial or Ethnic Group	Percentage of Ophthalmology Faculty (No.)*	Percentage of Ophthalmology Department Chairs (No.)*	Percentage of Graduating United States Medical Students†	Percentage of United States Population‡
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.03 (1)	0 (0)	0.9	0.9
Asian	27.6 (846)	11.3 (12)	23.9	5.6
Black	2.3 (70)	3.8 (4)	6.7	12.7
Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin	2.3 (71)	3.8 (4)	8.6	18.3
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	0.07 (2)	0 (0)	0.3	0.2
White	60.3 (1844)	81.1 (86)	63.2	72.2
Multiples races			N/A	3.4
Hispanic/Latino	2.1 (64)	0 (0)
Non-Hispanic/Latino	1.9 (59)	0 (0)
Other	0.7 (21)	0 (0)	3.0	5.0
Unknown	2.7 (82)	0 (0)	N/A	N/A
Total URM§	6.8 (208)	7.6 (8)	16.5	32
Total	3060	106

N/A = not available; URM = underrepresented minorities.

^*American Association of Medical Colleges faculty roster 2019.

^†Medical School Graduation Questionnaire 2019. Percentages may not sum to 100% because multiple responses were allowed.

^‡United States Census American Community Survey 2018.

^§Sum of Black, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and multiple races (Hispanic/Latino).