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Table 19. Doctorate recipients, by ethnicity, race, and citizenship status: 2005–15

Ethnicity, race, and citizenship status 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
All doctorate recipients 43,385 45,621 48,132 48,777 49,553 48,031 48,914 50,951 52,707 54,003 55,006
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 27,945 29,028 29,501 30,844 32,327 31,604 31,727 32,983 33,966 34,010 35,117
Temporary visa holder 12,832 14,198 15,123 15,261 14,737 13,636 14,235 14,784 15,674 15,842 16,155
Unknown citizenship 2,608 2,395 3,508 2,672 2,489 2,791 2,952 3,184 3,067 4,151 3,734
Hispanic or Latino 2,282 2,330 2,544 2,710 2,815 2,703 2,916 3,064 3,073 3,150 3,423
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 1,435 1,532 1,655 1,773 1,880 1,843 1,990 2,144 2,135 2,192 2,451
Temporary visa holder 843 786 869 932 924 849 922 916 921 945 963
Unknown citizenship 4 12 20 5 11 11 4 4 17 13 9
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 139 123 148 121 138 129 135 107 126 109 140
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 137 113 140 115 132 117 127 104 119 103 130
Temporary visa holdera 2 10 D D 6 12 8 D 7 6 10
Unknown citizenship 0 0 D D 0 0 0 D 0 0 0
Asian 10,067 11,633 12,321 12,454 12,132 11,583 12,311 12,850 13,430 13,559 13,846
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 2,155 2,391 2,308 2,507 2,612 2,738 2,832 2,943 2,892 2,882 3,072
Temporary visa holder 7,895 9,226 9,948 9,940 9,505 8,822 9,451 9,889 10,514 10,664 10,754
Unknown citizenship 17 16 65 7 15 23 28 18 24 13 20
Black or African American 2,110 2,183 2,383 2,395 2,617 2,380 2,313 2,529 2,655 2,654 2,781
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 1,741 1,789 1,891 1,961 2,168 1,939 1,899 2,056 2,172 2,172 2,281
Temporary visa holder 367 383 471 431 434 426 404 469 479 477 495
Unknown citizenship 2 11 21 3 15 15 10 4 4 5 5
White 24,360 25,245 25,569 26,084 26,630 25,965 26,174 26,983 27,872 27,951 28,659
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 21,208 21,923 22,067 22,835 23,616 23,101 23,279 24,011 24,750 24,833 25,407
Temporary visa holder 3,131 3,279 3,322 3,229 2,970 2,810 2,841 2,931 3,070 3,086 3,185
Unknown citizenship 21 43 180 20 44 54 54 41 52 32 67
More than one race 437 532 541 546 695 711 780 868 930 939 973
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 395 464 505 506 646 654 722 807 859 879 905
Temporary visa holder 42 67 33 40 49 54 58 61 71 60 67
Unknown citizenship 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
Other race or race not reported 568 467 522 563 554 441 464 462 447 411 462
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 306 287 304 343 338 272 248 293 279 272 249
Temporary visa holder 235 172 D D 211 160 212 D 147 125 173
Unknown citizenship 27 8 D D 5 9 4 D 21 14 40
Ethnicity not reported 3,422 3,108 4,104 3,904 3,972 4,119 3,821 4,088 4,174 5,230 4,722
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 568 529 631 804 935 940 630 625 760 677 622
Temporary visa holder 317 275 270 472 638 503 339 355 465 479 508
Unknown citizenship 2,537 2,304 3,203 2,628 2,399 2,676 2,852 3,108 2,949 4,074 3,592
D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information.
a In most cases, non-U.S. American Indians are citizens of Canada or of a Latin American country.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates.