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Table 21. Female 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 19,582 20,559 21,904 22,494 23,187 22,489 22,701 23,531 24,367 24,822 25,403
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 14,357 14,762 15,260 16,069 16,818 16,328 16,330 16,910 17,416 17,347 17,872
Temporary visa holder 4,079 4,800 5,128 5,277 5,167 4,868 5,056 5,224 5,571 5,633 5,742
Unknown citizenship 1,146 997 1,516 1,148 1,202 1,293 1,315 1,397 1,380 1,842 1,789
Hispanic or Latino 1,089 1,119 1,233 1,354 1,365 1,320 1,422 1,515 1,550 1,560 1,665
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 827 839 917 1,025 1,027 1,028 1,097 1,196 1,230 1,192 1,332
Temporary visa holder 258 272 306 327 329 286 324 317 309 364 329
Unknown citizenship 4 8 10 2 9 6 1 2 11 4 4
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 79 63 81 70 78 65 79 65 64 55 76
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 79 60 78 66 76 59 77 63 63 54 72
Temporary visa holdera 0 3 D D D 6 D D D D D
Unknown citizenship 0 0 D D D 0 D D D D D
Asian 3,609 4,310 4,554 4,795 4,741 4,662 4,904 5,117 5,392 5,465 5,602
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 1,092 1,239 1,249 1,379 1,449 1,518 1,569 1,631 1,628 1,638 1,713
Temporary visa holder 2,506 3,062 3,280 3,412 3,283 3,135 3,320 3,481 3,753 3,820 3,878
Unknown citizenship 11 9 25 4 9 9 15 5 11 7 11
Black or African American 1,231 1,270 1,380 1,396 1,552 1,403 1,396 1,482 1,554 1,502 1,660
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 1,100 1,140 1,211 1,249 1,378 1,242 1,233 1,315 1,371 1,350 1,468
Temporary visa holder 130 123 161 144 162 152 156 166 182 148 187
Unknown citizenship 1 7 8 3 12 9 7 1 1 4 5
White 11,601 12,005 12,352 12,704 13,058 12,525 12,572 12,941 13,264 13,327 13,536
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 10,594 10,848 11,062 11,538 11,954 11,496 11,541 11,842 12,168 12,243 12,411
Temporary visa holder 996 1,141 1,208 1,156 1,072 1,001 1,003 1,072 1,065 1,065 1,081
Unknown citizenship 11 16 82 10 32 28 28 27 31 19 44
More than one race 244 282 306 298 370 418 399 484 498 488 537
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 230 259 294 279 346 391 376 460 471 468 511
Temporary visa holder 14 23 11 19 24 26 23 24 27 20 25
Unknown citizenship 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Other race or race not reported 206 184 191 222 238 205 191 202 204 162 169
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 140 123 129 152 160 133 112 145 131 110 97
Temporary visa holder 58 56 D D D 66 D D D D D
Unknown citizenship 8 5 D D D 6 D D D D D
Ethnicity not reported 1,523 1,326 1,807 1,655 1,785 1,891 1,738 1,725 1,841 2,263 2,158
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 295 254 320 381 428 461 325 258 354 292 268
Temporary visa holder 117 120 102 150 221 196 150 111 175 172 185
Unknown citizenship 1,111 952 1,385 1,124 1,136 1,234 1,263 1,356 1,312 1,799 1,705
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.