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Table 20. Male doctorate recipients, by ethnicity, race, and citizenship status: 2006–16

Ethnicity, race, and citizenship status 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
All doctorate recipients 25,020 26,202 26,272 26,331 25,525 26,189 27,363 28,326 29,014 29,544 29,616
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 14,266 14,240 14,774 15,508 15,275 15,397 16,073 16,550 16,661 17,225 17,543
Temporary visa holder 9,398 9,994 9,984 9,564 8,768 9,179 9,556 10,103 10,206 10,398 10,683
Unknown citizenship 1,356 1,968 1,514 1,259 1,482 1,613 1,734 1,673 2,147 1,921 1,390
Hispanic or Latino 1,211 1,311 1,356 1,450 1,383 1,494 1,549 1,523 1,588 1,759 1,767
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 693 738 748 853 815 893 948 905 999 1,119 1,135
Temporary visa holder 514 563 605 595 563 598 599 612 580 635 630
Unknown citizenship 4 10 3 2 5 3 2 6 9 5 2
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 60 67 51 60 64 56 42 62 54 64 63
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 53 62 49 56 58 50 41 56 49 58 57
Temporary visa holdera 7 D D D 6 D D D D D 6
Unknown citizenship 0 D D D 0 D D D D D 0
Asian 7,323 7,766 7,658 7,385 6,919 7,407 7,730 8,038 8,094 8,238 8,541
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 1,152 1,059 1,127 1,163 1,220 1,263 1,312 1,264 1,244 1,361 1,429
Temporary visa holder 6,164 6,667 6,528 6,216 5,687 6,131 6,405 6,761 6,844 6,868 7,086
Unknown citizenship 7 40 3 6 12 13 13 13 6 9 26
Black or African American 913 1,003 999 1,065 977 917 1,047 1,101 1,151 1,113 1,205
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 649 680 712 790 697 666 741 801 821 807 863
Temporary visa holder 260 310 287 272 274 248 303 297 329 306 341
Unknown citizenship 4 13 0 3 6 3 3 3 1 0 1
White 13,239 13,217 13,380 13,571 13,439 13,602 14,042 14,608 14,624 15,107 15,163
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 11,075 11,005 11,297 11,661 11,604 11,738 12,169 12,582 12,590 12,983 13,042
Temporary visa holder 2,138 2,114 2,073 1,898 1,809 1,838 1,859 2,005 2,021 2,101 2,102
Unknown citizenship 26 98 10 12 26 26 14 21 13 23 19
More than one race 250 235 248 325 293 381 384 432 451 436 512
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 205 211 227 300 263 346 347 388 411 394 455
Temporary visa holder 44 22 21 25 28 35 37 44 40 42 57
Unknown citizenship 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other race or race not reported 283 331 341 316 236 273 260 243 249 292 278
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 164 175 191 178 139 136 148 148 162 152 149
Temporary visa holder 116 D D D 94 D D D D D 118
Unknown citizenship 3 D D D 3 D D D D D 11
Ethnicity not reported 1,741 2,272 2,239 2,159 2,214 2,059 2,309 2,319 2,803 2,535 2,087
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 275 310 423 507 479 305 367 406 385 351 413
Temporary visa holder 155 168 322 417 307 189 243 290 305 320 343
Unknown citizenship 1,311 1,794 1,494 1,235 1,428 1,565 1,699 1,623 2,113 1,864 1,331
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.