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Table 21. Female 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 20,559 21,904 22,494 23,187 22,488 22,700 23,527 24,366 24,816 25,358 25,278
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 14,762 15,260 16,069 16,818 16,327 16,329 16,909 17,415 17,345 17,861 18,175
Temporary visa holder 4,800 5,128 5,277 5,167 4,868 5,056 5,224 5,571 5,633 5,734 5,814
Unknown citizenship 997 1,516 1,148 1,202 1,293 1,315 1,394 1,380 1,838 1,763 1,289
Hispanic or Latino 1,119 1,233 1,354 1,365 1,319 1,421 1,515 1,550 1,560 1,665 1,811
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 839 917 1,025 1,027 1,027 1,096 1,196 1,230 1,192 1,331 1,420
Temporary visa holder 272 306 327 329 286 324 317 309 364 330 385
Unknown citizenship 8 10 2 9 6 1 2 11 4 4 6
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 63 81 70 78 65 79 65 64 55 77 73
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 60 78 66 76 59 77 63 63 54 73 71
Temporary visa holdera 3 D D D 6 D D D D D D
Unknown citizenship 0 D D D 0 D D D D D D
Asian 4,310 4,554 4,795 4,741 4,662 4,904 5,117 5,392 5,465 5,598 5,522
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 1,239 1,249 1,379 1,449 1,518 1,569 1,631 1,628 1,638 1,713 1,653
Temporary visa holder 3,062 3,280 3,412 3,283 3,135 3,320 3,481 3,753 3,820 3,874 3,857
Unknown citizenship 9 25 4 9 9 15 5 11 7 11 12
Black or African American 1,270 1,380 1,396 1,552 1,403 1,396 1,481 1,554 1,503 1,660 1,663
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 1,140 1,211 1,249 1,378 1,242 1,233 1,314 1,371 1,351 1,468 1,497
Temporary visa holder 123 161 144 162 152 156 166 182 148 187 161
Unknown citizenship 7 8 3 12 9 7 1 1 4 5 5
White 12,005 12,352 12,704 13,058 12,525 12,572 12,941 13,264 13,324 13,524 13,623
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 10,848 11,062 11,538 11,954 11,496 11,541 11,842 12,168 12,240 12,402 12,482
Temporary visa holder 1,141 1,208 1,156 1,072 1,001 1,003 1,072 1,065 1,065 1,079 1,119
Unknown citizenship 16 82 10 32 28 28 27 31 19 43 22
More than one race 282 306 298 370 418 399 484 497 488 536 604
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 259 294 279 346 391 376 460 470 468 510 577
Temporary visa holder 23 11 19 24 26 23 24 27 20 25 27
Unknown citizenship 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Other race or race not reported 184 191 222 238 205 191 202 204 162 167 193
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 123 129 152 160 133 112 145 131 110 97 124
Temporary visa holder 56 D D D 66 D D D D D D
Unknown citizenship 5 D D D 6 D D D D D D
Ethnicity not reported 1,326 1,807 1,655 1,785 1,891 1,738 1,722 1,841 2,259 2,131 1,789
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 254 320 381 428 461 325 258 354 292 267 351
Temporary visa holder 120 102 150 221 196 150 111 175 172 183 207
Unknown citizenship 952 1,385 1,124 1,136 1,234 1,263 1,353 1,312 1,795 1,681 1,231
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.