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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 14_3_1.1a
Racial and ethnic compositions of dental professionals and total population, United States, 2007
    Population Dentists Dental hygienists Dental assistants
Population group Number (in millions) Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total   301.6 100.0 181,798 100.0 155,426 100.0 313,860 100.0
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 256.2 84.9 170,123 93.6 147,941 95.2 258,145 82.2
Hispanic, all races 45.4 15.1 11,675 6.4 7,485 4.8 55,715 17.8
Non-Hispanic, White Race 198.6 65.8 138,692 76.3 138,138 88.9 217,133 69.2
Non-Hispanic, Black 36.6 12.1 6,292 3.5 3,432 2.2 20,332 6.5
Non-Hispanic, Asian 13.1 4.3 23,412 12.9 4,286 2.8 14,607 4.7
NHOPI 0.4 0.1 0 0.0 124 0.1 224 0.1
  AI/AN 2.0 0.7 45 0.0 383 0.2 2,204 0.7
  other 0.7 0.2 127 0.1 268 0.2 426 0.1
  multiple races 4.8 1.6 1,555 0.9 1,310 0.8 3,219 1.0

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

 

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