Pie chart showing percentage of each group among health technologists: White, 63% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 13% More than one race, 2% Pie chart showing percentage of each group among the U.S. population: White, 60% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 18% Other, 3%

Figure 24Health technologists by race/ethnicity (left) and U.S. population racial and ethnic distribution (right), 2019

Note: White, Black, Asian, and >1 Race are non-Hispanic. Percentages of the U.S. population do not add to 100 due to rounding and the exclusion of groups that together represented only about 1% of the total.

Source: Left chart: Health Resources and Services Administration, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019. Right chart: American Community Survey. ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=false. Accessed December 15, 2021.

From: OVERVIEW OF U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM LANDSCAPE

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