Race/Ethnicity Proportion and logRQ of Initial Certification and Continuing Certification Candidates, Relative to the National Population Race/Ethnicity Proportion
| National Population* | Initial Certification Candidates† | Continuing Certification Candidates‡ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | logRQ | % | logRQ | |
| Race | % | % | logRQ | % | logRQ |
| White | 72.0 | 61.9 | −0.15 | 75.9 | 0.04 |
| Black or African American | 12.8 | 8.2 | −0.45 | 5.4 | −0.84 |
| Asian | 5.7 | 23.7 | 1.43 | 14.2 | 0.93 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.00 | 0.8 | −0.12 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.6 | 0.92 |
| Other | 5.0 | 4.9 | −0.02 | 3.1 | −0.42 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 18.4 | 9.3 | −0.68 | 6.2 | −1.07 |
Abbreviation: RQ, representation quotient.
↵* National Population is from the 2019 Census Bureau (N = 328.2 Million).
↵† Initial Certification Candidates are those that applied to ABFM from 2014 to 2020 (N = 26,368).
↵‡ Continuing Certification Candidates are those that applied to ABFM from 2014 to 2020 (N = 55,347).