Trends in Diversity and Representativeness of Health Care Workers in the United States, 2000 to 2019

Despite evidence that greater diversity among health care workers may allow them to better care for patients with diverse cultural, social, economic, and clinical needs,1,2,3 data are limited on trends in diversity and representativeness of US health care workers by occupation. Using US Census data from 2000 to 2019, we examined national trends in representativeness in select health care occupations by race/ethnicity and sex.