Below: Percentage of Blacks in the Mathematical sciences new PhDs prior to 2006.

Data on Minority Doctorates after 2005, is suppressed

statistics on the numbers of Blacks receiving mathematics Ph.D.s before 1993

list of all Black US Ph.D.s in Mathematics by year

YEAR	TOTAL NEW PHDs in US	#US citizens	# Blacks	# African Americans (% US citizens)	black men : women
1993	1,614	526		7 (1.3%)
1994	1,527	469		3 (<1%)	6 : 5
1995	1,226	567		6 (1.1%)	4 : 2
1996	1,153	493		9 (1.7%)	6 : 3
1997	1,158	516		9 (1.5%)
1998	1,216	586	20	11 (1.9%)
1999	1,113	438	19	12 (2.7%)	11 : 8
2000	1,119	537	20	15 (2.8%)	14 : 6
2001	1008	494	28	14 (2.8)	9 : 5
2002	948	418	24	12 (2.9)	2 : 1
2003	1037	499	30	16 (3.2)	2 : 1
2004
2005
TOTAL	10,126	4230		62 (1.4%)

numbers of Blacks receiving Ph.D.s 1977-1986 This data to the right comes from a 1988 handout that is a summary of NRC data for selected fields. It ONLY counts Blacks receiving doctoral degrees who are U.S. and permanent residents. In mathematics, physics (including astronomy) and computer science the numbers are:

Year Math Physics Computer Science 77 10 10 78 13 8 0 79 11 8 1 80 12 4 0 81 9 6 2 82 6 11 1 83 3 9 3 84 4 11 3 85 7 4 3 86 6 8 1

references: The data comes from the NOTICES of the AMS published AMS-IMS-MAA Annual Surveys (first reports for PhD's in the mathematical sciences at US Universities:

1. Annual Survey for 2004.
2. also see Minority Doctorates Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans (2003)
3. Annual Survey for 2003,
4. Annual Survey for 2002,
5. Annual Survey for 2001,
6. Annual Survey for 2000,
7. Annual Survey for 1999,
8. Annual Survey for 1998,

NSF report of undergraduate math majors to PH.D.