Data Tool: Demographics of the U.S. Psychology Workforce

The following is an interactive data tool on the demographic characteristics of the U.S. psychology workforce. Users can view gender, race/ethnicity, age, and disability status of the psychology workforce from 2011 to the most recent year for which data are available.

All data are based on U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 1-Year and 5-Year Public-Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. Use caution when comparing demographic changes across years as differences may be due to sampling error. Due to data collection issues caused by COVID-19, the 2020 Public-Use Microdata Sample 1-year files were released with experimental weights. For this reason, the U.S. Census Bureau noted that data from 2020 should not be compared with other PUMS data (such as data from previous years). For more information, visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s documentation on 2020 1-Year Experimental PUMS File.

Some racial/ethnic groups used in this dashboard may mask the heterogeneity of populations within each category. In some cases, the number of respondents (e.g., American Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander) in a category was too small (<5) to draw meaningful inferences and was therefore collapsed into a broader category (such as "People with all other racial/ethnic groups"). In addition, race categories could be improved by adding a response option for Arab, Middle Eastern, or North African. This addition would better reflect demographic diversity in the U.S. population as well as the psychology workforce.