Physician Demographics Across Primary Care Specialties

Demographics
Family Medicine
Internists
Geriatricians
Pediatricians
Men 56.4% 60.4% 43.5% 35.4%
Women 43.6% 39.6% 56.5% 64.6%
Ages 34 and Younger 7.8% 8.7% 5.2% 7.9%
Ages 35 — 44 22.4% 22.6% 27.2% 26.2%
Ages 45 — 54 24.8% 22.6% 31.1% 25.9%
Ages 55 — 64 23.0% 24.1% 21.1% 21.9%
Ages 65+ 22.0% 22.1% 15.5% 18.1%
White 57.9% 44.0% 40.4% 55.7%
Black/African American 6.2% 6.7% 6.8% 6.6%
Asian 15.3% 26.1% 33.7% 15.3%
Hispanic or Latino 7.4% 6.5% 9.1% 8.0%
Other 13.2% 16.7% 10.0% 14.4%

Data updated: May 13, 2026

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