Census Overview
According to the Census’ American Community Survey, in 2023 19.2% of the total U.S. population identified as a woman of color. In total, 9.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latina women, 6.1% were Black women, 3.1% were Asian women, 0.3% were American Indian/Alaska Native women, and 0.1% were Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander women. Among women of color aged 25 or over, 31.2% had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. The rate for Asian women is 56.7%, for Black women it is 29.3%, for Hispanic or Latina women it is 22.9%, for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander women it is 21.9%, and for American Indian/Alaska Native women it is 18.4%. Bachelor’s degree or higher attainment is up from 23.5% in 2013 for women of color, with an average increase of 6.4 percentage points for all included racial/ethnic groups. Despite this increase, educational attainment for women of color in 2023 was below the national rate of 37.5% for all women.
