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The article offers a report from the Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession (CSMGEP) of the American Economic Association. Topics include data on minority economics students at all levels in comparison to those in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields, the numbers of minority women economics students, and minority representation among economics professors in the U.S.

The article presents an analysis of minority groups in the field of economics. Data provided by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation on bachelor's and doctoral degrees is used in the report. African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans comprise the main minority groups in the study. Tables are presented on minority economics students from 1993-2002 and report similar rates from start to finish. The number of tenured faculty members are tracked by race and ethnicity. Efforts by the American Economic Association to increase minority participation in the economics profession is summarized.