I stumbled across this very interesting diagram illustrating the racial breakdown of professional sports organizations in the US. The diagram includes the breakdown for Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Soccer (MLS), and the National Football League (NFL).

Here’s the breakdown,

Baseball (MLB) Racial Breakdown:

• White: 60%
• Hispanic: 29%
• Black: 8%
• Asian: 3%

Football (NFL) Racial Breakdown:

• Black: 66%
• White: 31%
• Asian: 2%
• Hispanic: 1%

Basketball (NBA) Racial Breakdown:

• Black: 76%
• White: 20%
• Hispanic: 3%
• Asian: 1%

Soccer (MLS) Racial Breakdown:

• White: 59%
• Black: 22%
• Hispanic: 14%
• Asian: 1%

Hockey, through the National Hockey League (NHL), wasn’t included. But I’ll safely venture a guess the NHL is over 95% white.

Source: http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/web/0904/trans0409raceinsports.html

To check out related posts I have on Asians in professional sports. Check out the Asian NFL Players list and my 2009 All-Asian Fantasy Baseball Team.

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