Disney Race and Gender Data

Primary Protagonist in Disney Animated Theatrical Releases with Human Lead

38 Main Human Protagonists

    

29/38 white characters (76.31%)

      3/29 (10.34%) white characters are inhuman for large portions of their movie

             Pinocchio - puppet (still recognizably white)

             The Sword in the Stone - squirrel, sparrow, fish

             Little Mermaid - mermaid (still recognizably white)

9/38 characters of color (23.68%)

      3/9 (33%) characters of color are inhuman for large portions of their movie

            The Emperors New Groove - llama

            Brother Bear - bear

            Princess and the Frog -frog

14/38 characters female (36.84%)

           4/14 female characters of color (28.57%)

           10/14 white female characters (71.42%)

24/38 characters male (63.15%)

            5/24 male characters of color (20.83%)

            19/24 white male characters (79.16%)

Disney Princesses

Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine *, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Anna, Elsa*

4/13 Disney Princess are characters of color (30.76%)

9/13 Disney Princesses are white characters (69.23%)

11/14 female protagonists are part of the Princess lineup (78.57%)

           3/3 female leads who are not Princesses are children (100%)

                 Alice in Wonderland

                 Return to Neverland

                 Lilo and Stitch

         

3/4 of the human female protagonists of color are Disney Princesses (75%)

8/10 of the white human female protagonists are Disney Princesses (80%)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - December 21, 1937 (P) [F] {L}


Pinocchio - February 7, 1940 [M] K

Cinderella - February 15, 1950 (P) [F] {L

Alice in Wonderland -July 26, 1951 [F] K

Peter Pan - February 5, 1953 [M] {L/} K

Sleeping Beauty - January 29, 1959 (P) [F] {L}

The Sword in the Stone - December 25, 1963 [M] K

The Jungle Book - October 18, 1967 [M] {L} K


The Black Cauldron - July 24, 1985 [M] {L}

The Little Mermaid - November 17, 1989 (P) [F] {L}


Beauty and the Beast - November 22, 1991 (P) [F] {L}


Aladdin - November 25, 1992 * [M]{L}


Pocahontas - June 23, 1995 (P) [M] {L/}


James and the Giant Peach - April 12, 1996 [M] K

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - June 21, 1996 [M] {L/}


Hercules - June 27, 1997 [M] {L}


Mulan - June 19, 1998 (P) [F] {L}



Doug's 1st Movie - March 26, 1999 [M] {L}


Tarzan - June 18, 1999 [M] {L}


The Emperor's New Groove - December 15, 2000 [M]


Recess: School's Out - February 16, 2001 [M] K


Atlantis: The Lost Empire - June 15, 2001 [M] {L}



Return to Never Land - February 15, 2002 [F] K


Lilo & Stitch - June 21, 2002 [F] K


Treasure Planet - November 27, 2002 [M]


The Jungle Book 2 - February 14, 2003 [M] K


Brother Bear - November 1, 2003 [M]


The Incredibles - November 5, 2004 [M] {L}

Meet the Robinsons - March 30, 2007 [M] K


Up - May 29, 2009 [M] {L/}5


A Christmas Carol - November 6, 2009 [M] {L/}5


The Princess and the Frog - December 11, 2009 (P) [F] {L}


Tangled - November 24, 2010 (P) [F] {L}


Mars Needs Moms - March 11, 2011 [M] K


Brave - June 22, 2012 (P) [F] {L/}


Frankenweenie - October 5, 2012 [M] {L} K


Wreck-It Ralph - November 2, 2012 [M]


Frozen - November 27, 2013 (P)* [F] {L}