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We Did An In-Depth Analysis Of 21 Disney Female Leads

And these are the magical things we discovered.

We did a detailed census of the 21 leading animated female characters from every Disney film:

To be included in our census, a character had to both be human AND have a leading role in a film (no fairy godmothers!). Here is what we learned:

Most of the leading female characters were under 20 years old:

61.9% of all Disney females are from Europe:

And an overwhelming majority of the Disney leading ladies are white:

At the end of most of their films, a majority of the Disney leading ladies are married or about to be married:

There are more Disney leading ladies with black hair than with blonde hair:

These were the most commonly displayed skills amongst all 21 leading ladies:

Nearly half of the leading ladies had some sort of animal sidekick:

The Disney leading ladies suffer from a disproportionately large number of dead parents:

About two-thirds of the Disney leading ladies are of royal status by the end of their films:

The most common job held by a Disney leading lady is Princess — only two of the leading ladies are actually queens (with actual ruling responsibilities):

Nearly half of the leading ladies (47.6%) have blue eyes:

And only two of the Disney leading ladies are ever seen wearing pants:

Here's the census in its entirety!