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Table 209. Total and percentage distribution of fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and by state: 2000

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                      |                                                                                   |           Percentage distribution of students
                      |___________________________________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
        State         |           |           |            Minority, by race/ethnicity           |        |      |      |   Minority, by race/ethnicity     |
          or          |           |           |__________________________________________________|        |      |      |___________________________________|Non-
      other area      |   Total   |  White,   |          |          |          |        |American|Nonresi-|Total |White,|      |Black|     |Asian/ |American|resi-
                      |           |   non-    |  Total   |  Black,  | Hispanic | Asian/ |Indian/ |  dent  |      | non- |Total |non- |His- |Pacific|Indian/ |dent
                      |           | Hispanic  |          |   non-   |          |Pacific | Alaska | alien  |      | His- |      |His- |panic|Island-| Alaska |alien
                      |           |           |          | Hispanic |          |Islander| Native |        |      |panic |      |panic|     |  der  | Native |
______________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
          1           |     2     |     3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |   7    |   8    |   9    |  10  |  11  |  12  | 13  | 14  |  15   |   16   | 17
______________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
   United States .....|15,312,289 |10,462,099 |4,321,498 |1,730,318 |1,461,806 |978,224 |151,150 |528,692 |100.0 | 68.3 | 28.2 |11.3 | 9.5 |   6.4 |    1.0 | 3.5
                      |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
Alabama ..............|   233,962 |   156,607 |   71,600 |   61,959 |    4,401 |  3,506 |  1,734 |  5,755 |100.0 | 66.9 | 30.6 |26.5 | 1.9 |   1.5 |    0.7 | 2.5
Alaska ...............|    27,953 |    20,850 |    6,350 |      990 |      893 |  1,062 |  3,405 |    753 |100.0 | 74.6 | 22.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 |   3.8 |   12.2 | 2.7
Arizona ..............|   342,490 |   236,684 |   95,965 |   13,895 |   55,520 | 12,561 | 13,989 |  9,841 |100.0 | 69.1 | 28.0 | 4.1 |16.2 |   3.7 |    4.1 | 2.9
Arkansas .............|   115,172 |    90,244 |   22,315 |   18,201 |    1,468 |  1,547 |  1,099 |  2,613 |100.0 | 78.4 | 19.4 |15.8 | 1.3 |   1.3 |    1.0 | 2.3
California ...........| 2,256,708 | 1,051,968 |1,132,834 |  169,794 |  527,550 |411,852 | 23,638 | 71,906 |100.0 | 46.6 | 50.2 | 7.5 |23.4 |  18.3 |    1.0 | 3.2
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Colorado .............|   263,872 |   206,924 |   50,772 |   10,478 |   26,601 |  9,979 |  3,714 |  6,176 |100.0 | 78.4 | 19.2 | 4.0 |10.1 |   3.8 |    1.4 | 2.3
Connecticut ..........|   161,243 |   122,933 |   32,058 |   14,378 |   10,446 |  6,635 |    599 |  6,252 |100.0 | 76.2 | 19.9 | 8.9 | 6.5 |   4.1 |    0.4 | 3.9
Delaware .............|    43,897 |    32,929 |    9,848 |    7,372 |    1,225 |  1,077 |    174 |  1,120 |100.0 | 75.0 | 22.4 |16.8 | 2.8 |   2.5 |    0.4 | 2.6
District of Columbia .|    72,689 |    35,199 |   29,145 |   21,064 |    3,255 |  4,623 |    203 |  8,345 |100.0 | 48.4 | 40.1 |29.0 | 4.5 |   6.4 |    0.3 |11.5
Florida ..............|   707,684 |   428,733 |  252,197 |  113,071 |  112,480 | 23,598 |  3,048 | 26,754 |100.0 | 60.6 | 35.6 |16.0 |15.9 |   3.3 |    0.4 | 3.8
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Georgia ..............|   346,204 |   219,775 |  116,249 |   96,550 |    6,674 | 12,051 |    974 | 10,180 |100.0 | 63.5 | 33.6 |27.9 | 1.9 |   3.5 |    0.3 | 2.9
Hawaii ...............|    60,182 |    15,138 |   39,455 |    1,544 |    1,545 | 36,075 |    291 |  5,589 |100.0 | 25.2 | 65.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 |  59.9 |    0.5 | 9.3
Idaho ................|    65,594 |    59,453 |    4,686 |      417 |    2,218 |  1,108 |    943 |  1,455 |100.0 | 90.6 |  7.1 | 0.6 | 3.4 |   1.7 |    1.4 | 2.2
Illinois .............|   743,918 |   495,251 |  225,435 |   97,861 |   80,379 | 44,847 |  2,348 | 23,232 |100.0 | 66.6 | 30.3 |13.2 |10.8 |   6.0 |    0.3 | 3.1
Indiana ..............|   314,334 |   265,225 |   36,883 |   22,566 |    7,680 |  5,474 |  1,163 | 12,226 |100.0 | 84.4 | 11.7 | 7.2 | 2.4 |   1.7 |    0.4 | 3.9
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Iowa .................|   188,974 |   166,739 |   14,313 |    5,389 |    3,570 |  4,421 |    933 |  7,922 |100.0 | 88.2 |  7.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 |   2.3 |    0.5 | 4.2
Kansas ...............|   179,968 |   150,502 |   23,771 |    9,619 |    6,579 |  4,729 |  2,844 |  5,695 |100.0 | 83.6 | 13.2 | 5.3 | 3.7 |   2.6 |    1.6 | 3.2
Kentucky .............|   188,341 |   163,988 |   20,711 |   15,605 |    1,921 |  2,525 |    660 |  3,642 |100.0 | 87.1 | 11.0 | 8.3 | 1.0 |   1.3 |    0.4 | 1.9
Louisiana ............|   223,800 |   142,685 |   75,089 |   63,005 |    5,710 |  5,022 |  1,352 |  6,026 |100.0 | 63.8 | 33.6 |28.2 | 2.6 |   2.2 |    0.6 | 2.7
Maine ................|    58,473 |    54,379 |    3,005 |      718 |      513 |    974 |    800 |  1,089 |100.0 | 93.0 |  5.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |   1.7 |    1.4 | 1.9
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Maryland .............|   273,745 |   166,447 |   95,152 |   68,388 |    8,512 | 17,173 |  1,079 | 12,146 |100.0 | 60.8 | 34.8 |25.0 | 3.1 |   6.3 |    0.4 | 4.4
Massachusetts ........|   421,142 |   312,856 |   80,450 |   28,307 |   22,277 | 27,961 |  1,905 | 27,836 |100.0 | 74.3 | 19.1 | 6.7 | 5.3 |   6.6 |    0.5 | 6.6
Michigan .............|   567,631 |   443,502 |  101,481 |   65,349 |   13,346 | 18,425 |  4,361 | 22,648 |100.0 | 78.1 | 17.9 |11.5 | 2.4 |   3.2 |    0.8 | 4.0
Minnesota ............|   293,445 |   254,358 |   30,440 |   11,981 |    4,386 | 10,878 |  3,195 |  8,647 |100.0 | 86.7 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 1.5 |   3.7 |    1.1 | 2.9
Mississippi ..........|   137,389 |    85,332 |   50,056 |   47,764 |      757 |    997 |    538 |  2,001 |100.0 | 62.1 | 36.4 |34.8 | 0.6 |   0.7 |    0.4 | 1.5
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Missouri .............|   321,348 |   263,431 |   48,673 |   32,141 |    6,856 |  7,742 |  1,934 |  9,244 |100.0 | 82.0 | 15.1 |10.0 | 2.1 |   2.4 |    0.6 | 2.9
Montana ..............|    42,240 |    36,300 |    5,030 |      179 |      623 |    345 |  3,883 |    910 |100.0 | 85.9 | 11.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 |   0.8 |    9.2 | 2.2
Nebraska .............|   112,117 |    98,619 |   10,426 |    4,101 |    2,772 |  2,619 |    934 |  3,072 |100.0 | 88.0 |  9.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 |   2.3 |    0.8 | 2.7
Nevada ...............|    87,893 |    61,220 |   24,460 |    6,152 |    9,471 |  7,351 |  1,486 |  2,213 |100.0 | 69.7 | 27.8 | 7.0 |10.8 |   8.4 |    1.7 | 2.5
New Hampshire ........|    61,718 |    55,972 |    4,105 |    1,180 |    1,284 |  1,322 |    319 |  1,641 |100.0 | 90.7 |  6.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 |   2.1 |    0.5 | 2.7
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
New Jersey ...........|   335,945 |   211,507 |  109,965 |   43,675 |   38,697 | 26,546 |  1,047 | 14,473 |100.0 | 63.0 | 32.7 |13.0 |11.5 |   7.9 |    0.3 | 4.3
New Mexico ...........|   110,739 |    47,882 |   60,893 |    3,317 |   45,136 |  2,555 |  9,885 |  1,964 |100.0 | 43.2 | 55.0 | 3.0 |40.8 |   2.3 |    8.9 | 1.8
New York .............| 1,043,395 |   659,849 |  329,227 |  141,474 |  108,364 | 75,632 |  3,757 | 54,319 |100.0 | 63.2 | 31.6 |13.6 |10.4 |   7.2 |    0.4 | 5.2
North Carolina .......|   404,652 |   285,714 |  109,593 |   88,832 |    7,226 |  9,044 |  4,491 |  9,345 |100.0 | 70.6 | 27.1 |22.0 | 1.8 |   2.2 |    1.1 | 2.3
North Dakota .........|    40,248 |    36,146 |    2,932 |      383 |      291 |    329 |  1,929 |  1,170 |100.0 | 89.8 |  7.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 |   0.8 |    4.8 | 2.9
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Ohio .................|   549,553 |   453,193 |   78,687 |   56,232 |    8,931 | 11,518 |  2,006 | 17,673 |100.0 | 82.5 | 14.3 |10.2 | 1.6 |   2.1 |    0.4 | 3.2
Oklahoma .............|   178,016 |   129,780 |   40,524 |   14,453 |    5,511 |  4,690 | 15,870 |  7,712 |100.0 | 72.9 | 22.8 | 8.1 | 3.1 |   2.6 |    8.9 | 4.3
Oregon ...............|   183,065 |   151,135 |   25,687 |    3,708 |    7,788 | 11,254 |  2,937 |  6,243 |100.0 | 82.6 | 14.0 | 2.0 | 4.3 |   6.1 |    1.6 | 3.4
Pennsylvania .........|   609,521 |   495,754 |   91,972 |   53,280 |   13,836 | 23,193 |  1,663 | 21,795 |100.0 | 81.3 | 15.1 | 8.7 | 2.3 |   3.8 |    0.3 | 3.6
Rhode Island .........|    75,450 |    60,986 |   11,686 |    4,080 |    4,071 |  3,218 |    317 |  2,778 |100.0 | 80.8 | 15.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 |   4.3 |    0.4 | 3.7
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South Carolina .......|   185,931 |   129,446 |   52,725 |   47,450 |    2,205 |  2,465 |    605 |  3,760 |100.0 | 69.6 | 28.4 |25.5 | 1.2 |   1.3 |    0.3 | 2.0
South Dakota .........|    43,221 |    38,301 |    4,067 |      389 |      321 |    284 |  3,073 |    853 |100.0 | 88.6 |  9.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 |   0.7 |    7.1 | 2.0
Tennessee ............|   263,910 |   200,027 |   58,132 |   48,816 |    3,518 |  4,817 |    981 |  5,751 |100.0 | 75.8 | 22.0 |18.5 | 1.3 |   1.8 |    0.4 | 2.2
Texas ................| 1,033,973 |   584,026 |  413,762 |  112,746 |  244,492 | 51,375 |  5,149 | 36,185 |100.0 | 56.5 | 40.0 |10.9 |23.6 |   5.0 |    0.5 | 3.5
Utah .................|   163,776 |   147,232 |   11,565 |      949 |    5,141 |  3,989 |  1,486 |  4,979 |100.0 | 89.9 |  7.1 | 0.6 | 3.1 |   2.4 |    0.9 | 3.0
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Vermont ..............|    35,489 |    32,827 |    1,797 |      421 |      585 |    616 |    175 |    865 |100.0 | 92.5 |  5.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 |   1.7 |    0.5 | 2.4
Virginia .............|   381,893 |   267,614 |  101,903 |   69,064 |   11,096 | 19,770 |  1,973 | 12,376 |100.0 | 70.1 | 26.7 |18.1 | 2.9 |   5.2 |    0.5 | 3.2
Washington ...........|   320,840 |   248,553 |   62,419 |   12,695 |   14,224 | 29,345 |  6,155 |  9,868 |100.0 | 77.5 | 19.5 | 4.0 | 4.4 |   9.1 |    1.9 | 3.1
West Virginia ........|    87,888 |    79,865 |    6,025 |    3,942 |      644 |  1,053 |    386 |  1,998 |100.0 | 90.9 |  6.9 | 4.5 | 0.7 |   1.2 |    0.4 | 2.3
Wisconsin ............|   307,179 |   269,738 |   30,322 |   13,309 |    6,749 |  7,188 |  3,076 |  7,119 |100.0 | 87.8 |  9.9 | 4.3 | 2.2 |   2.3 |    1.0 | 2.3
Wyoming ..............|    30,004 |    27,405 |    2,171 |      255 |    1,150 |    247 |    519 |    428 |100.0 | 91.3 |  7.2 | 0.8 | 3.8 |   0.8 |    1.7 | 1.4
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U.S. Service Schools .|    13,475 |    10,876 |    2,490 |      830 |      918 |    617 |    125 |    109 |100.0 | 80.7 | 18.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 |   4.6 |    0.9 | 0.8
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  Outlying areas .....|   194,633 |       682 |  193,411 |    2,016 |  182,785 |  8,590 |     20 |    540 |100.0 |  0.4 | 99.4 | 1.0 |93.9 |   4.4 |    0.0 | 0.3
                      |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
American Samoa .......|       297 |         2 |      265 |        1 |        0 |    259 |      5 |     30 |100.0 |  0.7 | 89.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |  87.2 |    1.7 |10.1
Federated States      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
  of Micronesia.......|     1,576 |         1 |    1,575 |        0 |        0 |  1,575 |      0 |      0 |100.0 |  0.1 | 99.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  99.9 |    0.0 | 0.0
Guam .................|     5,215 |       277 |    4,812 |       28 |       33 |  4,746 |      5 |    126 |100.0 |  5.3 | 92.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |  91.0 |    0.1 | 2.4
Marshall Islands .....|       328 |         0 |      328 |        0 |        0 |    328 |      0 |      0 |100.0 |  0.0 |100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |    0.0 | 0.0
Northern Marianas ....|     1,078 |        22 |    1,056 |        0 |        4 |  1,052 |      0 |      0 |100.0 |  2.0 | 98.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |  97.6 |    0.0 | 0.0
Palau.................|       581 |         0 |      581 |        1 |        0 |    580 |      0 |      0 |100.0 |  0.0 |100.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |  99.8 |    0.0 | 0.0
Puerto Rico ..........|   183,290 |       307 |  182,756 |       63 |  182,648 |     37 |      8 |    227 |100.0 |  0.2 | 99.7 |   # |99.6 |     # |      # | 0.1
Virgin Islands .......|     2,268 |        73 |    2,038 |    1,923 |      100 |     13 |      2 |    157 |100.0 |  3.2 | 89.9 |84.8 | 4.4 |   0.6 |    0.1 | 6.9
______________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____

# Value rounds to less than .1.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment, 2000" survey. (This table was prepared November 2002.)


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