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Table 210. Total and percentage distribution of fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and by state: 1999

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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 .....|14,791,224 |10,282,055 |4,020,717 |1,643,166 |1,319,081 |912,985 |145,485 |488,452 |100.0 | 69.5 | 27.2 |11.1 | 8.9 |   6.2 |    1.0 | 3.3
                      |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
Alabama ..............|   223,144 |   153,209 |   64,857 |   58,442 |    2,112 |  2,677 |  1,626 |  5,078 |100.0 | 68.7 | 29.1 |26.2 | 0.9 |   1.2 |    0.7 | 2.3
Alaska ...............|    26,948 |    20,071 |    5,940 |      965 |      810 |    987 |  3,178 |    937 |100.0 | 74.5 | 22.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 |   3.7 |   11.8 | 3.5
Arizona ..............|   326,159 |   227,630 |   90,538 |   12,915 |   53,083 | 11,356 | 13,184 |  7,991 |100.0 | 69.8 | 27.8 | 4.0 |16.3 |   3.5 |    4.0 | 2.5
Arkansas .............|   115,092 |    90,636 |   21,854 |   17,975 |    1,293 |  1,487 |  1,099 |  2,602 |100.0 | 78.8 | 19.0 |15.6 | 1.1 |   1.3 |    1.0 | 2.3
California ...........| 2,017,483 |   961,570 |  992,036 |  153,549 |  446,287 |370,460 | 21,740 | 63,877 |100.0 | 47.7 | 49.2 | 7.6 |22.1 |  18.4 |    1.1 | 3.2
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Colorado .............|   261,744 |   205,307 |   48,477 |    9,868 |   25,732 |  9,334 |  3,543 |  7,960 |100.0 | 78.4 | 18.5 | 3.8 | 9.8 |   3.6 |    1.4 | 3.0
Connecticut ..........|   156,907 |   120,697 |   30,120 |   13,462 |    9,694 |  6,320 |    644 |  6,090 |100.0 | 76.9 | 19.2 | 8.6 | 6.2 |   4.0 |    0.4 | 3.9
Delaware .............|    46,613 |    35,535 |    9,857 |    7,373 |    1,151 |  1,142 |    191 |  1,221 |100.0 | 76.2 | 21.1 |15.8 | 2.5 |   2.4 |    0.4 | 2.6
District of Columbia .|    72,118 |    35,288 |   29,657 |   21,496 |    3,261 |  4,701 |    199 |  7,173 |100.0 | 48.9 | 41.1 |29.8 | 4.5 |   6.5 |    0.3 | 9.9
Florida ..............|   684,745 |   422,909 |  237,210 |  104,793 |  107,226 | 22,205 |  2,986 | 24,626 |100.0 | 61.8 | 34.6 |15.3 |15.7 |   3.2 |    0.4 | 3.6
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Georgia ..............|   311,812 |   202,174 |   99,640 |   82,961 |    5,145 | 10,478 |  1,056 |  9,998 |100.0 | 64.8 | 32.0 |26.6 | 1.7 |   3.4 |    0.3 | 3.2
Hawaii ...............|    62,578 |    15,956 |   41,143 |    1,717 |    1,639 | 37,503 |    284 |  5,479 |100.0 | 25.5 | 65.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 |  59.9 |    0.5 | 8.8
Idaho ................|    64,661 |    59,119 |    4,200 |      469 |    1,899 |  1,001 |    831 |  1,342 |100.0 | 91.4 |  6.5 | 0.7 | 2.9 |   1.5 |    1.3 | 2.1
Illinois .............|   733,182 |   495,990 |  215,441 |   96,776 |   72,781 | 43,517 |  2,367 | 21,751 |100.0 | 67.6 | 29.4 |13.2 | 9.9 |   5.9 |    0.3 | 3.0
Indiana ..............|   304,725 |   258,265 |   35,400 |   21,200 |    7,507 |  5,478 |  1,215 | 11,060 |100.0 | 84.8 | 11.6 | 7.0 | 2.5 |   1.8 |    0.4 | 3.6
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Iowa .................|   186,780 |   165,985 |   13,493 |    5,115 |    3,245 |  4,204 |    929 |  7,302 |100.0 | 88.9 |  7.2 | 2.7 | 1.7 |   2.3 |    0.5 | 3.9
Kansas ...............|   176,737 |   148,888 |   22,630 |    9,422 |    6,045 |  4,448 |  2,715 |  5,219 |100.0 | 84.2 | 12.8 | 5.3 | 3.4 |   2.5 |    1.5 | 3.0
Kentucky .............|   181,626 |   159,312 |   19,003 |   14,234 |    1,628 |  2,319 |    822 |  3,311 |100.0 | 87.7 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 0.9 |   1.3 |    0.5 | 1.8
Louisiana ............|   221,348 |   142,242 |   73,323 |   61,686 |    5,438 |  4,854 |  1,345 |  5,783 |100.0 | 64.3 | 33.1 |27.9 | 2.5 |   2.2 |    0.6 | 2.6
Maine ................|    57,822 |    53,601 |    2,792 |      607 |      483 |    863 |    839 |  1,429 |100.0 | 92.7 |  4.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 |   1.5 |    1.5 | 2.5
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Maryland .............|   268,820 |   166,160 |   92,241 |   66,980 |    7,820 | 16,350 |  1,091 | 10,419 |100.0 | 61.8 | 34.3 |24.9 | 2.9 |   6.1 |    0.4 | 3.9
Massachusetts ........|   419,695 |   314,705 |   78,174 |   27,646 |   21,435 | 27,309 |  1,784 | 26,816 |100.0 | 75.0 | 18.6 | 6.6 | 5.1 |   6.5 |    0.4 | 6.4
Michigan .............|   558,998 |   439,457 |   98,848 |   64,412 |   12,705 | 17,450 |  4,281 | 20,693 |100.0 | 78.6 | 17.7 |11.5 | 2.3 |   3.1 |    0.8 | 3.7
Minnesota ............|   282,756 |   247,794 |   27,866 |   10,454 |    4,096 | 10,253 |  3,063 |  7,096 |100.0 | 87.6 |  9.9 | 3.7 | 1.4 |   3.6 |    1.1 | 2.5
Mississippi ..........|   133,170 |    84,325 |   46,929 |   44,448 |      844 |  1,084 |    553 |  1,916 |100.0 | 63.3 | 35.2 |33.4 | 0.6 |   0.8 |    0.4 | 1.4
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Missouri .............|   317,480 |   262,515 |   46,411 |   31,003 |    6,118 |  7,472 |  1,818 |  8,554 |100.0 | 82.7 | 14.6 | 9.8 | 1.9 |   2.4 |    0.6 | 2.7
Montana ..............|    43,114 |    37,041 |    5,187 |      253 |      668 |    403 |  3,863 |    886 |100.0 | 85.9 | 12.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 |   0.9 |    9.0 | 2.1
Nebraska .............|   110,806 |    97,843 |   10,026 |    3,980 |    2,582 |  2,646 |    818 |  2,937 |100.0 | 88.3 |  9.0 | 3.6 | 2.3 |   2.4 |    0.7 | 2.7
Nevada ...............|    89,711 |    62,758 |   24,888 |    6,702 |    9,767 |  7,050 |  1,369 |  2,065 |100.0 | 70.0 | 27.7 | 7.5 |10.9 |   7.9 |    1.5 | 2.3
New Hampshire ........|    63,366 |    57,974 |    3,970 |    1,123 |    1,256 |  1,266 |    325 |  1,422 |100.0 | 91.5 |  6.3 | 1.8 | 2.0 |   2.0 |    0.5 | 2.2
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
New Jersey ...........|   330,537 |   212,489 |  104,808 |   41,710 |   36,633 | 25,529 |    936 | 13,240 |100.0 | 64.3 | 31.7 |12.6 |11.1 |   7.7 |    0.3 | 4.0
New Mexico ...........|   111,896 |    56,336 |   53,808 |    2,773 |   39,950 |  2,202 |  8,883 |  1,752 |100.0 | 50.3 | 48.1 | 2.5 |35.7 |   2.0 |    7.9 | 1.6
New York .............| 1,020,991 |   650,225 |  320,588 |  138,748 |  105,508 | 72,600 |  3,732 | 50,178 |100.0 | 63.7 | 31.4 |13.6 |10.3 |   7.1 |    0.4 | 4.9
North Carolina .......|   395,907 |   282,177 |  105,659 |   86,196 |    6,506 |  8,817 |  4,140 |  8,071 |100.0 | 71.3 | 26.7 |21.8 | 1.6 |   2.2 |    1.0 | 2.0
North Dakota .........|    40,348 |    35,811 |    3,396 |      378 |      302 |    308 |  2,408 |  1,141 |100.0 | 88.8 |  8.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 |   0.8 |    6.0 | 2.8
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Ohio .................|   548,545 |   454,051 |   78,057 |   55,615 |    8,674 | 11,748 |  2,020 | 16,437 |100.0 | 82.8 | 14.2 |10.1 | 1.6 |   2.1 |    0.4 | 3.0
Oklahoma .............|   179,055 |   131,159 |   39,354 |   14,426 |    5,178 |  4,464 | 15,286 |  8,542 |100.0 | 73.3 | 22.0 | 8.1 | 2.9 |   2.5 |    8.5 | 4.8
Oregon ...............|   175,635 |   145,606 |   23,897 |    3,375 |    7,031 | 10,670 |  2,821 |  6,132 |100.0 | 82.9 | 13.6 | 1.9 | 4.0 |   6.1 |    1.6 | 3.5
Pennsylvania .........|   605,283 |   496,754 |   89,689 |   52,888 |   12,909 | 22,319 |  1,573 | 18,840 |100.0 | 82.1 | 14.8 | 8.7 | 2.1 |   3.7 |    0.3 | 3.1
Rhode Island .........|    74,821 |    61,285 |   10,708 |    3,808 |    3,616 |  3,007 |    277 |  2,828 |100.0 | 81.9 | 14.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 |   4.0 |    0.4 | 3.8
                      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
South Carolina .......|   183,626 |   128,941 |   51,053 |   46,094 |    2,041 |  2,343 |    575 |  3,632 |100.0 | 70.2 | 27.8 |25.1 | 1.1 |   1.3 |    0.3 | 2.0
South Dakota .........|    42,147 |    37,317 |    4,132 |      371 |      274 |    306 |  3,181 |    698 |100.0 | 88.5 |  9.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 |   0.7 |    7.5 | 1.7
Tennessee ............|   252,915 |   198,027 |   49,480 |   41,148 |    3,160 |  4,287 |    885 |  5,408 |100.0 | 78.3 | 19.6 |16.3 | 1.2 |   1.7 |    0.3 | 2.1
Texas ................|   990,587 |   573,573 |  384,283 |  105,883 |  224,836 | 48,255 |  5,309 | 32,731 |100.0 | 57.9 | 38.8 |10.7 |22.7 |   4.9 |    0.5 | 3.3
Utah .................|   161,591 |   145,753 |   11,239 |      937 |    4,881 |  3,971 |  1,450 |  4,599 |100.0 | 90.2 |  7.0 | 0.6 | 3.0 |   2.5 |    0.9 | 2.8
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Vermont ..............|    36,728 |    34,098 |    1,888 |      461 |      590 |    640 |    197 |    742 |100.0 | 92.8 |  5.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 |   1.7 |    0.5 | 2.0
Virginia .............|   377,970 |   268,372 |   98,297 |   66,068 |   10,785 | 19,389 |  2,055 | 11,301 |100.0 | 71.0 | 26.0 |17.5 | 2.9 |   5.1 |    0.5 | 3.0
Washington ...........|   306,723 |   239,777 |   57,229 |   11,525 |   13,129 | 26,647 |  5,928 |  9,717 |100.0 | 78.2 | 18.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 |   8.7 |    1.9 | 3.2
West Virginia ........|    88,657 |    80,826 |    5,932 |    3,898 |      636 |  1,037 |    361 |  1,899 |100.0 | 91.2 |  6.7 | 4.4 | 0.7 |   1.2 |    0.4 | 2.1
Wisconsin ............|   304,776 |   267,288 |   30,552 |   13,768 |    6,708 |  6,985 |  3,091 |  6,936 |100.0 | 87.7 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 2.2 |   2.3 |    1.0 | 2.3
Wyoming ..............|    29,002 |    26,418 |    2,104 |      271 |    1,098 |    232 |    503 |    480 |100.0 | 91.1 |  7.3 | 0.9 | 3.8 |   0.8 |    1.7 | 1.7
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U.S. Service Schools .|    13,344 |    10,816 |    2,413 |      799 |      886 |    612 |    116 |    115 |100.0 | 81.1 | 18.1 | 6.0 | 6.6 |   4.6 |    0.9 | 0.9
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  Outlying areas .....|   185,244 |       866 |  183,857 |    2,466 |  171,396 |  9,980 |     15 |    521 |100.0 |  0.5 | 99.3 | 1.3 |92.5 |   5.4 |    0.0 | 0.3
                      |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
American Samoa .......|     1,172 |         0 |    1,089 |        0 |        0 |  1,089 |      0 |     83 |100.0 |  0.0 | 92.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  92.9 |    0.0 | 7.1
Federated States      |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
  of Micronesia.......|     1,506 |         3 |    1,502 |        0 |        0 |  1,502 |      0 |      1 |100.0 |  0.2 | 99.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  99.7 |    0.0 | 0.1
Guam .................|     5,727 |       411 |    5,176 |       31 |       37 |  5,096 |     12 |    140 |100.0 |  7.2 | 90.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |  89.0 |    0.2 | 2.4
Marshall Islands .....|       616 |         0 |      616 |        0 |        0 |    616 |      0 |      0 |100.0 |  0.0 |100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |    0.0 | 0.0
Northern Marianas ....|     1,080 |        20 |    1,060 |        0 |        4 |  1,056 |      0 |      0 |100.0 |  1.9 | 98.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |  97.8 |    0.0 | 0.0
Palau.................|       569 |         4 |      565 |        0 |        0 |    565 |      0 |      0 |100.0 |  0.7 | 99.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  99.3 |    0.0 | 0.0
Puerto Rico ..........|   171,832 |       339 |  171,345 |       74 |  171,234 |     34 |      3 |    148 |100.0 |  0.2 | 99.7 |   # |99.7 |     # |      # | 0.1
Virgin Islands .......|     2,742 |        89 |    2,504 |    2,361 |      121 |     22 |      0 |    149 |100.0 |  3.2 | 91.3 |86.1 | 4.4 |   0.8 |    0.0 | 5.4
______________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____

# Value rounds to less than .1.

NOTE: Data for 1999 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment, 1999" survey. (This table was prepared November 2002.)


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