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Table 208. Fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and by state or jurisdiction: 2004
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                       |          |          |             Minority, by race/ethnicity        |        |             Percentage distribution of students
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                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |        Minority, by race/ethnicity|
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |___________________________________|
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |American|        |     |White,|     |Black,|     | Asian/|American|Non-
                       |          |    White,|         |   Black,|         |   Asian/| Indian/|    Non-|     |  non-|     |  non-|     |Pacific| Indian/|resi-
                       |          |      non-|         |     non-|         |  Pacific|  Alaska|resident|     |  His-|     |  His-| His-|Island-|  Alaska|dent
State or jurisdiction  |     Total|  Hispanic|    Total| Hispanic| Hispanic| Islander|  Native|   alien|Total| panic|Total| panic|panic|     er|  Native|alien
_______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
1                      |         2|         3|        4|        5|        6|        7|       8|       9|   10|    11|   12|    13|   14|     15|      16|   17
_______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
   United States ......|17,272,044|11,422,770|5,259,107|2,164,683|1,809,593|1,108,693| 176,138| 590,167|100.0|  66.1| 30.4|  12.5| 10.5|    6.4|     1.0|  3.4
                       |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
Alabama ...............|   255,826|   166,656|   83,180|   74,412|    3,568|    3,342|   1,858|   5,990|100.0|  65.1| 32.5|  29.1|  1.4|    1.3|     0.7|  2.3
Alaska ................|    30,869|    22,316|    7,637|    1,094|    1,044|    1,344|   4,155|     916|100.0|  72.3| 24.7|   3.5|  3.4|    4.4|    13.5|  3.0
Arizona ...............|   490,925|   315,925|  148,215|   34,908|   78,300|   17,588|  17,419|  26,785|100.0|  64.4| 30.2|   7.1| 15.9|    3.6|     3.5|  5.5
Arkansas ..............|   138,399|   104,737|   31,174|   25,271|    2,375|    1,996|   1,532|   2,488|100.0|  75.7| 22.5|  18.3|  1.7|    1.4|     1.1|  1.8
California ............| 2,374,045| 1,040,123|1,259,027|  182,775|  609,600|  444,352|  22,300|  74,895|100.0|  43.8| 53.0|   7.7| 25.7|   18.7|     0.9|  3.2
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Colorado ..............|   300,914|   231,068|   63,150|   14,002|   33,308|   11,490|   4,350|   6,696|100.0|  76.8| 21.0|   4.7| 11.1|    3.8|     1.4|  2.2
Connecticut ...........|   172,775|   126,513|   39,738|   17,903|   13,673|    7,440|     722|   6,524|100.0|  73.2| 23.0|  10.4|  7.9|    4.3|     0.4|  3.8
Delaware ..............|    49,804|    35,935|   12,485|    9,255|    1,679|    1,371|     180|   1,384|100.0|  72.2| 25.1|  18.6|  3.4|    2.8|     0.4|  2.8
District of Columbia ..|    99,988|    48,634|   44,654|   33,207|    4,444|    6,627|     376|   6,700|100.0|  48.6| 44.7|  33.2|  4.4|    6.6|     0.4|  6.7
Florida ...............|   866,665|   492,832|  343,545|  156,587|  154,246|   29,044|   3,668|  30,288|100.0|  56.9| 39.6|  18.1| 17.8|    3.4|     0.4|  3.5
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Georgia ...............|   434,283|   262,308|  159,462|  131,236|   11,168|   15,616|   1,442|  12,513|100.0|  60.4| 36.7|  30.2|  2.6|    3.6|     0.3|  2.9
Hawaii ................|    67,225|    17,952|   44,218|    1,523|    1,954|   40,412|     329|   5,055|100.0|  26.7| 65.8|   2.3|  2.9|   60.1|     0.5|  7.5
Idaho .................|    76,311|    67,429|    6,263|      596|    3,202|    1,397|   1,068|   2,619|100.0|  88.4|  8.2|   0.8|  4.2|    1.8|     1.4|  3.4
Illinois ..............|   801,401|   524,866|  252,406|  110,995|   91,517|   47,237|   2,657|  24,129|100.0|  65.5| 31.5|  13.9| 11.4|    5.9|     0.3|  3.0
Indiana ...............|   356,801|   295,973|   47,495|   29,117|    9,947|    7,115|   1,316|  13,333|100.0|  83.0| 13.3|   8.2|  2.8|    2.0|     0.4|  3.7
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Iowa ..................|   217,646|   189,641|   20,621|    9,598|    5,442|    4,466|   1,115|   7,384|100.0|  87.1|  9.5|   4.4|  2.5|    2.1|     0.5|  3.4
Kansas ................|   191,590|   156,552|   29,079|   11,177|    8,082|    6,737|   3,083|   5,959|100.0|  81.7| 15.2|   5.8|  4.2|    3.5|     1.6|  3.1
Kentucky ..............|   240,097|   208,553|   27,200|   21,041|    2,661|    2,799|     699|   4,344|100.0|  86.9| 11.3|   8.8|  1.1|    1.2|     0.3|  1.8
Louisiana .............|   246,301|   150,456|   88,085|   75,586|    5,919|    5,037|   1,543|   7,760|100.0|  61.1| 35.8|  30.7|  2.4|    2.0|     0.6|  3.2
Maine .................|    65,415|    60,277|    3,753|    1,106|      772|    1,013|     862|   1,385|100.0|  92.1|  5.7|   1.7|  1.2|    1.5|     1.3|  2.1
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Maryland ..............|   312,493|   182,062|  117,357|   84,638|   11,594|   19,868|   1,257|  13,074|100.0|  58.3| 37.6|  27.1|  3.7|    6.4|     0.4|  4.2
Massachusetts .........|   439,245|   319,010|   93,579|   33,961|   26,054|   31,650|   1,914|  26,656|100.0|  72.6| 21.3|   7.7|  5.9|    7.2|     0.4|  6.1
Michigan ..............|   620,980|   475,409|  122,438|   80,171|   16,644|   20,515|   5,108|  23,133|100.0|  76.6| 19.7|  12.9|  2.7|    3.3|     0.8|  3.7
Minnesota .............|   349,021|   292,323|   47,417|   21,732|    6,687|   14,877|   4,121|   9,281|100.0|  83.8| 13.6|   6.2|  1.9|    4.3|     1.2|  2.7
Mississippi ...........|   152,115|    88,612|   61,481|   58,345|    1,128|    1,254|     754|   2,022|100.0|  58.3| 40.4|  38.4|  0.7|    0.8|     0.5|  1.3
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Missouri ..............|   365,204|   290,291|   65,107|   43,938|    9,939|    8,993|   2,237|   9,806|100.0|  79.5| 17.8|  12.0|  2.7|    2.5|     0.6|  2.7
Montana ...............|    47,173|    40,219|    6,109|      287|      717|      503|   4,602|     845|100.0|  85.3| 13.0|   0.6|  1.5|    1.1|     9.8|  1.8
Nebraska ..............|   121,053|   104,754|   12,814|    5,076|    3,949|    2,790|     999|   3,485|100.0|  86.5| 10.6|   4.2|  3.3|    2.3|     0.8|  2.9
Nevada ................|   105,961|    69,004|   34,307|    8,044|   13,963|   10,777|   1,523|   2,650|100.0|  65.1| 32.4|   7.6| 13.2|   10.2|     1.4|  2.5
New Hampshire .........|    70,163|    63,040|    5,450|    1,552|    1,734|    1,784|     380|   1,673|100.0|  89.8|  7.8|   2.2|  2.5|    2.5|     0.5|  2.4
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
New Jersey ............|   380,374|   228,670|  136,474|   53,986|   49,132|   32,232|   1,124|  15,230|100.0|  60.1| 35.9|  14.2| 12.9|    8.5|     0.3|  4.0
New Mexico ............|   131,577|    57,086|   71,423|    3,721|   53,672|    2,527|  11,503|   3,068|100.0|  43.4| 54.3|   2.8| 40.8|    1.9|     8.7|  2.3
New York ..............| 1,141,525|   698,133|  380,889|  160,941|  127,658|   88,274|   4,016|  62,503|100.0|  61.2| 33.4|  14.1| 11.2|    7.7|     0.4|  5.5
North Carolina ........|   472,709|   320,135|  140,844|  112,820|   10,878|   11,252|   5,894|  11,730|100.0|  67.7| 29.8|  23.9|  2.3|    2.4|     1.2|  2.5
North Dakota ..........|    49,533|    42,560|    5,236|      743|      611|      488|   3,394|   1,737|100.0|  85.9| 10.6|   1.5|  1.2|    1.0|     6.9|  3.5
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Ohio ..................|   614,234|   497,895|   98,273|   71,307|   11,649|   12,994|   2,323|  18,066|100.0|  81.1| 16.0|  11.6|  1.9|    2.1|     0.4|  2.9
Oklahoma ..............|   207,625|   146,224|   51,294|   18,771|    6,834|    4,674|  21,015|  10,107|100.0|  70.4| 24.7|   9.0|  3.3|    2.3|    10.1|  4.9
Oregon ................|   199,985|   163,889|   30,616|    4,509|   10,230|   12,606|   3,271|   5,480|100.0|  82.0| 15.3|   2.3|  5.1|    6.3|     1.6|  2.7
Pennsylvania ..........|   688,780|   546,202|  119,657|   69,837|   19,496|   28,457|   1,867|  22,921|100.0|  79.3| 17.4|  10.1|  2.8|    4.1|     0.3|  3.3
Rhode Island ..........|    80,377|    64,546|   13,219|    4,596|    4,866|    3,420|     337|   2,612|100.0|  80.3| 16.4|   5.7|  6.1|    4.3|     0.4|  3.2
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
South Carolina ........|   208,910|   140,288|   65,134|   58,099|    3,115|    3,088|     832|   3,488|100.0|  67.2| 31.2|  27.8|  1.5|    1.5|     0.4|  1.7
South Dakota ..........|    48,708|    42,049|    5,509|      672|      515|      396|   3,926|   1,150|100.0|  86.3| 11.3|   1.4|  1.1|    0.8|     8.1|  2.4
Tennessee .............|   278,055|   207,872|   64,758|   53,992|    4,652|    5,143|     971|   5,425|100.0|  74.8| 23.3|  19.4|  1.7|    1.8|     0.3|  2.0
Texas .................| 1,229,197|   645,856|  533,491|  150,899|  315,988|   60,221|   6,383|  49,850|100.0|  52.5| 43.4|  12.3| 25.7|    4.9|     0.5|  4.1
Utah ..................|   194,324|   170,333|   18,408|    1,865|    8,590|    5,643|   2,310|   5,583|100.0|  87.7|  9.5|   1.0|  4.4|    2.9|     1.2|  2.9
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Vermont ...............|    38,639|    35,301|    2,550|      706|      772|      828|     244|     788|100.0|  91.4|  6.6|   1.8|  2.0|    2.1|     0.6|  2.0
Virginia ..............|   425,181|   293,131|  121,185|   80,684|   14,946|   23,322|   2,233|  10,865|100.0|  68.9| 28.5|  19.0|  3.5|    5.5|     0.5|  2.6
Washington ............|   343,524|   262,771|   71,161|   14,507|   18,084|   32,297|   6,273|   9,592|100.0|  76.5| 20.7|   4.2|  5.3|    9.4|     1.8|  2.8
West Virginia .........|    97,884|    88,168|    7,379|    5,006|      946|    1,072|     355|   2,337|100.0|  90.1|  7.5|   5.1|  1.0|    1.1|     0.4|  2.4
Wisconsin .............|   331,506|   285,736|   38,577|   16,759|    9,126|    9,191|   3,501|   7,193|100.0|  86.2| 11.6|   5.1|  2.8|    2.8|     1.1|  2.2
Wyoming ...............|    33,955|    30,700|    2,753|      329|    1,509|      298|     617|     502|100.0|  90.4|  8.1|   1.0|  4.4|    0.9|     1.8|  1.5
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
U.S. Service Schools ..|    14,754|    11,755|    2,831|      801|    1,014|      836|     180|     168|100.0|  79.7| 19.2|   5.4|  6.9|    5.7|     1.2|  1.1
                       |==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|========|========|=====|======|=====|======|=====|=======|========|=====
   Other jurisdictions |   220,920|       529|  219,674|    2,145|  207,064|   10,448|      17|     717|100.0|   0.2| 99.4|   1.0| 93.7|    4.7|      # |  0.3
                       |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
American Samoa ........|     1,550|         7|    1,370|        0|        2|    1,368|       0|     173|100.0|   0.5| 88.4|   0.0|  0.1|   88.3|     0.0| 11.2
Federated States of    |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
   Micronesia .........|     2,608|         4|    2,604|        0|        0|    2,604|       0|       0|100.0|   0.2| 99.8|   0.0|  0.0|   99.8|     0.0|  0.0
Guam ..................|     4,642|       222|    4,356|       40|       35|    4,274|       7|      64|100.0|   4.8| 93.8|   0.9|  0.8|   92.1|     0.2|  1.4
Marshall Islands ......|       623|         0|      623|        0|        0|      623|       0|       0|100.0|   0.0|100.0|   0.0|  0.0|  100.0|     0.0|  0.0
Northern Marianas .....|     1,101|        48|      890|        2|        2|      884|       2|     163|100.0|   4.4| 80.8|   0.2|  0.2|   80.3|     0.2| 14.8
Palau .................|       651|         0|      645|        0|        0|      645|       0|       6|100.0|   0.0| 99.1|   0.0|  0.0|   99.1|     0.0|  0.9
Puerto Rico ...........|   207,180|       113|  206,930|       34|  206,864|       28|       4|     137|100.0|   0.1| 99.9|    # | 99.8|     # |      # |  0.1
Virgin Islands ........|     2,565|       135|    2,256|    2,069|      161|       22|       4|     174|100.0|   5.3| 88.0|  80.7|  6.3|    0.9|     0.2|  6.8
_______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Data are for 2-year and 4-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2004 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2005. (This table was prepared September 2005.)


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