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Table 209. Fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and by state or jurisdiction: 2003
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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 ......|16,900,471|11,275,447|5,033,192|2,068,872|1,715,970|1,075,700| 172,650| 591,832|100.0|  66.7| 29.8|  12.2| 10.2|    6.4|     1.0|  3.5
                       |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
Alabama ...............|   253,846|   166,007|   81,490|   73,158|    3,129|    3,291|   1,912|   6,349|100.0|  65.4| 32.1|  28.8|  1.2|    1.3|     0.8|  2.5
Alaska ................|    31,035|    22,397|    7,760|    1,081|    1,001|    1,284|   4,394|     878|100.0|  72.2| 25.0|   3.5|  3.2|    4.1|    14.2|  2.8
Arizona ...............|   430,661|   284,521|  128,479|   26,479|   70,875|   15,376|  15,749|  17,661|100.0|  66.1| 29.8|   6.1| 16.5|    3.6|     3.7|  4.1
Arkansas ..............|   133,950|   101,634|   29,713|   24,274|    2,231|    1,833|   1,375|   2,603|100.0|  75.9| 22.2|  18.1|  1.7|    1.4|     1.0|  1.9
California ............| 2,338,846| 1,044,723|1,214,633|  175,938|  582,555|  434,251|  21,889|  79,490|100.0|  44.7| 51.9|   7.5| 24.9|   18.6|     0.9|  3.4
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Colorado ..............|   289,243|   223,070|   59,328|   12,452|   31,867|   10,781|   4,228|   6,845|100.0|  77.1| 20.5|   4.3| 11.0|    3.7|     1.5|  2.4
Connecticut ...........|   170,976|   125,603|   38,386|   17,386|   13,027|    7,262|     711|   6,987|100.0|  73.5| 22.5|  10.2|  7.6|    4.2|     0.4|  4.1
Delaware ..............|    49,595|    36,202|   12,019|    8,969|    1,539|    1,327|     184|   1,374|100.0|  73.0| 24.2|  18.1|  3.1|    2.7|     0.4|  2.8
District of Columbia ..|    95,297|    46,125|   41,400|   30,603|    4,126|    6,353|     318|   7,772|100.0|  48.4| 43.4|  32.1|  4.3|    6.7|     0.3|  8.2
Florida ...............|   839,735|   485,276|  325,288|  149,069|  145,027|   27,670|   3,522|  29,171|100.0|  57.8| 38.7|  17.8| 17.3|    3.3|     0.4|  3.5
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Georgia ...............|   411,061|   249,632|  149,160|  124,269|    9,116|   14,566|   1,209|  12,269|100.0|  60.7| 36.3|  30.2|  2.2|    3.5|     0.3|  3.0
Hawaii ................|    67,390|    17,778|   44,236|    1,582|    1,925|   40,388|     341|   5,376|100.0|  26.4| 65.6|   2.3|  2.9|   59.9|     0.5|  8.0
Idaho .................|    75,370|    67,113|    6,136|      588|    3,112|    1,372|   1,064|   2,121|100.0|  89.0|  8.1|   0.8|  4.1|    1.8|     1.4|  2.8
Illinois ..............|   796,774|   522,512|  248,843|  108,019|   91,711|   46,564|   2,549|  25,419|100.0|  65.6| 31.2|  13.6| 11.5|    5.8|     0.3|  3.2
Indiana ...............|   350,091|   291,285|   44,849|   27,646|    9,228|    6,685|   1,290|  13,957|100.0|  83.2| 12.8|   7.9|  2.6|    1.9|     0.4|  4.0
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Iowa ..................|   213,958|   187,084|   18,798|    8,352|    4,787|    4,371|   1,288|   8,076|100.0|  87.4|  8.8|   3.9|  2.2|    2.0|     0.6|  3.8
Kansas ................|   190,291|   156,946|   27,444|   10,849|    7,855|    5,739|   3,001|   5,901|100.0|  82.5| 14.4|   5.7|  4.1|    3.0|     1.6|  3.1
Kentucky ..............|   235,743|   206,027|   25,375|   19,647|    2,340|    2,708|     680|   4,341|100.0|  87.4| 10.8|   8.3|  1.0|    1.1|     0.3|  1.8
Louisiana .............|   244,455|   150,745|   86,302|   74,005|    5,651|    5,110|   1,536|   7,408|100.0|  61.7| 35.3|  30.3|  2.3|    2.1|     0.6|  3.0
Maine .................|    64,222|    59,271|    3,494|      955|      696|      958|     885|   1,457|100.0|  92.3|  5.4|   1.5|  1.1|    1.5|     1.4|  2.3
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Maryland ..............|   307,543|   181,283|  113,504|   82,019|   11,010|   19,180|   1,295|  12,756|100.0|  58.9| 36.9|  26.7|  3.6|    6.2|     0.4|  4.1
Massachusetts .........|   436,068|   317,588|   90,665|   32,618|   25,235|   30,917|   1,895|  27,815|100.0|  72.8| 20.8|   7.5|  5.8|    7.1|     0.4|  6.4
Michigan ..............|   615,765|   472,000|  120,364|   78,449|   16,163|   20,853|   4,899|  23,401|100.0|  76.7| 19.5|  12.7|  2.6|    3.4|     0.8|  3.8
Minnesota .............|   337,780|   285,336|   42,558|   19,102|    5,623|   13,764|   4,069|   9,886|100.0|  84.5| 12.6|   5.7|  1.7|    4.1|     1.2|  2.9
Mississippi ...........|   148,584|    87,859|   58,785|   55,940|    1,039|    1,148|     658|   1,940|100.0|  59.1| 39.6|  37.6|  0.7|    0.8|     0.4|  1.3
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Missouri ..............|   359,680|   288,042|   61,510|   41,466|    9,182|    8,639|   2,223|  10,128|100.0|  80.1| 17.1|  11.5|  2.6|    2.4|     0.6|  2.8
Montana ...............|    47,240|    40,486|    5,985|      241|      729|      460|   4,555|     769|100.0|  85.7| 12.7|   0.5|  1.5|    1.0|     9.6|  1.6
Nebraska ..............|   119,511|   103,709|   12,184|    4,841|    3,592|    2,811|     940|   3,618|100.0|  86.8| 10.2|   4.1|  3.0|    2.4|     0.8|  3.0
Nevada ................|   100,995|    66,907|   31,613|    7,632|   12,614|    9,886|   1,481|   2,475|100.0|  66.2| 31.3|   7.6| 12.5|    9.8|     1.5|  2.5
New Hampshire .........|    69,608|    62,669|    5,301|    1,422|    1,724|    1,783|     372|   1,638|100.0|  90.0|  7.6|   2.0|  2.5|    2.6|     0.5|  2.4
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
New Jersey ............|   372,632|   225,864|  131,467|   51,654|   47,552|   31,222|   1,039|  15,301|100.0|  60.6| 35.3|  13.9| 12.8|    8.4|     0.3|  4.1
New Mexico ............|   126,852|    55,583|   68,713|    3,496|   51,397|    2,510|  11,310|   2,556|100.0|  43.8| 54.2|   2.8| 40.5|    2.0|     8.9|  2.0
New York ..............| 1,126,087|   693,906|  369,452|  157,216|  123,070|   85,309|   3,857|  62,729|100.0|  61.6| 32.8|  14.0| 10.9|    7.6|     0.3|  5.6
North Carolina ........|   464,430|   316,447|  136,608|  110,334|    9,839|   10,735|   5,700|  11,375|100.0|  68.1| 29.4|  23.8|  2.1|    2.3|     1.2|  2.4
North Dakota ..........|    48,402|    41,990|    4,815|      662|      444|      451|   3,258|   1,597|100.0|  86.8|  9.9|   1.4|  0.9|    0.9|     6.7|  3.3
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Ohio ..................|   603,378|   490,835|   94,213|   66,672|   11,366|   12,541|   3,634|  18,330|100.0|  81.3| 15.6|  11.0|  1.9|    2.1|     0.6|  3.0
Oklahoma ..............|   207,781|   146,287|   50,659|   18,575|    7,022|    4,545|  20,517|  10,835|100.0|  70.4| 24.4|   8.9|  3.4|    2.2|     9.9|  5.2
Oregon ................|   198,701|   163,492|   29,397|    4,221|    9,655|   12,357|   3,164|   5,812|100.0|  82.3| 14.8|   2.1|  4.9|    6.2|     1.6|  2.9
Pennsylvania ..........|   675,574|   538,342|  113,913|   66,640|   17,890|   27,486|   1,897|  23,319|100.0|  79.7| 16.9|   9.9|  2.6|    4.1|     0.3|  3.5
Rhode Island ..........|    79,085|    63,720|   12,702|    4,435|    4,715|    3,238|     314|   2,663|100.0|  80.6| 16.1|   5.6|  6.0|    4.1|     0.4|  3.4
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
South Carolina ........|   207,601|   139,576|   64,302|   57,667|    2,866|    2,935|     834|   3,723|100.0|  67.2| 31.0|  27.8|  1.4|    1.4|     0.4|  1.8
South Dakota ..........|    48,967|    42,448|    5,050|      639|      486|      361|   3,564|   1,469|100.0|  86.7| 10.3|   1.3|  1.0|    0.7|     7.3|  3.0
Tennessee .............|   267,969|   202,721|   59,362|   49,382|    4,149|    4,805|   1,026|   5,886|100.0|  75.7| 22.2|  18.4|  1.5|    1.8|     0.4|  2.2
Texas .................| 1,188,727|   638,338|  501,844|  141,663|  295,401|   58,615|   6,165|  48,545|100.0|  53.7| 42.2|  11.9| 24.9|    4.9|     0.5|  4.1
Utah ..................|   185,772|   164,285|   15,891|    1,529|    7,005|    5,249|   2,108|   5,596|100.0|  88.4|  8.6|   0.8|  3.8|    2.8|     1.1|  3.0
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Vermont ...............|    37,831|    34,605|    2,373|      604|      753|      763|     253|     853|100.0|  91.5|  6.3|   1.6|  2.0|    2.0|     0.7|  2.3
Virginia ..............|   414,881|   287,558|  115,945|   78,225|   13,545|   21,707|   2,468|  11,378|100.0|  69.3| 27.9|  18.9|  3.3|    5.2|     0.6|  2.7
Washington ............|   345,469|   264,188|   71,592|   14,541|   18,097|   32,539|   6,415|   9,689|100.0|  76.5| 20.7|   4.2|  5.2|    9.4|     1.9|  2.8
West Virginia .........|    97,005|    87,404|    7,221|    4,811|      938|    1,085|     387|   2,380|100.0|  90.1|  7.4|   5.0|  1.0|    1.1|     0.4|  2.5
Wisconsin .............|   329,691|   285,823|   36,581|   15,680|    8,611|    8,849|   3,441|   7,287|100.0|  86.7| 11.1|   4.8|  2.6|    2.7|     1.0|  2.2
Wyoming ...............|    33,695|    30,520|    2,698|      325|    1,474|      273|     626|     477|100.0|  90.6|  8.0|   1.0|  4.4|    0.8|     1.9|  1.4
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
U.S. Service Schools ..|    14,628|    11,685|    2,792|      850|      986|      795|     161|     151|100.0|  79.9| 19.1|   5.8|  6.7|    5.4|     1.1|  1.0
                       |==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|========|========|=====|======|=====|======|=====|=======|========|=====
   Other jurisdictions |   217,655|       545|  216,315|    2,173|  203,658|   10,467|      17|     795|100.0|   0.3| 99.4|   1.0| 93.6|    4.8|      # |  0.4
                       |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
American Samoa ........|     1,537|         2|    1,356|        0|        0|    1,356|       0|     179|100.0|   0.1| 88.2|   0.0|  0.0|   88.2|     0.0| 11.6
Federated States of    |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
   Micronesia .........|     2,558|         3|    2,555|        0|        0|    2,555|       0|       0|100.0|   0.1| 99.9|   0.0|  0.0|   99.9|     0.0|  0.0
Guam ..................|     4,710|       240|    4,390|       39|       39|    4,300|      12|      80|100.0|   5.1| 93.2|   0.8|  0.8|   91.3|     0.3|  1.7
Marshall Islands ......|       601|         0|      573|        0|        0|      573|       0|      28|100.0|   0.0| 95.3|   0.0|  0.0|   95.3|     0.0|  4.7
Northern Marianas .....|     1,237|        58|      921|        3|        2|      912|       4|     258|100.0|   4.7| 74.5|   0.2|  0.2|   73.7|     0.3| 20.9
Palau .................|       727|         0|      727|        0|        0|      727|       0|       0|100.0|   0.0|100.0|   0.0|  0.0|  100.0|     0.0|  0.0
Puerto Rico ...........|   203,745|       111|  203,556|       19|  203,506|       30|       1|      78|100.0|   0.1| 99.9|    # | 99.9|     # |      # |   #
Virgin Islands ........|     2,540|       131|    2,237|    2,112|      111|       14|       0|     172|100.0|   5.2| 88.1|  83.1|  4.4|    0.6|     0.0|  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, 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2004. (This table was prepared June 2005.)


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