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Table 228. Fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2008
State or jurisdiction Number Percentage distribution
Total White Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Non-resi-dent alien Total White Black His- panic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Non-resi-dent alien
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 19,102,814 12,088,781 2,584,478 2,272,888 1,302,797 193,289 660,581 100.0 63.3 13.5 11.9 6.8 1.0 3.5
Alabama 310,941 199,837 90,446 7,066 5,198 2,536 5,858 100.0 64.3 29.1 2.3 1.7 0.8 1.9
Alaska 30,717 21,392 1,041 1,276 1,837 4,329 842 100.0 69.6 3.4 4.2 6.0 14.1 2.7
Arizona 704,245 429,869 101,276 106,780 25,489 20,032 20,799 100.0 61.0 14.4 15.2 3.6 2.8 3.0
Arkansas 158,374 114,839 29,981 5,277 2,795 1,805 3,677 100.0 72.5 18.9 3.3 1.8 1.1 2.3
California 2,652,241 1,066,385 216,554 764,410 491,873 24,635 88,384 100.0 40.2 8.2 28.8 18.5 0.9 3.3
                           
Colorado 325,232 239,719 22,548 38,204 12,967 4,776 7,018 100.0 73.7 6.9 11.7 4.0 1.5 2.2
Connecticut 184,178 128,546 20,710 17,649 8,631 611 8,031 100.0 69.8 11.2 9.6 4.7 0.3 4.4
Delaware 53,088 36,057 10,726 2,303 2,140 176 1,686 100.0 67.9 20.2 4.3 4.0 0.3 3.2
District of Columbia 126,110 55,529 49,143 6,746 8,081 629 5,982 100.0 44.0 39.0 5.3 6.4 0.5 4.7
Florida 972,699 527,133 178,502 197,330 35,480 4,277 29,977 100.0 54.2 18.4 20.3 3.6 0.4 3.1
                           
Georgia 476,581 271,277 153,597 15,909 20,144 1,576 14,078 100.0 56.9 32.2 3.3 4.2 0.3 3.0
Hawaii 70,104 17,204 1,577 2,237 43,579 382 5,125 100.0 24.5 2.2 3.2 62.2 0.5 7.3
Idaho 80,456 70,007 851 4,551 1,849 1,072 2,126 100.0 87.0 1.1 5.7 2.3 1.3 2.6
Illinois 859,242 544,284 128,408 105,411 50,374 2,987 27,778 100.0 63.3 14.9 12.3 5.9 0.3 3.2
Indiana 401,956 323,978 38,515 13,483 9,122 1,538 15,320 100.0 80.6 9.6 3.4 2.3 0.4 3.8
                           
Iowa 286,891 218,295 18,612 10,539 29,465 1,589 8,391 100.0 76.1 6.5 3.7 10.3 0.6 2.9
Kansas 198,991 156,395 13,004 10,510 5,258 3,363 10,461 100.0 78.6 6.5 5.3 2.6 1.7 5.3
Kentucky 257,583 221,049 24,463 3,725 3,280 818 4,248 100.0 85.8 9.5 1.4 1.3 0.3 1.6
Louisiana 236,375 144,792 71,320 6,298 5,575 1,706 6,684 100.0 61.3 30.2 2.7 2.4 0.7 2.8
Maine 67,796 61,778 1,451 1,041 1,321 958 1,247 100.0 91.1 2.1 1.5 1.9 1.4 1.8
                           
Maryland 338,914 188,394 95,918 14,871 23,943 1,460 14,328 100.0 55.6 28.3 4.4 7.1 0.4 4.2
Massachusetts 477,056 334,907 39,942 34,159 35,567 1,998 30,483 100.0 70.2 8.4 7.2 7.5 0.4 6.4
Michigan 652,799 489,548 91,614 19,112 22,381 5,477 24,667 100.0 75.0 14.0 2.9 3.4 0.8 3.8
Minnesota 411,055 323,793 41,034 10,128 18,878 5,088 12,134 100.0 78.8 10.0 2.5 4.6 1.2 3.0
Mississippi 160,441 91,364 63,030 1,645 1,580 678 2,144 100.0 56.9 39.3 1.0 1.0 0.4 1.3
                           
Missouri 396,409 307,449 51,397 12,414 10,659 2,550 11,940 100.0 77.6 13.0 3.1 2.7 0.6 3.0
Montana 47,840 40,324 338 946 650 4,454 1,128 100.0 84.3 0.7 2.0 1.4 9.3 2.4
Nebraska 130,458 110,434 6,359 5,592 3,388 1,084 3,601 100.0 84.7 4.9 4.3 2.6 0.8 2.8
Nevada 120,490 70,446 10,217 20,734 14,626 1,700 2,767 100.0 58.5 8.5 17.2 12.1 1.4 2.3
New Hampshire 71,739 63,703 1,557 2,071 1,904 537 1,967 100.0 88.8 2.2 2.9 2.7 0.7 2.7
                           
New Jersey 410,160 236,420 58,324 60,887 35,480 1,302 17,747 100.0 57.6 14.2 14.8 8.7 0.3 4.3
New Mexico 142,413 59,204 4,419 58,749 2,837 12,912 4,292 100.0 41.6 3.1 41.3 2.0 9.1 3.0
New York 1,234,858 725,899 172,500 148,670 104,298 5,066 78,425 100.0 58.8 14.0 12.0 8.4 0.4 6.4
North Carolina 528,977 348,983 128,676 17,455 14,961 6,344 12,558 100.0 66.0 24.3 3.3 2.8 1.2 2.4
North Dakota 51,327 43,435 963 630 562 3,150 2,587 100.0 84.6 1.9 1.2 1.1 6.1 5.0
                           
Ohio 653,585 518,970 83,104 14,968 14,707 2,727 19,109 100.0 79.4 12.7 2.3 2.3 0.4 2.9
Oklahoma 206,757 142,831 19,433 8,793 5,540 21,106 9,054 100.0 69.1 9.4 4.3 2.7 10.2 4.4
Oregon 220,474 174,776 5,937 14,479 14,846 3,866 6,570 100.0 79.3 2.7 6.6 6.7 1.8 3.0
Pennsylvania 740,288 569,310 80,331 28,136 33,475 2,095 26,941 100.0 76.9 10.9 3.8 4.5 0.3 3.6
Rhode Island 83,893 64,408 5,203 6,617 3,913 433 3,319 100.0 76.8 6.2 7.9 4.7 0.5 4.0
                           
South Carolina 230,695 154,165 63,614 4,621 3,920 915 3,460 100.0 66.8 27.6 2.0 1.7 0.4 1.5
South Dakota 50,444 43,666 851 595 553 3,579 1,200 100.0 86.6 1.7 1.2 1.1 7.1 2.4
Tennessee 307,610 226,329 61,323 6,598 6,320 1,173 5,867 100.0 73.6 19.9 2.1 2.1 0.4 1.9
Texas 1,327,148 647,092 170,169 377,176 73,325 7,078 52,308 100.0 48.8 12.8 28.4 5.5 0.5 3.9
Utah 217,224 184,828 3,642 12,645 7,757 2,323 6,029 100.0 85.1 1.7 5.8 3.6 1.1 2.8
                           
Vermont 42,946 38,802 926 1,050 1,063 248 857 100.0 90.4 2.2 2.4 2.5 0.6 2.0
Virginia 500,796 327,310 103,226 22,944 31,281 2,514 13,521 100.0 65.4 20.6 4.6 6.2 0.5 2.7
Washington 362,535 265,756 16,684 26,469 34,961 6,169 12,496 100.0 73.3 4.6 7.3 9.6 1.7 3.4
West Virginia 125,333 107,184 9,141 3,596 2,182 635 2,595 100.0 85.5 7.3 2.9 1.7 0.5 2.1
Wisconsin 352,875 296,715 20,743 12,151 11,428 4,038 7,800 100.0 84.1 5.9 3.4 3.2 1.1 2.2
Wyoming 35,936 31,778 398 1,869 441 644 806 100.0 88.4 1.1 5.2 1.2 1.8 2.2
                           
U.S. Service Academies 15,539 12,193 740 1,373 913 151 169 100.0 78.5 4.8 8.8 5.9 1.0 1.1
                           
Other jurisdictions 236,167 633 2,025 221,700 10,575 29 1,205 100.0 0.3 0.9 93.9 4.5 # 0.5
American Samoa 1,806 4 0 2 1,599 0 201 100.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 88.5 0.0 11.1
Federated States of
   Micronesia
2,457 0 0 0 2,457 0 0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Guam 5,351 227 40 43 4,708 11 322 100.0 4.2 0.7 0.8 88.0 0.2 6.0
Marshall Islands 689 0 0 0 689 0 0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Northern Marianas 791 15 1 2 587 0 186 100.0 1.9 0.1 0.3 74.2 0.0 23.5
Palau 502 0 0 25 476 0 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 94.8 0.0 0.2
Puerto Rico 222,178 249 59 221,474 43 14 339 100.0 0.1 # 99.7 # # 0.2
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,393 138 1,925 154 16 4 156 100.0 5.8 80.4 6.4 0.7 0.2 6.5
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate 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, 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009. (This table was prepared September 2009.)

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