Table 204.50.

Children 3 to 21 years old served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, by race/ethnicity and type of disability: 2010-11 and 2011-12

Type of disability	2010-11								2011-12
	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
	Number of children served
All disabilities	6,437,297	3,518,029	1,214,830	1,311,765	145,912	19,581	91,823	135,357	6,404,630	3,436,115	1,196,695	1,355,780	147,704	19,203	88,675	160,458
Autism	417,576	256,646	56,150	67,967	22,473	1,194	3,162	9,984	455,349	274,355	61,628	77,714	24,592	1,151	3,418	12,491
Deaf-blindness	1,512	867	155	355	69	10	24	32	1,583	890	158	397	65	16	26	31
Developmental delay	381,575	216,587	70,905	63,804	10,489	1,866	8,068	9,856	393,138	215,164	73,250	68,045	10,578	1,806	7,830	16,465
Emotional disturbance	389,299	210,011	106,474	52,310	3,430	1,083	5,860	10,131	373,154	199,929	100,412	51,698	3,224	980	5,381	11,530
Hearing impairments	78,134	39,360	11,517	20,505	3,962	397	937	1,456	78,448	38,409	11,412	21,617	4,156	402	841	1,611
Intellectual disability	448,120	212,415	127,322	83,070	9,904	1,203	6,199	8,007	434,586	203,247	120,492	85,206	10,018	1,239	5,679	8,705
Multiple disabilities	130,158	76,727	25,553	20,251	3,549	420	1,577	2,081	132,986	76,726	24,901	22,483	3,681	471	1,952	2,772
Orthopedic impairments	63,266	35,123	7,776	16,112	2,248	182	563	1,262	61,716	33,919	7,430	15,875	2,289	180	534	1,489
Other health impairments1	716,116	457,138	128,143	94,004	9,563	2,285	8,743	16,240	742,866	465,223	134,232	102,785	10,083	2,032	8,771	19,740
Specific learning disabilities	2,361,044	1,172,937	478,072	584,252	34,786	8,072	38,736	44,189	2,302,961	1,118,435	464,337	591,664	34,192	8,064	36,988	49,281
Speech or language impairments	1,396,282	808,295	194,225	299,096	43,731	2,703	17,225	31,007	1,372,870	778,171	189,926	307,379	43,075	2,692	16,570	35,057
Traumatic brain injury	25,727	16,039	4,031	4,086	595	75	345	556	25,969	16,006	4,041	4,254	609	77	329	653
Visual impairments	28,488	15,884	4,507	5,953	1,113	91	384	556	29,004	15,641	4,476	6,663	1,142	93	356	633
	Percentage distribution of children served
All disabilities	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Autism	6.5	7.3	4.6	5.2	15.4	6.1	3.4	7.4	7.1	8.0	5.1	5.7	16.6	6.0	3.9	7.8
Deaf-blindness	#	#	#	#	#	0.1	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	0.1	#	#
Developmental delay	5.9	6.2	5.8	4.9	7.2	9.5	8.8	7.3	6.1	6.3	6.1	5.0	7.2	9.4	8.8	10.3
Emotional disturbance	6.0	6.0	8.8	4.0	2.4	5.5	6.4	7.5	5.8	5.8	8.4	3.8	2.2	5.1	6.1	7.2
Hearing impairments	1.2	1.1	0.9	1.6	2.7	2.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.6	2.8	2.1	0.9	1.0
Intellectual disability	7.0	6.0	10.5	6.3	6.8	6.1	6.8	5.9	6.8	5.9	10.1	6.3	6.8	6.5	6.4	5.4
Multiple disabilities	2.0	2.2	2.1	1.5	2.4	2.1	1.7	1.5	2.1	2.2	2.1	1.7	2.5	2.5	2.2	1.7
Orthopedic impairments	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.9
Other health impairments1	11.1	13.0	10.5	7.2	6.6	11.7	9.5	12.0	11.6	13.5	11.2	7.6	6.8	10.6	9.9	12.3
Specific learning disabilities	36.7	33.3	39.4	44.5	23.8	41.2	42.2	32.6	36.0	32.5	38.8	43.6	23.1	42.0	41.7	30.7
Speech or language impairments	21.7	23.0	16.0	22.8	30.0	13.8	18.8	22.9	21.4	22.6	15.9	22.7	29.2	14.0	18.7	21.8
Traumatic brain injury	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Visual impairments	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.4
	Number served as a percent of total enrollment2
All disabilities	13.0	13.6	15.4	11.5	6.4	11.5	16.3	11.7	12.9	13.4	15.3	11.5	6.3	10.7	16.2	12.6
Autism	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.6	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.7	1.1	0.6	0.6	1.0
Deaf-blindness	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
Developmental delay	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.0	1.4	1.3
Emotional disturbance	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.9
Hearing impairments	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Intellectual disability	0.9	0.8	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.9	0.8	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.7
Multiple disabilities	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.2
Orthopedic impairments	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Other health impairments1	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.8	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.1	1.6	1.6
Specific learning disabilities	4.8	4.5	6.0	5.1	1.5	4.7	6.9	3.8	4.7	4.4	5.9	5.0	1.5	4.5	6.8	3.9
Speech or language impairments	2.8	3.1	2.5	2.6	1.9	1.6	3.0	2.7	2.8	3.0	2.4	2.6	1.8	1.5	3.0	2.8
Traumatic brain injury	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	#	#	0.1	#	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	#	#	0.1	0.1
Visual impairments	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	0.1	0.1	#	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	0.1	0.1	#

#Rounds to zero.

1 Other health impairments include having limited strength, vitality, or alertness due to chronic or acute health problems such as a heart condition, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, nephritis, asthma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, epilepsy, lead poisoning, leukemia, or diabetes.

2 Based on the total enrollment in public schools, prekindergarten through 12th grade, by race/ethnicity. For total enrollment in public schools by race/ethnicity, see table 203.50.

NOTE: Data include only those children served for whom race/ethnicity and type of disability were reported. Although data are for the 50 states and the District of Columbia, data limitations result in inclusion of a small (but unknown) number of students from Bureau of Indian Education and Puerto Rican schools. For these reasons, totals may differ from those shown in other tables. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database, retrieved June 10, 2013, from http://tadnet.public.tadnet.org/pages/712; and National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2010–11 and 2011–12. (This table was prepared June 2013.)