Percentage distribution of homeschooled students in the United States by race/ethnicity: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2012

Race/Ethnicity	1999			2003			2007			2012
Race/Ethnicity	Est.		S.E.	Est.		S.E.	Est.		S.E.	Est.		S.E.
White, non-Hispanic	75		3.4	77		3.9	77		3.0	83		2.6
Black, non-Hispanic	10		2.8	9	!	2.9	4	!	1.4	5	!	1.4
Hispanic	9		2.1	5	!	1.9	10		1.7	7		1.7
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	—		†	—		†	2	!	1.5	2	!	0.9
Other, non-Hispanic¹	6	!	2.0	8	!	2.8	7		1.9	4		1.2

— Not available. Comparable variables are not available on the datafiles in the survey years noted.

† Not applicable.

! Interpret data with caution; the estimates are unstable; coefficient of variation is 30 percent or more.

¹In 1999 and 2003 the "Other, non-Hispanic" category included Asians and Pacific Islanders. In 2007 and 2012 it did not.

NOTE: Homeschooled students are school-age children who receive instruction at home instead of at a public or private school either all or most of the time. Excludes students who were enrolled in public or private school more than 25 hours per week and students who were homeschooled primarily because of temporary illness. Prior to 2012, NHES data were collected by an interviewer over the telephone. The NHES:2012 utilized an Address Based Sampling frame and mail self-administered data collection instruments. Changes in estimates reported between 2012 and prior reporting years could be the result of changes in the population or in the data collection approach. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: 1999 estimates come from Bielick, S., Chandler K., and Broughman, S. P., (2001).� Homeschooling in the United States: 1999 (NCES 2001-033). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics; 2003 estimates come from Princiotta, D. and Bielick, S. (2006). Homeschooling in the United States: 2003, (NCES 2006-042) U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics, Washington, DC: 2005; 2007 estimates come from Grady, S. and Bielick, S. (2010). Trends in the Use of School Choice: 1993 to 2007 (NCES 2010-004). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC. 2012 estimates come from Redford, J., and Battle, D. (forthcoming). Homeschooling in the United States: 2012. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.