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Table 42. Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1991 and fall 2001

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                        |          Percentage distribution, fall 1991      |         Percentage distribution, fall 2001
                        |__________________________________________________|___________________________________________________
                        |     |        |        |        |Asian or|American|     |        |        |        |Asian or|American
        State or        |Total|White\1\|Black\1\|Hispanic|Pacific |Indian/ |Total|White\1\|Black\1\|Hispanic|Pacific |Indian/
      jurisdiction      |     |        |        |        |Islander| Alaska |     |        |        |        |Islander|Alaska
                        |     |        |        |        |        | Native |     |        |        |        |        |Native
________________________|_____|________|________|________|________|________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
           1            |  2  |   3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |  8  |   9    |   10   |   11   |   12   |   13
________________________|_____|________|________|________|________|________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
   United States .......|100.0|    67.4|    16.4|    11.8|     3.4|     1.0|100.0|    60.3|    17.2|    17.1|     4.2|      1.2
                        |_____|________|________|________|________|________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
Alabama ................|100.0|    62.8|    35.5|     0.3|     0.5|     0.9|100.0|    60.5|    36.5|     1.5|     0.8|      0.7
Alaska .................|100.0|    66.9|     4.4|     2.2|     3.9|    22.6|100.0|    60.4|     4.7|     3.6|     5.9|     25.5
Arizona ................|100.0|    62.4|     4.2|    25.0|     1.5|     6.9|100.0|    51.3|     4.7|    35.3|     2.1|      6.6
Arkansas ...............|100.0|    74.5|    24.0|     0.6|     0.6|     0.3|100.0|    71.1|    23.3|     4.2|     0.9|      0.5
California .............|100.0|    44.5|     8.6|    35.3|    10.8|     0.8|100.0|    35.0|     8.4|    44.5|    11.2|      0.9
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
Colorado ...............|100.0|    74.9|     5.2|    16.6|     2.3|     1.0|100.0|    66.8|     5.7|    23.3|     3.0|      1.2
Connecticut ............|100.0|    74.3|    12.8|    10.4|     2.2|     0.2|100.0|    69.2|    13.8|    13.7|     3.0|      0.3
Delaware ...............|100.0|    67.3|    27.8|     3.1|     1.6|     0.2|100.0|    59.6|    31.1|     6.6|     2.4|      0.3
District of Columbia ...|100.0|     4.0|    89.5|     5.3|     1.1|      # |100.0|     4.6|    84.4|     9.4|     1.6|       #
Florida ................|100.0|    61.2|    24.2|    12.9|     1.6|     0.2|100.0|    52.5|    24.9|    20.4|     1.9|      0.3
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
Georgia ................|100.0|    60.7|    37.9|     0.6|     0.8|      # |100.0|    53.8|    38.2|     5.5|     2.4|      0.2
Hawaii .................|100.0|    23.9|     2.6|     5.2|    67.9|     0.3|100.0|    20.3|     2.4|     4.5|    72.3|      0.4
Idaho ..................|100.0|    92.6|     0.3|     4.9|     0.8|     1.3|100.0|    85.4|     0.8|    11.2|     1.3|      1.3
Illinois ...............|100.0|    65.4|    21.4|    10.3|     2.8|     0.1|100.0|    59.0|    21.2|    16.2|     3.5|      0.2
Indiana.................|100.0|    86.4|    10.9|     1.9|     0.7|     0.1|100.0|    83.0|    11.8|     3.9|     1.0|      0.2
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
Iowa ...................|100.0|    94.0|     2.9|     1.4|     1.4|     0.4|100.0|    89.6|     4.1|     4.0|     1.7|      0.5
Kansas .................|100.0|    84.6|     8.1|     4.7|     1.7|     0.9|100.0|    77.8|     8.9|     9.8|     2.2|      1.3
Kentucky ...............|100.0|    89.8|     9.4|     0.2|     0.5|      # |100.0|    87.7|    10.3|     1.1|     0.7|      0.2
Louisiana ..............|100.0|    52.7|    44.7|     1.0|     1.2|     0.4|100.0|    48.7|    47.8|     1.6|     1.3|      0.7
Maine ..................|100.0|    98.3|     0.5|     0.2|     0.8|     0.2|100.0|    96.2|     1.4|     0.6|     1.1|      0.7
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
Maryland ...............|100.0|    60.4|    33.2|     2.5|     3.6|     0.3|100.0|    52.4|    37.2|     5.4|     4.6|      0.4
Massachusetts ..........|100.0|    80.5|     7.8|     8.1|     3.5|     0.2|100.0|    75.7|     8.6|    10.8|     4.5|      0.3
Michigan ...............|100.0|    78.2|    17.2|     2.4|     1.3|     1.0|100.0|    73.4|    20.0|     3.6|     2.0|      1.0
Minnesota ..............|100.0|    89.9|     3.6|     1.4|     3.2|     1.8|100.0|    82.0|     7.0|     3.8|     5.2|      2.0
Mississippi ............|100.0|    48.3|    50.7|     0.1|     0.5|     0.4|100.0|    47.3|    51.0|     0.9|     0.7|      0.2
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
Missouri................|100.0|    82.5|    15.7|     0.8|     0.9|     0.2|100.0|    79.0|    17.5|     2.0|     1.2|      0.3
Montana ................|100.0|    88.4|     0.4|     1.3|     0.7|     9.2|100.0|    85.9|     0.6|     1.9|     1.0|     10.6
Nebraska ...............|100.0|    89.4|     5.5|     2.9|     1.1|     1.1|100.0|    81.8|     6.9|     8.2|     1.6|      1.6
Nevada .................|100.0|    73.2|     9.0|    12.1|     3.7|     2.0|100.0|    54.5|    10.3|    27.4|     6.1|      1.7
New Hampshire ..........|100.0|    97.0|     0.8|     1.0|     1.0|     0.2|100.0|    95.0|     1.2|     2.1|     1.5|      0.2
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
New Jersey .............|100.0|    64.4|    18.6|    12.2|     4.7|     0.1|100.0|    59.4|    17.9|    16.0|     6.6|      0.2
New Mexico .............|100.0|    41.2|     2.3|    45.3|     0.9|    10.4|100.0|    34.3|     2.4|    51.0|     1.1|     11.3
New York ...............|100.0|    59.4|    20.1|    15.8|     4.4|     0.3|100.0|    54.8|    19.9|    18.6|     6.2|      0.4
North Carolina .........|100.0|    66.4|    30.2|     0.9|     1.0|     1.6|100.0|    60.0|    31.3|     5.2|     1.9|      1.5
North Dakota ...........|100.0|    91.2|     0.7|     0.6|     0.7|     6.8|100.0|    88.7|     1.1|     1.3|     0.8|      8.1
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
Ohio ...................|100.0|    83.6|    14.1|     1.3|     0.9|     0.1|100.0|    80.1|    16.7|     1.9|     1.2|      0.1
Oklahoma ...............|100.0|    73.5|    10.0|     3.0|     1.1|    12.4|100.0|    63.7|    10.8|     6.5|     1.5|     17.5
Oregon .................|100.0|    88.1|     2.4|     4.9|     2.9|     1.8|100.0|    79.1|     3.0|    11.5|     4.2|      2.2
Pennsylvania ...........|100.0|    82.2|    13.2|     2.9|     1.7|     0.1|100.0|    77.7|    15.3|     4.8|     2.1|      0.1
Rhode Island ...........|100.0|    82.7|     6.5|     7.2|     3.1|     0.4|100.0|    73.4|     8.1|    14.8|     3.2|      0.6
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
South Carolina .........|100.0|    57.7|    41.1|     0.5|     0.6|     0.1|100.0|    54.7|    41.7|     2.4|     1.0|      0.2
South Dakota ...........|100.0|    90.6|     0.5|     0.6|     0.7|     7.6|100.0|    86.2|     1.3|     1.4|     1.0|     10.2
Tennessee ..............|100.0|    76.6|    22.2|     0.3|     0.7|     0.1|100.0|    71.8|    24.8|     2.1|     1.2|      0.2
Texas ..................|100.0|    49.0|    14.3|    34.4|     2.1|     0.2|100.0|    40.9|    14.4|    41.7|     2.8|      0.3
Utah ...................|100.0|    91.9|     0.7|     4.0|     1.9|     1.4|100.0|    84.7|     1.0|     9.9|     2.8|      1.5
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Vermont ................|100.0|    97.9|     0.6|     0.3|     0.7|     0.6|100.0|    95.8|     1.2|     1.0|     1.5|      0.5
Virginia ...............|100.0|    72.6|    23.7|     1.0|     2.6|     0.1|100.0|    62.8|    27.1|     5.5|     4.3|      0.3
Washington .............|100.0|    81.4|     4.2|     6.1|     5.8|     2.5|100.0|    73.5|     5.4|    10.9|     7.5|      2.6
West Virginia...........|100.0|    95.5|     3.9|     0.2|     0.4|     0.1|100.0|    94.5|     4.4|     0.4|     0.6|      0.1
Wisconsin ..............|100.0|    85.2|     8.8|     2.7|     2.1|     1.3|100.0|    80.1|    10.2|     5.0|     3.4|      1.4
Wyoming ................|100.0|    89.6|     0.9|     6.0|     0.7|     2.8|100.0|    87.3|     1.4|     7.2|     0.9|      3.2
                        |_____|________|________|________|________|________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
Bureau of Indian        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
   Affairs .............| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |100.0|     0.0|     0.0|     0.0|     0.0|    100.0
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
Department of Defense   |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
   dependents schools   |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
   Overseas schools ....| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |100.0|    61.6|    19.1|     9.3|     9.1|      1.0
   Domestic schools ....| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |100.0|    51.6|    25.8|    18.5|     3.5|      0.6
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     Outlying areas     |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
                        |     |        |        |        |        |        |     |        |        |        |        |
American Samoa ........ |100.0|     0.0|     0.0|     0.0|   100.0|     0.0|100.0|     0.0|     0.0|     0.0|   100.0|      0.0
Guam .................. |100.0|    10.3|     1.6|     0.3|    87.8|     0.0|100.0|     1.5|     0.3|     0.2|    97.9|      0.1
Northern Marianas.......|100.0|     0.1|     0.0|     0.0|    99.9|     0.0|100.0|     0.4|     0.1|     0.0|    99.5|      0.0
Puerto Rico ............| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |100.0|     0.0|     0.0|   100.0|     0.0|      0.0
Virgin Islands .........|100.0|     0.9|    86.8|    11.8|     0.5|     0.0| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
________________________|_____|________|________|________|________|________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________

---Not available.
# Rounds to zero.
\1\Excludes persons of Hispanic origin.

NOTE: Percentage distribution based upon students for whom race/ethnicity was reported, which may be less than the total number of students in the state. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1991-92 and 2001-02. (This table was prepared September 2003.)

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