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Table 42. Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1992 and fall 2002

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                     |          Percentage distribution, fall 1992       |         Percentage distribution, fall 2002
State or             |___________________________________________________|__________________________________________________
jurisdiction         |     | White, | Black, |        |Asian or|American |     | White, | Black, |        |Asian or|American
                     |Total|   non- |   non- |Hispanic|Pacific | Indian/ |Total|   non- |   non- |Hispanic|Pacific |Indian/
                     |     |Hispanic|Hispanic|        |Islander|  Alaska |     |Hispanic|Hispanic|        |Islander| Alaska
                     |     |        |        |        |        |  Native |     |        |        |        |        | Native
_____________________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|________
1                    |   2 |      3 |      4 |      5 |      6 |       7 |   8 |      9 |     10 |     11 |     12 |     13
_____________________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|________
   United States\1\ .|100.0|    66.7|    16.5|    12.3|     3.5|      1.0|100.0|    59.5|    17.3|    17.8|     4.3|     1.2
                     |_____|________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|________
Alabama .............|100.0|    62.7|    35.6|     0.3|     0.6|      0.9|100.0|    60.2|    36.3|     1.8|     0.9|     0.8
Alaska ..............|100.0|    66.1|     4.7|     2.3|     4.0|     23.0|100.0|    59.4|     4.7|     3.7|     6.3|    25.9
Arizona .............|100.0|    60.7|     4.1|    26.9|     1.6|      6.7|100.0|    50.0|     4.8|    36.5|     2.1|     6.6
Arkansas ............|100.0|    74.4|    23.9|     0.7|     0.7|      0.3|100.0|    70.5|    23.2|     4.8|     1.0|     0.5
California ..........|100.0|    43.4|     8.6|    36.1|    11.0|      0.8|100.0|    34.0|     8.3|    45.5|    11.3|     0.9
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Colorado ............|100.0|    74.5|     5.4|    16.8|     2.4|      1.0|100.0|    65.7|     5.7|    24.3|     3.0|     1.2
Connecticut .........|100.0|    73.8|    12.9|    10.7|     2.3|      0.2|100.0|    69.0|    13.6|    14.1|     3.0|     0.3
Delaware ............|100.0|    66.8|    28.1|     3.2|     1.7|      0.2|100.0|    58.4|    31.4|     7.2|     2.6|     0.3
District of Columbia |100.0|     4.0|    89.1|     5.6|     1.3|       # |100.0|     4.3|    83.7|    10.4|     1.6|     0.1
Florida .............|100.0|    60.4|    24.5|    13.3|     1.6|      0.2|100.0|    51.6|    24.7|    21.4|     2.0|     0.3
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Georgia\2\ ..........|100.0|    59.9|    37.0|     1.5|     1.4|      0.2|100.0|    53.0|    38.2|     6.2|     2.5|     0.2
Hawaii ..............|100.0|    23.8|     2.7|     5.2|    68.0|      0.3|100.0|    20.4|     2.4|     4.6|    72.2|     0.5
Idaho ...............|100.0|    90.0|     0.5|     7.2|     1.0|      1.3|100.0|    85.9|     0.8|    10.9|     1.2|     1.2
Illinois ............|100.0|    64.9|    21.3|    10.8|     2.8|      0.1|100.0|    58.3|    21.1|    16.9|     3.5|     0.2
Indiana .............|100.0|    86.2|    10.9|     1.9|     0.8|      0.1|100.0|    82.2|    12.2|     4.3|     1.0|     0.3
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Iowa ................|100.0|    93.8|     2.9|     1.5|     1.4|      0.4|100.0|    89.0|     4.3|     4.4|     1.8|     0.5
Kansas ..............|100.0|    84.2|     8.1|     5.0|     1.7|      0.9|100.0|    76.8|     9.1|    10.4|     2.3|     1.4
Kentucky ............|100.0|    89.8|     9.5|     0.2|     0.5|      0.1|100.0|    86.9|    10.8|     1.4|     0.8|     0.2
Louisiana ...........|100.0|    52.2|    45.1|     1.0|     1.2|      0.4|100.0|    48.5|    47.8|     1.7|     1.3|     0.7
Maine\2\ ............|100.0|    97.6|     0.7|     0.4|     0.8|      0.5|100.0|    95.9|     1.6|     0.7|     1.1|     0.7
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Maryland ............|100.0|    59.8|    33.6|     2.7|     3.7|      0.3|100.0|    51.5|    37.5|     5.8|     4.7|     0.4
Massachusetts .......|100.0|    79.8|     8.0|     8.5|     3.6|      0.2|100.0|    75.1|     8.8|    11.2|     4.6|     0.3
Michigan ............|100.0|    77.9|    17.4|     2.4|     1.3|      1.0|100.0|    72.4|    20.3|     3.8|     2.0|     1.5
Minnesota ...........|100.0|    89.6|     3.9|     1.5|     3.3|      1.7|100.0|    81.1|     7.4|     4.2|     5.3|     2.1
Mississippi .........|100.0|    48.3|    50.6|     0.2|     0.5|      0.4|100.0|    47.3|    50.9|     1.0|     0.7|     0.2
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Missouri ............|100.0|    82.6|    15.5|     0.8|     0.9|      0.2|100.0|    77.9|    18.2|     2.3|     1.3|     0.3
Montana .............|100.0|    88.0|     0.5|     1.4|     0.7|      9.4|100.0|    85.4|     0.7|     2.0|     1.1|    10.9
Nebraska ............|100.0|    88.9|     3.2|     5.5|     1.1|      1.2|100.0|    80.6|     7.0|     9.2|     1.6|     1.6
Nevada ..............|100.0|    71.9|     9.1|    13.2|     3.9|      2.0|100.0|    52.7|    10.5|    28.7|     6.4|     1.7
New Hampshire .......|100.0|    97.0|     0.8|     1.0|     1.0|      0.2|100.0|    94.4|     1.5|     2.2|     1.6|     0.3
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
New Jersey ..........|100.0|    63.7|    18.7|    12.6|     4.9|      0.1|100.0|    58.6|    17.8|    16.6|     6.8|     0.2
New Mexico ..........|100.0|    40.9|     2.3|    45.8|     0.9|     10.2|100.0|    33.6|     2.4|    51.7|     1.1|    11.2
New York ............|100.0|    58.9|    20.0|    16.1|     4.6|      0.3|100.0|    54.2|    20.0|    19.0|     6.3|     0.4
North Carolina ......|100.0|    66.1|    30.2|     1.1|     1.0|      1.6|100.0|    59.2|    31.4|     5.9|     2.0|     1.5
North Dakota\2\ .....|100.0|    90.3|     0.7|     0.8|     0.7|      7.5|100.0|    88.6|     1.1|     1.3|     0.9|     8.1
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Ohio ................|100.0|    83.0|    14.6|     1.3|     1.0|      0.1|100.0|    79.7|    16.9|     2.0|     1.2|     0.1
Oklahoma ............|100.0|    72.6|    10.2|     3.1|     1.2|     13.0|100.0|    62.6|    10.9|     7.0|     1.5|    17.9
Oregon ..............|100.0|    87.5|     2.4|     5.3|     3.0|      1.8|100.0|    78.1|     3.0|    12.5|     4.2|     2.2
Pennsylvania ........|100.0|    81.7|    13.5|     3.1|     1.7|      0.1|100.0|    77.1|    15.5|     5.2|     2.2|     0.1
Rhode Island ........|100.0|    82.0|     6.6|     8.0|     3.1|      0.4|100.0|    72.2|     8.4|    15.6|     3.3|     0.5
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
South Carolina ......|100.0|    57.3|    41.4|     0.5|     0.7|      0.2|100.0|    54.4|    41.5|     2.7|     1.1|     0.3
South Dakota ........|100.0|    89.1|     0.7|     0.6|     0.7|      8.8|100.0|    85.3|     1.5|     1.6|     1.0|    10.6
Tennessee ...........|100.0|    76.3|    22.6|     0.4|     0.7|      0.1|100.0|    71.3|    24.8|     2.4|     1.2|     0.2
Texas ...............|100.0|    48.4|    14.3|    34.9|     2.2|      0.2|100.0|    39.8|    14.3|    42.7|     2.9|     0.3
Utah ................|100.0|    91.8|     0.6|     4.3|     2.0|      1.4|100.0|    84.1|     1.1|    10.4|     2.9|     1.5
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Vermont .............|100.0|    97.7|     0.6|     0.3|     0.7|      0.6|100.0|    95.8|     1.3|     0.7|     1.6|     0.6
Virginia ............|100.0|    68.5|    25.5|     2.5|     3.3|      0.2|100.0|    61.8|    27.2|     6.2|     4.5|     0.3
Washington ..........|100.0|    80.7|     4.4|     6.4|     6.0|      2.5|100.0|    72.6|     5.6|    11.6|     7.6|     2.6
West Virginia .......|100.0|    95.4|     4.0|     0.2|     0.4|      0.1|100.0|    94.4|     4.5|     0.5|     0.6|     0.1
Wisconsin ...........|100.0|    84.7|     9.0|     2.8|     2.3|      1.3|100.0|    79.5|    10.4|     5.4|     3.3|     1.5
Wyoming\2\ ..........|100.0|    89.4|     1.0|     6.2|     0.7|      2.7|100.0|    86.7|     1.3|     7.7|     0.9|     3.3
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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|    62.1|    21.1|     4.4|    11.3|     1.1
  Domestic schools ..| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |100.0|    49.2|    24.2|    22.2|     3.7|     0.7
                     |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Other jurisdictions  |     |        |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
  American Samoa ....| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |100.0|     0.0|     0.0|     0.0|   100.0|     0.0
  Guam ..............|100.0|    13.2|     2.2|     0.6|    83.9|      0.1| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    ---
  Northern Marianas..|100.0|     1.3|     0.0|     0.0|    98.7|      0.0|100.0|     0.4|      # |     0.0|    99.5|     0.0
  Puerto Rico .......| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |100.0|     0.0|     0.0|   100.0|     0.0|     0.0
  Virgin Islands ....|100.0|     1.2|    83.9|    14.5|     0.4|      0.0|100.0|     0.7|    84.7|    14.1|     0.2|     0.2
_____________________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|________

---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Fall 1992 figures include estimates for 4 states based on fall 1993 reports.
\2\Estimates for fall 1992 are based on fall 1993 reports.

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 because of 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," 1992-93 and 2002-03. (This table was prepared November 2004.)