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Table 148. Number and percentage of students expelled from public elementary and secondary schools, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state: 2002
State Students expelled Expelled students as a percentage of total enrollment
Total Sex Race/ethnicity Total Sex Race/ethnicity
Male Female White Black Hispanic Male Female White Black Hispanic
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 89,131   (1,708.5) 68,183   (1,246.2) 20,948   (505.3) 39,483   (805.8) 28,192   (590.9) 17,697   (764.6) 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
Alabama 656   (15.6) 503   (13.7) 153   (2.7) 215   (10.0) 433   (12.0) 7   (#) 0.1 0.1 # # 0.2 0.1
Alaska 332 ! (85.5) 244 ! (59.1) 88 ! (26.5) 111   (1.1) 18   (#) 6   (#) 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1
Arizona 1,205 ! (173.1) 905 ! (114.6) 300 ! (60.5) 383   (30.1) 146   (43.1) 576 ! (113.6) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
Arkansas 941 ! (308.1) 727 ! (220.6) 214 ! (88.3) 515   (129.7) 404   (181.1) 15   (#) 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1
California 18,682   (1,340.2) 14,932   (972.6) 3,750   (395.6) 5,326   (382.9) 3,111   (325.1) 8,857   (706.6) 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.3
                                                 
Colorado 2,207   (42.7) 1,799   (30.9) 408   (14.5) 1,131   (27.5) 245   (2.8) 755   (26.6) 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4
Connecticut 1,041   (74.2) 774   (60.3) 267   (19.3) 383   (29.3) 388 ! (56.9) 263   (13.1) 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.3
Delaware1  109   (†) 85   (†) 24   (†) 58   (†) 49   (†) 2   (†) 0.1 0.1 # 0.1 0.1 #
District of Columbia1  174   (†) 120   (†) 54   (†) 2   (†) 169   (†) 3   (†) 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 #
Florida 1,041   (64.5) 791   (44.1) 250   (21.0) 518   (54.5) 407   (25.3) 104   (4.7) # 0.1 # # 0.1 #
                                                 
Georgia 2,768   (395.3) 2,103   (283.8) 665 ! (112.5) 1,036   (143.2) 1,637 ! (304.8) 86   (8.0) 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1
Hawaii2  193   (21.1) 175   (19.1) 18   (4.1) 36   (7.8) 2 ! (1.2) 7 ! (2.4) 0.1 0.2 # 0.1 0.1 0.2
Idaho 295   (27.3) 259   (23.3) 36 ! (5.1) 218   (22.3) 6 ! (2.5) 60   (7.1) 0.1 0.2 # 0.1 0.3 0.2
Illinois 2,322   (141.8) 1,804   (107.6) 518   (41.9) 1,037 ! (94.2) 955   (74.0) 316   (26.9) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Indiana 6,240   (300.8) 4,553   (221.8) 1,687   (94.2) 4,353   (252.6) 1,576   (149.9) 254 ! (28.9) 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.5 1.1 0.6
                                                 
Iowa 746 ! (181.3) 526 ! (114.3) 220 ! (67.4) 523 ! (158.1) 171   (14.8) 36 ! (8.1) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.2
Kansas 740   (27.5) 578   (21.1) 162   (9.2) 408   (25.1) 171   (1.4) 125   (4.6) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3
Kentucky 456 ! (66.3) 336 ! (47.6) 120 ! (22.2) 368 ! (54.4) 80 ! (23.8) 5 ! (2.3) 0.1 0.1 # 0.1 0.1 0.1
Louisiana 5,575   (52.1) 3,878   (26.3) 1,697   (27.3) 1,576   (51.0) 3,877   (26.8) 73   (2.0) 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.6
Maine 184   (21.1) 154   (17.2) 30 ! (6.6) 175   (20.8) 6 ! (1.9) 1   (0.2) 0.1 0.2 # 0.1 0.2 0.1
                                                 
Maryland1  987   (†) 735   (†) 252   (†) 275   (†) 683   (†) 20   (†) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 #
Massachusetts 525   (58.8) 403   (41.1) 122 ! (20.7) 254 ! (37.8) 154   (7.9) 102 ! (18.3) 0.1 0.1 # # 0.2 0.1
Michigan 1,875   (110.9) 1,426   (90.6) 449 ! (34.0) 1,161 ! (88.9) 546   (38.3) 116 ! (17.7) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Minnesota 70 ! (12.0) 59 ! (11.5) 11 ! (2.0) 34 ! (8.7) 14   (0.9) 6 ! (1.5) # 0.0 # # # #
Mississippi 1,139   (58.8) 872   (46.4) 267   (15.5) 453   (25.6) 662   (41.8) 12   (#) 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2
                                                 
Missouri 1,203 ! (383.5) 931 ! (290.6) 272 ! (95.8) 845 ! (337.1) 344 ! (46.3) 10 ! (3.2) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 #
Montana 156   (10.7) 122   (8.7) 34 ! (4.6) 105   (7.9) 1   (#) 4   (#) 0.1 0.2 # 0.1 0.1 0.1
Nebraska 636   (17.1) 453   (13.8) 183   (5.0) 352   (13.3) 182   (1.7) 56   (0.8) 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.2
Nevada1  781   (†) 609   (†) 172   (†) 286   (†) 218   (†) 234   (†) 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2
New Hampshire 100 ! (27.1) 82 ! (22.9) 18 ! (4.3) 89 ! (25.7) 3   (#) 4   (#) # 0.1 # # 0.1 0.1
                                                 
New Jersey 597   (44.8) 453   (31.9) 144 ! (18.5) 74 ! (28.4) 421   (19.7) 100 ! (20.9) # 0.1 # # 0.2 #
New Mexico 380   (34.3) 297   (26.1) 83   (8.8) 54 ! (14.9) 14 ! (5.3) 103 ! (14.0) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
New York 1,189 ! (195.4) 951 ! (148.6) 238 ! (51.1) 753 ! (127.3) 326 ! (78.4) 98 ! (21.5) # 0.1 # # 0.1 #
North Carolina 1,338   (111.9) 1,049   (90.5) 289   (25.6) 507   (56.6) 700   (60.8) 75 ! (16.2) 0.1 0.2 # 0.1 0.2 0.1
North Dakota 130 ! (50.5) 97 ! (40.0) 33 ! (10.5) 94 ! (50.4) #   (†) 3   (#) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 # 0.3
                                                 
Ohio 6,034   (437.5) 4,215   (291.7) 1,819   (153.2) 3,572   (354.9) 2,256   (163.5) 166 ! (26.0) 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.4
Oklahoma 932 ! (81.7) 657 ! (52.6) 275 ! (33.9) 566 ! (58.0) 143 ! (12.5) 49 ! (5.4) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Oregon 1,495   (57.2) 1,212   (51.1) 283   (8.8) 1,042   (51.5) 81   (3.2) 242   (10.6) 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.3
Pennsylvania 1,516   (129.2) 1,130   (95.8) 386 ! (42.3) 1,052 ! (99.3) 367 ! (50.6) 77 ! (16.3) 0.1 0.1 # 0.1 0.1 0.1
Rhode Island 63   (6.4) 54   (6.4) 9   (#) 22 ! (6.4) 18   (#) 19   (#) # 0.1 # # 0.1 0.1
                                                 
South Carolina 3,884   (196.8) 2,946   (155.7) 938   (45.5) 1,328   (75.4) 2,493   (139.8) 49   (5.7) 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.3
South Dakota 79 ! (8.1) 57 ! (8.0) 22   (1.4) 54 ! (6.5) #   (†) 1   (#) 0.1 0.1 # # # #
Tennessee 3,674   (93.4) 2,672   (58.8) 1,002   (39.5) 1,591   (90.7) 1,987   (8.7) 60   (2.9) 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.9 0.3
Texas 7,185   (365.0) 5,651   (284.5) 1,534   (95.7) 1,977 ! (160.8) 1,252 ! (99.9) 3,875   (255.3) 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Utah 265   (7.3) 222   (8.6) 43   (2.3) 218   (7.3) 1   (#) 31   (#) 0.1 0.1 # 0.1 # 0.1
                                                 
Vermont 68   (9.1) 55 ! (7.7) 13 ! (2.5) 61   (8.6) #   (†) #   (†) 0.1 0.1 # 0.1 # #
Virginia 1,409 ! (151.5) 1,176 ! (142.9) 233   (20.2) 703 ! (84.8) 608 ! (84.9) 56   (3.5) 0.1 0.2 # 0.1 0.2 0.1
Washington 3,870   (129.6) 3,105   (110.5) 765   (25.4) 2,380 ! (113.5) 589   (10.7) 480   (37.6) 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.4
West Virginia 291   (33.7) 247 ! (32.3) 44 ! (7.1) 273   (32.4) 16 ! (3.3) 1 ! (0.8) 0.1 0.2 # 0.1 0.1 0.1
Wisconsin 1,262   (76.5) 925   (54.0) 337 ! (33.2) 867 ! (66.8) 260 ! (18.4) 78   (2.8) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
Wyoming 95   (4.7) 79   (4.3) 16 ! (2.0) 68   (3.5) 2   (#) 20 ! (2.8) 0.1 0.2 # 0.1 0.2 0.3
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
!Interpret data with caution.
1 State/jurisdiction has 25 or fewer school districts; therefore, data are based on universe count (instead of samples).
2 State has only one district, but is sampled within the district.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, OCR Elementary and Secondary School Survey: 2002. (This table was prepared June 2006.)

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