Table 51.

Percentage of gifted and talented students in public elementary and secondary schools, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state: 2002 and 2004

State	Total				Sex								Race/ethnicity
					Male				Female				White				Black				Hispanic				Asian/ Pacific Islander				American Indian/ Alaska Native
	2002		2004		2002		2004		2002		2004		2002		2004		2002		2004		2002		2004		2002		2004		2002		2004
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17
United States	6.4		6.7		6.1		6.3		6.7		7.0		7.8		7.9		3.1		3.5		3.7		4.3		11.1		11.9		4.9		5.2
Alabama	4.5		4.8		4.4		4.6		4.6		4.9		6.0		6.3		1.9		2.4		2.2		2.3		9.1		9.4		4.8		4.9
Alaska	3.9		4.1		3.9		3.9		3.9		4.2		5.5		5.8		1.8		2.1		2.3		2.3		4.2		4.5		0.8		1.0
Arizona	6.3		5.9		6.2		5.9		6.3		5.9		8.8		8.4		3.5		3.5		3.0		3.3		14.1		13.9		3.8	!	4.0
Arkansas	10.3		9.9		9.3		8.8		11.3		11.0		12.1		11.2		6.4		7.1		3.4		5.8	!	13.0		10.6		4.6	!	4.7
California	7.2		8.4		6.9		8.0		7.6		8.8		10.7		12.0		3.7		4.6		3.8		5.1		13.3		14.6		4.8		6.5
Colorado	6.7		6.7		6.6		6.6		6.9		6.8		8.0		7.9		5.1		5.2		3.5		3.9		9.3		9.6		5.3		4.5
Connecticut	3.3	!	3.0		3.1	!	2.9		3.4	!	3.2		4.0	!	3.5		1.4	!	1.7		1.0		1.4		5.3	!	5.7		1.6	!	1.7
Delaware1	5.5		4.6		5.0		4.0		6.1		5.3		7.2		6.1		2.7		2.2		2.1		1.7		13.0		11.5		3.7		3.4
District of Columbia	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Florida	4.6		4.5		4.5		4.5		4.6		4.5		5.8		5.7		2.0		2.0		4.0		4.0		9.3		8.8		5.0		4.6
Georgia	7.9		8.9		7.4		8.3		8.4		9.5		11.8		13.6		3.3		3.7		2.0		2.6		15.5		18.8		4.9		7.6
Hawaii2	6.8		5.7		5.5		4.4		8.2		7.0		8.2		7.7		3.2		2.9		4.0		2.6		6.7		5.5		4.4		4.3
Idaho	3.8		3.9		3.8		3.9		3.8		3.9		4.1		4.4		2.3		1.7		1.3	!	0.9		5.3		6.9		1.1	!	1.2
Illinois	6.7		5.4		6.2		5.0		7.1		5.8		8.7		6.7		3.0		2.5		2.8		2.8		12.6		13.1		3.2	!	5.4
Indiana	7.1		7.1		6.4		6.3		7.8		7.9		7.8		7.7		3.5	!	3.8		3.2	!	3.8		15.0		15.5		3.8	!	6.7
Iowa	8.6		8.5		8.3		8.2		9.0		8.9		9.0		9.0		5.4		4.6		3.8		3.7		13.3		13.5		4.7	!	3.6
Kansas	3.3		3.3		3.4		3.5		3.1		3.1		3.8		3.9		1.0		1.1		0.8		1.0		5.5		5.5		1.9		1.5
Kentucky	11.7		13.0		10.8		11.9		12.8		14.2		12.6		14.2		5.0		5.2		4.6		4.6		20.0	!	20.2		5.3	!	6.6
Louisiana	3.4		3.9		3.4		3.8		3.4		4.0		4.9		5.5		1.8		1.9		3.6		4.2		11.4		11.7		2.5		2.6	!
Maine	4.0		3.0		3.9		2.9		4.1		3.2		4.1		3.1		1.4	!	1.3		0.9		1.2		4.6	!	3.8		1.3	!	0.8	!
Maryland1	11.3		13.8		10.5		12.9		12.1		14.7		13.9		17.0		5.0		6.7		12.2		14.5		30.8		33.8		7.5		9.8
Massachusetts	1.1	!	0.8		1.0	!	0.7		1.2	!	0.9		1.2	!	0.8		0.6		0.7		0.5		0.8	!	2.0		1.9		0.6	!	0.9	!
Michigan	3.8	!	3.9		3.6	!	3.6		4.0	!	4.3		4.4	!	4.1		1.4	!	3.0		3.8	!	2.7		8.5	!	10.1		1.6	!	1.4
Minnesota	6.3		8.1		6.1		7.7		6.6		8.6		6.9		8.3		3.5		5.2		2.5		4.5		6.1		13.7		2.1		3.8
Mississippi	6.4		6.0		6.0		5.7		6.7		6.3		10.2		9.1		3.0		3.3		4.3		5.0		11.5		10.7		3.7		3.7
Missouri	3.9		3.8		4.0		3.8		3.9		3.8		4.4		4.3		1.7		1.7		1.7		1.4		8.9		9.0		2.3	!	2.0
Montana	4.9		5.6		4.8		5.4		5.0		5.9		5.2		6.0		2.1		2.8		2.3		3.3		6.0		9.9		2.5	!	2.9
Nebraska	11.8		11.4		11.2		10.9		12.3		11.9		13.0		12.8		7.8		6.4		4.2		4.5		16.7		17.0		4.0	!	4.6
Nevada1	4.4		1.9		4.4		2.1		4.4		1.8		6.0		2.8		2.7		0.8		1.9		0.8		6.7		2.8		1.9		1.0
New Hampshire	1.9		2.3		1.8		2.1		2.0	!	2.5	!	1.9		2.3		0.5		0.6		0.6	!	1.0		2.8		5.8		#		0.9
New Jersey	7.6		6.9		6.7		6.2		8.6	!	7.7		9.8	!	8.4		3.9		3.3		3.2		3.4		10.5		12.2		5.8	!	3.3
New Mexico	3.8		10.7		4.1		10.9		3.5		10.5		7.3		12.6		2.4		9.6		2.2		11.4		8.1		13.6		1.2		2.2
New York	2.3		2.2		2.2		2.0		2.4		2.3		3.4		3.4		1.0		0.8		0.7		0.4		2.2		1.7		1.0	!	1.4
North Carolina	10.3		10.9		9.6		10.3		11.1		11.6		14.5		15.7		3.7		3.9		2.6		3.0		15.1		16.5		5.0	!	6.3
North Dakota	3.3		3.1		3.2		3.0		3.5		3.2		2.9		2.8		6.4		2.3		5.8		1.5		11.1		8.1		6.5		7.0	!
Ohio	6.7		7.4		6.5		7.3		6.9		7.6		7.2		7.6		4.3		6.5		2.4	!	3.5		12.1		13.6		4.7	!	5.6
Oklahoma	14.0		14.0		13.2		13.1		14.9		15.0		16.0		16.6		8.5		7.7		7.7		7.0		24.5		23.6		12.1		11.3
Oregon	7.5		7.1		7.7		7.3		7.4		6.9		8.5		8.0		4.2		3.6		1.8		1.8		11.0		11.6		3.3		3.6
Pennsylvania	4.5		4.8		4.6		4.9		4.3		4.8		4.9		5.3		2.4		2.7		1.8		1.8		7.9		9.5		3.8	!	2.2
Rhode Island	1.7		1.8		1.5		1.6		2.0		2.1		2.0	!	2.0		1.3		1.5		0.7		1.2		2.4		2.2		1.7		0.9	!
South Carolina	10.6		12.7		9.8		11.7		11.5		13.9		15.6		17.8		4.7		5.9		4.8		5.1		18.0		21.6		5.8		8.3
South Dakota	3.0		2.2		3.1		2.3		2.8		2.1		3.3		2.4		1.4		1.2		0.7		0.6		4.5		3.3		1.2		1.3	!
Tennessee	3.1		3.3		2.9		3.1		3.4		3.5		2.9		2.9		4.0		4.5		1.1		1.6		7.3		7.9		2.8	!	2.9
Texas	8.3		8.0		7.7		7.5		8.8		8.5		11.5		11.2		4.9		4.9		5.8		5.6		15.8		16.4		7.3		7.1
Utah	2.5		4.6		2.4		4.3		2.6		5.0		2.5		4.5		3.0		5.1		1.8		4.4		5.8		11.7		1.1		2.6
Vermont	1.8	!	0.8		1.6	!	0.8		2.0	!	0.9		1.8	!	0.8		1.1	!	0.4	!	0.3		#		1.1	!	0.2	!	0.5		#
Virginia	11.0		12.1		10.4		11.5		11.6		12.8		14.0		14.9		3.9		4.6		5.6		6.7		20.9		24.5		7.6		8.3
Washington	4.7		3.8		4.5		3.6		5.0		3.9		5.3		4.2		1.8		1.4		1.9		1.8		6.3		5.0		2.0	!	1.6
West Virginia	2.1		2.2		2.3		2.3		2.0		2.0		2.1		2.2		1.0		1.4		1.5	!	1.6		8.4	!	9.3		1.9	!	3.9	!
Wisconsin	9.3		6.8		8.7		6.4		9.9		7.3		10.7		7.8		2.3		2.0		3.6		2.4		8.2		6.7		3.1	!	4.6	!
Wyoming	3.1		3.2	!	2.9		2.8	!	3.4		3.7	!	3.3		3.5	!	1.9		1.5	!	1.7		1.2		5.3		3.6		0.5		0.7	!

— Not available. # 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 school district, but is sampled within the district. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, OCR Elementary and Secondary School Survey: 2002, and Civil Rights Data Collection: 2004. (This table was prepared May 2007.)