Table 41.

Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1996 and fall 2006

State or jurisdiction	Percentage distribution, fall 1996						Percentage distribution, fall 2006
	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	100.0	64.2	16.9	14.0	3.8	1.1	100.0	56.5	17.1	20.5	4.7	1.2
Alabama	100.0	61.5	36.4	0.7	0.6	0.7	100.0	59.1	35.9	3.2	1.1	0.8
Alaska	100.0	63.1	4.7	2.9	4.5	24.8	100.0	57.4	4.6	4.4	7.0	26.6
Arizona	100.0	56.6	4.3	30.1	1.8	7.2	100.0	45.4	5.4	41.0	2.6	5.6
Arkansas	100.0	73.5	23.5	1.8	0.7	0.4	100.0	67.6	22.7	7.5	1.5	0.7
California	100.0	39.5	8.7	39.7	11.2	0.9	100.0	30.2	7.8	49.5	11.7	0.8
Colorado	100.0	72.0	5.5	18.8	2.6	1.1	100.0	61.9	6.0	27.6	3.3	1.2
Connecticut	100.0	71.7	13.6	11.9	2.5	0.3	100.0	66.0	13.9	16.0	3.7	0.4
Delaware	100.0	63.9	29.9	4.3	1.8	0.2	100.0	53.9	33.0	9.8	3.0	0.4
District of Columbia	100.0	4.0	87.3	7.2	1.4	0.1	100.0	5.0	83.4	9.9	1.6	0.1
Florida	100.0	56.7	25.4	15.9	1.8	0.2	100.0	48.4	23.9	25.0	2.4	0.3
Georgia	100.0	57.9	37.6	2.6	1.7	0.1	100.0	48.2	39.2	9.5	2.9	0.1
Hawaii	100.0	25.0	3.3	4.9	66.4	0.4	100.0	19.6	2.4	4.5	73.0	0.6
Idaho	100.0	88.0	0.7	8.9	1.2	1.3	100.0	82.3	1.1	13.4	1.6	1.6
Illinois	100.0	62.8	21.2	12.8	3.1	0.1	100.0	55.9	20.3	19.7	3.9	0.2
Indiana	100.0	85.4	11.2	2.4	0.8	0.2	100.0	79.5	12.6	6.3	1.3	0.3
Iowa	100.0	92.2	3.4	2.4	1.6	0.5	100.0	85.9	5.3	6.2	2.0	0.6
Kansas	100.0	81.9	8.6	6.5	1.9	1.1	100.0	73.9	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.7
Kentucky	100.0	88.9	9.9	0.5	0.6	0.1	100.0	85.8	10.7	2.4	1.0	0.1
Louisiana	100.0	50.6	46.4	1.2	1.3	0.6	100.0	50.1	45.4	2.4	1.4	0.8
Maine	100.0	97.2	0.9	0.4	0.9	0.6	100.0	94.6	2.3	1.0	1.4	0.7
Maryland	100.0	56.7	35.6	3.5	3.9	0.3	100.0	47.8	38.1	8.3	5.4	0.4
Massachusetts	100.0	77.9	8.4	9.6	4.0	0.2	100.0	72.9	8.4	13.6	4.9	0.3
Michigan	100.0	75.8	18.8	2.8	1.5	1.0	100.0	71.8	20.2	4.5	2.4	0.9
Minnesota	100.0	86.5	5.2	2.2	4.1	1.9	100.0	77.2	9.1	5.7	5.9	2.1
Mississippi	100.0	47.9	51.0	0.4	0.6	0.2	100.0	46.5	50.8	1.7	0.8	0.2
Missouri	100.0	81.1	16.5	1.1	1.0	0.3	100.0	76.3	18.1	3.4	1.7	0.4
Montana	100.0	87.2	0.6	1.5	0.8	9.9	100.0	83.9	1.0	2.5	1.2	11.4
Nebraska	100.0	86.4	6.0	4.9	1.3	1.4	100.0	76.5	7.7	12.2	1.9	1.7
Nevada	100.0	65.1	9.6	18.8	4.6	1.9	100.0	44.4	11.1	35.4	7.6	1.6
New Hampshire	100.0	96.4	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.2	100.0	92.9	1.8	2.9	2.0	0.3
New Jersey	100.0	62.5	18.5	13.5	5.4	0.2	100.0	55.7	17.4	18.8	7.9	0.2
New Mexico	100.0	38.8	2.4	47.7	1.0	10.2	100.0	30.6	2.6	54.6	1.3	10.9
New York	100.0	56.3	20.3	17.6	5.2	0.5	100.0	52.1	19.7	20.6	7.2	0.5
North Carolina	100.0	63.9	30.8	2.3	1.5	1.5	100.0	57.5	29.2	9.6	2.3	1.5
North Dakota	100.0	89.1	0.9	1.1	0.7	8.1	100.0	86.8	1.8	1.8	1.0	8.6
Ohio	100.0	82.0	15.4	1.4	1.0	0.1	100.0	78.8	17.1	2.6	1.4	0.1
Oklahoma	100.0	68.8	10.5	4.3	1.3	15.1	100.0	58.6	10.8	9.5	1.8	19.3
Oregon	100.0	84.6	2.6	7.4	3.4	2.0	100.0	73.2	3.1	16.7	4.8	2.2
Pennsylvania	100.0	80.2	14.2	3.7	1.8	0.1	100.0	74.6	15.9	6.8	2.6	0.2
Rhode Island	100.0	78.3	7.3	10.7	3.3	0.5	100.0	69.5	8.8	18.0	3.1	0.7
South Carolina	100.0	56.0	42.2	0.8	0.8	0.2	100.0	53.9	39.8	4.6	1.4	0.3
South Dakota	100.0	83.7	1.0	0.8	0.8	13.8	100.0	84.5	1.7	2.1	1.0	10.6
Tennessee	100.0	74.6	23.4	0.9	1.0	0.1	100.0	69.1	24.8	4.4	1.5	0.2
Texas	100.0	45.6	14.3	37.4	2.4	0.3	100.0	35.7	14.4	46.3	3.3	0.3
Utah	100.0	89.5	0.7	6.0	2.4	1.5	100.0	80.8	1.4	13.2	3.1	1.5
Vermont	100.0	97.3	0.8	0.4	1.0	0.6	100.0	95.3	1.6	1.0	1.6	0.4
Virginia	100.0	67.7	25.5	3.3	3.4	0.2	100.0	59.3	26.7	8.3	5.4	0.3
Washington	100.0	77.5	4.8	8.3	6.7	2.7	100.0	68.9	5.7	14.3	8.4	2.6
West Virginia	100.0	95.2	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	100.0	93.3	5.1	0.8	0.7	0.1
Wisconsin	100.0	82.6	9.6	3.5	2.9	1.3	100.0	77.3	10.5	7.2	3.6	1.5
Wyoming	100.0	89.0	1.2	6.2	0.8	2.8	100.0	84.5	1.5	9.4	1.1	3.5
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, overseas	—	—	—	—	—	—	100.0	55.7	19.6	14.3	9.8	0.5
DoD, domestic	—	—	—	—	—	—	100.0	51.3	23.3	21.5	2.4	1.4
Other jurisdictions
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	5.3	1.2	0.9	92.6	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas	100.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	99.2	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	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	100.0	1.1	84.6	14.0	0.2	#	100.0	1.1	83.3	15.3	0.2	0.2

— Not available. # Rounds to zero. NOTE: Percentage distribution based on students for whom race/ethnicity was reported, which may be less than the total number of students in the state. Race categories exclude persons of His-panic ethnicity. DoD = Department of Defense. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1996–97 and 2006–07. (This table was prepared October 2008.)