Table 41. | Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1997 and fall 2007 |
State or jurisdiction | Percentage distribution, fall 1997 | Percentage distribution, fall 2007 | ||||||||||
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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 | 63.5 | 17.0 | 14.4 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 100.0 | 55.8 | 17.0 | 21.1 | 4.8 | 1.2 |
Alabama | 100.0 | 61.7 | 36.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 100.0 | 58.9 | 35.6 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
Alaska | 100.0 | 62.8 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 24.8 | 100.0 | 57.1 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 25.3 |
Arizona | 100.0 | 56.0 | 4.4 | 30.8 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 100.0 | 44.5 | 5.6 | 41.6 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
Arkansas | 100.0 | 73.1 | 23.5 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 67.0 | 22.6 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
California | 100.0 | 38.8 | 8.8 | 40.5 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 100.0 | 29.4 | 7.7 | 50.2 | 11.9 | 0.8 |
Colorado | 100.0 | 71.3 | 5.6 | 19.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 100.0 | 61.5 | 6.0 | 27.9 | 3.4 | 1.2 |
Connecticut | 100.0 | 71.5 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 65.2 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
Delaware | 100.0 | 63.2 | 30.1 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 53.0 | 33.0 | 10.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 |
District of Columbia | 100.0 | 4.0 | 87.0 | 7.5 | 1.5 | # | 100.0 | 5.4 | 83.2 | 9.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
Florida | 100.0 | 56.2 | 25.4 | 16.4 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 47.6 | 23.9 | 25.7 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
Georgia | 100.0 | 57.1 | 38.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 47.5 | 39.2 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 |
Hawaii | 100.0 | 21.6 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 70.7 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 19.4 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 73.0 | 0.6 |
Idaho | 100.0 | 87.6 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 81.6 | 1.2 | 14.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
Illinois | 100.0 | 62.0 | 21.3 | 13.4 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 55.4 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
Indiana | 100.0 | 85.1 | 11.3 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 78.9 | 12.7 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
Iowa | 100.0 | 91.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 85.1 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
Kansas | 100.0 | 81.3 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 100.0 | 73.2 | 8.9 | 13.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
Kentucky | 100.0 | 88.6 | 10.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 85.2 | 10.9 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
Louisiana | 100.0 | 50.2 | 46.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 49.2 | 46.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
Maine | 100.0 | 97.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 94.1 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
Maryland | 100.0 | 55.9 | 36.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 47.0 | 37.9 | 9.0 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
Massachusetts | 100.0 | 77.5 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 72.2 | 8.3 | 14.1 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
Michigan | 100.0 | 75.6 | 18.8 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 71.5 | 20.3 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 |
Minnesota | 100.0 | 85.5 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 76.4 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 2.1 |
Mississippi | 100.0 | 47.8 | 51.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 46.4 | 50.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
Missouri | 100.0 | 80.7 | 16.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 76.1 | 17.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
Montana | 100.0 | 87.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 10.0 | 100.0 | 84.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 11.4 |
Nebraska | 100.0 | 85.7 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 75.4 | 8.0 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
Nevada | 100.0 | 63.2 | 9.7 | 20.5 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 43.1 | 11.0 | 36.4 | 7.9 | 1.5 |
New Hampshire | 100.0 | 96.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 92.5 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 |
New Jersey | 100.0 | 61.9 | 18.3 | 14.0 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 54.9 | 17.4 | 19.4 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
New Mexico | 100.0 | 38.0 | 2.4 | 48.0 | 1.0 | 10.6 | 100.0 | 29.6 | 2.6 | 55.6 | 1.4 | 10.9 |
New York | 100.0 | 55.9 | 20.4 | 17.8 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 51.6 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
North Carolina | 100.0 | 63.2 | 31.0 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 56.8 | 29.0 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
North Dakota | 100.0 | 88.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 100.0 | 86.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
Ohio | 100.0 | 81.7 | 15.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 78.6 | 17.1 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
Oklahoma | 100.0 | 68.1 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 100.0 | 58.1 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 1.9 | 19.2 |
Oregon | 100.0 | 83.7 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 100.0 | 72.2 | 3.1 | 17.6 | 4.9 | 2.2 |
Pennsylvania | 100.0 | 79.7 | 14.5 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 74.0 | 15.9 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
Rhode Island | 100.0 | 77.2 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 69.0 | 8.9 | 18.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
South Carolina | 100.0 | 55.7 | 42.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 53.7 | 39.3 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
South Dakota | 100.0 | 82.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 14.4 | 100.0 | 83.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 11.2 |
Tennessee | 100.0 | 74.0 | 23.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 68.6 | 24.8 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
Texas | 100.0 | 45.0 | 14.4 | 37.9 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 34.8 | 14.3 | 47.2 | 3.4 | 0.3 |
Utah | 100.0 | 88.7 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 78.9 | 1.5 | 14.7 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
Vermont | 100.0 | 97.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 95.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
Virginia | 100.0 | 65.5 | 27.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 58.6 | 26.6 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
Washington | 100.0 | 76.8 | 4.9 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 100.0 | 68.0 | 5.7 | 15.1 | 8.6 | 2.6 |
West Virginia | 100.0 | 95.1 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 93.0 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
Wisconsin | 100.0 | 82.2 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 100.0 | 76.8 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
Wyoming | 100.0 | 88.6 | 1.1 | 6.6 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 100.0 | 83.9 | 1.6 | 10.0 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
Bureau of Indian Education |
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DoD, overseas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100.0 | 55.4 | 18.0 | 15.3 | 10.6 | 0.6 |
DoD, domestic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100.0 | 53.4 | 18.2 | 23.0 | 4.6 | 0.7 |
Other jurisdictions | ||||||||||||
American Samoa | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Guam | 100.0 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 95.9 | 0.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Northern Marianas | 100.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 99.1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | # | 0.0 | 99.5 | 0.0 |
Puerto Rico | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | # | 99.9 | # | 0.0 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 100.0 | 0.9 | 84.8 | 14.0 | 0.3 | # | 100.0 | 1.3 | 83.1 | 15.2 | 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 Hispanic 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," 1997-98 and 2007-08. (This table was prepared September 2009.) |