Table 302.65.

Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and state: 2013

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State	Total			White			Black			Hispanic			Asian			Pacific Islander			American Indian/ Alaska Native			Two or more races
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9
United States	42.7		(1.21)	45.1		(0.18)	36.9		(0.32)	34.7		(0.28)	67.0		(0.51)	35.3		(2.39)	25.9		(1.21)	45.4		(0.63)
Alabama	38.1		(1.04)	41.5		(1.22)	34.1		(1.79)	16.4		(3.44)	72.5		(8.08)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	41.2		(6.31)
Alaska	25.7		(2.76)	29.4		(4.13)	‡		(†)	21.9		(6.31)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	9.0	!	(4.17)	26.7	!	(9.87)
Arizona	37.7		(0.72)	45.6		(1.23)	40.3		(4.00)	26.5		(1.14)	69.1		(4.39)	‡		(†)	20.9		(2.51)	49.0		(5.20)
Arkansas	38.1		(1.44)	40.9		(1.80)	35.8		(2.68)	19.1		(3.26)	53.1		(9.43)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	33.8		(7.14)
California	46.4		(0.30)	49.7		(0.57)	39.5		(1.52)	38.9		(0.47)	68.8		(0.80)	39.6		(5.16)	35.3		(4.90)	56.2		(1.64)
Colorado	41.6		(0.85)	45.2		(1.17)	47.5		(5.55)	28.4		(1.57)	66.0		(4.66)	‡		(†)	41.2		(12.12)	46.7		(5.05)
Connecticut	47.8		(1.07)	53.7		(1.22)	41.2		(3.89)	28.2		(2.46)	73.8		(5.46)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	47.2		(6.00)
Delaware	43.0		(2.34)	46.1		(3.21)	39.5		(4.83)	22.7		(5.04)	76.0		(6.43)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
District of Columbia	51.9		(1.97)	64.5		(4.10)	37.4		(3.00)	43.0		(8.72)	85.9		(6.63)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	76.6		(9.58)
Florida	41.4		(0.63)	42.7		(0.85)	36.8		(1.14)	39.7		(1.09)	67.7		(3.11)	‡		(†)	25.8		(7.54)	44.3		(3.16)
Georgia	39.7		(0.67)	43.0		(0.94)	35.9		(1.20)	24.8		(2.04)	69.0		(2.61)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	42.9		(4.18)
Hawaii	37.9		(1.54)	33.5		(3.40)	19.4	!	(7.86)	16.7		(4.15)	55.3		(3.29)	30.5		(4.23)	‡		(†)	42.1		(3.43)
Idaho	33.0		(1.77)	33.9		(1.93)	‡		(†)	31.6		(4.14)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		†	29.3		(8.70)
Illinois	44.4		(0.55)	47.2		(0.68)	35.2		(1.47)	37.0		(1.24)	71.7		(2.56)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	49.2		(3.89)
Indiana	42.4		(0.74)	43.2		(0.81)	33.7		(2.76)	32.7		(2.77)	78.6		(4.05)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	43.5		(5.03)
Iowa	45.4		(1.31)	46.2		(1.45)	40.2		(6.56)	29.0		(4.67)	82.1		(7.80)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	40.3		(9.62)
Kansas	46.4		(1.13)	46.9		(1.39)	40.8		(4.51)	38.4		(3.35)	77.0		(4.95)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	46.8		(6.85)
Kentucky	40.3		(0.93)	40.4		(1.03)	42.3		(3.32)	27.0		(5.04)	71.7		(7.14)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	41.2		(8.07)
Louisiana	36.3		(0.94)	40.6		(1.37)	29.3		(1.49)	32.2		(3.66)	56.0		(7.02)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	66.5		(6.22)
Maine	46.3		(1.96)	45.4		(2.00)	60.5		(13.79)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Maryland	45.6		(0.76)	48.6		(1.09)	39.4		(1.49)	39.9		(2.54)	62.7		(3.44)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	54.1		(6.17)
Massachusetts	53.5		(0.81)	54.8		(1.00)	53.6		(2.82)	37.7		(1.73)	72.3		(2.78)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	55.3		(5.18)
Michigan	45.2		(0.67)	47.2		(0.69)	34.5		(1.67)	39.7		(3.20)	74.2		(3.61)	‡		(†)	43.6		(9.74)	42.2		(3.75)
Minnesota	43.6		(1.00)	44.9		(1.14)	32.6		(3.81)	37.9		(4.54)	53.9		(4.19)	‡		(†)	10.9	!	(4.73)	36.7		(5.87)
Mississippi	41.5		(1.14)	45.1		(1.41)	37.2		(1.85)	28.5		(7.10)	69.3		(7.73)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Missouri	40.9		(0.85)	41.3		(0.97)	37.1		(2.77)	30.6		(3.90)	75.4		(5.56)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	42.0		(5.78)
Montana	39.0		(2.45)	41.2		(2.77)	‡		(†)	23.7	!	(8.72)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	18.0		(5.17)	‡		(†)
Nebraska	48.3		(1.60)	49.4		(1.91)	48.1		(8.87)	39.0		(4.32)	70.9		(10.50)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	44.7		(10.80)
Nevada	32.0		(1.21)	33.0		(1.53)	28.8		(4.46)	28.2		(2.43)	54.3		(4.61)	‡		(†)	18.8	!	(6.22)	29.7		(5.90)
New Hampshire	49.1		(1.98)	48.7		(1.96)	‡		(†)	33.7	!	(11.41)	86.3		(8.23)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
New Jersey	46.5		(0.65)	49.5		(1.02)	39.4		(1.73)	39.8		(1.41)	61.6		(2.32)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	47.9		(7.28)
New Mexico	38.1		(1.69)	43.7		(2.58)	40.0		(8.61)	35.3		(2.48)	56.3		(12.54)	‡		(†)	28.6		(3.54)	68.0		(9.67)
New York	47.9		(0.41)	51.1		(0.56)	41.1		(1.32)	39.9		(1.07)	64.4		(1.56)	‡		(†)	31.0		(7.66)	43.7		(2.93)
North Carolina	40.9		(0.72)	43.6		(0.93)	39.5		(1.63)	25.1		(2.14)	61.9		(3.69)	‡		(†)	23.3		(3.99)	46.2		(3.66)
North Dakota	46.5		(2.76)	48.6		(3.21)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	38.4		(9.64)	‡		(†)
Ohio	42.3		(0.57)	43.9		(0.71)	34.5		(1.65)	28.1		(2.51)	67.9		(4.38)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	42.0		(3.67)
Oklahoma	36.4		(1.13)	40.2		(1.54)	36.8		(3.58)	21.7		(2.44)	69.8		(6.42)	‡		(†)	28.8		(3.34)	28.1		(2.94)
Oregon	40.3		(1.19)	40.3		(1.35)	46.4		(7.84)	29.5		(2.50)	68.2		(5.05)	‡		(†)	44.6		(12.11)	46.3		(4.59)
Pennsylvania	45.1		(0.64)	47.5		(0.73)	34.1		(1.96)	29.1		(2.21)	74.8		(2.99)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	49.6		(4.58)
Rhode Island	52.9		(1.76)	57.5		(2.42)	46.9		(6.10)	34.6		(4.14)	69.0		(10.56)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	46.7		(11.13)
South Carolina	40.3		(0.97)	45.7		(1.20)	33.6		(1.72)	24.5		(3.73)	54.7		(7.14)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	41.3		(5.15)
South Dakota	41.2		(2.22)	45.6		(2.45)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	12.8	!	(3.94)	‡		(†)
Tennessee	37.4		(0.84)	38.9		(0.99)	34.1		(1.97)	28.1		(3.51)	66.2		(6.56)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	32.7		(6.32)
Texas	37.8		(0.44)	41.8		(0.61)	36.0		(1.17)	31.9		(0.67)	69.0		(2.06)	‡		(†)	31.7		(7.19)	43.1		(2.91)
Utah	42.5		(1.20)	44.9		(1.34)	‡		(†)	30.8		(3.46)	64.0		(7.12)	‡		(†)	‡		†	42.0		(8.17)
Vermont	50.7		(3.08)	49.7		(3.18)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Virginia	42.9		(0.74)	44.2		(0.82)	39.1		(1.75)	31.7		(2.01)	63.3		(2.88)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	43.8		(4.00)
Washington	36.3		(0.85)	37.3		(1.04)	28.2		(4.47)	24.0		(1.76)	57.5		(3.49)	34.1		(8.81)	10.7	!	(3.30)	43.5		(2.82)
West Virginia	36.2		(1.44)	35.3		(1.48)	52.4		(8.67)	39.9		(8.20)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	17.9	!	(7.94)
Wisconsin	45.1		(1.04)	47.8		(1.23)	29.4		(3.85)	33.5		(3.76)	55.8		(5.52)	‡		(†)	23.1	!	(9.47)	38.2		(5.43)
Wyoming	41.6		(2.81)	40.9		(3.11)	‡		(†)	34.1		(7.32)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

NOTE: Data are based on a sample survey of the noninstitutionalized population. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 1-year sample, 2013. (This table was prepared January 2015.)