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Table 202.25. Percentage of 3- and 4-year-old children enrolled in school, by race/ethnicity and state: 2014
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State Total1 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 47.3 (0.23) 48.7 (0.32) 52.4 (0.74) 40.2   (0.38) 54.2 (1.24) 35.2 (4.61) 45.3 (1.99) 48.0   (1.23)
Alabama 41.1 (2.38) 42.7 (2.95) 44.5 (4.47) 20.7 ! (7.07) (†) (†) (†) 21.4 ! (7.55)
Alaska 41.7 (5.22) 42.0 (7.68) (†)   (†) (†) (†) 49.9 (8.45)   (†)
Arizona 37.0 (1.35) 45.2 (2.24) 27.9 (6.26) 29.6   (1.95) 50.2 (9.57) (†) 39.9 (4.55) 32.5   (6.21)
Arkansas 47.3 (2.57) 46.9 (2.96) 60.6 (5.63) 37.7   (5.68) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
California 47.7 (0.65) 55.4 (1.24) 48.9 (3.05) 41.3   (0.88) 56.7 (1.97) (†) 64.7 (9.29) 54.6   (3.36)
                                     
Colorado 53.9 (1.96) 55.0 (2.36) 72.2 (8.15) 49.8   (3.65) 68.6 (12.09) (†) (†) 50.9   (7.81)
Connecticut 65.5 (2.10) 69.4 (2.97) 72.9 (5.49) 55.5   (4.75) 50.3 (7.69) (†) (†) 71.0   (9.24)
Delaware 52.9 (4.41) 59.0 (6.51) 55.1 (7.33)   (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
District of Columbia 85.4 (3.27) 88.1 (6.00) 85.7 (5.21)   (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
Florida 50.9 (1.00) 48.4 (1.49) 59.3 (2.22) 48.7   (1.88) 46.1 (6.96) (†) (†) 49.4   (4.99)
                                     
Georgia 49.6 (1.16) 50.4 (1.89) 56.1 (2.24) 32.3   (3.57) 54.6 (7.46) (†) (†) 53.6   (5.39)
Hawaii 50.2 (3.67) 62.3 (7.95) (†) 52.5   (8.16) 48.7 (8.08) 42.8 (9.14) (†) 45.3   (6.82)
Idaho 31.8 (3.14) 34.7 (3.37) (†) 25.4   (7.57) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
Illinois 54.7 (1.09) 57.6 (1.45) 58.1 (3.51) 45.8   (2.14) 56.1 (6.18) (†) (†) 61.4   (6.00)
Indiana 43.9 (1.43) 46.5 (1.91) 43.2 (4.87) 28.6   (4.99) (†) (†) (†) 38.5   (7.42)
                                     
Iowa 45.8 (2.27) 45.4 (2.48) (†) 30.2   (6.43) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
Kansas 46.9 (2.45) 47.2 (2.83) (†) 46.2   (5.26) (†) (†) (†) 37.2   (7.66)
Kentucky 40.9 (1.64) 43.0 (1.77) 31.7 (6.92) 32.3   (6.68) (†) (†) (†) 35.5   (7.62)
Louisiana 51.2 (1.68) 49.1 (2.52) 56.8 (3.23) 48.4   (7.54) (†) (†) (†) 30.0 ! (9.84)
Maine 45.8 (4.61) 45.5 (5.02) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
                                     
Maryland 50.5 (1.63) 53.8 (2.23) 51.4 (3.48) 35.4   (4.52) 58.6 (6.65) (†) (†) 54.3   (5.97)
Massachusetts 58.2 (1.64) 62.9 (2.12) 60.6 (5.73) 40.0   (3.61) 53.8 (5.89) (†) (†) 66.9   (6.69)
Michigan 45.7 (1.55) 46.6 (1.88) 43.0 (3.79) 38.0   (4.95) 47.9 (7.89) (†) (†) 46.4   (6.50)
Minnesota 44.8 (1.89) 45.4 (2.43) 36.2 (7.03) 40.0   (7.11) 46.0 (8.36) (†) (†) 56.8   (6.84)
Mississippi 48.7 (2.29) 38.0 (2.77) 61.3 (3.83)   (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
                                     
Missouri 43.6 (1.74) 42.0 (1.87) 53.2 (5.33) 42.8   (8.17) (†) (†) (†) 38.2   (7.20)
Montana 38.8 (4.45) 36.0 (5.48) (†)   (†) (†) (†) 49.1 (9.07)   (†)
Nebraska 43.7 (2.72) 43.9 (3.46) (†) 47.3   (6.19) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
Nevada 35.2 (2.40) 38.2 (3.28) 43.8 (8.45) 30.6   (3.89) (†) (†) (†) 41.6   (8.37)
New Hampshire 48.1 (3.89) 47.9 (4.27) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
                                     
New Jersey 64.5 (1.14) 66.9 (1.79) 73.2 (3.03) 53.9   (2.90) 65.4 (3.63) (†) (†) 71.1   (5.64)
New Mexico 37.1 (3.04) 50.6 (6.80) (†) 30.9   (4.05) (†) (†) 41.9 (5.85)   (†)
New York 58.2 (0.96) 62.0 (1.24) 59.2 (2.88) 51.3   (2.25) 52.9 (3.36) (†) (†) 62.5   (4.47)
North Carolina 43.7 (1.37) 50.7 (1.82) 37.1 (3.04) 33.9   (3.58) 52.1 (6.71) (†) 45.4 (10.01) 33.9   (5.98)
North Dakota 29.6 (4.19) 25.1 (4.52) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
                                     
Ohio 45.5 (1.17) 45.1 (1.47) 45.0 (3.18) 46.0   (5.71) 50.1 (7.38) (†) (†) 50.1   (5.40)
Oklahoma 41.7 (2.22) 43.5 (2.87) 43.7 (10.39) 36.3   (4.83) (†) (†) 45.8 (4.50) 35.2   (5.08)
Oregon 43.4 (1.73) 43.8 (2.26) (†) 38.5   (4.37) (†) (†) (†) 53.7   (7.24)
Pennsylvania 43.3 (1.27) 43.1 (1.39) 53.8 (4.69) 31.3   (5.31) 59.0 (5.82) (†) (†) 39.9   (7.09)
Rhode Island 49.2 (4.39) 52.4 (5.29) (†) 36.4   (9.64) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
                                     
South Carolina 45.5 (1.93) 43.0 (2.53) 50.6 (4.19) 44.9   (7.25) (†) (†) (†) 41.5   (8.71)
South Dakota 46.1 (4.48) 48.1 (5.13) (†)   (†) (†) (†) 43.7 (11.27)   (†)
Tennessee 38.1 (1.37) 38.2 (1.97) 45.3 (3.68) 24.4   (4.01) 30.4 (8.87) (†) (†) 43.4   (9.29)
Texas 41.3 (0.76) 44.6 (1.18) 46.4 (2.45) 36.5   (1.02) 52.4 (3.93) (†) (†) 51.9   (3.94)
Utah 45.5 (2.20) 47.5 (2.35) (†) 34.2   (5.93) (†) (†) (†) 39.3   (9.76)
                                     
Vermont 58.7 (5.64) 57.6 (5.87) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
Virginia 49.0 (1.26) 53.6 (1.70) 48.7 (3.44) 30.7   (4.04) 56.1 (5.23) (†) (†) 43.1   (5.80)
Washington 41.1 (1.49) 42.9 (1.64) 48.9 (10.90) 29.5   (3.18) 55.8 (5.17) (†) 52.4 (11.85) 42.1   (4.92)
West Virginia 35.2 (3.07) 32.6 (3.13) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
Wisconsin 42.9 (2.15) 43.5 (2.43) 49.2 (6.88) 35.1   (5.17) 48.8 (10.92) (†) (†) 40.1   (10.07)
Wyoming 34.1 (4.38) 31.8 (5.13) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†)
†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.
1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2014. (This table was prepared December 2015.)

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