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Table 204.40. Children 3 to 21 years old served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, by race/ethnicity and age group: 2000-01 through 2013-14
Age group and year Total White Black Hispanic Asian1 Pacific
Islander
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Two or
more races
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
  Number of children served
3 to 21 years old                  
2000-01 6,295,709 3,957,589 1,259,348 877,655 121,044 80,073  
2001-02 6,407,417 3,989,528 1,281,803 928,776 123,434 83,876  
2002-03 6,522,977 4,014,340 1,311,270 980,590 130,252 86,525  
2003-04 6,633,902 4,035,880 1,334,666 1,035,463 137,544 90,349  
2004-05 6,718,630 4,044,491 1,355,550 1,081,697 144,339 92,553  
                   
2005-06 6,712,614 4,003,865 1,346,177 1,119,140 149,954 93,478  
2006-07 6,686,386 3,948,853 1,335,870 1,154,217 153,265 94,181  
2007-082 6,574,368 3,833,922 1,307,462 1,181,130 158,623 93,231  
2008-092 6,461,938 3,725,896 1,273,996 1,200,290 162,630 93,672 5,454 3
2009-10 6,461,226 3,659,194 1,262,799 1,252,493 167,144 92,646 26,950 3
                   
2010-11 6,435,141 3,518,169 1,214,849 1,310,031 145,896 19,581 91,258 135,357  
2011-12 6,401,238 3,436,105 1,196,679 1,352,435 147,697 19,203 88,665 160,458  
2012-134 6,429,331 3,396,135 1,189,148 1,406,540 150,913 20,343 86,884 180,268  
2013-144 6,464,096 3,356,261 1,191,817 1,469,282 155,668 19,606 86,307 185,274  
                   
3 to 5 years old                  
2000-01 592,090 400,650 93,281 78,070 13,203 6,886  
2005-06 698,608 453,531 102,310 112,883 20,791 9,093  
2010-11 723,793 416,034 102,097 153,033 23,189 2,159 9,141 18,140  
2011-12 730,558 408,973 103,051 158,507 23,023 2,146 8,729 26,133  
2012-134 735,890 399,019 102,677 163,997 23,101 2,087 8,291 36,774  
2013-144 729,703 394,227 103,829 170,939 24,497 1,972 8,338 25,917  
                   
6 to 21 years old                  
2000-01 5,703,619 3,556,939 1,166,067 799,585 107,841 73,187  
2005-06 6,014,006 3,550,334 1,243,867 1,006,257 129,163 84,385  
2010-11 5,711,348 3,102,135 1,112,752 1,156,998 122,707 17,422 82,117 117,217  
2011-12 5,670,680 3,027,132 1,093,628 1,193,928 124,674 17,057 79,936 134,325  
2012-134 5,693,441 2,997,116 1,086,471 1,242,543 127,812 18,256 78,593 143,494  
2013-144 5,734,393 2,962,034 1,087,988 1,298,343 131,171 17,634 77,969 159,357  
  Percentage distribution of children served
3 to 21 years old                  
2000-01 100.0 62.9 20.0 13.9 1.9 1.3  
2001-02 100.0 62.3 20.0 14.5 1.9 1.3  
2002-03 100.0 61.5 20.1 15.0 2.0 1.3  
2003-04 100.0 60.8 20.1 15.6 2.1 1.4  
2004-05 100.0 60.2 20.2 16.1 2.1 1.4  
                   
2005-06 100.0 59.6 20.1 16.7 2.2 1.4  
2006-07 100.0 59.1 20.0 17.3 2.3 1.4  
2007-082 100.0 58.3 19.9 18.0 2.4 1.4  
2008-092 100.0 57.7 19.7 18.6 2.5 1.4 0.1 3
2009-10 100.0 56.6 19.5 19.4 2.6 1.4 0.4 3
                   
2010-11 100.0 54.7 18.9 20.4 2.3 0.3 1.4 2.1  
2011-12 100.0 53.7 18.7 21.1 2.3 0.3 1.4 2.5  
2012-13 100.0 52.8 18.5 21.9 2.3 0.3 1.4 2.8  
2013-14 100.0 51.9 18.4 22.7 2.4 0.3 1.3 2.9  
  Number served as a percent of total enrollment5
3 to 21 years old                  
2000-01 13.3 13.7 15.5 11.4 6.2 14.6  
2001-02 13.4 13.9 15.7 11.4 6.1 14.9  
2002-03 13.5 14.0 15.8 11.4 6.2 14.8  
2003-04 13.7 14.2 16.0 11.5 6.4 15.2  
2004-05 13.8 14.3 16.1 11.5 6.5 15.7  
                   
2005-06 13.7 14.3 15.9 11.4 6.6 15.6  
2006-07 13.6 14.2 15.9 11.3 6.6 15.8  
2007-082 13.3 14.0 15.6 11.3 6.6 15.7  
2008-092 13.1 13.8 15.2 11.4 6.6 15.9 2.2 3
2009-10 13.1 13.7 15.2 11.5 6.7 15.6 8.0 3
                   
2010-11 13.0 13.6 15.4 11.5 6.4 11.5 16.2 11.7  
2011-12 12.9 13.4 15.3 11.5 6.4 10.8 16.2 12.6  
2012-13 12.9 13.4 15.2 11.7 6.4 11.3 16.3 13.0  
2013-14 12.9 13.4 15.3 11.8 6.5 11.2 16.5 12.3  
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
1 For years prior to 2010-11, Asian data include Pacific Islanders.
2 Data do not include Vermont, for which 2007-08 and 2008-09 data were not available.
3 For 2008-09 and 2009-10, data on children of Two or more races were reported by only a small number of states. Therefore, these data are not comparable to figures for later years.
4 For 2012-13 and 2013-14, the total column shows the overall counts of children as reported by the 50 states and the District of Columbia rather than the sum of counts reported for individual racial/ethnic groups. (Due to data limitations, summing the data for the racial/ethnic groups can result in overcounts. For 2013-14, summing these data would result in a total overcount of 16 children in the 3- to 5-year-old age group and 103 children in the 6- to 21-year-old age group.)
5 Based on the total enrollment in public schools, prekindergarten through 12th grade, by race/ethnicity. For total enrollment in public schools by race/ethnicity, see table 203.60.
NOTE: Data include only those children served for whom race/ethnicity was reported. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database, retrieved September 25, 2015, from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/osepidea/618-data/state-level-data-files/index.html#bcc; and National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2013-14.(This table was prepared October 2015.)

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