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Table 219.33. Public high school graduates, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state or jurisdiction: 2011-12
State or
jurisdiction
Total, male and female Male Female
Total White Black Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander American
Indian/
Alaska
Native
Two or more races Total White Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American
Indian/
Alaska
Native
Two or more races Total White Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American
Indian/
Alaska
Native
Two or more races
Total Asian Pacific Islander
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
United States 3,149,185 1,807,528 467,932 608,726 173,835 163,589 10,246 32,450 58,703 1,558,489 909,041 221,201 295,930 88,435 15,888 27,995 1,590,694 898,487 246,731 312,796 85,410 16,562 30,709
Alabama 45,394 27,717 15,297 1,206 606 593 13 466 102 22,171 13,967 6,970 629 307 248 50 23,223 13,750 8,327 577 299 218 52
Alaska 7,989 4,599 267 448 739 589 150 1,505 431 3,985 2,309 135 231 383 706 221 4,004 2,290 132 217 356 799 210
Arizona 63,208 30,242 3,497 23,517 2,119 2,007 112 3,176 657 30,839 14,964 1,731 11,299 1,064 1,499 282 32,369 15,278 1,766 12,218 1,055 1,677 375
Arkansas 28,419 19,294 5,963 2,220 486 411 75 172 284 14,139 9,752 2,807 1,113 245 90 132 14,280 9,542 3,156 1,107 241 82 152
California 418,664 127,846 28,076 193,516 57,041 54,454 2,587 3,122 9,063 205,793 64,003 13,513 93,262 29,122 1,459 4,434 212,871 63,843 14,563 100,254 27,919 1,663 4,629
                                               
Colorado 50,087 31,584 2,474 12,559 1,748 1,643 105 454 1,268 24,574 15,777 1,185 5,954 851 212 595 25,513 15,807 1,289 6,605 897 242 673
Connecticut 38,681 26,337 4,713 5,507 1,516 1,495 21 213 395 19,171 13,168 2,272 2,682 748 101 200 19,510 13,169 2,441 2,825 768 112 195
Delaware 8,247 4,589 2,544 680 343 340 ≤3 33 55 3,960 2,227 1,200 311 183 21 18 4,287 2,362 1,344 369 163 12 37
District of Columbia 3,860 147 3,321 284 51 42 9 13 44 1,668 73 1,438 113 22 6 16 2,192 74 1,883 171 29 7 28
Florida 151,964 74,054 30,721 38,183 4,551 4,405 146 596 3,859 74,091 36,862 14,332 18,489 2,280 283 1,845 77,873 37,192 16,389 19,694 2,271 313 2,014
                                               
Georgia 90,582 44,466 32,646 7,359 3,593 3,518 75 225 2,293 43,799 22,043 15,167 3,617 1,838 104 1,030 46,783 22,423 17,479 3,742 1,755 121 1,263
Hawaii 11,360 1,525 252 477 8,221 4,877 3,344 57 828 5,682 781 123 223 4,134 30 391 5,678 744 129 254 4,087 27 437
Idaho 17,568 14,160 180 2,387 346 271 75 247 248 8,904 7,187 103 1,188 176 121 129 8,664 6,973 77 1,199 170 126 119
Illinois 139,575 80,669 23,651 25,771 6,213 6,103 110 397 2,874 69,099 40,986 10,933 12,334 3,264 186 1,396 70,476 39,683 12,718 13,437 2,949 211 1,478
Indiana 65,667 51,702 6,577 4,089 1,140 1,109 31 186 1,973 32,153 25,598 2,979 1,981 576 100 919 33,514 26,104 3,598 2,108 564 86 1,054
                                               
Iowa 33,230 28,547 1,281 2,045 652 615 37 123 582 16,620 14,342 617 991 335 66 269 16,610 14,205 664 1,054 317 57 313
Kansas 31,898 23,170 2,328 4,057 810 774 36 361 1,172 16,112 11,850 1,133 1,963 423 170 573 15,786 11,320 1,195 2,094 387 191 599
Kentucky 42,642 36,059 4,510 1,053 566 539 27 51 403 21,492 18,284 2,213 496 279 26 194 21,150 17,775 2,297 557 287 25 209
Louisiana 36,675 19,044 15,250 1,160 716 709 7 265 240 17,079 9,236 6,703 541 370 119 110 19,596 9,808 8,547 619 346 146 130
Maine 13,473 12,613 315 153 257 243 14 82 53 6,934 6,475 174 88 122 41 34 6,539 6,138 141 65 135 41 19
                                               
Maryland 58,811 27,570 20,956 5,045 3,595 3,542 53 188 1,457 29,049 14,015 9,968 2,460 1,840 91 675 29,762 13,555 10,988 2,585 1,755 97 782
Massachusetts 65,157 47,432 5,484 7,421 3,539 3,476 63 150 1,131 32,545 23,922 2,662 3,593 1,756 70 542 32,612 23,510 2,822 3,828 1,783 80 589
Michigan 105,446 78,678 17,978 2,987 2,833 2,743 90 877 2,093 51,905 39,294 8,296 1,457 1,414 457 987 53,541 39,384 9,682 1,530 1,419 420 1,106
Minnesota 57,501 46,379 3,827 2,497 3,553 3,507 46 663 582 28,858 23,334 1,898 1,228 1,824 311 263 28,643 23,045 1,929 1,269 1,729 352 319
Mississippi 26,158 12,484 12,853 469 267 264 ≤3 29 53 12,166 6,064 5,681 235 149 12 25 13,992 6,420 7,172 234 121 17 28
                                               
Missouri 61,313 47,220 9,899 2,131 1,146 1,062 84 340 577 30,661 23,822 4,755 1,083 550 174 277 30,652 23,398 5,144 1,048 596 166 300
Montana 9,750 8,384 83 274 129 100 29 769 111 4,944 4,268 46 152 47 381 50 4,806 4,116 37 122 82 388 61
Nebraska 20,464 15,447 1,237 2,520 460 429 31 273 527 10,317 7,834 627 1,235 245 144 232 10,147 7,613 610 1,285 215 129 295
Nevada 21,891 9,853 1,858 6,816 1,954 1,634 320 213 1,197 10,643 4,907 910 3,202 986 98 540 11,248 4,946 948 3,614 968 115 657
New Hampshire 14,426 13,221 235 471 351 344 7 38 110 7,187 6,579 123 235 180 20 50 7,239 6,642 112 236 171 18 60
                                               
New Jersey1 93,819 54,429 14,496 16,092 8,325 8,164 161 140 337 46,675 27,432 6,915 7,841 4,260 67 160 47,144 26,997 7,581 8,251 4,065 73 177
New Mexico 20,315 5,723 470 11,271 277 266 11 2,385 189 10,003 2,911 250 5,478 141 1,133 90 10,312 2,812 220 5,793 136 1,252 99
New York2 180,806 99,959 30,597 32,692 16,146 15,965 181 761 651 89,487 50,213 14,416 16,021 8,150 367 320 91,319 49,746 16,181 16,671 7,996 394 331
North Carolina 93,977 52,906 26,342 8,136 2,484 2,402 82 1,302 2,807 46,308 26,604 12,530 3,921 1,252 666 1,335 47,669 26,302 13,812 4,215 1,232 636 1,472
North Dakota 6,942 6,101 159 114 104 90 14 447 17 3,540 3,126 71 53 54 228 8 3,402 2,975 88 61 50 219 9
                                               
Ohio 123,135 97,324 17,080 3,032 2,009 1,965 44 174 3,516 61,759 49,266 8,167 1,523 1,019 92 1,692 61,376 48,058 8,913 1,509 990 82 1,824
Oklahoma 37,305 21,846 3,546 3,346 992 898 94 6,579 996 18,671 11,041 1,686 1,686 508 3,265 485 18,634 10,805 1,860 1,660 484 3,314 511
Oregon 34,261 24,223 827 5,554 1,724 1,509 215 537 1,396 16,881 11,970 399 2,675 871 278 688 17,380 12,253 428 2,879 853 259 708
Pennsylvania 131,733 99,570 18,305 8,403 4,092 4,016 76 201 1,162 66,271 50,522 8,866 4,155 2,053 104 571 65,462 49,048 9,439 4,248 2,039 97 591
Rhode Island 9,751 6,737 796 1,719 301 277 24 43 155 4,800 3,352 383 832 144 24 65 4,951 3,385 413 887 157 19 90
                                               
South Carolina 41,442 23,337 14,912 1,755 643 584 59 108 687 19,914 11,578 6,823 835 330 49 299 21,528 11,759 8,089 920 313 59 388
South Dakota 8,196 7,123 187 196 151 141 10 476 63 4,200 3,665 102 96 65 252 20 3,996 3,458 85 100 86 224 43
Tennessee 62,454 43,337 15,277 2,549 1,119 1,034 85 172 31,408 22,160 7,305 1,274 588 82 31,044 21,177 7,972 1,275 531 90
Texas 292,531 105,752 38,186 131,045 11,267 10,871 396 1,427 4,854 146,355 53,791 18,915 64,698 5,910 731 2,310 146,176 51,961 19,271 66,347 5,357 696 2,544
Utah 31,157 25,227 376 3,719 1,119 681 438 395 321 15,569 12,713 184 1,779 551 186 156 15,588 12,514 192 1,940 568 209 165
                                               
Vermont 6,859 6,324 118 93 166 161 5 25 132 3,463 3,184 65 56 81 12 65 3,396 3,140 53 37 86 13 67
Virginia 83,336 48,077 19,430 7,542 5,062 4,954 108 259 2,966 41,246 24,109 9,338 3,700 2,578 126 1,395 42,090 23,968 10,092 3,842 2,484 133 1,571
Washington 65,205 43,218 2,828 9,505 5,839 5,356 483 847 2,968 32,103 21,333 1,405 4,579 2,916 413 1,457 33,102 21,885 1,423 4,926 2,923 434 1,511
West Virginia 17,603 16,325 918 164 133 130 ≤3 13 47 8,995 8,351 474 73 70 6 21 8,608 7,974 444 91 66 7 26
Wisconsin 62,705 50,234 4,752 3,952 2,288 2,241 47 769 710 31,468 25,381 2,185 2,001 1,155 400 346 31,237 24,853 2,567 1,951 1,133 369 364
Wyoming 5,553 4,724 57 545 53 46 7 106 68 2,833 2,416 28 269 26 61 33 2,720 2,308 29 276 27 45 35
                                               
Bureau of Indian
      Education
                                               
DoD, overseas
DoD, domestic
                                               
Other jurisdictions                                              
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico 25,720 40 15 25,621 7 ≤3 5 36 ≤3 12,003 21 ≤3 11,955 ≤3 22 ≤3 13,715 19 12 13,666 4 14 ≤3
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,046 4 865 146 7 7 ≤3 4 17 456 ≤3 376 68 ≤3 ≤3 6 586 ≤3 489 78 4 ≤3 11
—Not available.
1 Distribution of male and female students is estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
2 Distribution of Asian and Pacific Islander students is estimated by NCES.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. DoD = Department of Defense. To protect the confidentiality of individual students, small cell sizes have been bottom coded to less than or equal to three. Detail may not sum to totals because of statistical methods used to prevent the identification of individual students.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2011–12. (This table was prepared January 2016.)

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