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| Table 11.-Percent of students who are minority, by community type and by state: School year 2000-01 | |||||
| State | Total students |
Number of minority students |
Percentage of minority students by community type | ||
| City, large and midsize |
Urban fringe of city |
Small town or rural |
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| Reporting states1 | 47,222,778 | 18,223,569 | 61.6 | 34.7 | 20.2 |
| Alabama | 740,091 | 285,613 | 69.5 | 28.6 | 30.5 |
| Alaska | 133,356 | 51,307 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 40.8 |
| Arizona | 877,696 | 414,394 | 51.0 | 38.7 | 50.6 |
| Arkansas | 449,959 | 127,263 | 46.2 | 14.7 | 22.9 |
| California | 6,142,348 | 3,843,815 | 73.3 | 60.0 | 41.1 |
| Colorado | 724,508 | 230,122 | 44.8 | 28.7 | 20.8 |
| Connecticut | 562,179 | 168,257 | 68.5 | 19.8 | 8.0 |
| Delaware | 114,676 | 45,090 | 55.7 | 37.6 | 30.0 |
| District of Columbia | 68,925 | 65,812 | 95.5 | 0.0 | 2100.0 |
| Florida | 2,434,821 | 1,132,395 | 52.1 | 49.8 | 30.6 |
| Georgia | 1,444,937 | 655,022 | 80.1 | 48.6 | 33.1 |
| Hawaii | 184,360 | 146,748 | 81.8 | 79.8 | 78.0 |
| Idaho | 245,117 | 34,154 | 13.7 | 16.9 | 14.1 |
| Illinois | 2,048,792 | 824,284 | 75.0 | 30.2 | 8.0 |
| Indiana | 989,225 | 162,297 | 40.5 | 11.4 | 3.7 |
| Iowa | 495,080 | 48,066 | 21.5 | 7.1 | 4.4 |
| Kansas | 470,610 | 98,368 | 42.0 | 11.5 | 13.9 |
| Kentucky | 665,850 | 76,063 | 31.2 | 16.4 | 5.0 |
| Louisiana | 743,089 | 379,586 | 74.0 | 42.6 | 38.5 |
| Maine | 207,037 | 6,994 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| Maryland | 852,920 | 397,756 | 76.5 | 48.3 | 20.3 |
| Massachusetts | 975,150 | 236,442 | 55.6 | 13.5 | 5.6 |
| Michigan | 1,743,337 | 440,831 | 70.7 | 17.0 | 6.9 |
| Minnesota | 854,340 | 145,827 | 52.3 | 11.7 | 7.7 |
| Mississippi | 497,871 | 262,248 | 74.9 | 28.2 | 53.2 |
| Missouri | 912,744 | 190,729 | 47.8 | 22.9 | 6.2 |
| Montana | 154,875 | 21,301 | 13.2 | 6.1 | 14.6 |
| Nebraska | 286,199 | 48,579 | 28.3 | 16.7 | 9.9 |
| Nevada | 340,706 | 147,109 | 50.1 | 45.7 | 24.7 |
| New Hampshire | 208,461 | 9,339 | 12.7 | 3.7 | 2.1 |
| New Jersey | 1,307,828 | 521,162 | 78.2 | 37.6 | 16.0 |
| New Mexico | 320,306 | 207,386 | 62.5 | 71.4 | 67.8 |
| New York | 2,882,188 | 1,299,515 | 80.0 | 22.9 | 6.5 |
| North Carolina | 1,293,638 | 504,980 | 53.1 | 31.2 | 33.5 |
| North Dakota | 109,201 | 11,589 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 12.1 |
| Ohio | 1,835,049 | 359,849 | 53.8 | 12.7 | 3.2 |
| Oklahoma | 623,110 | 218,567 | 47.6 | 25.7 | 33.3 |
| Oregon | 546,231 | 104,394 | 26.6 | 19.6 | 15.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,814,311 | 394,903 | 65.7 | 13.1 | 4.7 |
| Rhode Island | 157,347 | 40,398 | 52.7 | 12.7 | 4.2 |
| South Carolina | 677,411 | 305,814 | 54.7 | 35.9 | 47.5 |
| South Dakota | 128,603 | 17,348 | 15.7 | 7.8 | 13.1 |
| Tennessee | 909,388 | 249,757 | - | - | - |
| Texas | 4,059,619 | 2,352,630 | 74.3 | 45.6 | 41.3 |
| Utah | 481,687 | 67,825 | 27.7 | 11.7 | 10.1 |
| Vermont | 102,049 | 3,736 | 13.6 | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| Virginia | 1,144,915 | 416,502 | 58.5 | 34.5 | 22.2 |
| Washington | 1,004,770 | 255,782 | 35.3 | 25.0 | 18.9 |
| West Virginia | 286,367 | 15,217 | 10.7 | 6.5 | 3.9 |
| Wisconsin | 879,476 | 169,512 | 44.5 | 9.7 | 6.0 |
| Wyoming | 89,940 | 10,892 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 10.7 |
| Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs | |||||
| DODDS: DoDs Overseas | 73,581 | 23,727 | - | - | - |
| DDESS: DoDs Domestic | 34,174 | 14,495 | 41.0 | 37.2 | 38.8 |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | 46,938 | 46,938 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| American Samoa | 15,702 | 15,702 | - | - | - |
| Guam | 32,473 | 31,865 | - | - | - |
| Northern Marianas | 10,004 | 9,978 | - | - | - |
| Puerto Rico | 612,725 | 612,725 | - | - | - |
| Virgin Islands | 19,459 | 19,311 | - | - | - |
| - Data are missing. | |||||
| 1 Total of reporting states, does not include Tennessee. | |||||
| 2 Represents one school located in a small town locale outside the District of Columbia. | |||||
| NOTE: Minority includes all groups except White, not Hispanic. Community types classify the location of a school relative to populous areas. See Key Terms for definitions of locale codes. Percentages are based on schools reporting. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. | |||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000-01 and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01. | |||||
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