Public school membership, by race/ethnicity and state: School year 2000


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State	Students reported ¹	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander	Black non- Hispanic	Hispanic	White non- Hispanic
Table 4.-Public school membership, by race/ethnicity and state: School year 2000–01
United States	47,018,606	548,492	1,935,593	8,081,344	7,668,222	28,784,955

Alabama	728,327	5,190	5,383	265,600	9,543	442,611
Alaska	133,356	33,399	7,337	6,078	4,493	82,049
Arizona	877,696	58,159	18,049	40,483	297,703	463,302
Arkansas	449,959	2,202	3,951	104,947	16,163	322,696
California	6,015,676	51,926	667,630	510,779	2,613,480	2,171,861

Colorado	724,508	8,701	20,932	40,967	159,600	494,308
Connecticut	562,179	1,559	15,596	77,156	73,922	393,946
Delaware	114,710	299	2,620	35,347	6,843	69,601
District of Columbia	68,925	40	1,112	58,320	6,340	3,113
Florida	2,434,821	6,593	45,879	613,364	472,029	1,296,956

Georgia	1,444,937	2,330	32,127	551,805	68,760	789,915
Hawaii	184,360	776	133,382	4,278	8,312	37,612
Idaho	245,009	3,310	3,005	1,827	26,121	210,746
Illinois	2,048,792	3,474	68,796	436,568	315,446	1,224,508
Indiana	989,225	2,104	9,705	115,586	34,757	827,073

Iowa	495,080	2,562	8,471	19,723	17,635	446,689
Kansas	465,911	6,081	10,325	41,347	41,452	366,706
Kentucky	641,141	1,213	4,124	68,356	6,219	561,229
Louisiana	743,089	4,725	9,392	355,290	10,485	363,197
Maine	207,037	1,377	2,151	2,476	1,265	199,768

Maryland	852,920	3,007	37,201	316,231	41,317	455,164
Massachusetts	975,150	2,711	43,004	83,228	104,207	742,000
Michigan	1,722,022	17,582	31,350	341,246	60,298	1,271,546
Minnesota	854,340	17,196	43,353	56,558	28,736	708,497
Mississippi	497,870	733	3,366	254,343	3,806	235,622

Missouri	912,744	2,875	10,617	159,199	16,669	723,384
Montana	154,875	16,293	1,473	877	2,658	133,574
Nebraska	286,199	4,370	4,345	19,102	20,762	237,620
Nevada	340,696	5,922	19,272	34,591	87,696	193,215
New Hampshire	208,461	477	2,694	2,340	3,827	199,123

New Jersey	1,307,828	2,626	82,432	233,334	200,652	788,784
New Mexico	320,306	35,595	3,461	7,622	160,708	112,920
New York	2,882,188	11,531	172,353	581,855	533,645	1,582,804
North Carolina	1,293,638	18,994	23,953	404,856	57,177	788,658
North Dakota	109,201	8,292	860	1,074	1,363	97,612

Ohio	1,835,049	2,292	20,722	299,874	31,049	1,481,112
Oklahoma	623,073	105,459	8,818	67,181	37,103	404,512
Oregon	536,918	11,424	21,581	15,590	56,453	431,870
Pennsylvania	1,814,311	2,240	36,325	274,697	81,641	1,419,408
Rhode Island	157,347	791	5,123	12,415	22,069	116,949

South Carolina	677,348	1,621	6,496	284,890	12,807	371,534
South Dakota	128,603	13,038	1,200	1,525	1,585	111,255
Tennessee	906,210	1,445	10,278	222,068	15,966	656,453
Texas	4,059,619	12,091	108,422	585,609	1,646,508	1,706,989
Utah	479,435	7,440	13,120	4,627	42,326	411,922

Vermont	102,049	577	1,446	1,117	596	98,313
Virginia	1,144,915	3,214	47,429	310,107	55,860	728,305
Washington	1,004,770	27,212	73,663	53,205	102,925	747,765
West Virginia	286,367	296	1,530	12,338	1,056	271,147
Wisconsin	879,476	12,342	28,959	88,253	39,958	709,964
Wyoming	89,940	2,786	780	1,095	6,231	79,048
Outlying Areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs²	46,938	46,938	0	0	0	0
DOD Overseas	58,773	498	5,959	12,694	4,576	35,046
DOD Domestic	29,807	200	1,055	7,739	5,492	15,321
American Samoa	15,702	0	15,702	0	0	0
Guam	32,473	28	31,724	106	68	547
Northern Marianas	10,004	0	9,972	5	0	27
Puerto Rico²	612,725	0	0	0	612,725	0
Virgin Islands	19,461	20	46	16,693	2,552	150

— Data missing.
¹ Total excludes students for whom race/ethnicity was not reported.
² Puerto Rico and the BIA reported all of their students in one race/ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data,"State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000–01.

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