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 |
Reporting states1 |
47,687,871 |
18,815,623 |
62.5 |
35.9 |
20.8 |
|
Alabama
| 737,294
| 286,738
| 70.2
| 29.4
| 30.4 |
Alaska
| 134,358
| 53,147
| 38.2
| 0.0
| 41.3 |
Arizona
| 922,180
| 448,977
| 52.9
| 40.0
| 51.0 |
Arkansas
| 449,805
| 130,082
| 47.4
| 15.2
| 23.0 |
California
| 6,248,610
| 3,969,986
| 74.3
| 61.2
| 42.2 |
|
Colorado
| 742,145
| 245,957
| 46.1
| 30.6
| 21.6 |
Connecticut
| 570,228
| 175,347
| 69.1
| 20.8
| 8.4 |
Delaware
| 115,555
| 46,593
| 57.7
| 39.3
| 30.7 |
District of Columbia2
| 75,392
| 65,331
| 86.6
| 0.0
| 100.03 |
Florida
| 2,500,478
| 1,187,811
| 53.1
| 50.5
| 32.4 |
|
Georgia
| 1,470,634
| 679,379
| 80.3
| 50.6
| 33.7 |
Hawaii
| 184,546
| 147,055
| 81.8
| 80.0
| 78.0 |
Idaho
| 246,521
| 36,038
| 14.5
| 18.0
| 14.6 |
Illinois
| 2,071,391
| 850,215
| 75.4
| 31.4
| 8.5 |
Indiana
| 996,133
| 169,586
| 41.2
| 12.2
| 4.0 |
|
Iowa
| 485,932
| 50,460
| 22.1
| 7.6
| 5.0 |
Kansas
| 470,205
| 103,682
| 42.8
| 12.3
| 14.8 |
Kentucky
| 654,363
| 76,327
| 31.5
| 16.7
| 5.2 |
Louisiana
| 731,328
| 374,643
| 75.0
| 41.8
| 39.4 |
Maine
| 205,586
| 7,454
| 11.4
| 3.3
| 2.7 |
|
Maryland
| 860,640
|
409,252 |
77.0 |
49.7 |
20.6 |
Massachusetts
| 973,140
|
236,008 |
56.3 |
13.6 |
5.9 |
Michigan
| 1,730,668
|
457,160 |
71.2 |
18.3 |
7.3 |
Minnesota
| 851,384
|
153,277 |
53.6 |
12.9 |
8.2 |
Mississippi
| 493,507
|
260,273 |
75.5 |
28.7 |
53.0 |
|
Missouri
| 909,792
| 195,030
| 48.9
| 23.8
| 6.4 |
Montana
| 151,947
| 21,472
| 14.2
| 8.0
| 14.9 |
Nebraska
| 285,095
| 52,007
| 29.8
| 17.7
| 10.9 |
Nevada
| 356,814
| 162,454
| 52.4
| 47.7
| 25.7 |
New Hampshire
| 206,847
| 10,315
| 13.9
| 4.2
| 2.3 |
|
New Jersey
| 1,341,656
| 545,067
| 79.3
| 38.8
| 16.7 |
New Mexico
| 320,260
| 210,462
| 63.7
| 71.5
| 68.7 |
New York
| 2,872,132
| 1,296,450
| 80.2
| 23.5
| 6.9 |
North Carolina
| 1,315,363
| 525,730
| 54.4
| 33.0
| 34.0 |
North Dakota
| 106,047
| 12,028
| 9.1
| 7.6
| 13.0 |
|
Ohio
| 1,830,985
| 361,762
| 54.3
| 13.1
| 3.3 |
Oklahoma
| 622,139
| 225,558
| 48.7
| 26.4
| 35.0 |
Oregon
| 551,480
| 115,610
| 27.7
| 21.5
| 16.3 |
Pennsylvania
| 1,821,627
| 406,806
| 66.1
| 13.8
| 5.2 |
Rhode Island
| 158,046
| 42,113
| 54.4
| 13.4
| 4.6 |
|
South Carolina
| 691,078
| 303,295
| 56.3
| 36.4
| 47.6 |
South Dakota
| 127,542
| 17,670
| 16.4
| 7.3
| 13.3 |
Tennessee
| 925,030
| 256,719
|
|
| |
Texas
| 4,163,447
| 2,462,268
| 75.4
| 47.3
| 42.4 |
Utah
| 484,677
| 73,388
| 29.9
| 12.7
| 10.7 |
|
Vermont
| 101,179
| 4,259
| 14.1
| 5.5
| 3.6 |
Virginia
| 1,163,091
| 432,410
| 59.4
| 35.8
| 22.7 |
Washington
| 1,009,200
| 267,425
| 36.0
| 26.0
| 20.0 |
West Virginia
| 282,885
| 15,423
| 10.7
| 6.9
| 4.0 |
Wisconsin
| 879,361
| 174,894
| 45.4
| 10.3
| 6.4 |
Wyoming
| 88,128
| 11,192
| 15.3
| 18.4
| 11.3 |
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs |
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas
| 73,212
| 21,756
|
|
| |
DDESS: DoDs Domestic
| 32,847
| 13,430
| 40.9
| 35.4
| 34.9 |
Bureau of Indian Affairs
| 46,476
| 46,476
| 100.0
| 100.0
| 100.0 |
American Samoa
| 15,897
| 15,897
|
|
| |
Guam
| 31,992
| 31,510
|
|
| |
Northern Marianas
| 10,479
| 10,435
|
|
| |
Puerto Rico
| 604,177
| 604,177
|
|
| |
Virgin Islands
| 18,780
|
|
|
| |
|
Not available. |
1Total of reporting states, does not include Tennessee. |
2Racial/ethnic data were not reported for the 28 charter schools in the District of Columbia. |
3Represents 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 (CCD),
"Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 200102,
and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,"
200102. |