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Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 2001-02

Table 11. Percent of students who are minority, by community type and by state: School year 2001–02

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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," 2001–02, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2001–02.
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