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Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State: School Year 2001-02--Ed Tabs: April, 2004
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Table 4. Public school membership, by race/ethnicity and state: School year 2001–02
State
 Students
reported1		 American
Indian/Alaska
Native		 Asian/Pacific
Islander		 Hispanic Black non-
Hispanic		 White non-
Hispanic
United States 47,440,514 561,799 2,010,685 8,103,281 8,152,385 28,612,364
 
Alabama725,3491 5,357 5,869 11,108 264,506 438,509
Alaska134,358 34,210 7,870 4,812 6,254 81,212
Arizona922,180 60,404 19,361 325,661 43,551 473,203
Arkansas449,805 2,300 4,159 18,672 104,951 319,723
California6,108,0711 53,314 686,074 2,717,602 512,996 2,138,085
 
Colorado742,145 8,710 22,131 172,940 42,361 496,003
Connecticut570,228 1,677 16,878 77,966 78,826 394,881
Delaware115,555 325 2,807 7,600 35,900 68,923
District of Columbia68,4491 32 1,121 6,427 57,751 3,118
Florida2,500,478 6,916 48,079 511,247 621,569 1,312,667
 
Georgia1,470,634 2,437 34,812 80,776 561,354 791,255
Hawaii184,546 794 133,408 8,384 4,469 37,491
Idaho246,521 3,238 3,279 27,633 1,908 210,463
Illinois2,071,391 3,535 71,667 335,535 439,478 1,221,176
Indiana996,133 2,388 10,212 38,943 117,857 826,733
 
Iowa485,932 2,638 8,344 19,523 19,955 435,472
Kansas470,205 6,286 10,316 45,929 42,023 365,651
Kentucky621,9561 1,312 4,287 6,920 63,808 545,629
Louisiana731,328 4,765 9,311 11,358 349,550 356,344
Maine205,586 1,373 2,279 1,324 2,826 197,784
 
Maryland860,640 3,111 39,401 46,251 320,489 451,388
Massachusetts973,140 3,165 44,148 105,053 83,642 737,132
Michigan1,730,668 18,014 34,493 62,754 345,575 1,269,832
Minnesota851,384 17,145 44,273 31,935 59,924 698,107
Mississippi493,507 769 3,566 4,208 251,728 233,236
 
Missouri909,792 2,948 11,100 18,337 159,059 718,348
Montana151,947 16,121 1,560 2,835 962 130,469
Nebraska285,095 4,452 4,502 23,459 19,594 233,088
Nevada356,814 6,158 21,648 97,782 36,737 194,489
New Hampshire206,847 505 3,016 4,255 2,539 196,532
 
New Jersey1,341,656 2,390 88,558 214,546 239,554 796,608
New Mexico320,260 36,137 3,413 163,378 7,534 109,798
New York2,872,132 12,461 178,495 534,527 571,850 1,574,799
North Carolina1,315,363 19,336 25,245 68,957 412,192 789,633
North Dakota106,047 8,587 872 1,431 1,138 94,019
 
Ohio1,804,1231 2,382 21,429 33,447 301,480 1,445,385
Oklahoma622,139 108,800 9,051 40,373 67,334 396,581
Oregon540,8131 11,707 22,641 62,392 16,061 428,012
Pennsylvania1,821,627 2,386 37,945 87,219 279,256 1,414,821
Rhode Island158,046 897 5,098 23,336 12,782 115,933
 
South Carolina688,2581 1,674 6,879 16,187 286,819 376,699
South Dakota127,542 13,004 1,256 1,744 1,635 109,903
Tennessee909,8561 1,487 10,575 18,940 225,717 653,137
Texas4,163,447 12,776 116,229 1,735,040 598,223 1,701,179
Utah484,677 7,456 13,646 47,940 4,934 410,701
 
Vermont101,179 556 1,524 1,013 1,166 96,920
Virginia1,163,091 3,261 50,094 63,950 315,105 730,681
Washington1,009,200 26,452 75,916 110,468 54,589 741,775
West Virginia282,885 297 1,567 1,173 12,386 267,462
Wisconsin879,361 12,520 29,488 43,621 89,293 704,439
Wyoming88,128 2,834 793 6,370 1,195 76,936
Outlying Areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs246,476 46,476 0 0 0 0
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas56,5711 547 5,131 5,262 10,809 34,822
DDESS: DoDs Domestic27,7411 170 965 5,137 7,158 14,311
American Samoa215,897 0 15,897 0 0 0
Guam31,992 20 31,310 75 104 483
Northern Marianas10,479 0 10,429 0 6 44
Puerto Rico2604,177 0 0 604,177 0 0
Virgin Islands18,780 — — — — —
 
— Not available.
1 Totals exclude students for whom race/ethnicity was not reported.
2 American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the BIA reported all of their students in one category of 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," 2001–02.
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