Table 6.1b. Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in colleges or universities, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, October 1996 to 2006

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Table 6.1b. Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in colleges or universities, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, October 1996 to 2006

Race/ethnicity	1996	2004	2005	2006
Total¹	35.5	38.0	38.9	37.3
White	39.5	41.7	42.8	41.0
Black	27.4	31.8	33.1	32.6
Hispanic	20.1	24.7	24.8	23.6
Asian²	53.9	60.6	61.0	58.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	—	55.8	50.6	39.1
American Indian/Alaska Native	30.3	24.4	27.8	26.2

—Not available.

¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

² Data for 1996 includes Pacific Islanders.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Selected years, October 1996 to 2006.

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