Table A-2.1a. Enrollment, American Indians/Alaska Natives as a percentage of total enrollment, and percentage distribution of American Indians/Alaska Natives enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: 2005-06

Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008

NCES 2008-084
September 2008

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Table A-2.1a. Enrollment, American Indians/Alaska Natives as a percentage of total enrollment, and percentage distribution of American Indians/Alaska Natives enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: 2005-06

Region/state	Total enrollment	American Indian/ Alaska Native enrollment	American Indians/Alaska Natives as percent of total enrollment	Percentage distribution of American Indians/ Alaska Natives by region and state
Total	48,962,240	644,461	1.3	100.0

Northeast	8,258,658	27,345	0.3	4.2
Connecticut	575,058	2,062	0.4	0.3
Maine	195,498	1,057	0.5	0.2
Massachusetts	971,909	2,941	0.3	0.5
New Hampshire	205,767	645	0.3	0.1
New Jersey	1,395,602	2,493	0.2	0.4
New York	2,838,209	14,090	0.5	2.2
Pennsylvania	1,828,287	2,674	0.1	0.4
Rhode Island	151,690	966	0.6	0.1
Vermont	96,638	417	0.4	0.1

South	18,063,429	193,869	1.1	30.1
Alabama	741,547	5,729	0.8	0.9
Arkansas	474,206	3,089	0.7	0.5
Delaware	120,937	408	0.3	0.1
District of Columbia	76,876	79	0.1	#
Florida	2,675,024	7,927	0.3	1.2
Georgia	1,598,461	2,339	0.1	0.4
Kentucky	641,685	1,106	0.2	0.2
Louisiana	654,397	5,115	0.8	0.8
Maryland	860,020	3,487	0.4	0.5
Mississippi	494,954	887	0.2	0.1
North Carolina	1,416,436	20,463	1.4	3.2
Oklahoma	634,739	120,122	18.9	18.6
South Carolina	701,544	2,205	0.3	0.3
Tennessee	953,798	1,730	0.2	0.3
Texas	4,523,873	15,043	0.3	2.3
Virginia	1,214,229	3,811	0.3	0.6
West Virginia	280,703	329	0.1	0.1

Midwest	10,779,326	94,844	0.9	14.7
Illinois	2,111,706	3,948	0.2	0.6
Indiana	1,034,782	2,628	0.3	0.4
Iowa	481,099	2,839	0.6	0.4
Kansas	466,266	6,707	1.4	1.0
Michigan	1,711,544	16,366	1.0	2.5
Minnesota	839,084	17,400	2.1	2.7
Missouri	915,850	3,686	0.4	0.6
Nebraska	286,646	4,751	1.7	0.7
North Dakota	98,284	8,484	8.6	1.3
Ohio	1,836,991	2,570	0.1	0.4
South Dakota	122,008	12,775	10.5	2.0
Wisconsin	875,066	12,690	1.5	2.0

West	11,810,672	278,248	2.4	43.2
Alaska	133,292	35,396	26.6	5.5
Arizona	1,094,454	67,498	6.2	10.5
California	6,312,103	50,758	0.8	7.9
Colorado	779,826	9,173	1.2	1.4
Hawaii	184,925	1,102	0.6	0.2
Idaho	261,844	4,126	1.6	0.6
Montana	145,416	16,422	11.3	2.5
Nevada	412,407	6,679	1.6	1.0
New Mexico	326,758	36,210	11.1	5.6
Oregon	534,823	12,921	2.4	2.0
Utah	508,430	7,770	1.5	1.2
Washington	1,031,985	27,208	2.6	4.2
Wyoming	84,409	2,985	3.5	0.5

Bureau of Indian Education
(BIE) schools¹	50,155	50,155	100.0	7.8

# Rounds to zero.

¹ Data for BIE schools are not separated by state. They are located in the South, Midwest, and West regions.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Total enrollment includes other race/ethnicity categories not shown. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2005–06.

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