Table 7.1a. Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by region and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 2000–01 through 2007

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Table 7.1a.

Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by region and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 2000–01 through 2007–08

Year and region	Total enrollment	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native
								2000–01
								Total	46,120,425	100.0	61.0	17.0	16.6	4.2	1.2
Northeast	8,227,746	100.0	67.4	15.5	12.4	4.4	0.3
Midwest	10,749,486	100.0	76.6	14.7	5.7	2.2	0.9
South	16,040,151	100.0	54.9	26.7	15.3	2.1	1.0
West	11,103,042	100.0	50.1	6.5	32.1	8.9	2.4

2003–04
Total	47,277,389	100.0	58.4	17.1	18.8	4.5	1.2
Northeast	8,303,699	100.0	65.7	15.6	13.6	4.8	0.3
Midwest	10,752,028	100.0	74.5	15.2	7.0	2.4	0.9
South	16,684,008	100.0	52.4	26.5	17.7	2.4	1.1
West	11,537,654	100.0	46.9	6.5	35.2	9.1	2.4

2007–08
Total	48,397,895	100.0	55.8	17.0	21.2	4.8	1.2
Northeast	8,059,559	100.0	63.4	15.4	15.4	5.6	0.3
Midwest	10,555,854	100.0	72.6	15.2	8.5	2.8	0.9
South	18,149,304	100.0	50.4	25.8	20.0	2.8	1.1
West	11,633,178	100.0	43.7	6.2	38.4	9.4	2.2
NOTE: Enrollment counts exclude schools with no reported enrollment or missing race/ethnicity information. Total enrollment including students with missing race/ethnicity information was 47,060,714 in 2000–01; 48,353,523 in 2003–04; and 48,910,025 in 2007–08. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Northeast includes CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT; Midwest includes IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI; South includes AL, AR, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV; West includes AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, and WY. 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," 2000–01, 2003–04, and 2007–08.