Table 2. Percentage distribution of public school students, by sex, race/ethnicity, percentage minority, and state: 2003

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Table 2. Percentage distribution of public school students, by sex, race/ethnicity, percentage minority, and state: 2003–04

	Sex		Race/ethnicity
State	Male	Female	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Hispanic, regardless of race	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander	Minority¹
United States	50.1	49.9	60.3	16.8	17.7	1.3	3.9	39.7

Alabama	50.9	49.1	58.0	38.3	2.0	0.7	0.9	42.0
Alaska	51.6	48.4	59.3	4.9	4.7	24.6	6.4	40.7
Arizona	50.1	49.9	52.6	4.1	35.1	5.9	2.4	47.4
Arkansas	50.6	49.4	72.8	21.6	4.0	0.5	1.1	27.2
California	50.9	49.1	34.1	8.2	45.9	1.2	10.6	65.9

Colorado	51.6	48.4	67.4	5.5	22.5	1.3	3.3	32.6
Connecticut	51.3	48.7	69.9	13.1	13.6	0.4	3.0	30.1
Delaware	50.7	49.3	59.9	31.4	5.9	0.2	2.6	40.1
District of Columbia	49.5	50.5	5.5	84.5	8.5	#	1.4	94.5
Florida	49.7	50.3	52.9	25.2	20.0	0.4	1.6	47.1

Georgia	49.9	50.1	53.6	37.6	6.6	0.2	2.1	46.4
Hawaii	50.6	49.4	18.3	2.8	3.5	0.6	74.8	81.7
Idaho	51.1	48.9	83.4	0.7	13.4	1.4	1.1	16.6
Illinois	50.8	49.2	61.1	18.0	18.0	0.2	2.7	38.9
Indiana	51.7	48.3	82.3	11.5	4.9	0.3	1.0	17.7

Iowa	50.4	49.6	89.8	3.2	4.8	0.5	1.7	10.2
Kansas	50.3	49.7	77.2	9.1	9.9	1.8	2.0	22.8
Kentucky	51.5	48.5	88.6	8.6	2.0	0.2	0.6	11.4
Louisiana	48.4	51.6	49.1	46.2	2.6	0.7	1.3	50.9
Maine	52.1	47.9	95.7	1.8	0.7	0.6	1.2	4.3

Maryland	48.7	51.3	49.0	37.9	8.8	0.4	4.0	51.0
Massachusetts	49.7	50.3	72.4	8.8	13.3	0.4	5.1	27.6
Michigan	47.8	52.2	71.0	22.2	3.5	1.5	1.7	29.0
Minnesota	50.1	49.9	79.5	7.3	4.4	2.4	6.4	20.5
Mississippi	49.3	50.7	45.7	52.3	1.3	0.1	0.6	54.3

Missouri	50.9	49.1	79.4	15.9	3.1	0.5	1.1	20.6
Montana	51.1	48.9	84.3	0.6	1.7	12.5	0.9	15.7
Nebraska	49.5	50.5	81.7	6.4	8.8	1.7	1.4	18.3
Nevada	50.0	50.0	51.8	10.5	29.9	1.5	6.1	48.2
New Hampshire	50.5	49.5	94.6	1.5	2.3	0.2	1.4	5.4

New Jersey	50.9	49.1	59.1	16.4	18.4	0.2	5.9	40.9
New Mexico	50.1	49.9	34.2	2.3	50.3	12.1	1.1	65.8
New York	48.9	51.1	61.6	15.3	17.6	0.6	5.0	38.4
North Carolina	51.3	48.7	61.2	29.2	6.6	0.8	2.2	38.8
North Dakota	51.3	48.7	86.8	1.2	2.3	8.9	0.8	13.2

Ohio	49.0	51.0	78.5	18.2	2.1	0.1	1.1	21.5
Oklahoma	49.8	50.2	62.3	9.5	7.1	19.8	1.3	37.7
Oregon	49.4	50.6	78.4	2.4	13.5	2.8	3.0	21.6
Pennsylvania	50.1	49.9	76.0	16.1	6.3	0.1	1.6	24.0
Rhode Island	48.0	52.0	69.5	8.8	18.4	0.5	2.9	30.5

South Carolina	48.7	51.3	54.5	41.0	3.2	0.2	1.1	45.5
South Dakota	49.1	50.9	85.6	1.3	1.5	10.7	1.0	14.4
Tennessee	50.4	49.6	73.0	22.6	3.1	0.2	1.2	27.0
Texas	49.3	50.7	38.2	15.4	43.3	0.2	2.9	61.8
Utah	50.8	49.2	84.7	1.1	10.7	1.5	2.0	15.3

Vermont	52.3	47.7	95.9	1.3	0.9	0.5	1.3	4.1
Virginia	50.8	49.2	63.3	28.7	4.4	0.3	3.3	36.7
Washington	49.8	50.2	71.4	5.0	13.9	2.4	7.3	28.6
West Virginia	50.7	49.3	94.4	4.6	0.5	0.1	0.4	5.6
Wisconsin	51.3	48.7	81.5	8.8	5.4	0.9	3.4	18.5
Wyoming	51.3	48.7	84.8	1.6	7.7	5.1	0.8	15.2
# Rounds to zero.
¹ Minority includes Black, non-Hispanic; Hispanic, regardless of race; American Indian/Alaska Native; and Asian/Pacific Islander.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Public School Data File, 2003–04.

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