Table 27. Percentage distribution of public school principals by race/ethnicity, percentage minority, and state: 2003

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Table 27. Percentage distribution of public school principals by race/ethnicity, percentage minority, and state: 2003–04

	Race/ethnicity
State	White, non- Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic		American Indian/ Alaska Native, non-Hispanic		Asian, non- Hispanic		Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic		Hispanic, single or multiple races		Multiple races, non- Hispanic¹		Minority²
United States	82.4	10.6		0.7		0.5		0.1		5.3		0.4		17.6

Alabama	73.5	24.4		1.0	!	#		#		1.0	!	#		26.5
Alaska	79.7	2.8		7.9		1.2	!	#		5.0		3.4	!	20.3
Arizona	80.5	2.6		3.7		0.6	!	#		11.8		0.8	!	19.5
Arkansas	85.0	12.6		0.7		#		#		#		1.7	!	15.0
California	72.6	7.8		0.1	!	1.9		0.1	!	17.1		0.5	!	27.4

Colorado	79.1	7.2		0.5	!	0.4	!	#		12.6		0.2	!	20.9
Connecticut	90.9	7.3		#		#		#		1.8	!	#		9.1
Delaware	82.2	13.3		#		#		#		4.5		#		17.8
District of Columbia	9.6	84.8		#		#		#		4.4		1.2	!	90.4
Florida	71.6	20.4		#		#		#		8.0		#		28.4

Georgia	75.3	23.1		#		#		#		1.4	!	0.2	!	24.7
Hawaii	27.7	2.4	!	#		49.8		16.7		0.4	!	3.0	!	72.3
Idaho	98.2	#		#		#		#		1.3	!	0.5	!	1.8	!
Illinois	76.4	17.4		#		1.0	!	#		5.3		#		23.6
Indiana	93.3	6.7		#		#		#		#		#		6.7

Iowa	97.7	2.2	!	#		#		#		#		0.1	!	2.3	!
Kansas	95.6	1.9	!	0.6	!	#		#		1.9	!	#		4.4
Kentucky	95.9	4.1	!	#		#		#		#		#		4.1	!
Louisiana	64.3	35.7		#		#		#		#		#		35.7
Maine	97.9	#		1.5	!	#		#		#		0.6	!	2.1	!

Maryland	69.7	28.8		1.4	!	#		#		#		0.2	!	30.3
Massachusetts	94.1	2.0	!	#		0.3	!	#		3.6		#		5.9
Michigan	83.1	15.5		0.9	!	#		#		0.3	!	0.2	!	16.9
Minnesota	95.3	2.2		1.0	!	1.1	!	#		0.5	!	#		4.7
Mississippi	65.2	34.5		#		0.3	!	#		#		#		34.8

Missouri	90.3	8.0		1.0	!	#		#		0.8	!	#		9.7
Montana	95.4	0.3		3.2	!	#		#		0.5	!	0.7	!	4.6
Nebraska	96.7	1.4	!	#		#		#		1.3	!	0.6	!	3.3
Nevada	83.6	7.9		3.7		#		#		4.9		#		16.4
New Hampshire	97.6	#		#		1.2	!	#		1.3	!	#		2.4	!

New Jersey	82.4	10.0		#		#		#		7.6		#		17.6
New Mexico	59.4	1.2	!	1.0	!	0.2		#		38.3		#		40.6
New York	89.6	6.4		#		#		#		2.7		1.3	!	10.4
North Carolina	80.7	16.8		1.2	!	#		#		1.0	!	0.3	!	19.3
North Dakota	97.2	#		1.7	!	#		#		0.7	!	0.5	!	2.8

Ohio	88.6	10.6		0.5	!	#		#		0.3	!	#		11.4
Oklahoma	80.1	5.3		10.4		#		0.7	!	0.1	!	3.4		19.9
Oregon	91.9	1.4	!	1.5	!	1.3	!	0.5	!	1.4	!	2.0	!	8.1
Pennsylvania	89.1	9.6		#		#		#		0.7	!	0.6	!	10.9
Rhode Island	94.0	2.0	!	#		#		1.5	!	2.4	!	#		6.0

South Carolina	72.3	27.1		#		#		#		0.5	!	#		27.7
South Dakota	92.9	#		3.2		#		#		0.9	!	3.0	!	7.1
Tennessee	80.7	17.7		0.8	!	#		#		0.8	!	#		19.3
Texas	74.1	9.0		#		#		#		16.8		0.1	!	25.9
Utah	94.2	#		#		#		#		5.8		#		5.8

Vermont	99.6	#		#		#		#		0.4	!	#		0.4	!
Virginia	80.6	19.2		0.3	!	#		#		#		#		19.4
Washington	90.7	3.1		0.2	!	2.3	!	0.2	!	3.2		0.2	!	9.3
West Virginia	95.8	1.8	!	1.4	!	#		#		1.0	!	#		4.2	!
Wisconsin	92.7	3.9		1.5	!	#		#		0.9	!	1.0	!	7.3
Wyoming	98.0	#		0.8	!	#		#		0.5	!	0.8	!	2.0	!

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

¹ Multiple races, non-Hispanic includes all non-Hispanic respondents who selected more than one race.

² Minority includes Black, non-Hispanic; American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic; Asian, non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic; Hispanic, single or multiple races; and multiple races, non-Hispanic.

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 Principal Data File, 2003–04.

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