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Table 4.  Number of Black, non-Hispanic students in schools in rural districts identified by metro-centric and urban-centric locale code systems: School year 2003-04

Regions and states Total
students
Total Black,
non-Hispanic students
Metro-centric
rural Black students
Urban-centric
rural Black students
Black rural
students added
Black rural
students unchanged
Black rural
students dropped
Net
change
U.S. Total 48,353,523 8,089,204 845,148 848,546 162,844 685,702 159,446 3,398
 
Northeast 8,304,121 1,295,465 31,248 31,758 5,618 26,140 5,108 510
Connecticut 574,012 78,264 1,107 1,159 114 1,045 62 52
Maine 201,651 3,439 890 927 176 751 139 37
Massachusetts 980,459 86,636 1,723 1,660 133 1,527 196 -63
New Hampshire 207,417 2,947 377 370 31 339 38 -7
New Jersey 1,380,753 245,015 9,831 9,047 1,551 7,496 2,335 -784
New York 2,882,218 577,584 9,641 10,191 1,449 8,742 899 550
Pennsylvania 1,821,146 287,033 7,101 7,838 2,150 5,688 1,413 737
Rhode Island 157,362 13,326 119 125 6 119 0 6
Vermont 99,103 1,221 459 441 8 433 26 -18
 
South 17,613,820 4,413,791 756,273 764,961 149,541 615,420 140,853 8,688
Alabama 730,875 265,456 68,451 62,353 1,799 60,554 7,897 -6,098
Arkansas 454,523 104,816 21,653 17,675 4,479 13,196 8,457 -3,978
Delaware 117,668 37,508 4,289 2,140 553 1,587 2,702 -2,149
District of Columbia 78,057 66,082
Florida 2,587,554 629,098 36,266 31,063 3,331 27,732 8,534 -5,203
Georgia 1,522,611 582,569 82,349 108,051 38,440 69,611 12,738 25,702
Kentucky 631,334 65,822 7,670 6,217 1,646 4,571 3,099 -1,453
Louisiana 727,594 347,371 70,594 53,280 5,411 47,869 22,725 -17,314
Maryland 869,113 329,526 11,257 12,424 2,942 9,482 1,775 1,167
Mississippi 493,540 250,329 94,453 97,685 20,023 77,662 16,791 3,232
North Carolina 1,360,209 429,325 161,702 163,330 25,021 138,309 23,393 1,628
Oklahoma 626,159 68,315 6,110 5,980 421 5,559 551 -130
South Carolina 699,198 287,026 70,623 84,706 30,676 54,030 16,593 14,083
Tennessee 912,124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas 4,329,841 617,152 42,108 43,417 9,016 34,401 7,707 1,309
Virginia 1,192,205 320,372 73,339 73,400 5,739 67,661 5,678 61
West Virginia 281,215 13,024 5,409 3,240 44 3,196 2,213 -2,169
 
Midwest 10,799,481 1,633,316 42,811 35,104 3,161 31,943 10,868 -7,707
Illinois 2,100,403 444,264 11,667 4,844 163 4,681 6,986 -6,823
Indiana 1,010,811 125,074 2,234 1,830 191 1,639 595 -404
Iowa 481,226 21,687 1,755 1,405 11 1,394 361 -350
Kansas 468,510 40,937 2,251 2,423 247 2,176 75 172
Michigan 1,745,308 348,353 10,082 8,789 359 8,430 1,652 -1,293
Minnesota 842,854 65,488 1,370 1,648 313 1,335 35 278
Missouri 916,842 164,775 5,190 4,881 229 4,652 538 -309
Nebraska 285,542 20,411 530 476 4 472 58 -54
North Dakota 102,233 1,233 170 176 6 170 0 6
Ohio 1,840,390 306,645 5,901 7,066 1,491 5,575 326 1,165
South Dakota 125,537 1,903 259 230 0 230 29 -29
Wisconsin 879,825 92,546 1,402 1,336 147 1,189 213 -66
 
West 11,636,101 746,632 14,816 16,723 4,524 12,199 2,617 1,907
Alaska 133,933 6,259 206 231 25 206 0 25
Arizona 1,012,068 48,970 1,930 3,629 2,046 1,583 347 1,699
California 6,298,928 510,697 9,425 8,898 1,132 7,766 1,659 -527
Colorado 756,912 44,063 612 1,268 794 474 138 656
Hawaii 183,609 4,381
Idaho 251,712 2,178 235 223 2 221 14 -12
Montana 148,356 1,080 252 254 6 248 4 2
Nevada 385,492 41,062 191 264 209 55 136 73
New Mexico 323,066 7,833 201 293 92 201 0 92
Oregon 543,800 15,292 414 387 18 369 45 -27
Utah 491,206 5,457 89 78 0 78 11 -11
Washington 1,021,349 58,182 1,197 1,134 200 934 263 -63
Wyoming 85,670 1,178 64 64 0 64 0 0
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Locale Code File," 2003-04, and "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003-04.