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Table 6.  Number of White, 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 White,
non-Hispanic
students
Metro-centric
rural White
students
Urban-centric
rural White
students
White rural
students
added
White rural
students
unchanged
White rural
students
dropped
Net
change
U.S. Total 48,353,523 27,612,086 6,602,499 6,607,339 790,246 5,817,093 785,406 4,840
 
Northeast 8,304,121 5,452,606 1,132,496 1,125,138 142,781 982,357 150,139 -7,358
Connecticut 574,012 391,990 57,646 68,055 14,257 53,798 3,848 10,409
Maine 201,651 193,180 104,813 101,637 11,630 90,007 14,806 -3,176
Massachusetts 980,459 731,311 91,727 88,201 10,546 77,655 14,072 -3,526
New Hampshire 207,417 195,479 66,952 66,521 4,084 62,437 4,515 -431
New Jersey 1,380,753 799,162 87,101 99,545 25,376 74,169 12,932 12,444
New York 2,882,218 1,544,982 346,380 332,097 25,314 306,783 39,597 -14,283
Pennsylvania 1,821,146 1,389,635 312,603 304,936 50,477 254,459 58,144 -7,667
Rhode Island 157,362 112,276 14,985 15,117 132 14,985 0 132
Vermont 99,103 94,591 50,289 49,029 965 48,064 2,225 -1,260
 
South 17,613,820 8,737,883 2,707,192 2,677,840 368,750 2,309,090 398,102 -29,352
Alabama 730,875 436,486 205,258 189,991 11,872 178,119 27,139 -15,267
Arkansas 454,523 317,876 140,036 133,169 12,163 121,006 19,030 -6,867
Delaware 117,668 67,416 15,029 8,055 2,615 5,440 9,589 -6,974
District of Columbia 78,057 3,367
Florida 2,587,554 1,326,652 134,410 116,419 11,517 104,902 29,508 -17,991
Georgia 1,522,611 793,393 294,261 317,424 59,123 258,301 35,960 23,163
Kentucky 631,334 549,052 247,798 247,113 51,128 195,985 51,813 -685
Louisiana 727,594 352,554 102,638 74,461 6,760 67,701 34,937 -28,177
Maryland 869,113 438,450 50,857 59,525 19,528 39,997 10,860 8,668
Mississippi 493,540 233,271 130,340 138,974 22,796 116,178 14,162 8,634
North Carolina 1,360,209 793,041 389,579 399,147 41,839 357,308 32,271 9,568
Oklahoma 626,159 384,849 125,436 130,386 12,045 118,341 7,095 4,950
South Carolina 699,198 376,654 108,459 111,798 32,713 79,085 29,374 3,339
Tennessee 912,124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas 4,329,841 1,677,326 357,831 389,253 58,077 331,176 26,655 31,422
Virginia 1,192,205 722,844 280,247 266,257 19,061 247,196 33,051 -13,990
West Virginia 281,215 264,652 125,013 95,868 7,513 88,355 36,658 -29,145
 
Midwest 10,799,481 8,011,966 2,213,527 2,235,161 188,148 2,047,013 166,514 21,634
Illinois 2,100,403 1,205,281 220,948 191,671 12,677 178,994 41,954 -29,277
Indiana 1,010,811 824,041 246,398 241,701 23,183 218,518 27,880 -4,697
Iowa 481,226 424,341 172,827 155,987 690 155,297 17,530 -16,840
Kansas 468,510 352,402 122,776 131,752 10,764 120,988 1,788 8,976
Michigan 1,745,308 1,268,167 320,721 331,764 33,528 298,236 22,485 11,043
Minnesota 842,854 675,904 165,079 187,429 24,768 162,661 2,418 22,350
Missouri 916,842 712,043 211,583 230,121 27,892 202,229 9,354 18,538
Nebraska 285,542 227,043 74,753 73,973 424 73,549 1,204 -780
North Dakota 102,233 89,962 35,546 35,748 202 35,546 0 202
Ohio 1,840,390 1,432,564 413,789 424,938 33,101 391,837 21,952 11,149
South Dakota 125,537 106,638 44,913 41,965 0 41,965 2,948 -2,948
Wisconsin 879,825 693,580 184,194 188,112 20,919 167,193 17,001 3,918
 
West 11,636,101 5,409,631 549,284 569,200 90,567 478,633 70,651 19,916
Alaska 133,933 78,881 14,523 14,825 302 14,523 0 302
Arizona 1,012,068 497,655 43,660 61,027 22,139 38,888 4,772 17,367
California 6,298,928 2,046,283 146,332 132,020 13,594 118,426 27,906 -14,312
Colorado 756,912 488,561 56,158 60,660 14,474 46,186 9,972 4,502
Hawaii 183,609 37,069
Idaho 251,712 211,590 47,622 45,279 1,370 43,909 3,713 -2,343
Montana 148,356 126,294 43,826 44,434 1,364 43,070 756 608
Nevada 385,492 195,680 6,277 20,348 18,321 2,027 4,250 14,071
New Mexico 323,066 105,823 9,735 14,523 4,788 9,735 . 4,788
Oregon 543,800 409,220 53,989 49,358 1,164 48,194 5,795 -4,631
Utah 491,206 408,662 24,386 23,329 441 22,888 1,498 -1,057
Washington 1,021,349 730,212 84,992 85,613 12,610 73,003 11,989 621
Wyoming 85,670 73,701 17,784 17,784 0 17,784 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.