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Table 209. Fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2002

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                       |                                   Number of students                          ||             Percentage distribution of students
                       |_______________________________________________________________________________||______________________________________________________
State or jurisdiction  |          |          |             Minority, by race/ethnicity        |        ||     |      |      Minority, by race/ethnicity  |
                       |          |          |________________________________________________|        ||     |      |___________________________________|
                       |    Total |   White, |         |  Black, |         |  Asian/ |American|Nonresi-||Total|White,|     |Black,|     |Asian/ |American|Non-
                       |          |     non- |         |    non- |Hispanic | Pacific |Indian/ |   dent ||     | non- |Total| non- |His- |Pacific|Indian/ |resi-
                       |          | Hispanic |   Total |Hispanic |         |Islander | Alaska |  alien ||     | His- |     | His- |panic|Island-| Alaska |dent
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         | Native |        ||     |panic |     |panic |     |    er | Native |alien
_______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________||_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
1                      |        2 |        3 |       4 |       5 |       6 |       7 |      8 |      9 ||  10 |   11 |  12 |   13 |  14 |    15 |     16 |  17
_______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________||_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
   United States ......|16,611,711|11,140,240|4,880,548|1,978,746|1,661,726|1,074,162| 165,914| 590,923||100.0|  67.1| 29.4|  11.9| 10.0|    6.5|     1.0|  3.6
                       |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________||_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
Alabama ...............|   246,414|   162,553|   77,731|   69,978|    2,846|    3,068|   1,839|   6,130||100.0|  66.0| 31.5|  28.4|  1.2|    1.2|     0.7|  2.5
Alaska ................|    29,546|    21,552|    7,167|    1,009|      995|    1,232|   3,931|     827||100.0|  72.9| 24.3|   3.4|  3.4|    4.2|    13.3|  2.8
Arizona ...............|   401,605|   273,674|  115,703|   20,222|   65,887|   14,659|  14,935|  12,228||100.0|  68.1| 28.8|   5.0| 16.4|    3.7|     3.7|  3.0
Arkansas ..............|   127,372|    97,188|   27,316|   22,451|    1,893|    1,690|   1,282|   2,868||100.0|  76.3| 21.4|  17.6|  1.5|    1.3|     1.0|  2.3
California ............| 2,474,024| 1,128,235|1,267,093|  186,680|  601,773|  454,269|  24,371|  78,696||100.0|  45.6| 51.2|   7.5| 24.3|   18.4|     1.0|  3.2
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Colorado ..............|   282,343|   219,580|   56,116|   11,721|   29,798|   10,544|   4,053|   6,647||100.0|  77.8| 19.9|   4.2| 10.6|    3.7|     1.4|  2.4
Connecticut ...........|   170,606|   126,486|   36,866|   16,740|   12,241|    7,157|     728|   7,254||100.0|  74.1| 21.6|   9.8|  7.2|    4.2|     0.4|  4.3
Delaware ..............|    49,228|    36,271|   11,665|    8,739|    1,459|    1,300|     167|   1,292||100.0|  73.7| 23.7|  17.8|  3.0|    2.6|     0.3|  2.6
District of Columbia ..|    91,014|    43,972|   38,716|   28,335|    4,050|    6,081|     250|   8,326||100.0|  48.3| 42.5|  31.1|  4.4|    6.7|     0.3|  9.1
Florida ...............|   792,079|   466,115|  296,259|  135,483|  131,176|   26,152|   3,448|  29,705||100.0|  58.8| 37.4|  17.1| 16.6|    3.3|     0.4|  3.8
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Georgia ...............|   397,604|   243,784|  141,430|  118,578|    7,868|   13,830|   1,154|  12,390||100.0|  61.3| 35.6|  29.8|  2.0|    3.5|     0.3|  3.1
Hawaii ................|    65,368|    17,006|   42,720|    1,725|    1,886|   38,783|     326|   5,642||100.0|  26.0| 65.4|   2.6|  2.9|   59.3|     0.5|  8.6
Idaho .................|    72,072|    64,672|    5,492|      516|    2,773|    1,269|     934|   1,908||100.0|  89.7|  7.6|   0.7|  3.8|    1.8|     1.3|  2.6
Illinois ..............|   776,622|   509,884|  240,457|  104,775|   87,441|   45,912|   2,329|  26,281||100.0|  65.7| 31.0|  13.5| 11.3|    5.9|     0.3|  3.4
Indiana ...............|   342,064|   285,767|   43,138|   26,902|    8,711|    6,263|   1,262|  13,159||100.0|  83.5| 12.6|   7.9|  2.5|    1.8|     0.4|  3.8
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Iowa ..................|   202,546|   177,757|   16,590|    6,832|    4,424|    4,302|   1,032|   8,199||100.0|  87.8|  8.2|   3.4|  2.2|    2.1|     0.5|  4.0
Kansas ................|   188,049|   156,090|   25,073|   10,214|    7,412|    4,642|   2,805|   6,886||100.0|  83.0| 13.3|   5.4|  3.9|    2.5|     1.5|  3.7
Kentucky ..............|   225,489|   196,664|   24,436|   18,912|    2,147|    2,701|     676|   4,389||100.0|  87.2| 10.8|   8.4|  1.0|    1.2|     0.3|  1.9
Louisiana .............|   232,140|   144,851|   80,499|   68,740|    5,357|    4,908|   1,494|   6,790||100.0|  62.4| 34.7|  29.6|  2.3|    2.1|     0.6|  2.9
Maine .................|    63,308|    58,829|    3,089|      860|      582|      870|     777|   1,390||100.0|  92.9|  4.9|   1.4|  0.9|    1.4|     1.2|  2.2
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Maryland ..............|   300,269|   178,728|  108,068|   78,177|   10,061|   18,663|   1,167|  13,473||100.0|  59.5| 36.0|  26.0|  3.4|    6.2|     0.4|  4.5
Massachusetts .........|   431,224|   313,869|   88,177|   31,206|   24,371|   30,708|   1,892|  29,178||100.0|  72.8| 20.4|   7.2|  5.7|    7.1|     0.4|  6.8
Michigan ..............|   605,835|   467,279|  114,255|   73,646|   14,831|   20,953|   4,825|  24,301||100.0|  77.1| 18.9|  12.2|  2.4|    3.5|     0.8|  4.0
Minnesota .............|   323,791|   276,073|   37,871|   15,988|    5,273|   12,616|   3,994|   9,847||100.0|  85.3| 11.7|   4.9|  1.6|    3.9|     1.2|  3.0
Mississippi ...........|   147,077|    87,584|   57,471|   54,808|      945|    1,166|     552|   2,022||100.0|  59.5| 39.1|  37.3|  0.6|    0.8|     0.4|  1.4
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Missouri ..............|   348,146|   279,460|   57,575|   39,032|    8,002|    8,366|   2,175|  11,111||100.0|  80.3| 16.5|  11.2|  2.3|    2.4|     0.6|  3.2
Montana ...............|    45,111|    39,032|    5,283|      214|      710|      444|   3,915|     796||100.0|  86.5| 11.7|   0.5|  1.6|    1.0|     8.7|  1.8
Nebraska ..............|   116,737|   101,748|   11,425|    4,533|    3,175|    2,921|     796|   3,564||100.0|  87.2|  9.8|   3.9|  2.7|    2.5|     0.7|  3.1
Nevada ................|    95,671|    64,491|   28,805|    6,951|   11,260|    9,081|   1,513|   2,375||100.0|  67.4| 30.1|   7.3| 11.8|    9.5|     1.6|  2.5
New Hampshire .........|    68,523|    61,834|    4,959|    1,340|    1,634|    1,587|     398|   1,730||100.0|  90.2|  7.2|   2.0|  2.4|    2.3|     0.6|  2.5
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
New Jersey ............|   361,733|   221,505|  124,108|   48,872|   44,718|   29,519|     999|  16,120||100.0|  61.2| 34.3|  13.5| 12.4|    8.2|     0.3|  4.5
New Mexico ............|   120,997|    54,229|   64,635|    3,518|   48,253|    2,514|  10,350|   2,133||100.0|  44.8| 53.4|   2.9| 39.9|    2.1|     8.6|  1.8
New York ..............| 1,107,270|   685,941|  358,983|  154,533|  118,497|   81,960|   3,993|  62,346||100.0|  61.9| 32.4|  14.0| 10.7|    7.4|     0.4|  5.6
North Carolina ........|   447,335|   308,373|  127,498|  103,121|    8,790|   10,272|   5,315|  11,464||100.0|  68.9| 28.5|  23.1|  2.0|    2.3|     1.2|  2.6
North Dakota ..........|    45,800|    40,037|    4,308|      551|      401|      394|   2,962|   1,455||100.0|  87.4|  9.4|   1.2|  0.9|    0.9|     6.5|  3.2
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Ohio ..................|   587,996|   480,134|   89,081|   64,355|   10,573|   11,970|   2,183|  18,781||100.0|  81.7| 15.1|  10.9|  1.8|    2.0|     0.4|  3.2
Oklahoma ..............|   198,423|   141,413|   47,261|   17,159|    6,467|    4,991|  18,644|   9,749||100.0|  71.3| 23.8|   8.6|  3.3|    2.5|     9.4|  4.9
Oregon ................|   204,565|   168,389|   29,913|    4,385|    9,482|   12,549|   3,497|   6,263||100.0|  82.3| 14.6|   2.1|  4.6|    6.1|     1.7|  3.1
Pennsylvania ..........|   654,826|   524,844|  107,148|   62,104|   16,727|   26,571|   1,746|  22,834||100.0|  80.2| 16.4|   9.5|  2.6|    4.1|     0.3|  3.5
Rhode Island ..........|    77,417|    61,935|   12,699|    4,566|    4,538|    3,261|     334|   2,783||100.0|  80.0| 16.4|   5.9|  5.9|    4.2|     0.4|  3.6
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
South Carolina ........|   202,007|   136,362|   61,747|   55,500|    2,651|    2,765|     831|   3,898||100.0|  67.5| 30.6|  27.5|  1.3|    1.4|     0.4|  1.9
South Dakota ..........|    47,751|    41,468|    4,872|      558|      435|      424|   3,455|   1,411||100.0|  86.8| 10.2|   1.2|  0.9|    0.9|     7.2|  3.0
Tennessee .............|   261,899|   200,001|   56,107|   46,621|    3,796|    4,735|     955|   5,791||100.0|  76.4| 21.4|  17.8|  1.4|    1.8|     0.4|  2.2
Texas .................| 1,152,369|   628,703|  475,837|  134,706|  277,786|   57,251|   6,094|  47,829||100.0|  54.6| 41.3|  11.7| 24.1|    5.0|     0.5|  4.2
Utah ..................|   178,932|   158,916|   14,381|    1,253|    6,366|    5,000|   1,762|   5,635||100.0|  88.8|  8.0|   0.7|  3.6|    2.8|     1.0|  3.1
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Vermont ...............|    36,537|    33,346|    2,283|      634|      698|      726|     225|     908||100.0|  91.3|  6.2|   1.7|  1.9|    2.0|     0.6|  2.5
Virginia ..............|   404,966|   281,271|  111,908|   75,621|   12,780|   21,025|   2,482|  11,787||100.0|  69.5| 27.6|  18.7|  3.2|    5.2|     0.6|  2.9
Washington ............|   338,820|   260,354|   68,230|   13,924|   16,411|   31,488|   6,407|  10,236||100.0|  76.8| 20.1|   4.1|  4.8|    9.3|     1.9|  3.0
West Virginia .........|    93,723|    84,714|    6,769|    4,564|      783|    1,048|     374|   2,240||100.0|  90.4|  7.2|   4.9|  0.8|    1.1|     0.4|  2.4
Wisconsin .............|   329,443|   286,157|   36,027|   15,707|    8,297|    8,574|   3,449|   7,259||100.0|  86.9| 10.9|   4.8|  2.5|    2.6|     1.0|  2.2
Wyoming ...............|    32,605|    29,590|    2,548|      303|    1,315|      251|     679|     467||100.0|  90.8|  7.8|   0.9|  4.0|    0.8|     2.1|  1.4
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
U.S. Service Schools ..|    14,420|    11,530|    2,760|      884|      981|      737|     158|     130||100.0|  80.0| 19.1|   6.1|  6.8|    5.1|     1.1|  0.9
                       |==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|========|========||=====|======|=====|======|=====|=======|========|=====
   Other jurisdictions |   211,204|     1,025|  209,439|    2,177|  197,244|   10,004|      14|     740||100.0|   0.5| 99.2|   1.0| 93.4|    4.7|      # |  0.4
                       |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________||_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
American Samoa ........|     1,367|        14|    1,212|        1|        0|    1,211|       0|     141||100.0|   1.0| 88.7|   0.1|  0.0|   88.6|     0.0| 10.3
Federated States of    |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
   Micronesia..........|     2,173|         2|    2,171|        0|        0|    2,171|       0|       0||100.0|   0.1| 99.9|   0.0|  0.0|   99.9|     0.0|  0.0
Guam ..................|     5,157|       292|    4,753|       42|       29|    4,678|       4|     112||100.0|   5.7| 92.2|   0.8|  0.6|   90.7|     0.1|  2.2
Marshall Islands ......|       224|         0|      224|        0|        0|      224|       0|       0||100.0|   0.0|100.0|   0.0|  0.0|  100.0|     0.0|  0.0
Northern Marianas .....|     1,299|        63|    1,015|        2|        1|    1,012|       0|     221||100.0|   4.8| 78.1|   0.2|  0.1|   77.9|     0.0| 17.0
Palau .................|       668|         0|      668|        0|        0|      668|       0|       0||100.0|   0.0|100.0|   0.0|  0.0|  100.0|     0.0|  0.0
Puerto Rico ...........|   197,781|       523|  197,164|       25|  197,103|       26|      10|      94||100.0|   0.3| 99.7|    # | 99.7|     # |      # |   #
Virgin Islands ........|     2,535|       131|    2,232|    2,107|      111|       14|       0|     172||100.0|   5.2| 88.0|  83.1|  4.4|    0.6|     0.0|  6.8
_______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________||_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Data are for 2-year and 4-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2003. (This table was prepared October 2004.)