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Table 210. Fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2001

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                       |                                   Number of students                          ||             Percentage distribution of students
                       |_______________________________________________________________________________||______________________________________________________
State or               |          |          |             Minority, by race/ethnicity        |        ||     |      |      Minority, by race/ethnicity  |
jurisdiction           |          |          |________________________________________________|        ||     |      |___________________________________|
                       |    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 ......|15,927,987|10,774,519|4,588,206|1,850,420|1,560,587|1,019,048| 158,151| 565,262||100.0|  67.6| 28.8|  11.6|  9.8|    6.4|     1.0|  3.5
                       |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________||_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
Alabama ...............|   236,146|   157,489|   72,583|   65,280|    2,475|    3,055|   1,773|   6,074||100.0|  66.7| 30.7|  27.6|  1.0|    1.3|     0.8|  2.6
Alaska ................|    27,756|    20,356|    6,594|      998|      884|    1,134|   3,578|     806||100.0|  73.3| 23.8|   3.6|  3.2|    4.1|    12.9|  2.9
Arizona ...............|   366,485|   252,108|  103,778|   16,027|   59,736|   13,450|  14,565|  10,599||100.0|  68.8| 28.3|   4.4| 16.3|    3.7|     4.0|  2.9
Arkansas ..............|   122,282|    93,970|   25,499|   21,008|    1,711|    1,579|   1,201|   2,813||100.0|  76.8| 20.9|  17.2|  1.4|    1.3|     1.0|  2.3
California ............| 2,380,090| 1,096,589|1,207,781|  178,091|  574,549|  430,861|  24,280|  75,720||100.0|  46.1| 50.7|   7.5| 24.1|   18.1|     1.0|  3.2
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Colorado ..............|   269,292|   209,578|   52,824|   11,217|   27,699|   10,089|   3,819|   6,890||100.0|  77.8| 19.6|   4.2| 10.3|    3.7|     1.4|  2.6
Connecticut ...........|   165,027|   123,921|   34,083|   15,545|   11,330|    6,581|     627|   7,023||100.0|  75.1| 20.7|   9.4|  6.9|    4.0|     0.4|  4.3
Delaware ..............|    47,104|    35,067|   10,936|    8,179|    1,341|    1,210|     206|   1,101||100.0|  74.4| 23.2|  17.4|  2.8|    2.6|     0.4|  2.3
District of Columbia ..|    87,252|    41,516|   36,832|   27,112|    3,834|    5,653|     233|   8,904||100.0|  47.6| 42.2|  31.1|  4.4|    6.5|     0.3| 10.2
Florida ...............|   753,554|   448,234|  276,392|  125,505|  122,615|   24,880|   3,392|  28,928||100.0|  59.5| 36.7|  16.7| 16.3|    3.3|     0.5|  3.8
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Georgia ...............|   376,098|   232,837|  131,789|  110,516|    7,338|   12,831|   1,104|  11,472||100.0|  61.9| 35.0|  29.4|  2.0|    3.4|     0.3|  3.1
Hawaii ................|    62,079|    15,948|   40,767|    1,747|    1,792|   36,909|     319|   5,364||100.0|  25.7| 65.7|   2.8|  2.9|   59.5|     0.5|  8.6
Idaho .................|    69,674|    62,741|    5,251|      529|    2,595|    1,149|     978|   1,682||100.0|  90.0|  7.5|   0.8|  3.7|    1.6|     1.4|  2.4
Illinois ..............|   748,444|   493,721|  230,786|   99,984|   83,860|   44,581|   2,361|  23,937||100.0|  66.0| 30.8|  13.4| 11.2|    6.0|     0.3|  3.2
Indiana ...............|   338,715|   283,793|   41,929|   26,176|    8,511|    5,996|   1,246|  12,993||100.0|  83.8| 12.4|   7.7|  2.5|    1.8|     0.4|  3.8
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Iowa ..................|   194,822|   171,005|   15,647|    6,219|    4,017|    4,472|     939|   8,170||100.0|  87.8|  8.0|   3.2|  2.1|    2.3|     0.5|  4.2
Kansas ................|   184,943|   154,191|   24,080|    9,743|    6,915|    4,582|   2,840|   6,672||100.0|  83.4| 13.0|   5.3|  3.7|    2.5|     1.5|  3.6
Kentucky ..............|   214,839|   187,946|   22,688|   17,648|    1,926|    2,456|     658|   4,205||100.0|  87.5| 10.6|   8.2|  0.9|    1.1|     0.3|  2.0
Louisiana .............|   228,871|   144,650|   77,830|   66,193|    5,352|    4,806|   1,479|   6,391||100.0|  63.2| 34.0|  28.9|  2.3|    2.1|     0.6|  2.8
Maine .................|    61,127|    56,393|    3,350|      930|      739|      919|     762|   1,384||100.0|  92.3|  5.5|   1.5|  1.2|    1.5|     1.2|  2.3
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Maryland ..............|   288,224|   173,274|  102,387|   74,165|    9,367|   17,739|   1,116|  12,563||100.0|  60.1| 35.5|  25.7|  3.2|    6.2|     0.4|  4.4
Massachusetts .........|   425,071|   312,647|   83,956|   29,731|   23,118|   29,239|   1,868|  28,468||100.0|  73.6| 19.8|   7.0|  5.4|    6.9|     0.4|  6.7
Michigan ..............|   585,998|   453,825|  106,985|   69,655|   14,056|   18,638|   4,636|  25,188||100.0|  77.4| 18.3|  11.9|  2.4|    3.2|     0.8|  4.3
Minnesota .............|   308,233|   264,997|   33,920|   13,872|    4,875|   11,554|   3,619|   9,316||100.0|  86.0| 11.0|   4.5|  1.6|    3.7|     1.2|  3.0
Mississippi ...........|   137,882|    84,419|   51,433|   48,888|      870|    1,085|     590|   2,030||100.0|  61.2| 37.3|  35.5|  0.6|    0.8|     0.4|  1.5
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Missouri ..............|   331,580|   269,035|   52,442|   35,273|    7,456|    7,702|   2,011|  10,103||100.0|  81.1| 15.8|  10.6|  2.2|    2.3|     0.6|  3.0
Montana ...............|    44,932|    38,584|    5,497|      330|      719|      384|   4,064|     851||100.0|  85.9| 12.2|   0.7|  1.6|    0.9|     9.0|  1.9
Nebraska ..............|   113,817|    99,716|   10,606|    4,133|    2,892|    2,706|     875|   3,495||100.0|  87.6|  9.3|   3.6|  2.5|    2.4|     0.8|  3.1
Nevada ................|    93,368|    63,118|   28,012|    7,113|   11,196|    8,206|   1,497|   2,238||100.0|  67.6| 30.0|   7.6| 12.0|    8.8|     1.6|  2.4
New Hampshire .........|    65,031|    58,969|    4,335|    1,247|    1,415|    1,363|     310|   1,727||100.0|  90.7|  6.7|   1.9|  2.2|    2.1|     0.5|  2.7
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
New Jersey ............|   346,507|   213,982|  116,918|   46,232|   41,698|   27,950|   1,038|  15,607||100.0|  61.8| 33.7|  13.3| 12.0|    8.1|     0.3|  4.5
New Mexico ............|   112,861|    49,811|   61,132|    3,178|   45,764|    2,476|   9,714|   1,918||100.0|  44.1| 54.2|   2.8| 40.5|    2.2|     8.6|  1.7
New York ..............| 1,057,794|   661,498|  337,773|  144,170|  111,302|   78,543|   3,758|  58,523||100.0|  62.5| 31.9|  13.6| 10.5|    7.4|     0.4|  5.5
North Carolina ........|   427,784|   298,827|  117,883|   94,954|    8,302|    9,618|   5,009|  11,074||100.0|  69.9| 27.6|  22.2|  1.9|    2.2|     1.2|  2.6
North Dakota ..........|    42,843|    37,982|    3,556|      504|      314|      366|   2,372|   1,305||100.0|  88.7|  8.3|   1.2|  0.7|    0.9|     5.5|  3.0
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Ohio ..................|   569,223|   466,724|   85,151|   60,573|    9,772|   12,755|   2,051|  17,348||100.0|  82.0| 15.0|  10.6|  1.7|    2.2|     0.4|  3.0
Oklahoma ..............|   189,785|   137,130|   43,677|   15,802|    5,933|    4,489|  17,453|   8,978||100.0|  72.3| 23.0|   8.3|  3.1|    2.4|     9.2|  4.7
Oregon ................|   191,378|   157,613|   27,353|    4,108|    7,701|   12,387|   3,157|   6,412||100.0|  82.4| 14.3|   2.1|  4.0|    6.5|     1.6|  3.4
Pennsylvania ..........|   630,299|   508,268|  100,291|   58,298|   15,111|   25,164|   1,718|  21,740||100.0|  80.6| 15.9|   9.2|  2.4|    4.0|     0.3|  3.4
Rhode Island ..........|    77,235|    61,984|   12,289|    4,313|    4,394|    3,246|     336|   2,962||100.0|  80.3| 15.9|   5.6|  5.7|    4.2|     0.4|  3.8
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
South Carolina ........|   191,590|   130,386|   57,458|   51,648|    2,517|    2,676|     617|   3,746||100.0|  68.1| 30.0|  27.0|  1.3|    1.4|     0.3|  2.0
South Dakota ..........|    45,534|    40,378|    4,276|      455|      374|      293|   3,154|     880||100.0|  88.7|  9.4|   1.0|  0.8|    0.6|     6.9|  1.9
Tennessee .............|   258,534|   197,569|   54,974|   46,026|    3,507|    4,509|     932|   5,991||100.0|  76.4| 21.3|  17.8|  1.4|    1.7|     0.4|  2.3
Texas .................| 1,076,678|   598,471|  434,717|  121,090|  254,848|   53,182|   5,597|  43,490||100.0|  55.6| 40.4|  11.2| 23.7|    4.9|     0.5|  4.0
Utah ..................|   177,045|   158,038|   13,607|    1,122|    6,166|    4,649|   1,670|   5,400||100.0|  89.3|  7.7|   0.6|  3.5|    2.6|     0.9|  3.1
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
Vermont ...............|    36,351|    33,328|    2,159|      550|      736|      679|     194|     864||100.0|  91.7|  5.9|   1.5|  2.0|    1.9|     0.5|  2.4
Virginia ..............|   389,853|   272,762|  105,524|   71,242|   11,844|   20,321|   2,117|  11,567||100.0|  70.0| 27.1|  18.3|  3.0|    5.2|     0.5|  3.0
Washington ............|   325,132|   250,677|   64,175|   12,987|   14,911|   30,262|   6,015|  10,280||100.0|  77.1| 19.7|   4.0|  4.6|    9.3|     1.9|  3.2
West Virginia .........|    91,319|    82,780|    6,367|    4,327|      711|      966|     363|   2,172||100.0|  90.6|  7.0|   4.7|  0.8|    1.1|     0.4|  2.4
Wisconsin .............|   315,850|   275,572|   32,943|   14,588|    7,377|    7,749|   3,229|   7,335||100.0|  87.2| 10.4|   4.6|  2.3|    2.5|     1.0|  2.3
Wyoming ...............|    31,095|    28,413|    2,243|      274|    1,146|      255|     568|     439||100.0|  91.4|  7.2|   0.9|  3.7|    0.8|     1.8|  1.4
                       |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
U.S. Service Schools ..|    14,561|    11,689|    2,748|      925|      976|      704|     143|     124||100.0|  80.3| 18.9|   6.4|  6.7|    4.8|     1.0|  0.9
                       |==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|========|========||=====|======|=====|======|=====|=======|========|=====
   Other jurisdictions |   201,642|     1,474|  199,595|    2,009|  188,166|    9,395|      25|     573||100.0|   0.7| 99.0|   1.0| 93.3|    4.7|     0.0|  0.3
                       |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________||_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____
American Samoa ........|     1,178|         3|    1,036|        0|        1|    1,034|       1|     139||100.0|   0.3| 87.9|   0.0|  0.1|   87.8|     0.1| 11.8
Federated States of    |          |          |         |         |         |         |        |        ||     |      |     |      |     |       |        |
   Micronesia..........|     2,243|         0|    2,243|        0|        0|    2,243|       0|       0||100.0|   0.0|100.0|   0.0|  0.0|  100.0|     0.0|  0.0
Guam ..................|     4,869|       330|    4,435|       38|       40|    4,352|       5|     104||100.0|   6.8| 91.1|   0.8|  0.8|   89.4|     0.1|  2.1
Marshall Islands ......|       220|         0|      220|        0|        0|      220|       0|       0||100.0|   0.0|100.0|   0.0|  0.0|  100.0|     0.0|  0.0
Northern Marianas .....|       982|        37|      873|        4|        4|      865|       0|      72||100.0|   3.8| 88.9|   0.4|  0.4|   88.1|     0.0|  7.3
Palau .................|       579|         0|      579|        1|        0|      578|       0|       0||100.0|   0.0|100.0|   0.2|  0.0|   99.8|     0.0|  0.0
Puerto Rico ...........|   188,430|       254|  188,080|       29|  187,989|       51|      11|      96||100.0|   0.1| 99.8|    # | 99.8|     # |      # |  0.1
Virgin Islands ........|     3,141|       850|    2,129|    1,937|      132|       52|       8|     162||100.0|  27.1| 67.8|  61.7|  4.2|    1.7|     0.3|  5.2
_______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________||_____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|________|_____

#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.)