Table 41. | Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1996 and fall 2006 |
State or jurisdiction | Percentage distribution, fall 1996 | Percentage distribution, fall 2006 | ||||||||||
Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
United States | 100.0 | 64.2 | 16.9 | 14.0 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 100.0 | 56.5 | 17.1 | 20.5 | 4.7 | 1.2 |
Alabama | 100.0 | 61.5 | 36.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 59.1 | 35.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
Alaska | 100.0 | 63.1 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 24.8 | 100.0 | 57.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 26.6 |
Arizona | 100.0 | 56.6 | 4.3 | 30.1 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 100.0 | 45.4 | 5.4 | 41.0 | 2.6 | 5.6 |
Arkansas | 100.0 | 73.5 | 23.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 67.6 | 22.7 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
California | 100.0 | 39.5 | 8.7 | 39.7 | 11.2 | 0.9 | 100.0 | 30.2 | 7.8 | 49.5 | 11.7 | 0.8 |
Colorado | 100.0 | 72.0 | 5.5 | 18.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 100.0 | 61.9 | 6.0 | 27.6 | 3.3 | 1.2 |
Connecticut | 100.0 | 71.7 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 66.0 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 3.7 | 0.4 |
Delaware | 100.0 | 63.9 | 29.9 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 53.9 | 33.0 | 9.8 | 3.0 | 0.4 |
District of Columbia | 100.0 | 4.0 | 87.3 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 5.0 | 83.4 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
Florida | 100.0 | 56.7 | 25.4 | 15.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 48.4 | 23.9 | 25.0 | 2.4 | 0.3 |
Georgia | 100.0 | 57.9 | 37.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 48.2 | 39.2 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
Hawaii | 100.0 | 25.0 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 66.4 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 19.6 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 73.0 | 0.6 |
Idaho | 100.0 | 88.0 | 0.7 | 8.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 82.3 | 1.1 | 13.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
Illinois | 100.0 | 62.8 | 21.2 | 12.8 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 55.9 | 20.3 | 19.7 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
Indiana | 100.0 | 85.4 | 11.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 79.5 | 12.6 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
Iowa | 100.0 | 92.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 85.9 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
Kansas | 100.0 | 81.9 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 100.0 | 73.9 | 8.9 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
Kentucky | 100.0 | 88.9 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 85.8 | 10.7 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
Louisiana | 100.0 | 50.6 | 46.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 50.1 | 45.4 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
Maine | 100.0 | 97.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 94.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
Maryland | 100.0 | 56.7 | 35.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 47.8 | 38.1 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
Massachusetts | 100.0 | 77.9 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 72.9 | 8.4 | 13.6 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
Michigan | 100.0 | 75.8 | 18.8 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 71.8 | 20.2 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 |
Minnesota | 100.0 | 86.5 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 77.2 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 2.1 |
Mississippi | 100.0 | 47.9 | 51.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 46.5 | 50.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Missouri | 100.0 | 81.1 | 16.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 76.3 | 18.1 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 |
Montana | 100.0 | 87.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 9.9 | 100.0 | 83.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 11.4 |
Nebraska | 100.0 | 86.4 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 100.0 | 76.5 | 7.7 | 12.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
Nevada | 100.0 | 65.1 | 9.6 | 18.8 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 44.4 | 11.1 | 35.4 | 7.6 | 1.6 |
New Hampshire | 100.0 | 96.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 92.9 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 |
New Jersey | 100.0 | 62.5 | 18.5 | 13.5 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 55.7 | 17.4 | 18.8 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
New Mexico | 100.0 | 38.8 | 2.4 | 47.7 | 1.0 | 10.2 | 100.0 | 30.6 | 2.6 | 54.6 | 1.3 | 10.9 |
New York | 100.0 | 56.3 | 20.3 | 17.6 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 52.1 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
North Carolina | 100.0 | 63.9 | 30.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 57.5 | 29.2 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
North Dakota | 100.0 | 89.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 100.0 | 86.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
Ohio | 100.0 | 82.0 | 15.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 78.8 | 17.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
Oklahoma | 100.0 | 68.8 | 10.5 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 15.1 | 100.0 | 58.6 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 19.3 |
Oregon | 100.0 | 84.6 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 73.2 | 3.1 | 16.7 | 4.8 | 2.2 |
Pennsylvania | 100.0 | 80.2 | 14.2 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 74.6 | 15.9 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
Rhode Island | 100.0 | 78.3 | 7.3 | 10.7 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 69.5 | 8.8 | 18.0 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
South Carolina | 100.0 | 56.0 | 42.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 53.9 | 39.8 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
South Dakota | 100.0 | 83.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 13.8 | 100.0 | 84.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 10.6 |
Tennessee | 100.0 | 74.6 | 23.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 69.1 | 24.8 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
Texas | 100.0 | 45.6 | 14.3 | 37.4 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 35.7 | 14.4 | 46.3 | 3.3 | 0.3 |
Utah | 100.0 | 89.5 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 80.8 | 1.4 | 13.2 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
Vermont | 100.0 | 97.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 95.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
Virginia | 100.0 | 67.7 | 25.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 59.3 | 26.7 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 0.3 |
Washington | 100.0 | 77.5 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 100.0 | 68.9 | 5.7 | 14.3 | 8.4 | 2.6 |
West Virginia | 100.0 | 95.2 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 93.3 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
Wisconsin | 100.0 | 82.6 | 9.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 77.3 | 10.5 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
Wyoming | 100.0 | 89.0 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 100.0 | 84.5 | 1.5 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
Bureau of Indian Education | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
DoD, overseas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100.0 | 55.7 | 19.6 | 14.3 | 9.8 | 0.5 |
DoD, domestic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100.0 | 51.3 | 23.3 | 21.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 |
Other jurisdictions | ||||||||||||
American Samoa | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
Guam | 100.0 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 92.6 | 0.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Northern Marianas | 100.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 99.2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 99.5 | 0.0 |
Puerto Rico | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 100.0 | 1.1 | 84.6 | 14.0 | 0.2 | # | 100.0 | 1.1 | 83.3 | 15.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
— Not available. # Rounds to zero. NOTE: Percentage distribution based on students for whom race/ethnicity was reported, which may be less than the total number of students in the state. Race categories exclude persons of His-panic ethnicity. DoD = Department of Defense. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1996–97 and 2006–07. (This table was prepared October 2008.) |