Table 237.

Fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2009

State or jurisdiction	Number							Percentage distribution
	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Non- resi- dent alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian Alaska Native	Non- resi- dent alien
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
United States	20,427,711	12,730,780	2,919,826	2,546,710	1,337,671	207,917	684,807	100.0	62.3	14.3	12.5	6.5	1.0	3.4
Alabama	311,740	196,790	94,302	6,492	5,235	2,601	6,320	100.0	63.1	30.3	2.1	1.7	0.8	2.0
Alaska	32,406	23,628	1,091	1,149	1,757	4,184	597	100.0	72.9	3.4	3.5	5.4	12.9	1.8
Arizona	828,631	497,461	133,415	124,983	29,623	22,669	20,480	100.0	60.0	16.1	15.1	3.6	2.7	2.5
Arkansas	168,352	121,219	33,147	5,117	3,052	1,781	4,036	100.0	72.0	19.7	3.0	1.8	1.1	2.4
California	2,735,579	1,077,169	223,827	829,598	492,564	22,791	89,630	100.0	39.4	8.2	30.3	18.0	0.8	3.3
Colorado	352,034	253,720	28,175	43,281	14,192	5,461	7,205	100.0	72.1	8.0	12.3	4.0	1.6	2.0
Connecticut	191,806	131,675	22,213	20,141	9,269	695	7,813	100.0	68.7	11.6	10.5	4.8	0.4	4.1
Delaware	55,174	36,835	11,530	2,637	2,186	188	1,798	100.0	66.8	20.9	4.8	4.0	0.3	3.3
District of Columbia	136,851	58,897	55,399	7,200	8,355	706	6,294	100.0	43.0	40.5	5.3	6.1	0.5	4.6
Florida	1,053,221	556,680	202,182	220,610	38,517	5,019	30,213	100.0	52.9	19.2	20.9	3.7	0.5	2.9
Georgia	532,493	292,413	182,151	19,435	21,816	1,949	14,729	100.0	54.9	34.2	3.6	4.1	0.4	2.8
Hawaii	74,809	18,090	1,722	3,322	46,313	446	4,916	100.0	24.2	2.3	4.4	61.9	0.6	6.6
Idaho	84,450	73,353	948	5,072	1,888	1,219	1,970	100.0	86.9	1.1	6.0	2.2	1.4	2.3
Illinois	900,824	559,591	140,536	114,735	53,343	3,280	29,339	100.0	62.1	15.6	12.7	5.9	0.4	3.3
Indiana	441,294	351,369	45,791	15,703	9,952	1,762	16,717	100.0	79.6	10.4	3.6	2.3	0.4	3.8
Iowa	350,631	268,332	36,150	21,342	10,749	2,583	11,475	100.0	76.5	10.3	6.1	3.1	0.7	3.3
Kansas	210,843	163,525	14,837	11,685	5,656	3,506	11,634	100.0	77.6	7.0	5.5	2.7	1.7	5.5
Kentucky	277,907	236,229	28,598	4,281	3,609	982	4,208	100.0	85.0	10.3	1.5	1.3	0.4	1.5
Louisiana	251,853	151,097	78,669	7,299	5,829	1,833	7,126	100.0	60.0	31.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.8
Maine	70,170	63,464	1,687	1,233	1,407	1,036	1,343	100.0	90.4	2.4	1.8	2.0	1.5	1.9
Maryland	358,941	196,157	104,938	16,267	25,396	1,560	14,623	100.0	54.6	29.2	4.5	7.1	0.4	4.1
Massachusetts	497,290	342,550	43,248	39,038	37,418	2,061	32,975	100.0	68.9	8.7	7.9	7.5	0.4	6.6
Michigan	686,049	509,320	101,671	20,952	23,008	6,385	24,713	100.0	74.2	14.8	3.1	3.4	0.9	3.6
Minnesota	442,281	340,261	51,991	12,717	19,967	5,281	12,064	100.0	76.9	11.8	2.9	4.5	1.2	2.7
Mississippi	173,136	96,574	70,040	1,859	1,699	701	2,263	100.0	55.8	40.5	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.3
Missouri	424,944	324,124	59,770	13,725	11,997	2,723	12,605	100.0	76.3	14.1	3.2	2.8	0.6	3.0
Montana	51,588	42,883	566	1,214	736	5,045	1,144	100.0	83.1	1.1	2.4	1.4	9.8	2.2
Nebraska	138,645	115,365	7,747	6,581	3,567	1,370	4,015	100.0	83.2	5.6	4.7	2.6	1.0	2.9
Nevada	125,320	71,516	10,969	24,251	14,449	1,526	2,609	100.0	57.1	8.8	19.4	11.5	1.2	2.1
New Hampshire	74,234	64,366	2,038	2,953	2,192	568	2,117	100.0	86.7	2.7	4.0	3.0	0.8	2.9
New Jersey	432,127	245,433	62,825	67,690	37,488	1,370	17,321	100.0	56.8	14.5	15.7	8.7	0.3	4.0
New Mexico	152,752	62,147	5,098	64,839	3,165	13,993	3,510	100.0	40.7	3.3	42.4	2.1	9.2	2.3
New York	1,289,604	749,077	183,482	161,351	109,992	5,640	80,062	100.0	58.1	14.2	12.5	8.5	0.4	6.2
North Carolina	568,865	368,984	142,866	20,991	15,646	6,901	13,477	100.0	64.9	25.1	3.7	2.8	1.2	2.4
North Dakota	54,433	45,579	1,130	697	646	3,540	2,841	100.0	83.7	2.1	1.3	1.2	6.5	5.2
Ohio	711,095	555,596	99,094	17,026	15,899	2,980	20,500	100.0	78.1	13.9	2.4	2.2	0.4	2.9
Oklahoma	220,650	150,872	22,078	10,177	5,951	22,632	8,940	100.0	68.4	10.0	4.6	2.7	10.3	4.1
Oregon	243,412	191,978	6,900	16,940	15,978	4,514	7,102	100.0	78.9	2.8	7.0	6.6	1.9	2.9
Pennsylvania	778,123	590,734	87,946	33,913	35,095	2,478	27,957	100.0	75.9	11.3	4.4	4.5	0.3	3.6
Rhode Island	84,673	64,528	5,403	6,785	3,898	397	3,662	100.0	76.2	6.4	8.0	4.6	0.5	4.3
South Carolina	246,667	162,776	69,554	5,725	4,108	934	3,570	100.0	66.0	28.2	2.3	1.7	0.4	1.4
South Dakota	53,342	45,689	1,099	863	607	3,839	1,245	100.0	85.7	2.1	1.6	1.1	7.2	2.3
Tennessee	332,918	241,043	69,274	8,422	6,702	1,247	6,230	100.0	72.4	20.8	2.5	2.0	0.4	1.9
Texas	1,447,868	682,891	193,287	430,457	80,169	7,998	53,066	100.0	47.2	13.3	29.7	5.5	0.6	3.7
Utah	236,590	199,608	4,656	14,413	8,657	2,717	6,539	100.0	84.4	2.0	6.1	3.7	1.1	2.8
Vermont	44,975	40,514	1,068	1,184	1,106	240	863	100.0	90.1	2.4	2.6	2.5	0.5	1.9
Virginia	545,036	346,927	119,457	27,956	33,028	2,707	14,961	100.0	63.7	21.9	5.1	6.1	0.5	2.7
Washington	382,532	277,383	18,098	29,390	37,984	6,201	13,476	100.0	72.5	4.7	7.7	9.9	1.6	3.5
West Virginia	142,484	119,069	12,136	5,406	2,379	726	2,768	100.0	83.6	8.5	3.8	1.7	0.5	1.9
Wisconsin	373,228	310,658	23,744	14,058	12,124	4,097	8,547	100.0	83.2	6.4	3.8	3.2	1.1	2.3
Wyoming	37,093	32,480	463	2,044	396	722	988	100.0	87.6	1.2	5.5	1.1	1.9	2.7
U.S. Service Academies	15,748	12,161	820	1,511	912	133	211	100.0	77.2	5.2	9.6	5.8	0.8	1.3
Other jurisdictions	243,792	563	2,215	226,800	13,128	24	1,062	100.0	0.2	0.9	93.0	5.4	#	0.4
American Samoa	2,189	6	0	2	2,003	1	177	100.0	0.3	0.0	0.1	91.5	#	8.1
Federated States of    Micronesia	3,401	3	0	0	3,398	0	0	100.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	99.9	0.0	0.0
Guam	5,755	200	32	44	5,420	10	49	100.0	3.5	0.6	0.8	94.2	0.2	0.9
Marshall Islands	847	0	0	0	842	0	5	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	99.4	0.0	0.6
Northern Marianas	989	0	1	1	748	0	239	100.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	75.6	0.0	24.2
Palau	651	0	0	0	651	0	0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Puerto Rico	227,358	238	82	226,569	53	9	407	100.0	0.1	#	99.7	#	#	0.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	2,602	116	2,100	184	13	4	185	100.0	4.5	80.7	7.1	0.5	0.2	7.1

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate 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, 2009 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2010. (This table was prepared October 2010.)