Table 238.

Fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2008

State or jurisdiction	Number							Percentage distribution
	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Islander	American Indian/ 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	19,102,814	12,088,781	2,584,478	2,272,888	1,302,797	193,289	660,581	100.0	63.3	13.5	11.9	6.8	1.0	3.5
Alabama	310,941	199,837	90,446	7,066	5,198	2,536	5,858	100.0	64.3	29.1	2.3	1.7	0.8	1.9
Alaska	30,717	21,392	1,041	1,276	1,837	4,329	842	100.0	69.6	3.4	4.2	6.0	14.1	2.7
Arizona	704,245	429,869	101,276	106,780	25,489	20,032	20,799	100.0	61.0	14.4	15.2	3.6	2.8	3.0
Arkansas	158,374	114,839	29,981	5,277	2,795	1,805	3,677	100.0	72.5	18.9	3.3	1.8	1.1	2.3
California	2,652,241	1,066,385	216,554	764,410	491,873	24,635	88,384	100.0	40.2	8.2	28.8	18.5	0.9	3.3
Colorado	325,232	239,719	22,548	38,204	12,967	4,776	7,018	100.0	73.7	6.9	11.7	4.0	1.5	2.2
Connecticut	184,178	128,546	20,710	17,649	8,631	611	8,031	100.0	69.8	11.2	9.6	4.7	0.3	4.4
Delaware	53,088	36,057	10,726	2,303	2,140	176	1,686	100.0	67.9	20.2	4.3	4.0	0.3	3.2
District of Columbia	126,110	55,529	49,143	6,746	8,081	629	5,982	100.0	44.0	39.0	5.3	6.4	0.5	4.7
Florida	972,699	527,133	178,502	197,330	35,480	4,277	29,977	100.0	54.2	18.4	20.3	3.6	0.4	3.1
Georgia	476,581	271,277	153,597	15,909	20,144	1,576	14,078	100.0	56.9	32.2	3.3	4.2	0.3	3.0
Hawaii	70,104	17,204	1,577	2,237	43,579	382	5,125	100.0	24.5	2.2	3.2	62.2	0.5	7.3
Idaho	80,456	70,007	851	4,551	1,849	1,072	2,126	100.0	87.0	1.1	5.7	2.3	1.3	2.6
Illinois	859,242	544,284	128,408	105,411	50,374	2,987	27,778	100.0	63.3	14.9	12.3	5.9	0.3	3.2
Indiana	401,956	323,978	38,515	13,483	9,122	1,538	15,320	100.0	80.6	9.6	3.4	2.3	0.4	3.8
Iowa	286,891	218,295	18,612	10,539	29,465	1,589	8,391	100.0	76.1	6.5	3.7	10.3	0.6	2.9
Kansas	198,991	156,395	13,004	10,510	5,258	3,363	10,461	100.0	78.6	6.5	5.3	2.6	1.7	5.3
Kentucky	257,583	221,049	24,463	3,725	3,280	818	4,248	100.0	85.8	9.5	1.4	1.3	0.3	1.6
Louisiana	236,375	144,792	71,320	6,298	5,575	1,706	6,684	100.0	61.3	30.2	2.7	2.4	0.7	2.8
Maine	67,796	61,778	1,451	1,041	1,321	958	1,247	100.0	91.1	2.1	1.5	1.9	1.4	1.8
Maryland	338,914	188,394	95,918	14,871	23,943	1,460	14,328	100.0	55.6	28.3	4.4	7.1	0.4	4.2
Massachusetts	477,056	334,907	39,942	34,159	35,567	1,998	30,483	100.0	70.2	8.4	7.2	7.5	0.4	6.4
Michigan	652,799	489,548	91,614	19,112	22,381	5,477	24,667	100.0	75.0	14.0	2.9	3.4	0.8	3.8
Minnesota	411,055	323,793	41,034	10,128	18,878	5,088	12,134	100.0	78.8	10.0	2.5	4.6	1.2	3.0
Mississippi	160,441	91,364	63,030	1,645	1,580	678	2,144	100.0	56.9	39.3	1.0	1.0	0.4	1.3
Missouri	396,409	307,449	51,397	12,414	10,659	2,550	11,940	100.0	77.6	13.0	3.1	2.7	0.6	3.0
Montana	47,840	40,324	338	946	650	4,454	1,128	100.0	84.3	0.7	2.0	1.4	9.3	2.4
Nebraska	130,458	110,434	6,359	5,592	3,388	1,084	3,601	100.0	84.7	4.9	4.3	2.6	0.8	2.8
Nevada	120,490	70,446	10,217	20,734	14,626	1,700	2,767	100.0	58.5	8.5	17.2	12.1	1.4	2.3
New Hampshire	71,739	63,703	1,557	2,071	1,904	537	1,967	100.0	88.8	2.2	2.9	2.7	0.7	2.7
New Jersey	410,160	236,420	58,324	60,887	35,480	1,302	17,747	100.0	57.6	14.2	14.8	8.7	0.3	4.3
New Mexico	142,413	59,204	4,419	58,749	2,837	12,912	4,292	100.0	41.6	3.1	41.3	2.0	9.1	3.0
New York	1,234,858	725,899	172,500	148,670	104,298	5,066	78,425	100.0	58.8	14.0	12.0	8.4	0.4	6.4
North Carolina	528,977	348,983	128,676	17,455	14,961	6,344	12,558	100.0	66.0	24.3	3.3	2.8	1.2	2.4
North Dakota	51,327	43,435	963	630	562	3,150	2,587	100.0	84.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	6.1	5.0
Ohio	653,585	518,970	83,104	14,968	14,707	2,727	19,109	100.0	79.4	12.7	2.3	2.3	0.4	2.9
Oklahoma	206,757	142,831	19,433	8,793	5,540	21,106	9,054	100.0	69.1	9.4	4.3	2.7	10.2	4.4
Oregon	220,474	174,776	5,937	14,479	14,846	3,866	6,570	100.0	79.3	2.7	6.6	6.7	1.8	3.0
Pennsylvania	740,288	569,310	80,331	28,136	33,475	2,095	26,941	100.0	76.9	10.9	3.8	4.5	0.3	3.6
Rhode Island	83,893	64,408	5,203	6,617	3,913	433	3,319	100.0	76.8	6.2	7.9	4.7	0.5	4.0
South Carolina	230,695	154,165	63,614	4,621	3,920	915	3,460	100.0	66.8	27.6	2.0	1.7	0.4	1.5
South Dakota	50,444	43,666	851	595	553	3,579	1,200	100.0	86.6	1.7	1.2	1.1	7.1	2.4
Tennessee	307,610	226,329	61,323	6,598	6,320	1,173	5,867	100.0	73.6	19.9	2.1	2.1	0.4	1.9
Texas	1,327,148	647,092	170,169	377,176	73,325	7,078	52,308	100.0	48.8	12.8	28.4	5.5	0.5	3.9
Utah	217,224	184,828	3,642	12,645	7,757	2,323	6,029	100.0	85.1	1.7	5.8	3.6	1.1	2.8
Vermont	42,946	38,802	926	1,050	1,063	248	857	100.0	90.4	2.2	2.4	2.5	0.6	2.0
Virginia	500,796	327,310	103,226	22,944	31,281	2,514	13,521	100.0	65.4	20.6	4.6	6.2	0.5	2.7
Washington	362,535	265,756	16,684	26,469	34,961	6,169	12,496	100.0	73.3	4.6	7.3	9.6	1.7	3.4
West Virginia	125,333	107,184	9,141	3,596	2,182	635	2,595	100.0	85.5	7.3	2.9	1.7	0.5	2.1
Wisconsin	352,875	296,715	20,743	12,151	11,428	4,038	7,800	100.0	84.1	5.9	3.4	3.2	1.1	2.2
Wyoming	35,936	31,778	398	1,869	441	644	806	100.0	88.4	1.1	5.2	1.2	1.8	2.2
U.S. Service Academies	15,539	12,193	740	1,373	913	151	169	100.0	78.5	4.8	8.8	5.9	1.0	1.1
Other jurisdictions	236,167	633	2,025	221,700	10,575	29	1,205	100.0	0.3	0.9	93.9	4.5	#	0.5
American Samoa	1,806	4	0	2	1,599	0	201	100.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	88.5	0.0	11.1
Federated States of    Micronesia	2,457	0	0	0	2,457	0	0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Guam	5,351	227	40	43	4,708	11	322	100.0	4.2	0.7	0.8	88.0	0.2	6.0
Marshall Islands	689	0	0	0	689	0	0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Northern Marianas	791	15	1	2	587	0	186	100.0	1.9	0.1	0.3	74.2	0.0	23.5
Palau	502	0	0	25	476	0	1	100.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	94.8	0.0	0.2
Puerto Rico	222,178	249	59	221,474	43	14	339	100.0	0.1	#	99.7	#	#	0.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	2,393	138	1,925	154	16	4	156	100.0	5.8	80.4	6.4	0.7	0.2	6.5

#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, 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009. (This table was prepared September 2009.)