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| Table 44. | Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1999 and fall 2009 |
| State or jurisdiction | Percentage distribution, fall 1999 | Percentage distribution, fall 2009 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
Other1 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| United States | 100.0 | 62.1 | 17.2 | 15.6 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 100.0 | 54.1 | 16.8 | 22.1 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Alabama | 100.0 | 61.1 | 36.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 58.7 | 35.0 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Alaska | 100.0 | 62.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 24.9 | 100.0 | 53.2 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 23.0 | 6.2 |
| Arizona | 100.0 | 54.0 | 4.6 | 32.7 | 1.9 | 6.8 | 100.0 | 44.1 | 6.0 | 41.4 | 3.1 | 5.5 | — |
| Arkansas | 100.0 | 72.2 | 23.5 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 65.3 | 21.9 | 9.2 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| California | 100.0 | 37.0 | 8.6 | 42.4 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 100.0 | 27.0 | 6.9 | 50.4 | 11.6 | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| Colorado | 100.0 | 69.5 | 5.7 | 20.8 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 100.0 | 60.6 | 5.9 | 28.6 | 3.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Connecticut | 100.0 | 70.5 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 63.7 | 13.9 | 17.6 | 4.4 | 0.4 | — |
| Delaware | 100.0 | 61.6 | 30.6 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 51.6 | 33.3 | 11.3 | 3.5 | 0.4 | — |
| District of Columbia | 100.0 | 4.1 | 86.2 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 6.7 | 80.2 | 11.5 | 1.6 | 0.1 | — |
| Florida | 100.0 | 54.3 | 25.4 | 18.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 45.9 | 23.9 | 27.2 | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Georgia | 100.0 | 55.5 | 38.2 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 45.0 | 37.4 | 11.3 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Hawaii | 100.0 | 20.5 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 72.2 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 19.7 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 72.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Idaho | 100.0 | 86.6 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 80.4 | 1.2 | 15.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | — |
| Illinois | 100.0 | 60.7 | 21.3 | 14.6 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 54.2 | 19.5 | 21.7 | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Indiana | 100.0 | 84.3 | 11.5 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 77.8 | 12.8 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Iowa | 100.0 | 90.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 82.2 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Kansas | 100.0 | 79.7 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 100.0 | 68.8 | 7.7 | 15.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| Kentucky | 100.0 | 88.1 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 84.3 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Louisiana | 100.0 | 49.2 | 47.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 48.5 | 46.0 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | — |
| Maine | 100.0 | 96.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 93.4 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Maryland | 100.0 | 54.3 | 36.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 45.5 | 37.9 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 0.4 | — |
| Massachusetts | 100.0 | 76.6 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 69.1 | 8.2 | 14.8 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| Michigan | 100.0 | 74.4 | 19.6 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 71.1 | 20.3 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Minnesota | 100.0 | 84.0 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 75.0 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 2.2 | — |
| Mississippi | 100.0 | 47.5 | 51.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 46.1 | 50.1 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Missouri | 100.0 | 79.7 | 17.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 75.7 | 17.8 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — |
| Montana | 100.0 | 86.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 10.4 | 100.0 | 83.1 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 11.8 | — |
| Nebraska | 100.0 | 86.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 73.8 | 8.0 | 14.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | — |
| Nevada | 100.0 | 58.9 | 10.1 | 23.9 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 100.0 | 41.4 | 11.4 | 37.5 | 8.2 | 1.5 | — |
| New Hampshire | 100.0 | 95.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 90.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| New Jersey | 100.0 | 60.8 | 18.1 | 14.9 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 53.0 | 17.1 | 20.6 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| New Mexico | 100.0 | 36.2 | 2.3 | 49.4 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 100.0 | 25.5 | 2.1 | 59.9 | 1.3 | 10.4 | 0.8 |
| New York | 100.0 | 55.2 | 20.3 | 18.3 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 50.8 | 19.1 | 21.7 | 8.0 | 0.5 | — |
| North Carolina | 100.0 | 61.8 | 31.3 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 53.9 | 31.0 | 11.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | — |
| North Dakota | 100.0 | 89.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 7.6 | 100.0 | 84.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 9.4 | — |
| Ohio | 100.0 | 81.1 | 16.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 78.1 | 17.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Oklahoma | 100.0 | 66.2 | 10.7 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 16.3 | 100.0 | 56.4 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 2.2 | 19.3 | — |
| Oregon | 100.0 | 81.9 | 2.8 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 100.0 | 70.0 | 2.9 | 20.3 | 4.8 | 2.0 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 100.0 | 78.8 | 14.9 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 73.1 | 15.8 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 0.2 | — |
| Rhode Island | 100.0 | 75.5 | 7.7 | 13.1 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 68.0 | 9.2 | 18.6 | 3.4 | 0.9 | — |
| South Carolina | 100.0 | 55.2 | 42.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 53.7 | 38.4 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | — |
| South Dakota | 100.0 | 87.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 9.8 | 100.0 | 81.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 12.0 | — |
| Tennessee | 100.0 | 72.9 | 24.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 68.2 | 24.3 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | — |
| Texas | 100.0 | 43.1 | 14.4 | 39.6 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 33.3 | 14.0 | 48.6 | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Utah | 100.0 | 86.9 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 100.0 | 79.1 | 1.5 | 14.6 | 3.3 | 1.4 | — |
| Vermont | 100.0 | 96.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 93.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Virginia | 100.0 | 64.3 | 27.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 57.7 | 26.2 | 9.7 | 6.1 | 0.3 | — |
| Washington | 100.0 | 75.3 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 100.0 | 66.1 | 5.8 | 16.5 | 9.1 | 2.5 | — |
| West Virginia | 100.0 | 94.8 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 92.4 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Wisconsin | 100.0 | 81.4 | 9.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 100.0 | 76.0 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 3.7 | 1.5 | — |
| Wyoming | 100.0 | 88.4 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 100.0 | 81.4 | 1.2 | 12.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 1.2 |
| Bureau of Indian Education |
100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | — |
| DoD, overseas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DoD, domestic | 100.0 | 59.4 | 21.4 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other jurisdictions | |||||||||||||
| American Samoa | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guam | 100.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 97.4 | 0.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Northern Marianas | 100.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 99.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 99.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Puerto Rico | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 99.8 | # | # | — |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 100.0 | 0.9 | 83.6 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 1.3 | 82.7 | 15.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| —Not available. | |||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1 Includes data for states reporting students of two or more races. | |||||||||||||
| 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 Hispanic 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," 1999-2000 and 2009-10. (This table was prepared August 2011.) |