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Table 306.60. Fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2012
State or jurisdiction Number Percentage distribution of U.S. residents
Total White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races Non-resi-dent alien Total White Black His- panic Asian Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
United States 20,642,819 11,981,143 2,962,140 2,979,443 1,195,578 63,609 172,923 505,092 782,891 100.0 60.3 14.9 15.0 6.0 0.3 0.9 2.5
Alabama 310,311 191,653 92,602 8,216 5,130 282 2,341 3,600 6,487 100.0 63.1 30.5 2.7 1.7 0.1 0.8 1.2
Alaska 32,797 20,584 1,109 2,486 1,559 261 3,677 2,406 715 100.0 64.2 3.5 7.7 4.9 0.8 11.5 7.5
Arizona 736,379 403,607 115,300 135,585 22,630 4,007 19,185 18,296 17,769 100.0 56.2 16.0 18.9 3.1 0.6 2.7 2.5
Arkansas 176,458 122,860 32,690 7,571 2,736 179 1,558 3,979 4,885 100.0 71.6 19.1 4.4 1.6 0.1 0.9 2.3
California 2,621,460 890,525 187,692 905,947 408,668 16,198 12,866 99,622 99,942 100.0 35.3 7.4 35.9 16.2 0.6 0.5 4.0
                                   
Colorado 362,935 244,458 27,669 53,267 12,027 933 3,886 11,599 9,096 100.0 69.1 7.8 15.1 3.4 0.3 1.1 3.3
Connecticut 201,658 128,581 25,222 25,370 9,349 261 586 4,054 8,235 100.0 66.5 13.0 13.1 4.8 0.1 0.3 2.1
Delaware 58,128 35,573 12,692 3,306 2,164 71 189 1,205 2,928 100.0 64.4 23.0 6.0 3.9 0.1 0.3 2.2
District of Columbia 90,150 43,022 24,175 6,322 5,927 174 422 1,924 8,184 100.0 52.5 29.5 7.7 7.2 0.2 0.5 2.3
Florida 1,154,929 554,691 231,049 267,272 36,003 2,480 4,720 26,424 32,290 100.0 49.4 20.6 23.8 3.2 0.2 0.4 2.4
                                   
Georgia 545,358 278,142 186,086 28,715 22,881 808 1,734 10,654 16,338 100.0 52.6 35.2 5.4 4.3 0.2 0.3 2.0
Hawaii 78,456 15,103 1,760 7,602 24,506 6,935 268 17,524 4,758 100.0 20.5 2.4 10.3 33.3 9.4 0.4 23.8
Idaho 108,008 88,425 1,284 9,628 1,752 769 1,263 1,577 3,310 100.0 84.5 1.2 9.2 1.7 0.7 1.2 1.5
Illinois 867,110 507,070 131,989 125,718 49,493 2,089 2,577 15,717 32,457 100.0 60.8 15.8 15.1 5.9 0.3 0.3 1.9
Indiana 447,262 335,390 47,903 21,446 9,801 320 1,394 8,534 22,474 100.0 79.0 11.3 5.0 2.3 0.1 0.3 2.0
                                   
Iowa 361,183 255,717 55,447 22,327 7,180 1,108 2,793 5,510 11,101 100.0 73.0 15.8 6.4 2.1 0.3 0.8 1.6
Kansas 213,786 155,205 16,204 15,680 5,305 327 2,920 5,181 12,964 100.0 77.3 8.1 7.8 2.6 0.2 1.5 2.6
Kentucky 282,125 231,271 28,387 6,643 3,869 307 827 5,046 5,775 100.0 83.7 10.3 2.4 1.4 0.1 0.3 1.8
Louisiana 258,825 147,305 82,190 10,948 5,860 226 1,498 4,139 6,659 100.0 58.4 32.6 4.3 2.3 0.1 0.6 1.6
Maine 72,810 64,222 2,017 1,553 1,390 206 799 1,275 1,348 100.0 89.9 2.8 2.2 1.9 0.3 1.1 1.8
                                   
Maryland 374,496 188,836 108,182 24,378 24,308 736 1,169 9,519 17,368 100.0 52.9 30.3 6.8 6.8 0.2 0.3 2.7
Massachusetts 516,331 328,247 44,292 48,408 37,499 526 1,315 12,913 43,131 100.0 69.4 9.4 10.2 7.9 0.1 0.3 2.7
Michigan 663,825 472,796 97,815 23,589 22,306 882 4,749 13,584 28,104 100.0 74.4 15.4 3.7 3.5 0.1 0.7 2.1
Minnesota 451,661 319,361 63,035 18,865 19,926 635 3,883 12,714 13,242 100.0 72.8 14.4 4.3 4.5 0.1 0.9 2.9
Mississippi 176,665 97,562 69,674 2,852 1,898 138 738 1,452 2,351 100.0 56.0 40.0 1.6 1.1 0.1 0.4 0.8
                                   
Missouri 441,371 322,252 62,942 17,139 11,617 740 2,466 8,973 15,242 100.0 75.6 14.8 4.0 2.7 0.2 0.6 2.1
Montana 53,254 43,460 409 1,622 662 100 4,352 1,170 1,479 100.0 83.9 0.8 3.1 1.3 0.2 8.4 2.3
Nebraska 139,578 111,323 8,169 8,922 3,447 254 1,161 1,930 4,372 100.0 82.3 6.0 6.6 2.5 0.2 0.9 1.4
Nevada 118,300 61,132 10,054 24,640 11,672 1,812 1,191 5,474 2,325 100.0 52.7 8.7 21.2 10.1 1.6 1.0 4.7
New Hampshire 82,678 67,886 3,333 4,250 2,719 71 474 1,181 2,764 100.0 84.9 4.2 5.3 3.4 0.1 0.6 1.5
                                   
New Jersey 439,965 231,485 64,331 79,793 36,732 1,759 1,656 7,242 16,967 100.0 54.7 15.2 18.9 8.7 0.4 0.4 1.7
New Mexico 156,424 57,146 4,801 69,861 2,572 404 14,469 2,775 4,396 100.0 37.6 3.2 46.0 1.7 0.3 9.5 1.8
New York 1,309,986 702,587 183,052 193,540 113,494 2,781 4,729 20,925 88,878 100.0 57.5 15.0 15.8 9.3 0.2 0.4 1.7
North Carolina 578,031 350,950 148,251 29,019 15,549 726 6,902 9,908 16,726 100.0 62.5 26.4 5.2 2.8 0.1 1.2 1.8
North Dakota 55,169 45,094 1,548 1,293 653 76 2,573 951 2,981 100.0 86.4 3.0 2.5 1.3 0.1 4.9 1.8
                                   
Ohio 709,818 532,862 97,005 21,692 15,314 541 2,518 12,890 26,996 100.0 78.0 14.2 3.2 2.2 0.1 0.4 1.9
Oklahoma 228,464 144,188 23,236 13,794 5,653 364 19,801 12,082 9,346 100.0 65.8 10.6 6.3 2.6 0.2 9.0 5.5
Oregon 254,695 184,925 7,930 23,422 13,293 1,731 3,666 9,467 10,261 100.0 75.7 3.2 9.6 5.4 0.7 1.5 3.9
Pennsylvania 777,242 557,555 90,828 42,313 34,757 984 2,038 14,069 34,698 100.0 75.1 12.2 5.7 4.7 0.1 0.3 1.9
Rhode Island 83,952 59,026 5,788 8,855 3,553 60 325 1,732 4,613 100.0 74.4 7.3 11.2 4.5 0.1 0.4 2.2
                                   
South Carolina 259,617 162,624 73,900 8,332 3,979 348 1,073 4,726 4,635 100.0 63.8 29.0 3.3 1.6 0.1 0.4 1.9
South Dakota 56,058 46,144 1,854 1,350 532 94 3,509 1,176 1,399 100.0 84.4 3.4 2.5 1.0 0.2 6.4 2.2
Tennessee 343,641 239,307 70,334 10,776 6,726 290 1,115 7,487 7,606 100.0 71.2 20.9 3.2 2.0 0.1 0.3 2.2
Texas 1,540,298 644,116 211,637 510,328 80,136 2,523 6,786 28,101 56,671 100.0 43.4 14.3 34.4 5.4 0.2 0.5 1.9
Utah 267,309 210,953 9,134 21,578 6,836 2,006 2,419 6,255 8,128 100.0 81.4 3.5 8.3 2.6 0.8 0.9 2.4
                                   
Vermont 44,703 38,187 1,212 1,832 1,072 40 232 1,121 1,007 100.0 87.4 2.8 4.2 2.5 0.1 0.5 2.6
Virginia 588,696 348,379 133,460 37,478 32,734 1,581 2,420 16,369 16,275 100.0 60.9 23.3 6.5 5.7 0.3 0.4 2.9
Washington 365,514 238,192 17,101 33,879 32,010 2,159 4,902 18,753 18,518 100.0 68.6 4.9 9.8 9.2 0.6 1.4 5.4
West Virginia 162,179 123,383 19,869 8,079 2,607 743 781 3,491 3,226 100.0 77.6 12.5 5.1 1.6 0.5 0.5 2.2
Wisconsin 369,732 295,035 24,023 17,712 11,989 408 3,284 7,014 10,267 100.0 82.1 6.7 4.9 3.3 0.1 0.9 2.0
Wyoming 37,812 31,992 561 2,669 341 78 637 539 995 100.0 86.9 1.5 7.2 0.9 0.2 1.7 1.5
                                   
U.S. Service Academies 15,227 10,754 913 1,581 762 78 87 843 209 100.0 71.6 6.1 10.5 5.1 0.5 0.6 5.6
                                   
Other jurisdictions 259,943 1,022 2,291 242,670 2,922 9,956 114 353 615 100.0 0.4 0.9 93.6 1.1 3.8 # 0.1
American Samoa 1,795 2 0 0 16 1,639 0 0 138 100.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 98.9 0.0 0.0
Federated States of                                  
Micronesia 2,744 4 0 0 2 2,738 0 0 0 100.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 99.8 0.0 0.0
Guam 5,924 200 26 36 2,434 3,159 7 6 56 100.0 3.4 0.4 0.6 41.5 53.8 0.1 0.1
Marshall Islands 1,123 0 0 0 0 1,109 0 0 14 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Northern Marianas 1,178 15 3 2 319 625 1 68 145 100.0 1.5 0.3 0.2 30.9 60.5 0.1 6.6
Palau 680 1 1 0 6 672 0 0 0 100.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.9 98.8 0.0 0.0
Puerto Rico 244,076 663 265 242,486 139 14 105 279 125 100.0 0.3 0.1 99.4 0.1 # # 0.1
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,423 137 1,996 146 6 0 1 0 137 100.0 6.0 87.3 6.4 0.3 0.0 # 0.0
#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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2013, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2013.)

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