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Table 306.70. Fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2011
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 20,994,113 12,394,153 3,067,947 2,890,111 1,216,562 65,916 186,076 432,873 740,475 100.0 61.2 15.1 14.3 6.0 0.3 0.9 2.1
Alabama 318,686 195,754 98,038 7,826 4,961 305 2,375 3,175 6,252 100.0 62.7 31.4 2.5 1.6 0.1 0.8 1.0
Alaska 34,932 22,345 1,188 2,538 1,522 287 4,087 2,128 837 100.0 65.5 3.5 7.4 4.5 0.8 12.0 6.2
Arizona 796,986 447,967 128,049 136,931 23,283 4,276 20,992 16,554 18,934 100.0 57.6 16.5 17.6 3.0 0.5 2.7 2.1
Arkansas 179,281 125,185 34,683 6,926 2,707 213 1,759 3,039 4,769 100.0 71.7 19.9 4.0 1.6 0.1 1.0 1.7
California 2,685,893 952,701 201,878 890,272 424,132 17,715 15,194 89,576 94,425 100.0 36.8 7.8 34.4 16.4 0.7 0.6 3.5
                                   
Colorado 365,820 250,535 29,371 50,152 12,666 1,053 4,242 9,413 8,388 100.0 70.1 8.2 14.0 3.5 0.3 1.2 2.6
Connecticut 201,638 131,955 23,822 24,038 9,296 207 604 3,780 7,936 100.0 68.1 12.3 12.4 4.8 0.1 0.3 2.0
Delaware 56,516 35,318 12,301 3,153 1,970 76 186 934 2,578 100.0 65.5 22.8 5.8 3.7 0.1 0.3 1.7
District of Columbia 90,213 43,263 25,599 5,863 5,785 121 292 1,649 7,641 100.0 52.4 31.0 7.1 7.0 0.1 0.4 2.0
Florida 1,143,698 562,862 230,863 257,389 36,313 2,129 4,591 18,082 31,469 100.0 50.6 20.8 23.1 3.3 0.2 0.4 1.6
                                   
Georgia 565,459 289,472 197,288 27,499 22,294 878 1,991 10,667 15,370 100.0 52.6 35.9 5.0 4.1 0.2 0.4 1.9
Hawaii 79,018 15,788 1,977 7,349 24,621 7,608 289 16,963 4,423 100.0 21.2 2.7 9.9 33.0 10.2 0.4 22.7
Idaho 90,142 75,608 995 6,584 1,504 755 1,162 1,272 2,262 100.0 86.0 1.1 7.5 1.7 0.9 1.3 1.4
Illinois 892,881 528,843 140,827 122,957 49,097 2,043 2,767 14,666 31,681 100.0 61.4 16.4 14.3 5.7 0.2 0.3 1.7
Indiana 457,824 348,448 49,365 20,171 9,819 297 1,584 7,207 20,933 100.0 79.8 11.3 4.6 2.2 0.1 0.4 1.6
                                   
Iowa 372,146 267,419 56,175 21,724 7,792 1,178 3,036 4,501 10,321 100.0 73.9 15.5 6.0 2.2 0.3 0.8 1.2
Kansas 216,662 159,159 17,024 14,685 5,490 288 3,074 4,197 12,745 100.0 78.1 8.3 7.2 2.7 0.1 1.5 2.1
Kentucky 293,766 243,179 30,205 6,037 3,769 286 829 4,582 4,879 100.0 84.2 10.5 2.1 1.3 0.1 0.3 1.6
Louisiana 265,856 153,686 83,203 10,469 6,260 263 1,760 3,211 7,004 100.0 59.4 32.1 4.0 2.4 0.1 0.7 1.2
Maine 72,297 64,018 1,940 1,624 1,368 61 877 1,169 1,240 100.0 90.1 2.7 2.3 1.9 0.1 1.2 1.6
                                   
Maryland 380,097 193,270 113,506 22,427 24,380 686 1,240 8,186 16,402 100.0 53.1 31.2 6.2 6.7 0.2 0.3 2.3
Massachusetts 508,554 330,153 43,063 46,247 36,267 459 1,528 11,682 39,155 100.0 70.3 9.2 9.9 7.7 0.1 0.3 2.5
Michigan 685,526 491,140 104,641 22,992 21,702 873 4,987 12,910 26,281 100.0 74.5 15.9 3.5 3.3 0.1 0.8 2.0
Minnesota 457,752 327,279 61,785 17,960 19,627 607 3,879 11,808 14,807 100.0 73.9 13.9 4.1 4.4 0.1 0.9 2.7
Mississippi 179,090 97,301 72,941 2,605 1,776 138 772 1,115 2,442 100.0 55.1 41.3 1.5 1.0 0.1 0.4 0.6
                                   
Missouri 456,997 334,853 67,932 16,769 11,700 833 2,669 7,676 14,565 100.0 75.7 15.4 3.8 2.6 0.2 0.6 1.7
Montana 54,042 44,328 407 1,568 563 103 4,601 1,096 1,376 100.0 84.2 0.8 3.0 1.1 0.2 8.7 2.1
Nebraska 142,875 115,025 8,666 8,254 3,423 252 1,303 1,756 4,196 100.0 82.9 6.2 6.0 2.5 0.2 0.9 1.3
Nevada 121,013 64,703 10,981 23,090 11,925 1,950 1,348 4,638 2,378 100.0 54.5 9.3 19.5 10.1 1.6 1.1 3.9
New Hampshire 77,444 64,966 2,547 3,548 2,354 64 451 961 2,553 100.0 86.7 3.4 4.7 3.1 0.1 0.6 1.3
                                   
New Jersey 443,750 238,359 65,423 77,594 36,319 1,748 1,332 5,645 17,330 100.0 55.9 15.3 18.2 8.5 0.4 0.3 1.3
New Mexico 157,555 59,199 4,860 69,282 2,618 370 14,399 2,822 4,005 100.0 38.6 3.2 45.1 1.7 0.2 9.4 1.8
New York 1,318,142 725,136 185,722 186,320 113,438 2,897 4,992 17,969 81,668 100.0 58.6 15.0 15.1 9.2 0.2 0.4 1.5
North Carolina 585,013 359,706 152,224 26,679 15,025 694 7,092 7,663 15,930 100.0 63.2 26.7 4.7 2.6 0.1 1.2 1.3
North Dakota 55,772 45,522 1,496 1,238 748 67 2,801 754 3,146 100.0 86.5 2.8 2.4 1.4 0.1 5.3 1.4
                                   
Ohio 735,026 556,130 104,719 20,539 15,460 470 2,874 10,291 24,543 100.0 78.3 14.7 2.9 2.2 0.1 0.4 1.4
Oklahoma 230,154 148,159 23,812 12,201 5,814 350 21,472 9,235 9,111 100.0 67.0 10.8 5.5 2.6 0.2 9.7 4.2
Oregon 259,061 192,385 7,710 22,609 13,346 1,808 4,082 8,017 9,104 100.0 77.0 3.1 9.0 5.3 0.7 1.6 3.2
Pennsylvania 787,789 573,057 93,374 40,619 33,986 1,076 2,144 11,956 31,577 100.0 75.8 12.3 5.4 4.5 0.1 0.3 1.6
Rhode Island 84,644 60,835 5,800 8,336 3,778 57 329 1,171 4,338 100.0 75.8 7.2 10.4 4.7 0.1 0.4 1.5
                                   
South Carolina 260,002 164,017 75,260 7,370 3,715 346 1,092 3,972 4,230 100.0 64.1 29.4 2.9 1.5 0.1 0.4 1.6
South Dakota 55,899 46,646 1,516 1,226 529 107 3,747 851 1,277 100.0 85.4 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.2 6.9 1.6
Tennessee 350,275 244,781 73,761 10,024 6,800 339 1,165 6,658 6,747 100.0 71.3 21.5 2.9 2.0 0.1 0.3 1.9
Texas 1,564,387 675,557 221,052 498,127 81,422 2,556 7,808 22,808 55,057 100.0 44.8 14.6 33.0 5.4 0.2 0.5 1.5
Utah 264,396 213,343 7,001 21,058 6,384 1,933 2,754 4,835 7,088 100.0 82.9 2.7 8.2 2.5 0.8 1.1 1.9
                                   
Vermont 45,143 39,171 1,138 1,586 1,044 36 260 966 942 100.0 88.6 2.6 3.6 2.4 0.1 0.6 2.2
Virginia 588,465 351,322 135,201 36,092 32,117 1,636 2,452 13,790 15,855 100.0 61.4 23.6 6.3 5.6 0.3 0.4 2.4
Washington 372,841 250,934 17,978 31,551 33,185 2,335 5,427 15,009 16,422 100.0 70.4 5.0 8.9 9.3 0.7 1.5 4.2
West Virginia 162,308 126,061 12,432 7,051 9,247 474 1,058 2,954 3,031 100.0 79.1 7.8 4.4 5.8 0.3 0.7 1.9
Wisconsin 376,603 303,460 24,734 16,911 12,000 418 3,506 5,941 9,633 100.0 82.7 6.7 4.6 3.3 0.1 1.0 1.6
Wyoming 38,092 32,522 489 2,491 347 95 719 432 997 100.0 87.7 1.3 6.7 0.9 0.3 1.9 1.2
                                   
U.S. Service Academies 15,692 11,328 985 1,560 874 100 102 541 202 100.0 73.1 6.4 10.1 5.6 0.6 0.7 3.5
                                   
Other jurisdictions 267,159 1,071 2,493 248,224 2,928 10,663 68 1,070 642 100.0 0.4 0.9 93.1 1.1 4.0 0.0 0.4
American Samoa 2,091 4 0 1 7 1,933 0 0 146 100.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 99.4 0.0 0.0
Federated States of                                  
Micronesia 2,915 3 0 0 2 2,910 0 0 0 100.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 99.8 0.0 0.0
Guam 6,360 246 42 34 2,492 3,483 9 4 50 100.0 3.9 0.7 0.5 39.5 55.2 0.1 0.1
Marshall Islands 989 0 0 0 0 984 1 0 4 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.9 0.1 0.0
Northern Marianas 1,046 13 5 5 251 599 1 49 123 100.0 1.4 0.5 0.5 27.2 64.9 0.1 5.3
Palau 742 0 1 0 6 733 2 0 0 100.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.8 98.8 0.3 0.0
Puerto Rico 250,402 639 354 248,004 161 20 47 998 179 100.0 0.3 0.1 99.1 0.1 # # 0.4
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,614 166 2,091 180 9 1 8 19 140 100.0 6.7 84.5 7.3 0.4 # 0.3 0.8
#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 2012, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2012.)

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