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Table 306.60. Fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2014
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-resident alien Total White Black Hispanic 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 20,207,369 11,237,436 2,791,865 3,191,699 1,213,616 58,832 152,911 642,100 918,910 100.0 58.3 14.5 16.5 6.3 0.3 0.8 3.3
Alabama 305,028 187,842 87,348 9,102 5,431 317 2,115 5,276 7,597 100.0 63.2 29.4 3.1 1.8 0.1 0.7 1.8
Alaska 34,331 20,860 1,166 3,234 1,729 437 3,743 2,560 602 100.0 61.8 3.5 9.6 5.1 1.3 11.1 7.6
Arizona 674,746 334,479 91,796 136,065 22,090 3,302 15,430 51,765 19,819 100.0 51.1 14.0 20.8 3.4 0.5 2.4 7.9
Arkansas 169,571 116,719 29,438 9,134 2,702 168 1,418 4,809 5,183 100.0 71.0 17.9 5.6 1.6 0.1 0.9 2.9
California 2,696,415 837,251 195,254 994,357 399,024 14,501 11,906 118,478 125,644 100.0 32.6 7.6 38.7 15.5 0.6 0.5 4.6
                                   
Colorado 353,827 232,012 26,629 54,155 12,081 991 3,650 13,145 11,164 100.0 67.7 7.8 15.8 3.5 0.3 1.1 3.8
Connecticut 201,928 122,534 26,079 27,318 9,998 249 510 4,901 10,339 100.0 64.0 13.6 14.3 5.2 0.1 0.3 2.6
Delaware 60,368 35,084 12,932 3,667 2,001 95 278 1,315 4,996 100.0 63.4 23.4 6.6 3.6 0.2 0.5 2.4
District of Columbia 90,053 41,065 23,853 6,670 5,985 157 315 2,358 9,650 100.0 51.1 29.7 8.3 7.4 0.2 0.4 2.9
Florida 1,111,018 511,356 215,541 272,563 35,363 2,656 3,693 29,897 39,949 100.0 47.7 20.1 25.4 3.3 0.2 0.3 2.8
                                   
Georgia 531,004 263,948 174,973 33,066 24,500 775 1,557 12,636 19,549 100.0 51.6 34.2 6.5 4.8 0.2 0.3 2.5
Hawaii 73,505 13,284 1,775 7,485 22,468 5,764 216 18,202 4,311 100.0 19.2 2.6 10.8 32.5 8.3 0.3 26.3
Idaho 118,953 92,554 1,426 10,236 1,718 792 1,085 4,200 6,942 100.0 82.6 1.3 9.1 1.5 0.7 1.0 3.7
Illinois 824,980 462,547 118,422 132,356 50,985 1,511 2,124 18,267 38,768 100.0 58.8 15.1 16.8 6.5 0.2 0.3 2.3
Indiana 436,327 317,609 45,382 24,642 10,903 303 1,171 10,837 25,480 100.0 77.3 11.0 6.0 2.7 0.1 0.3 2.6
                                   
Iowa 282,482 208,193 29,650 17,798 6,807 762 1,934 4,498 12,840 100.0 77.2 11.0 6.6 2.5 0.3 0.7 1.7
Kansas 226,401 155,150 23,030 18,692 5,903 416 2,894 6,840 13,476 100.0 72.9 10.8 8.8 2.8 0.2 1.4 3.2
Kentucky 264,197 213,094 25,419 7,416 3,839 286 716 6,233 7,194 100.0 82.9 9.9 2.9 1.5 0.1 0.3 2.4
Louisiana 245,938 138,052 76,265 11,213 5,929 232 1,452 5,551 7,244 100.0 57.8 32.0 4.7 2.5 0.1 0.6 2.3
Maine 72,246 62,328 2,425 1,918 1,514 75 759 1,606 1,621 100.0 88.3 3.4 2.7 2.1 0.1 1.1 2.3
                                   
Maryland 365,597 176,458 103,545 28,120 25,198 837 1,145 12,186 18,108 100.0 50.8 29.8 8.1 7.3 0.2 0.3 3.5
Massachusetts 510,912 308,982 45,801 52,215 38,913 410 1,145 14,115 49,331 100.0 66.9 9.9 11.3 8.4 0.1 0.2 3.1
Michigan 619,438 435,055 82,971 25,699 22,742 779 4,056 16,210 31,926 100.0 74.1 14.1 4.4 3.9 0.1 0.7 2.8
Minnesota 433,854 297,277 62,531 21,024 21,275 627 3,494 13,215 14,411 100.0 70.9 14.9 5.0 5.1 0.1 0.8 3.2
Mississippi 170,728 93,935 65,262 3,212 1,972 121 759 2,234 3,233 100.0 56.1 39.0 1.9 1.2 0.1 0.5 1.3
                                   
Missouri 419,900 302,294 54,717 17,306 12,187 685 2,180 10,920 19,611 100.0 75.5 13.7 4.3 3.0 0.2 0.5 2.7
Montana 51,942 41,765 469 1,744 772 107 3,918 1,381 1,786 100.0 83.3 0.9 3.5 1.5 0.2 7.8 2.8
Nebraska 135,825 104,588 7,783 10,403 3,675 217 915 3,123 5,121 100.0 80.0 6.0 8.0 2.8 0.2 0.7 2.4
Nevada 119,205 57,422 10,032 28,255 11,871 1,567 1,007 6,720 2,331 100.0 49.1 8.6 24.2 10.2 1.3 0.9 5.7
New Hampshire 106,984 83,439 9,049 5,689 3,299 138 747 1,330 3,293 100.0 80.5 8.7 5.5 3.2 0.1 0.7 1.3
                                   
New Jersey 436,208 218,909 64,181 84,691 37,768 1,401 1,196 8,523 19,539 100.0 52.5 15.4 20.3 9.1 0.3 0.3 2.0
New Mexico 146,246 51,429 4,423 65,815 2,536 337 13,873 3,010 4,823 100.0 36.4 3.1 46.5 1.8 0.2 9.8 2.1
New York 1,299,055 655,695 181,070 210,671 116,553 3,001 4,487 26,532 101,046 100.0 54.7 15.1 17.6 9.7 0.3 0.4 2.2
North Carolina 570,045 337,852 140,150 35,147 17,200 855 6,442 14,185 18,214 100.0 61.2 25.4 6.4 3.1 0.2 1.2 2.6
North Dakota 54,048 43,738 1,798 1,478 657 83 2,156 1,255 2,883 100.0 85.5 3.5 2.9 1.3 0.2 4.2 2.5
                                   
Ohio 680,238 503,557 84,570 22,903 16,303 577 1,955 17,773 32,600 100.0 77.8 13.1 3.5 2.5 0.1 0.3 2.7
Oklahoma 215,349 130,179 20,293 15,378 5,887 372 16,981 15,016 11,243 100.0 63.8 9.9 7.5 2.9 0.2 8.3 7.4
Oregon 245,547 168,484 8,626 26,240 13,302 1,602 3,062 11,889 12,342 100.0 72.2 3.7 11.3 5.7 0.7 1.3 5.1
Pennsylvania 750,651 516,011 87,109 47,504 37,327 924 1,659 17,994 42,123 100.0 72.8 12.3 6.7 5.3 0.1 0.2 2.5
Rhode Island 83,499 55,977 5,832 9,930 3,662 69 334 2,705 4,990 100.0 71.3 7.4 12.6 4.7 0.1 0.4 3.4
                                   
South Carolina 254,629 159,346 68,880 9,906 4,170 285 994 6,116 4,932 100.0 63.8 27.6 4.0 1.7 0.1 0.4 2.4
South Dakota 53,963 44,141 1,797 1,425 588 128 3,089 1,165 1,630 100.0 84.3 3.4 2.7 1.1 0.2 5.9 2.2
Tennessee 326,575 225,204 63,315 11,606 7,275 307 927 8,630 9,311 100.0 71.0 20.0 3.7 2.3 0.1 0.3 2.7
Texas 1,555,462 611,452 210,679 535,092 85,553 2,750 6,283 36,541 67,112 100.0 41.1 14.2 36.0 5.7 0.2 0.4 2.5
Utah 274,926 211,088 11,209 25,325 7,809 1,949 2,335 7,236 7,975 100.0 79.1 4.2 9.5 2.9 0.7 0.9 2.7
                                   
Vermont 43,983 36,542 1,222 1,985 1,045 36 256 1,400 1,497 100.0 86.0 2.9 4.7 2.5 0.1 0.6 3.3
Virginia 577,908 337,383 126,281 39,950 33,935 1,491 2,326 20,239 16,303 100.0 60.1 22.5 7.1 6.0 0.3 0.4 3.6
Washington 365,193 225,854 16,401 39,266 32,726 2,212 4,050 23,009 21,675 100.0 65.7 4.8 11.4 9.5 0.6 1.2 6.7
West Virginia 157,052 117,768 19,055 8,232 2,521 636 751 4,101 3,988 100.0 76.9 12.4 5.4 1.6 0.4 0.5 2.7
Wisconsin 358,894 280,196 22,521 20,003 12,675 388 2,794 8,474 11,843 100.0 80.7 6.5 5.8 3.7 0.1 0.8 2.4
Wyoming 35,461 29,432 463 2,739 389 89 523 714 1,112 100.0 85.7 1.3 8.0 1.1 0.3 1.5 2.1
                                   
U.S. Service Academies 14,734 10,023 1,027 1,659 861 63 106 785 210 100.0 69.0 7.1 11.4 5.9 0.4 0.7 5.4
                                   
Other jurisdictions 255,843 879 2,031 239,546 3,220 9,270 111 318 468 100.0 0.3 0.8 93.8 1.3 3.6 # 0.1
American Samoa 1,276 2 0 0 6 1,176 0 0 92 100.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 99.3 0.0 0.0
Federated States of
      Micronesia
2,344 1 0 0 0 2,343 0 0 0 100.0 # 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Guam 6,488 178 78 37 2,711 3,427 6 0 51 100.0 2.8 1.2 0.6 42.1 53.2 0.1 0.0
Marshall Islands 1,087 0 0 0 0 1,073 7 0 7 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.4 0.6 0.0
Northern Marianas 1,186 19 3 4 347 639 2 88 84 100.0 1.7 0.3 0.4 31.5 58.0 0.2 8.0
Palau 604 0 1 0 2 601 0 0 0 100.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 99.5 0.0 0.0
Puerto Rico 240,578 520 179 239,326 142 11 92 210 98 100.0 0.2 0.1 99.5 0.1 # # 0.1
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,280 159 1,770 179 12 0 4 20 136 100.0 7.4 82.6 8.3 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.9
#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 2015, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2015.)

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