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Table 306.70. | 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 | |||||||||||||||
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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 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
United States | 20,644,478 | 11,982,155 | 2,962,417 | 2,980,300 | 1,194,690 | 63,543 | 173,011 | 504,759 | 783,603 | 100.0 | 60.3 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
Alabama | 310,311 | 191,652 | 92,603 | 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 | 736,465 | 403,614 | 115,297 | 135,659 | 22,629 | 4,007 | 19,196 | 18,295 | 17,768 | 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 | 2,621,606 | 890,578 | 187,712 | 906,010 | 408,671 | 16,199 | 12,867 | 99,626 | 99,943 | 100.0 | 35.3 | 7.4 | 35.9 | 16.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
Colorado | 363,170 | 244,482 | 27,687 | 53,278 | 12,047 | 933 | 3,885 | 11,600 | 9,258 | 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 | 58,127 | 35,573 | 12,691 | 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 | 1,154,506 | 554,539 | 231,005 | 267,048 | 36,000 | 2,477 | 4,720 | 26,425 | 32,292 | 100.0 | 49.4 | 20.6 | 23.8 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
Georgia | 545,360 | 278,142 | 186,086 | 28,716 | 22,881 | 808 | 1,734 | 10,654 | 16,339 | 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 | 866,893 | 506,514 | 132,429 | 125,650 | 49,494 | 2,089 | 2,575 | 15,685 | 32,457 | 100.0 | 60.7 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
Indiana | 447,263 | 335,380 | 47,901 | 21,455 | 9,802 | 320 | 1,397 | 8,536 | 22,472 | 100.0 | 79.0 | 11.3 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
Iowa | 361,189 | 255,718 | 55,444 | 22,328 | 7,176 | 1,107 | 2,787 | 5,527 | 11,102 | 100.0 | 73.0 | 15.8 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
Kansas | 213,855 | 155,231 | 16,184 | 15,689 | 5,307 | 323 | 2,975 | 5,180 | 12,966 | 100.0 | 77.3 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
Kentucky | 281,133 | 230,315 | 28,363 | 6,639 | 3,863 | 304 | 823 | 5,051 | 5,775 | 100.0 | 83.6 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
Louisiana | 258,846 | 147,316 | 82,198 | 10,948 | 5,862 | 226 | 1,498 | 4,139 | 6,659 | 100.0 | 58.4 | 32.6 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
Maine | 73,095 | 64,502 | 2,016 | 1,554 | 1,391 | 206 | 799 | 1,278 | 1,349 | 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 | 514,119 | 327,343 | 44,186 | 48,238 | 36,865 | 526 | 1,315 | 13,002 | 42,644 | 100.0 | 69.4 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
Michigan | 663,703 | 472,672 | 97,815 | 23,590 | 22,306 | 882 | 4,749 | 13,585 | 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 | 176,618 | 97,542 | 69,633 | 2,857 | 1,901 | 138 | 738 | 1,458 | 2,351 | 100.0 | 56.0 | 40.0 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
Missouri | 441,186 | 322,127 | 62,895 | 17,132 | 11,615 | 738 | 2,465 | 8,972 | 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 | 139,558 | 111,315 | 8,159 | 8,921 | 3,447 | 254 | 1,161 | 1,929 | 4,372 | 100.0 | 82.3 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
Nevada | 118,300 | 60,974 | 10,014 | 24,837 | 11,640 | 1,771 | 1,179 | 5,560 | 2,325 | 100.0 | 52.6 | 8.6 | 21.4 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
New Hampshire | 82,678 | 67,885 | 3,334 | 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 | 439,966 | 231,499 | 64,340 | 79,765 | 36,732 | 1,758 | 1,655 | 7,245 | 16,972 | 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 | 1,309,684 | 702,689 | 183,059 | 193,518 | 113,006 | 2,767 | 4,719 | 20,983 | 88,943 | 100.0 | 57.6 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
North Carolina | 578,265 | 351,102 | 148,380 | 28,973 | 15,548 | 725 | 6,900 | 9,844 | 16,793 | 100.0 | 62.5 | 26.4 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
North Dakota | 55,242 | 45,133 | 1,548 | 1,296 | 655 | 74 | 2,585 | 976 | 2,975 | 100.0 | 86.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 1.9 |
Ohio | 710,379 | 533,319 | 97,007 | 21,787 | 15,337 | 542 | 2,518 | 12,911 | 26,958 | 100.0 | 78.0 | 14.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
Oklahoma | 228,492 | 144,474 | 23,222 | 13,809 | 5,665 | 364 | 19,839 | 11,753 | 9,366 | 100.0 | 65.9 | 10.6 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 9.1 | 5.4 |
Oregon | 254,926 | 185,144 | 7,928 | 23,437 | 13,293 | 1,731 | 3,665 | 9,467 | 10,261 | 100.0 | 75.7 | 3.2 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.9 |
Pennsylvania | 777,350 | 557,659 | 90,841 | 42,322 | 34,759 | 985 | 2,039 | 14,050 | 34,695 | 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 | 46,143 | 1,854 | 1,351 | 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 | 343,478 | 239,288 | 70,184 | 10,786 | 6,722 | 290 | 1,118 | 7,485 | 7,605 | 100.0 | 71.2 | 20.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
Texas | 1,544,524 | 646,407 | 211,752 | 511,220 | 80,343 | 2,525 | 6,788 | 27,892 | 57,597 | 100.0 | 43.5 | 14.2 | 34.4 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
Utah | 267,309 | 210,935 | 9,146 | 21,584 | 6,835 | 2,006 | 2,420 | 6,255 | 8,128 | 100.0 | 81.4 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
Vermont | 44,697 | 38,180 | 1,212 | 1,832 | 1,072 | 40 | 234 | 1,121 | 1,006 | 100.0 | 87.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
Virginia | 588,708 | 348,387 | 133,462 | 37,477 | 32,735 | 1,581 | 2,420 | 16,369 | 16,277 | 100.0 | 60.9 | 23.3 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
Washington | 365,529 | 238,195 | 17,109 | 33,879 | 32,018 | 2,159 | 4,902 | 18,753 | 18,514 | 100.0 | 68.6 | 4.9 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 5.4 |
West Virginia | 162,182 | 123,380 | 19,872 | 8,081 | 2,607 | 744 | 780 | 3,493 | 3,225 | 100.0 | 77.6 | 12.5 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
Wisconsin | 369,738 | 295,033 | 24,020 | 17,720 | 11,989 | 408 | 3,284 | 7,016 | 10,268 | 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 | 259,975 | 1,026 | 2,290 | 242,673 | 2,899 | 9,987 | 115 | 371 | 614 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 93.6 | 1.1 | 3.9 | # | 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 | 5,955 | 204 | 25 | 38 | 2,411 | 3,190 | 8 | 24 | 55 | 100.0 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 40.9 | 54.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
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 | 244,077 | 663 | 265 | 242,487 | 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | |||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2013, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2015.) |