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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
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 20,644,478 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.)

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