Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 302.70. Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and state: 2005
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State Total White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific
Islander
American
Indian/Alaska
Native
Two or more
races
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
United States 35.2   (0.12) 38.6   (0.13) 29.3   (0.36) 23.7   (0.28) 57.6   (0.68) 30.0   (2.56) 22.8   (1.31) 37.2   (0.98)
Alabama 32.0   (1.01) 37.4   (1.27) 22.4   (1.37) 10.8   (2.89) 61.2   (11.28)   (†)   (†) 40.1   (11.18)
Alaska 20.0   (2.04) 24.0   (2.91)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 4.4 ! (1.57) 23.5   (6.22)
Arizona 31.7   (0.89) 40.0   (1.37) 36.3   (5.76) 19.8   (1.13) 63.8   (4.03)   (†) 18.1   (2.89) 28.7   (6.85)
Arkansas 29.3   (1.30) 30.9   (1.55) 25.3   (2.92) 16.8   (3.20)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
California 38.8   (0.36) 45.5   (0.58) 39.1   (1.62) 26.7   (0.55) 61.9   (1.14) 36.2   (4.82) 31.4   (4.97) 45.9   (2.05)
                                                 
Colorado 34.6   (1.22) 39.5   (1.59) 35.7   (5.07) 17.1   (1.70) 56.2   (5.82)   (†)   (†) 43.0   (7.15)
Connecticut 38.4   (1.27) 45.7   (1.59) 22.5   (4.03) 15.6   (2.30) 49.6   (7.39)   (†)   (†) 31.9 ! (11.05)
Delaware 28.8   (2.44) 34.4   (3.27) 21.2   (5.31) 10.9 ! (4.23)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
District of Columbia 35.0   (2.82) 48.5   (4.70) 25.3   (3.32) 21.2 ! (8.62)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Florida 33.8   (0.52) 35.6   (0.70) 30.8   (1.32) 30.1   (1.21) 51.3   (3.51)   (†) 34.7   (7.41) 41.1   (4.19)
                                                 
Georgia 30.8   (0.70) 35.0   (0.94) 28.3   (1.47) 11.7   (1.57) 51.1   (5.31)   (†)   (†) 33.4   (6.07)
Hawaii 37.4   (2.21) 39.4   (5.14)   (†) 29.8   (6.08) 45.9   (3.31) 19.4   (4.66)   (†) 35.3   (5.15)
Idaho 29.5   (1.82) 31.8   (2.01)   (†) 14.0   (3.11)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Illinois 38.1   (0.67) 43.9   (0.80) 28.1   (1.62) 23.7   (1.38) 61.5   (3.33)   (†)   (†) 38.7   (6.26)
Indiana 32.9   (0.86) 34.0   (1.01) 28.7   (3.08) 13.6   (2.29) 82.3   (5.17)   (†)   (†) 28.3   (6.63)
                                                 
Iowa 35.6   (1.49) 36.0   (1.65) 35.0   (8.49) 25.5   (5.85)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Kansas 37.0   (1.15) 38.2   (1.40) 28.7   (6.21) 27.3   (3.40) 56.9   (10.31)   (†)   (†) 52.2   (8.91)
Kentucky 33.6   (1.20) 34.4   (1.22) 27.4   (4.69)     (†)   (†)   (†) 52.5   (10.18)
Louisiana 33.8   (1.11) 39.5   (1.55) 25.4   (1.62) 30.9   (4.92) 31.4   (6.79)   (†)   (†) 36.9   (8.24)
Maine 29.9   (1.97) 29.8   (1.92)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
                                                 
Maryland 36.3   (1.07) 40.0   (1.41) 31.3   (1.96) 21.1   (2.68) 54.9   (4.40)   (†)   (†) 46.7   (9.19)
Massachusetts 39.6   (1.23) 43.1   (1.32) 33.1   (3.81) 22.7   (2.83) 47.4   (4.23)   (†)   (†) 31.2   (7.94)
Michigan 39.5   (0.89) 41.5   (1.09) 31.3   (3.03) 21.7   (2.91) 73.6   (3.75)   (†) 40.3   (8.73) 29.6   (5.89)
Minnesota 36.2   (1.07) 37.6   (1.17) 26.8   (5.72) 14.0   (3.72) 43.4   (5.02)   (†) 18.3 ! (8.82) 41.5 ! (18.19)
Mississippi 30.4   (1.11) 35.0   (1.63) 25.7   (1.88) 11.4 ! (5.38)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
                                                 
Missouri 32.6   (0.87) 33.4   (0.96) 28.1   (2.58) 16.7   (3.59) 63.2   (6.42)   (†)   (†) 31.4   (6.92)
Montana 31.4   (2.84) 33.1   (3.06)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 19.8 ! (6.51)   (†)
Nebraska 36.8   (2.18) 40.2   (2.38) 23.2 ! (9.87) 17.3   (4.18)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Nevada 27.9   (1.45) 32.9   (2.00) 23.3   (5.63) 16.2   (1.86) 43.9   (5.96)   (†)   (†) 39.3   (9.58)
New Hampshire 33.8   (2.62) 34.5   (2.66)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
                                                 
New Jersey 40.3   (0.81) 46.2   (1.03) 32.2   (2.42) 25.9   (1.86) 60.0   (2.54)   (†)   (†) 21.0   (6.28)
New Mexico 30.9   (1.59) 34.0   (2.54)   (†) 29.2   (1.91)   (†)   (†) 21.2   (5.37)   (†)
New York 39.9   (0.62) 43.9   (0.73) 34.4   (1.71) 28.9   (1.23) 55.0   (2.30)   (†) 26.5   (6.28) 40.7   (4.72)
North Carolina 31.9   (0.74) 36.9   (0.91) 27.2   (1.74) 8.8   (1.38) 50.2   (6.44)   (†) 26.0   (6.86) 33.2   (6.82)
North Dakota 40.6   (2.56) 43.4   (2.79)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
                                                 
Ohio 35.1   (0.73) 36.5   (0.74) 28.5   (1.70) 24.0   (3.33) 52.8   (5.20)   (†)   (†) 26.4   (4.28)
Oklahoma 32.6   (1.19) 35.0   (1.53) 34.0   (4.21) 12.0   (2.42) 63.6   (8.87)   (†) 22.5   (3.59) 33.2   (5.94)
Oregon 32.4   (1.29) 32.4   (1.41) 17.5 ! (6.07) 21.7   (2.93) 69.0   (5.19)   (†) 21.2 ! (8.87) 26.1   (5.45)
Pennsylvania 37.2   (0.77) 40.3   (0.86) 24.0   (1.88) 15.3   (2.28) 56.9   (4.25)   (†)   (†) 24.4   (6.17)
Rhode Island 44.0   (3.09) 46.4   (3.28) 39.4   (10.91) 30.8   (6.83)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
                                                 
South Carolina 30.1   (0.91) 36.0   (1.23) 23.6   (1.56) 7.7   (2.15) 46.4   (8.32)   (†)   (†) 33.2   (8.27)
South Dakota 34.0   (2.36) 37.1   (2.57)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 18.3 ! (6.28)   (†)
Tennessee 30.0   (0.99) 31.5   (1.13) 28.5   (2.57) 8.1 ! (2.61) 39.6   (8.80)   (†)   (†) 27.4   (7.16)
Texas 32.0   (0.47) 39.1   (0.71) 28.7   (1.37) 23.3   (0.70) 63.9   (2.32)   (†) 43.9   (6.62) 41.7   (4.39)
Utah 38.3   (1.31) 40.5   (1.34)   (†) 17.8   (4.03) 61.6   (7.92)   (†) 27.8 ! (10.31) 38.6 ! (13.86)
                                                 
Vermont 35.8   (4.41) 36.3   (4.59)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Virginia 35.9   (0.84) 38.9   (0.98) 28.9   (1.95) 18.3   (2.14) 58.5   (4.30)   (†)   (†) 43.2   (5.67)
Washington 31.8   (1.02) 33.4   (1.11) 35.3   (6.85) 12.9   (1.78) 45.0   (3.19)   (†) 15.4   (4.13) 39.1   (5.07)
West Virginia 34.6   (1.88) 34.0   (1.87) 32.0 ! (9.97)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Wisconsin 35.5   (1.03) 37.4   (0.98) 24.7   (5.99) 16.0   (2.66) 50.5   (8.08)   (†)   (†) 46.8   (10.24)
Wyoming 28.0   (2.66) 28.0   (2.97)   (†) 18.9 ! (7.60)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
† Not applicable.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the noninstitutionalized 18- to 24-year-old population living in households. (Beginning in 2006, American Community Survey data are also available for persons living in group quarters, such as college housing, military housing, prisons, and healthcare facilities.) Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. (This table was prepared April 2018.)

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