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Table 306.60. | Fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2015 |
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-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 | 19,977,270 | 10,937,058 | 2,675,352 | 3,292,156 | 1,228,310 | 55,529 | 146,171 | 659,584 | 983,110 | 100.0 | 57.6 | 14.1 | 17.3 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
Alabama | 302,959 | 187,337 | 83,733 | 9,806 | 5,672 | 293 | 2,066 | 5,847 | 8,205 | 100.0 | 63.6 | 28.4 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
Alaska | 31,331 | 18,924 | 1,031 | 2,809 | 1,775 | 233 | 3,434 | 2,535 | 590 | 100.0 | 61.6 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 11.2 | 8.2 |
Arizona | 649,732 | 322,833 | 91,286 | 142,033 | 22,660 | 3,220 | 14,598 | 32,771 | 20,331 | 100.0 | 51.3 | 14.5 | 22.6 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
Arkansas | 168,402 | 115,301 | 28,174 | 9,682 | 2,721 | 172 | 1,375 | 5,173 | 5,804 | 100.0 | 70.9 | 17.3 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
California | 2,688,355 | 800,376 | 183,406 | 1,024,193 | 397,757 | 13,449 | 11,370 | 120,003 | 137,801 | 100.0 | 31.4 | 7.2 | 40.2 | 15.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
Colorado | 348,098 | 226,359 | 25,479 | 54,346 | 12,478 | 924 | 3,418 | 13,704 | 11,390 | 100.0 | 67.2 | 7.6 | 16.1 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 4.1 |
Connecticut | 199,666 | 118,880 | 25,529 | 27,836 | 10,250 | 226 | 475 | 5,012 | 11,458 | 100.0 | 63.2 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
Delaware | 60,392 | 34,470 | 12,903 | 3,796 | 1,959 | 95 | 298 | 1,409 | 5,462 | 100.0 | 62.8 | 23.5 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
District of Columbia | 93,995 | 41,763 | 25,060 | 7,465 | 6,336 | 158 | 318 | 2,716 | 10,179 | 100.0 | 49.8 | 29.9 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
Florida | 1,083,262 | 494,793 | 199,839 | 271,177 | 36,380 | 2,538 | 3,560 | 31,003 | 43,972 | 100.0 | 47.6 | 19.2 | 26.1 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
Georgia | 531,299 | 260,483 | 172,882 | 35,468 | 25,772 | 706 | 1,538 | 13,499 | 20,951 | 100.0 | 51.0 | 33.9 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
Hawaii | 69,331 | 12,169 | 1,550 | 7,504 | 21,319 | 4,988 | 187 | 17,537 | 4,077 | 100.0 | 18.6 | 2.4 | 11.5 | 32.7 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 26.9 |
Idaho | 121,108 | 93,069 | 1,291 | 9,740 | 1,671 | 686 | 976 | 4,165 | 9,510 | 100.0 | 83.4 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
Illinois | 802,243 | 440,610 | 110,263 | 136,203 | 51,015 | 1,375 | 1,999 | 18,739 | 42,039 | 100.0 | 58.0 | 14.5 | 17.9 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
Indiana | 426,363 | 308,944 | 42,829 | 22,568 | 11,667 | 395 | 1,103 | 11,712 | 27,145 | 100.0 | 77.4 | 10.7 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
Iowa | 275,106 | 201,719 | 27,042 | 18,568 | 6,815 | 620 | 1,498 | 5,643 | 13,201 | 100.0 | 77.0 | 10.3 | 7.1 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
Kansas | 220,222 | 150,317 | 20,630 | 19,427 | 5,925 | 390 | 2,789 | 7,475 | 13,269 | 100.0 | 72.6 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
Kentucky | 255,722 | 205,906 | 23,052 | 7,982 | 3,951 | 304 | 682 | 6,723 | 7,122 | 100.0 | 82.8 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
Louisiana | 244,660 | 136,039 | 75,380 | 12,002 | 6,057 | 258 | 1,535 | 5,880 | 7,509 | 100.0 | 57.4 | 31.8 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
Maine | 71,715 | 61,186 | 2,643 | 2,053 | 1,740 | 81 | 740 | 1,634 | 1,638 | 100.0 | 87.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
Maryland | 363,931 | 171,467 | 101,730 | 30,076 | 25,604 | 892 | 1,224 | 13,035 | 19,903 | 100.0 | 49.8 | 29.6 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
Massachusetts | 510,396 | 301,041 | 45,002 | 54,080 | 38,741 | 412 | 1,102 | 15,053 | 54,965 | 100.0 | 66.1 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.3 |
Michigan | 600,203 | 421,711 | 74,988 | 26,375 | 21,597 | 630 | 3,709 | 17,746 | 33,447 | 100.0 | 74.4 | 13.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
Minnesota | 427,757 | 288,955 | 62,838 | 21,811 | 21,767 | 652 | 3,350 | 13,220 | 15,164 | 100.0 | 70.0 | 15.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
Mississippi | 172,136 | 94,996 | 64,842 | 3,433 | 2,086 | 113 | 758 | 2,562 | 3,346 | 100.0 | 56.3 | 38.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
Missouri | 409,996 | 292,299 | 50,949 | 18,560 | 12,059 | 663 | 2,069 | 11,620 | 21,777 | 100.0 | 75.3 | 13.1 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
Montana | 50,798 | 40,746 | 457 | 1,847 | 748 | 99 | 3,776 | 1,373 | 1,752 | 100.0 | 83.1 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 2.8 |
Nebraska | 136,087 | 101,751 | 7,413 | 12,723 | 3,798 | 211 | 1,001 | 3,643 | 5,547 | 100.0 | 77.9 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
Nevada | 116,097 | 54,801 | 9,353 | 28,005 | 12,055 | 1,449 | 939 | 7,058 | 2,437 | 100.0 | 48.2 | 8.2 | 24.6 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
New Hampshire | 123,966 | 93,198 | 12,742 | 7,772 | 3,895 | 249 | 724 | 2,074 | 3,312 | 100.0 | 77.2 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
New Jersey | 423,779 | 207,325 | 60,985 | 85,502 | 37,908 | 1,155 | 1,114 | 8,714 | 21,076 | 100.0 | 51.5 | 15.1 | 21.2 | 9.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
New Mexico | 138,189 | 47,418 | 4,199 | 63,880 | 2,542 | 303 | 12,880 | 2,969 | 3,998 | 100.0 | 35.3 | 3.1 | 47.6 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 9.6 | 2.2 |
New York | 1,285,420 | 631,009 | 179,107 | 217,309 | 117,956 | 2,685 | 4,445 | 27,927 | 104,982 | 100.0 | 53.5 | 15.2 | 18.4 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
North Carolina | 562,442 | 330,848 | 132,808 | 38,091 | 17,906 | 883 | 6,332 | 16,036 | 19,538 | 100.0 | 60.9 | 24.5 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
North Dakota | 53,840 | 43,037 | 1,863 | 1,661 | 692 | 89 | 2,160 | 1,440 | 2,898 | 100.0 | 84.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
Ohio | 667,760 | 491,770 | 78,988 | 24,517 | 16,887 | 645 | 1,911 | 18,850 | 34,192 | 100.0 | 77.6 | 12.5 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
Oklahoma | 210,904 | 124,976 | 19,242 | 16,003 | 6,097 | 419 | 16,463 | 16,409 | 11,295 | 100.0 | 62.6 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 |
Oregon | 240,646 | 161,296 | 8,004 | 27,932 | 13,620 | 1,525 | 2,778 | 13,049 | 12,442 | 100.0 | 70.7 | 3.5 | 12.2 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
Pennsylvania | 736,670 | 498,045 | 84,754 | 47,526 | 38,180 | 988 | 1,592 | 19,760 | 45,825 | 100.0 | 72.1 | 12.3 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
Rhode Island | 82,292 | 54,391 | 5,752 | 10,043 | 3,729 | 68 | 274 | 2,983 | 5,052 | 100.0 | 70.4 | 7.4 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
South Carolina | 249,654 | 157,653 | 64,761 | 10,166 | 4,181 | 271 | 922 | 6,604 | 5,096 | 100.0 | 64.5 | 26.5 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
South Dakota | 53,664 | 43,571 | 1,659 | 1,570 | 620 | 77 | 2,922 | 1,417 | 1,828 | 100.0 | 84.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 2.7 |
Tennessee | 323,499 | 221,070 | 61,553 | 12,725 | 7,681 | 563 | 891 | 9,157 | 9,859 | 100.0 | 70.5 | 19.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
Texas | 1,570,614 | 601,676 | 199,789 | 556,024 | 88,844 | 2,652 | 6,010 | 42,611 | 73,008 | 100.0 | 40.2 | 13.3 | 37.1 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
Utah | 293,527 | 223,231 | 12,493 | 28,307 | 8,318 | 2,044 | 2,429 | 8,760 | 7,945 | 100.0 | 78.2 | 4.4 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
Vermont | 43,863 | 35,822 | 1,366 | 2,134 | 1,088 | 39 | 254 | 1,452 | 1,708 | 100.0 | 85.0 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
Virginia | 569,759 | 327,657 | 118,862 | 44,878 | 35,183 | 1,360 | 2,225 | 21,320 | 18,274 | 100.0 | 59.4 | 21.6 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
Washington | 365,412 | 220,743 | 16,003 | 41,352 | 33,767 | 2,133 | 3,954 | 24,327 | 23,133 | 100.0 | 64.5 | 4.7 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 7.1 |
West Virginia | 150,743 | 113,184 | 16,906 | 8,273 | 2,529 | 613 | 653 | 4,339 | 4,246 | 100.0 | 77.3 | 11.5 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
Wisconsin | 350,248 | 271,703 | 20,448 | 20,611 | 13,058 | 380 | 2,737 | 9,225 | 12,086 | 100.0 | 80.3 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
Wyoming | 34,205 | 28,268 | 443 | 2,640 | 336 | 78 | 519 | 796 | 1,125 | 100.0 | 85.5 | 1.3 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
U.S. Service Academies | 14,812 | 9,922 | 1,051 | 1,672 | 918 | 78 | 95 | 875 | 201 | 100.0 | 67.9 | 7.2 | 11.4 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
Other jurisdictions | 248,073 | 986 | 2,036 | 231,864 | 3,366 | 8,791 | 133 | 354 | 543 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 93.7 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
American Samoa | 1,285 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1,153 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 98.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
2,215 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 99.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Guam | 6,395 | 182 | 51 | 34 | 2,802 | 3,269 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 100.0 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 44.2 | 51.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Marshall Islands | 995 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 99.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Northern Marianas | 1,155 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 392 | 528 | 1 | 131 | 81 | 100.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 36.5 | 49.2 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
Palau | 627 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 99.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Puerto Rico | 233,080 | 619 | 185 | 231,650 | 136 | 18 | 121 | 202 | 149 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 99.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 2,321 | 160 | 1,796 | 178 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 143 | 100.0 | 7.3 | 82.5 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 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 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2016.) |