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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
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.)

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