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Table 306.60. | Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2016 |
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 | 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 | 19,841,014 | 10,712,903 | 2,588,211 | 3,426,756 | 1,253,267 | 53,186 | 142,282 | 666,374 | 998,035 | 100.0 | 56.9 | 13.7 | 18.2 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
Alabama | 304,052 | 188,469 | 81,038 | 10,331 | 5,851 | 279 | 2,002 | 6,893 | 9,189 | 100.0 | 63.9 | 27.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
Alaska | 28,446 | 17,194 | 939 | 2,255 | 1,677 | 226 | 3,096 | 2,517 | 542 | 100.0 | 61.6 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 11.1 | 9.0 |
Arizona | 608,084 | 302,485 | 78,866 | 146,434 | 22,291 | 2,970 | 14,156 | 20,852 | 20,030 | 100.0 | 51.4 | 13.4 | 24.9 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
Arkansas | 167,320 | 114,268 | 26,842 | 10,148 | 2,852 | 169 | 1,334 | 5,430 | 6,277 | 100.0 | 71.0 | 16.7 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
California | 2,700,106 | 781,440 | 177,311 | 1,059,752 | 398,131 | 12,540 | 11,168 | 118,608 | 141,156 | 100.0 | 30.5 | 6.9 | 41.4 | 15.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 4.6 |
Colorado | 352,296 | 224,526 | 25,815 | 58,359 | 12,655 | 943 | 3,309 | 14,793 | 11,896 | 100.0 | 66.0 | 7.6 | 17.1 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
Connecticut | 198,011 | 115,264 | 25,169 | 29,176 | 10,461 | 212 | 490 | 5,425 | 11,814 | 100.0 | 61.9 | 13.5 | 15.7 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
Delaware | 61,139 | 34,047 | 13,234 | 4,174 | 2,154 | 83 | 333 | 1,551 | 5,563 | 100.0 | 61.3 | 23.8 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
District of Columbia | 93,040 | 41,761 | 23,438 | 7,904 | 6,328 | 141 | 228 | 2,692 | 10,548 | 100.0 | 50.6 | 28.4 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
Florida | 1,075,496 | 479,848 | 194,053 | 280,593 | 37,472 | 2,532 | 3,456 | 31,880 | 45,662 | 100.0 | 46.6 | 18.8 | 27.2 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
Georgia | 532,907 | 259,478 | 169,185 | 37,973 | 27,566 | 671 | 1,643 | 14,710 | 21,681 | 100.0 | 50.8 | 33.1 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
Hawaii | 65,858 | 11,126 | 1,473 | 7,370 | 20,467 | 4,452 | 199 | 16,852 | 3,919 | 100.0 | 18.0 | 2.4 | 11.9 | 33.0 | 7.2 | 0.3 | 27.2 |
Idaho | 123,796 | 94,297 | 1,338 | 10,515 | 1,859 | 693 | 994 | 4,784 | 9,316 | 100.0 | 82.4 | 1.2 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
Illinois | 777,720 | 421,651 | 101,122 | 137,873 | 51,509 | 1,294 | 1,831 | 19,497 | 42,943 | 100.0 | 57.4 | 13.8 | 18.8 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
Indiana | 419,203 | 300,849 | 39,921 | 25,371 | 12,468 | 393 | 906 | 12,134 | 27,161 | 100.0 | 76.7 | 10.2 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
Iowa | 266,513 | 194,822 | 24,452 | 18,956 | 7,183 | 490 | 1,318 | 6,178 | 13,114 | 100.0 | 76.9 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
Kansas | 214,301 | 146,749 | 18,333 | 20,425 | 5,781 | 353 | 2,808 | 6,961 | 12,891 | 100.0 | 72.9 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
Kentucky | 255,072 | 204,293 | 22,103 | 8,743 | 4,370 | 276 | 635 | 7,232 | 7,420 | 100.0 | 82.5 | 8.9 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
Louisiana | 239,287 | 132,942 | 72,865 | 12,438 | 6,054 | 216 | 1,472 | 5,947 | 7,353 | 100.0 | 57.3 | 31.4 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
Maine | 72,116 | 61,161 | 2,882 | 2,113 | 1,848 | 75 | 714 | 1,719 | 1,604 | 100.0 | 86.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
Maryland | 365,667 | 168,292 | 101,482 | 32,219 | 26,912 | 910 | 1,089 | 13,889 | 20,874 | 100.0 | 48.8 | 29.4 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
Massachusetts | 505,723 | 291,467 | 44,546 | 54,706 | 39,398 | 440 | 1,021 | 15,521 | 58,624 | 100.0 | 65.2 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.5 |
Michigan | 583,035 | 406,661 | 71,055 | 27,661 | 22,502 | 572 | 3,499 | 18,560 | 32,525 | 100.0 | 73.9 | 12.9 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
Minnesota | 422,792 | 281,317 | 62,189 | 22,340 | 22,724 | 705 | 3,276 | 13,716 | 16,525 | 100.0 | 69.2 | 15.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
Mississippi | 172,712 | 95,596 | 63,997 | 3,894 | 2,014 | 103 | 735 | 2,803 | 3,570 | 100.0 | 56.5 | 37.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
Missouri | 401,094 | 284,784 | 48,953 | 19,736 | 12,520 | 724 | 1,928 | 11,977 | 20,472 | 100.0 | 74.8 | 12.9 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
Montana | 50,916 | 40,665 | 464 | 2,021 | 823 | 108 | 3,684 | 1,483 | 1,668 | 100.0 | 82.6 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 3.0 |
Nebraska | 136,102 | 100,652 | 7,218 | 13,223 | 3,903 | 304 | 992 | 3,915 | 5,895 | 100.0 | 77.3 | 5.5 | 10.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
Nevada | 116,030 | 52,795 | 8,988 | 30,178 | 12,242 | 1,345 | 867 | 7,251 | 2,364 | 100.0 | 46.4 | 7.9 | 26.5 | 10.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 6.4 |
New Hampshire | 133,136 | 97,194 | 15,403 | 9,214 | 4,109 | 312 | 770 | 2,664 | 3,470 | 100.0 | 75.0 | 11.9 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
New Jersey | 421,377 | 202,342 | 59,869 | 87,311 | 38,824 | 1,074 | 1,126 | 8,889 | 21,942 | 100.0 | 50.7 | 15.0 | 21.9 | 9.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
New Mexico | 134,607 | 44,546 | 4,040 | 63,625 | 2,663 | 292 | 12,588 | 3,082 | 3,771 | 100.0 | 34.0 | 3.1 | 48.6 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 9.6 | 2.4 |
New York | 1,273,651 | 613,066 | 175,894 | 221,480 | 120,153 | 2,572 | 4,399 | 29,309 | 106,778 | 100.0 | 52.5 | 15.1 | 19.0 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
North Carolina | 561,496 | 327,975 | 129,478 | 41,729 | 18,677 | 792 | 6,090 | 17,158 | 19,597 | 100.0 | 60.5 | 23.9 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
North Dakota | 54,203 | 42,923 | 1,882 | 1,861 | 734 | 88 | 2,421 | 1,565 | 2,729 | 100.0 | 83.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 3.0 |
Ohio | 658,229 | 483,397 | 75,262 | 25,442 | 17,888 | 511 | 1,796 | 19,890 | 34,043 | 100.0 | 77.4 | 12.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
Oklahoma | 208,345 | 120,225 | 17,860 | 17,238 | 6,093 | 438 | 15,894 | 18,645 | 11,952 | 100.0 | 61.2 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 9.5 |
Oregon | 236,235 | 155,207 | 7,332 | 29,951 | 13,831 | 1,505 | 2,590 | 13,553 | 12,266 | 100.0 | 69.3 | 3.3 | 13.4 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 6.1 |
Pennsylvania | 725,770 | 484,869 | 82,415 | 49,589 | 39,733 | 818 | 1,500 | 20,594 | 46,252 | 100.0 | 71.4 | 12.1 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
Rhode Island | 83,348 | 54,816 | 5,978 | 10,381 | 3,840 | 117 | 304 | 2,947 | 4,965 | 100.0 | 69.9 | 7.6 | 13.2 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
South Carolina | 246,563 | 156,001 | 62,018 | 10,797 | 4,276 | 290 | 879 | 7,021 | 5,281 | 100.0 | 64.7 | 25.7 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
South Dakota | 53,685 | 43,389 | 1,844 | 1,665 | 644 | 78 | 2,815 | 1,235 | 2,015 | 100.0 | 84.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
Tennessee | 321,751 | 219,924 | 59,984 | 13,802 | 8,198 | 330 | 959 | 9,124 | 9,430 | 100.0 | 70.4 | 19.2 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
Texas | 1,603,259 | 598,693 | 201,812 | 587,907 | 94,432 | 2,684 | 6,032 | 40,719 | 70,980 | 100.0 | 39.1 | 13.2 | 38.4 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
Utah | 311,534 | 237,933 | 12,368 | 30,398 | 8,755 | 2,310 | 2,453 | 10,012 | 7,305 | 100.0 | 78.2 | 4.1 | 10.0 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
Vermont | 44,719 | 35,930 | 1,604 | 2,352 | 1,222 | 30 | 248 | 1,576 | 1,757 | 100.0 | 83.6 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
Virginia | 557,461 | 319,144 | 111,749 | 46,060 | 35,833 | 1,301 | 2,140 | 21,546 | 19,688 | 100.0 | 59.3 | 20.8 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 4.0 |
Washington | 366,162 | 215,361 | 16,426 | 44,522 | 34,468 | 2,373 | 4,273 | 25,223 | 23,516 | 100.0 | 62.9 | 4.8 | 13.0 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
West Virginia | 146,358 | 110,188 | 15,130 | 8,309 | 2,417 | 558 | 765 | 4,623 | 4,368 | 100.0 | 77.6 | 10.7 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
Wisconsin | 341,859 | 263,596 | 19,067 | 21,786 | 13,191 | 342 | 2,488 | 9,354 | 12,035 | 100.0 | 79.9 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
Wyoming | 33,365 | 27,323 | 402 | 2,743 | 316 | 70 | 481 | 926 | 1,104 | 100.0 | 84.7 | 1.2 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
U.S. Service Academies | 15,067 | 9,962 | 1,123 | 1,713 | 955 | 82 | 88 | 949 | 195 | 100.0 | 67.0 | 7.6 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 6.4 |
Other jurisdictions | 241,963 | 1,073 | 2,049 | 226,333 | 3,366 | 8,262 | 79 | 330 | 471 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 93.7 | 1.4 | 3.4 | # | 0.1 |
American Samoa | 1,253 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1,117 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 99.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
2,090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2,087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 99.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Guam | 6,084 | 176 | 55 | 34 | 2,784 | 2,990 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 100.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 46.1 | 49.5 | # | # |
Marshall Islands | 1,008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 99.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Northern Marianas | 1,038 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 415 | 441 | 0 | 112 | 52 | 100.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 42.1 | 44.7 | 0.0 | 11.4 |
Palau | 587 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 99.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Puerto Rico | 227,533 | 712 | 203 | 226,079 | 140 | 37 | 71 | 199 | 92 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 99.4 | 0.1 | # | # | 0.1 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 2,370 | 166 | 1,789 | 218 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 161 | 100.0 | 7.5 | 81.0 | 9.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
#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 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2017.) |