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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
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.)

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