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Table 306.65. Total 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 19,988,204 10,939,178 2,681,024 3,297,681 1,229,048 55,269 146,128 657,550 982,326 100.0 57.6 14.1 17.4 6.5 0.3 0.8 3.5
Alabama 302,959 187,330 83,612 9,806 5,673 293 2,066 5,973 8,206 100.0 63.6 28.4 3.3 1.9 0.1 0.7 2.0
Alaska 31,373 18,958 1,031 2,810 1,775 234 3,437 2,538 590 100.0 61.6 3.3 9.1 5.8 0.8 11.2 8.2
Arizona 650,422 323,176 91,472 142,121 22,669 3,224 14,607 32,809 20,344 100.0 51.3 14.5 22.6 3.6 0.5 2.3 5.2
Arkansas 168,402 115,301 28,174 9,703 2,721 172 1,375 5,152 5,804 100.0 70.9 17.3 6.0 1.7 0.1 0.8 3.2
California 2,687,410 799,869 183,424 1,023,923 397,775 13,413 11,294 119,953 137,759 100.0 31.4 7.2 40.2 15.6 0.5 0.4 4.7
                                   
Colorado 348,159 226,399 25,483 54,357 12,484 925 3,418 13,702 11,391 100.0 67.2 7.6 16.1 3.7 0.3 1.0 4.1
Connecticut 199,666 118,880 25,530 27,836 10,249 226 475 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 93,972 41,741 25,057 7,463 6,316 158 318 2,717 10,202 100.0 49.8 29.9 8.9 7.5 0.2 0.4 3.2
Florida 1,083,570 494,965 199,921 271,230 36,404 2,541 3,562 31,024 43,923 100.0 47.6 19.2 26.1 3.5 0.2 0.3 3.0
                                   
Georgia 530,711 260,132 172,834 35,443 25,670 706 1,538 13,489 20,899 100.0 51.0 33.9 7.0 5.0 0.1 0.3 2.6
Hawaii 69,332 12,169 1,550 7,504 21,319 4,988 187 17,537 4,078 100.0 18.6 2.4 11.5 32.7 7.6 0.3 26.9
Idaho 121,109 93,072 1,291 9,745 1,678 670 981 4,163 9,509 100.0 83.4 1.2 8.7 1.5 0.6 0.9 3.7
Illinois 802,211 440,592 110,264 136,202 50,917 1,375 1,999 18,738 42,124 100.0 58.0 14.5 17.9 6.7 0.2 0.3 2.5
Indiana 426,364 308,943 42,829 22,569 11,667 395 1,103 11,713 27,145 100.0 77.4 10.7 5.7 2.9 0.1 0.3 2.9
                                   
Iowa 275,106 201,777 27,059 18,584 6,823 620 1,495 5,649 13,099 100.0 77.0 10.3 7.1 2.6 0.2 0.6 2.2
Kansas 219,994 150,155 20,589 19,807 5,917 390 2,784 7,091 13,261 100.0 72.6 10.0 9.6 2.9 0.2 1.3 3.4
Kentucky 255,722 205,909 23,051 7,981 3,949 304 682 6,725 7,121 100.0 82.8 9.3 3.2 1.6 0.1 0.3 2.7
Louisiana 245,305 136,309 75,730 12,023 6,055 258 1,536 5,883 7,511 100.0 57.3 31.8 5.1 2.5 0.1 0.6 2.5
Maine 71,719 61,188 2,644 2,054 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 364,225 171,502 102,473 30,068 25,666 897 1,224 13,032 19,363 100.0 49.7 29.7 8.7 7.4 0.3 0.4 3.8
Massachusetts 510,512 300,939 44,984 54,097 38,731 411 1,102 15,060 55,188 100.0 66.1 9.9 11.9 8.5 0.1 0.2 3.3
Michigan 601,462 422,672 75,208 26,326 21,589 637 3,707 17,905 33,418 100.0 74.4 13.2 4.6 3.8 0.1 0.7 3.2
Minnesota 430,466 290,570 63,544 22,027 21,813 676 3,367 13,292 15,177 100.0 70.0 15.3 5.3 5.3 0.2 0.8 3.2
Mississippi 174,183 95,308 66,410 3,508 2,091 113 763 2,636 3,354 100.0 55.8 38.9 2.1 1.2 0.1 0.4 1.5
                                   
Missouri 409,999 292,299 50,952 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 50,799 40,746 457 1,847 748 99 3,777 1,373 1,752 100.0 83.1 0.9 3.8 1.5 0.2 7.7 2.8
Nebraska 136,091 101,755 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 116,101 54,803 9,355 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 123,508 92,923 12,646 7,757 3,886 247 730 2,052 3,267 100.0 77.3 10.5 6.5 3.2 0.2 0.6 1.7
                                   
New Jersey 423,759 207,303 60,984 85,504 37,909 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 138,248 47,443 4,200 63,896 2,543 303 12,895 2,970 3,998 100.0 35.3 3.1 47.6 1.9 0.2 9.6 2.2
New York 1,285,406 631,033 179,064 217,260 117,956 2,681 4,444 27,979 104,989 100.0 53.5 15.2 18.4 10.0 0.2 0.4 2.4
North Carolina 562,442 330,846 132,810 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 53,834 43,027 1,864 1,663 690 88 2,159 1,441 2,902 100.0 84.5 3.7 3.3 1.4 0.2 4.2 2.8
                                   
Ohio 664,623 489,056 78,797 24,460 16,870 645 1,901 18,748 34,146 100.0 77.6 12.5 3.9 2.7 0.1 0.3 3.0
Oklahoma 211,117 125,064 19,306 16,026 6,099 419 16,485 16,423 11,295 100.0 62.6 9.7 8.0 3.1 0.2 8.2 8.2
Oregon 240,649 161,297 8,005 27,933 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 736,163 497,758 84,653 47,514 38,157 895 1,589 19,768 45,829 100.0 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 249,655 157,653 64,761 10,167 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 323,869 221,815 61,331 12,731 7,708 334 896 9,158 9,896 100.0 70.6 19.5 4.1 2.5 0.1 0.3 2.9
Texas 1,579,614 603,970 202,360 561,309 89,727 2,650 5,966 40,709 72,923 100.0 40.1 13.4 37.3 6.0 0.2 0.4 2.7
Utah 292,995 223,000 12,488 28,171 8,306 2,040 2,424 8,767 7,799 100.0 78.2 4.4 9.9 2.9 0.7 0.8 3.1
                                   
Vermont 43,865 35,824 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 569,752 327,649 118,863 44,877 35,183 1,360 2,225 21,320 18,275 100.0 59.4 21.6 8.1 6.4 0.2 0.4 3.9
Washington 364,844 220,422 16,013 41,242 33,720 2,215 3,969 24,192 23,071 100.0 64.5 4.7 12.1 9.9 0.6 1.2 7.1
West Virginia 150,897 113,313 16,915 8,281 2,529 614 654 4,344 4,247 100.0 77.3 11.5 5.6 1.7 0.4 0.4 3.0
Wisconsin 350,255 271,704 20,448 20,620 13,058 380 2,737 9,222 12,086 100.0 80.3 6.0 6.1 3.9 0.1 0.8 2.7
Wyoming 34,205 28,265 444 2,642 335 78 519 797 1,125 100.0 85.4 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 247,886 986 2,036 231,674 3,386 8,785 134 355 530 100.0 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 # 99.9 0.0 0.0
Guam 6,395 182 52 33 2,804 3,263 6 1 54 100.0 2.9 0.8 0.5 44.2 51.5 0.1 #
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 1,157 17 2 2 410 528 1 132 65 100.0 1.6 0.2 0.2 37.5 48.4 0.1 12.1
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 232,891 619 185 231,461 136 18 121 202 149 100.0 0.3 0.1 99.4 0.1 # 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
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 May 2018.)

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