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Table 306.60. | Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2017 |
State or jurisdiction | Fall enrollment | Percentage distribution of U.S. resident students (excludes nonresident aliens) | |||||||||||||||
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Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native |
Two or more races | Nonresi-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 | 19,765,598 | 10,510,784 | 2,545,916 | 3,540,584 | 1,277,733 | 52,015 | 137,632 | 700,212 | 1,000,722 | 100.0 | 56.0 | 13.6 | 18.9 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
Alabama | 306,822 | 190,307 | 80,781 | 11,270 | 5,914 | 337 | 1,945 | 7,323 | 8,945 | 100.0 | 63.9 | 27.1 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
Alaska | 26,905 | 16,061 | 784 | 2,188 | 1,674 | 210 | 2,768 | 2,663 | 557 | 100.0 | 61.0 | 3.0 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
Arizona | 591,626 | 288,582 | 74,989 | 146,506 | 22,452 | 2,862 | 13,976 | 22,059 | 20,200 | 100.0 | 50.5 | 13.1 | 25.6 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
Arkansas | 164,082 | 112,495 | 25,995 | 9,947 | 2,825 | 156 | 1,281 | 5,687 | 5,696 | 100.0 | 71.0 | 16.4 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.6 |
California | 2,714,051 | 762,119 | 170,689 | 1,086,402 | 400,209 | 12,573 | 10,996 | 123,058 | 148,005 | 100.0 | 29.7 | 6.7 | 42.3 | 15.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 4.8 |
Colorado | 360,236 | 224,785 | 26,561 | 63,006 | 13,323 | 997 | 3,287 | 15,828 | 12,449 | 100.0 | 64.6 | 7.6 | 18.1 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 4.6 |
Connecticut | 197,534 | 112,966 | 25,378 | 30,437 | 10,714 | 233 | 476 | 5,959 | 11,371 | 100.0 | 60.7 | 13.6 | 16.3 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
Delaware | 60,338 | 33,116 | 12,710 | 5,344 | 2,148 | 78 | 330 | 1,676 | 4,936 | 100.0 | 59.8 | 22.9 | 9.6 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
District of Columbia | 95,999 | 42,086 | 24,312 | 8,740 | 6,604 | 133 | 246 | 2,953 | 10,925 | 100.0 | 49.5 | 28.6 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
Florida | 1,071,484 | 468,181 | 190,395 | 289,233 | 37,862 | 2,458 | 3,158 | 33,831 | 46,366 | 100.0 | 45.7 | 18.6 | 28.2 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
Georgia | 538,124 | 258,774 | 168,240 | 41,389 | 28,802 | 729 | 1,674 | 15,535 | 22,981 | 100.0 | 50.2 | 32.7 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
Hawaii | 64,125 | 10,767 | 1,452 | 7,441 | 19,614 | 4,270 | 162 | 16,466 | 3,953 | 100.0 | 17.9 | 2.4 | 12.4 | 32.6 | 7.1 | 0.3 | 27.4 |
Idaho | 131,803 | 98,363 | 1,392 | 11,835 | 2,046 | 546 | 1,020 | 5,633 | 10,968 | 100.0 | 81.4 | 1.2 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
Illinois | 757,002 | 402,561 | 96,301 | 140,366 | 52,456 | 1,069 | 1,673 | 20,017 | 42,559 | 100.0 | 56.3 | 13.5 | 19.6 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
Indiana | 398,804 | 283,949 | 37,927 | 25,004 | 12,732 | 388 | 886 | 12,616 | 25,302 | 100.0 | 76.0 | 10.2 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
Iowa | 260,954 | 189,357 | 23,366 | 19,683 | 7,403 | 494 | 1,339 | 6,580 | 12,732 | 100.0 | 76.3 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
Kansas | 213,962 | 143,990 | 18,912 | 21,463 | 6,050 | 338 | 2,761 | 7,704 | 12,744 | 100.0 | 71.6 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
Kentucky | 258,498 | 202,919 | 21,834 | 9,742 | 4,627 | 259 | 610 | 7,814 | 10,693 | 100.0 | 81.9 | 8.8 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
Louisiana | 242,065 | 132,477 | 75,005 | 13,014 | 6,104 | 266 | 1,647 | 6,307 | 7,245 | 100.0 | 56.4 | 31.9 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
Maine | 71,811 | 59,882 | 2,915 | 2,219 | 1,947 | 81 | 637 | 2,559 | 1,571 | 100.0 | 85.3 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
Maryland | 364,207 | 163,824 | 101,313 | 33,357 | 27,511 | 914 | 1,006 | 14,554 | 21,728 | 100.0 | 47.8 | 29.6 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
Massachusetts | 503,508 | 285,179 | 44,160 | 56,481 | 40,870 | 443 | 956 | 15,308 | 60,111 | 100.0 | 64.3 | 10.0 | 12.7 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.5 |
Michigan | 558,053 | 387,756 | 65,541 | 28,630 | 23,204 | 554 | 3,152 | 18,514 | 30,702 | 100.0 | 73.5 | 12.4 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
Minnesota | 412,966 | 272,607 | 61,165 | 22,466 | 22,816 | 645 | 3,007 | 14,115 | 16,145 | 100.0 | 68.7 | 15.4 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.6 |
Mississippi | 171,751 | 95,346 | 63,244 | 4,070 | 2,118 | 123 | 791 | 2,816 | 3,243 | 100.0 | 56.6 | 37.5 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
Missouri | 383,489 | 272,568 | 45,688 | 20,180 | 12,620 | 628 | 1,850 | 12,274 | 17,681 | 100.0 | 74.5 | 12.5 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
Montana | 50,642 | 40,419 | 463 | 2,043 | 804 | 103 | 3,566 | 1,751 | 1,493 | 100.0 | 82.2 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 3.6 |
Nebraska | 135,864 | 99,576 | 7,207 | 13,783 | 4,213 | 266 | 960 | 4,112 | 5,747 | 100.0 | 76.5 | 5.5 | 10.6 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
Nevada | 117,574 | 51,278 | 9,016 | 32,580 | 12,642 | 1,230 | 852 | 7,625 | 2,351 | 100.0 | 44.5 | 7.8 | 28.3 | 11.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 6.6 |
New Hampshire | 149,184 | 107,305 | 18,209 | 11,623 | 4,159 | 475 | 882 | 3,193 | 3,338 | 100.0 | 73.6 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
New Jersey | 419,037 | 198,753 | 58,925 | 88,996 | 39,666 | 1,007 | 1,083 | 8,879 | 21,728 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 14.8 | 22.4 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
New Mexico | 129,494 | 41,941 | 3,807 | 62,026 | 2,659 | 294 | 12,337 | 2,942 | 3,488 | 100.0 | 33.3 | 3.0 | 49.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 9.8 | 2.3 |
New York | 1,260,240 | 597,970 | 170,655 | 224,315 | 122,028 | 2,266 | 4,280 | 30,624 | 108,102 | 100.0 | 51.9 | 14.8 | 19.5 | 10.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
North Carolina | 563,831 | 326,741 | 126,761 | 45,274 | 19,895 | 918 | 6,164 | 18,566 | 19,512 | 100.0 | 60.0 | 23.3 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
North Dakota | 53,749 | 42,807 | 1,811 | 1,941 | 763 | 80 | 2,186 | 1,649 | 2,512 | 100.0 | 83.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
Ohio | 649,687 | 473,502 | 74,489 | 27,370 | 18,515 | 521 | 1,742 | 21,438 | 32,110 | 100.0 | 76.7 | 12.1 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
Oklahoma | 202,051 | 116,375 | 16,837 | 18,000 | 6,066 | 311 | 14,828 | 19,554 | 10,080 | 100.0 | 60.6 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 10.2 |
Oregon | 229,936 | 148,479 | 6,949 | 30,433 | 14,020 | 1,523 | 2,392 | 13,944 | 12,196 | 100.0 | 68.2 | 3.2 | 14.0 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 6.4 |
Pennsylvania | 717,289 | 473,072 | 80,264 | 52,367 | 40,612 | 763 | 1,435 | 21,587 | 47,189 | 100.0 | 70.6 | 12.0 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
Rhode Island | 82,766 | 53,749 | 6,036 | 10,873 | 3,899 | 73 | 302 | 2,996 | 4,838 | 100.0 | 69.0 | 7.7 | 14.0 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
South Carolina | 246,388 | 155,107 | 60,910 | 11,756 | 4,527 | 302 | 880 | 7,756 | 5,150 | 100.0 | 64.3 | 25.2 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
South Dakota | 53,620 | 43,295 | 1,813 | 1,716 | 698 | 54 | 2,836 | 1,292 | 1,916 | 100.0 | 83.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 2.5 |
Tennessee | 323,157 | 219,394 | 60,449 | 14,818 | 8,522 | 314 | 963 | 9,632 | 9,065 | 100.0 | 69.9 | 19.2 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
Texas | 1,630,516 | 592,772 | 204,325 | 612,280 | 99,677 | 2,494 | 5,897 | 43,065 | 70,006 | 100.0 | 38.0 | 13.1 | 39.2 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
Utah | 332,334 | 250,132 | 14,924 | 33,929 | 9,361 | 2,429 | 2,536 | 11,752 | 7,271 | 100.0 | 76.9 | 4.6 | 10.4 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.6 |
Vermont | 43,855 | 34,851 | 1,619 | 2,443 | 1,219 | 41 | 210 | 1,576 | 1,896 | 100.0 | 83.1 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
Virginia | 554,212 | 315,195 | 108,854 | 47,665 | 36,743 | 1,282 | 2,014 | 22,761 | 19,698 | 100.0 | 59.0 | 20.4 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 4.3 |
Washington | 367,944 | 211,575 | 16,629 | 47,538 | 35,092 | 2,384 | 4,144 | 27,081 | 23,501 | 100.0 | 61.4 | 4.8 | 13.8 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 7.9 |
West Virginia | 142,963 | 107,463 | 14,124 | 8,637 | 2,462 | 604 | 609 | 4,750 | 4,314 | 100.0 | 77.5 | 10.2 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
Wisconsin | 340,770 | 261,365 | 18,209 | 23,089 | 13,437 | 356 | 2,358 | 9,788 | 12,168 | 100.0 | 79.5 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
Wyoming | 33,015 | 26,652 | 390 | 3,007 | 331 | 71 | 452 | 1,061 | 1,051 | 100.0 | 83.4 | 1.2 | 9.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
U.S. Service Academies | 15,281 | 9,999 | 1,192 | 1,669 | 1,078 | 70 | 90 | 989 | 194 | 100.0 | 66.3 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 6.6 |
Other jurisdictions | 192,406 | 748 | 1,869 | 177,673 | 3,328 | 8,090 | 121 | 177 | 400 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 92.5 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
American Samoa | 1,095 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 980 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 98.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
2,022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | # | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Guam | 6,027 | 184 | 50 | 34 | 2,713 | 3,002 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 100.0 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 45.3 | 50.1 | 0.1 | # |
Marshall Islands | 1,032 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 99.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Northern Marianas | 1,216 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 488 | 512 | 0 | 139 | 60 | 100.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 42.2 | 44.3 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
Palau | 532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 98.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Puerto Rico | 178,312 | 394 | 189 | 177,433 | 94 | 20 | 110 | 22 | 50 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 99.5 | 0.1 | # | 0.1 | # |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 2,170 | 151 | 1,628 | 205 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 151 | 100.0 | 7.5 | 80.6 | 10.2 | 0.7 | # | 0.3 | 0.7 |
#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 2018, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2018.) |