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Table 203.70. Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000 and fall 2017
State or jurisdiction Percentage distribution, fall 2000 Percentage distribution, fall 2017
Total White Black Hispanic Asian/
Pacific
Islander
American
Indian/
Alaska
Native
Total White Black Hispanic 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
United States 100.0 61.2 17.2 16.3 4.1 1.2 100.0 47.6 15.2 26.7 5.2 0.4 1.0 3.9
Alabama 100.0 60.8 36.5 1.3 0.7 0.7 100.0 54.5 32.8 7.9 1.5 0.1 0.9 2.2
Alaska 100.0 61.5 4.6 3.4 5.5 25.0 100.0 47.6 2.9 6.7 5.9 2.9 22.9 11.1
Arizona 100.0 52.8 4.6 33.9 2.1 6.6 100.0 38.2 5.4 45.5 2.9 0.4 4.5 3.1
Arkansas 100.0 71.7 23.3 3.6 0.9 0.5 100.0 60.8 20.4 13.1 1.6 0.8 0.6 2.6
California 100.0 36.1 8.5 43.4 11.1 0.9 100.0 23.2 5.5 54.3 11.6 0.5 0.5 4.5

Colorado
100.0 68.2 5.7 22.0 2.9 1.2 100.0 53.4 4.6 33.7 3.2 0.3 0.7 4.2
Connecticut 100.0 70.1 13.7 13.1 2.8 0.3 100.0 53.6 12.8 24.8 5.1 0.1 0.3 3.3
Delaware 100.0 60.7 30.8 6.0 2.3 0.3 100.0 44.2 30.3 17.4 3.9 0.1 0.4 3.7
District of Columbia 100.0 4.5 84.6 9.2 1.6 0.1 100.0 11.1 68.5 16.3 1.6 0.1 0.2 2.2
Florida 100.0 53.3 25.2 19.4 1.9 0.3 100.0 38.0 22.1 33.1 2.7 0.2 0.3 3.5

Georgia
100.0 54.7 38.2 4.8 2.2 0.2 100.0 39.7 36.7 15.6 4.1 0.1 0.2 3.7
Hawaii 100.0 20.4 2.3 4.5 72.3 0.4 100.0 12.2 1.7 14.2 28.6 28.6 0.2 14.4
Idaho 100.0 86.0 0.7 10.7 1.2 1.4 100.0 75.4 1.1 18.1 1.2 0.3 1.1 2.7
Illinois 100.0 59.8 21.3 15.4 3.4 0.2 100.0 48.0 16.8 26.2 5.1 0.1 0.3 3.5
Indiana 100.0 83.6 11.7 3.5 1.0 0.2 100.0 67.9 12.6 11.9 2.4 0.1 0.2 4.9

Iowa
100.0 90.2 4.0 3.6 1.7 0.5 100.0 75.9 6.1 10.8 2.5 0.3 0.4 4.0
Kansas 100.0 78.7 8.9 8.9 2.2 1.3 100.0 64.2 6.9 19.8 2.8 0.2 1.0 5.2
Kentucky 100.0 87.5 10.7 1.0 0.6 0.2 100.0 76.8 10.5 6.7 1.8 0.1 0.1 3.9
Louisiana 100.0 48.9 47.8 1.4 1.3 0.6 100.0 44.7 43.6 6.9 1.6 0.1 0.7 2.5
Maine 100.0 96.5 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.7 100.0 89.3 3.6 2.2 1.5 0.1 0.8 2.5

Maryland
100.0 53.4 37.1 4.8 4.4 0.4 100.0 37.3 33.7 17.4 6.6 0.1 0.3 4.6
Massachusetts 100.0 76.1 8.5 10.7 4.4 0.3 100.0 60.2 9.0 20.0 6.8 0.1 0.2 3.6
Michigan 100.0 73.8 19.8 3.5 1.8 1.0 100.0 66.2 18.0 7.9 3.4 0.1 0.6 3.9
Minnesota 100.0 82.9 6.6 3.4 5.1 2.0 100.0 66.5 11.0 9.3 6.8 0.1 1.6 4.7
Mississippi 100.0 47.3 51.1 0.8 0.7 0.1 100.0 44.2 48.5 3.7 1.1 0.1 0.2 2.1

Missouri
100.0 79.3 17.4 1.8 1.2 0.3 100.0 71.1 15.9 6.4 2.0 0.3 0.4 3.9
Montana 100.0 86.2 0.6 1.7 1.0 10.5 100.0 78.3 0.9 4.6 0.8 0.2 11.6 3.6
Nebraska 100.0 83.0 6.7 7.3 1.5 1.5 100.0 66.5 6.7 18.8 2.8 0.1 1.4 3.8
Nevada 100.0 56.7 10.2 25.7 5.7 1.7 100.0 32.5 11.1 42.4 5.5 1.4 0.9 6.2
New Hampshire 100.0 95.5 1.1 1.8 1.3 0.2 100.0 85.5 2.0 5.6 3.3 0.1 0.3 3.3

New Jersey
100.0 60.3 17.9 15.3 6.3 0.2 100.0 43.6 15.3 28.7 10.0 0.2 0.1 2.0
New Mexico 100.0 35.3 2.4 50.2 1.1 11.1 100.0 23.2 1.9 61.7 1.1 0.1 10.0 1.9
New York 100.0 54.9 20.2 18.5 6.0 0.4 100.0 43.2 17.2 27.0 9.3 0.3 0.7 2.4
North Carolina 100.0 61.0 31.3 4.4 1.9 1.5 100.0 48.2 25.3 17.5 3.3 0.1 1.2 4.3
North Dakota 100.0 89.4 1.0 1.2 0.8 7.6 100.0 77.4 4.9 4.9 1.6 0.3 8.5 2.4

Ohio
100.0 80.7 16.3 1.7 1.1 0.1 100.0 69.9 16.6 5.7 2.4 0.1 0.1 5.2
Oklahoma 100.0 64.9 10.8 6.0 1.4 16.9 100.0 48.9 8.6 17.2 2.0 0.4 13.6 9.3
Oregon 100.0 80.4 2.9 10.5 4.0 2.1 100.0 62.4 2.3 23.0 4.0 0.7 1.3 6.1
Pennsylvania 100.0 78.2 15.1 4.5 2.0 0.1 100.0 65.8 14.7 11.4 3.9 0.1 0.2 3.9
Rhode Island 100.0 74.3 7.9 14.0 3.3 0.5 100.0 57.7 8.6 25.3 3.3 0.2 0.7 4.2

South Carolina
100.0 54.9 42.1 1.9 1.0 0.2 100.0 50.8 33.6 9.5 1.6 0.1 0.3 4.1
South Dakota 100.0 86.5 1.2 1.2 0.9 10.1 100.0 73.9 3.2 6.0 1.8 0.1 11.1 4.0
Tennessee 100.0 72.4 24.5 1.8 1.1 0.2 100.0 62.8 21.9 10.3 2.0 0.1 0.2 2.7
Texas 100.0 42.0 14.4 40.6 2.7 0.3 100.0 27.9 12.6 52.4 4.4 0.1 0.4 2.3
Utah 100.0 85.8 1.0 8.9 2.8 1.6 100.0 74.4 1.4 17.1 1.7 1.6 1.1 2.7

Vermont
100.0 96.3 1.1 0.6 1.4 0.6 100.0 90.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 0.1 0.2 3.5
Virginia 100.0 63.6 27.1 4.9 4.1 0.3 100.0 48.9 22.4 15.7 7.0 0.2 0.3 5.5
Washington 100.0 74.4 5.3 10.2 7.3 2.7 100.0 54.4 4.4 23.2 7.7 1.1 1.2 8.0
West Virginia 100.0 94.7 4.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 100.0 90.1 4.3 1.8 0.7 # 0.1 3.1
Wisconsin 100.0 80.7 10.0 4.5 3.3 1.4 100.0 69.9 9.2 12.0 4.0 0.1 1.1 3.8
Wyoming 100.0 87.9 1.2 6.9 0.9 3.1 100.0 77.9 1.1 13.7 0.8 0.1 3.7 2.6

Bureau of Indian
     Education
100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0

DoDEA1
100.0 56.9 23.1 11.4 7.9 0.8 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Other jurisdictions
                           
American Samoa 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.1 # # 0.4 99.4 # 0.0
Guam 100.0 1.7 0.3 0.2 97.7 0.1 100.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 22.3 74.3 0.1 2.5
Northern Marianas 100.0 0.3 # 0.0 99.7 0.0 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.1 # 99.8 # # 0.1 0.0
US Virgin Islands 100.0 0.8 85.8 13.1 0.2 0.1 100.0 1.7 77.0 20.2 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
1 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
NOTE: Percentage distribution based on students for whom race/ethnicity was reported, which may be less than the total number of students in the state. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01 and 2017-18. (This table was prepared January 2020.)

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