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Table 306.65. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity or nonresident alien status of student and state or jurisdiction: 2017
State or jurisdiction Fall enrollment Percentage distribution of U.S. resident students (excludes nonresident aliens)
Total White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races Nonresi-dent alien1 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 19,778,151 10,517,394 2,549,502 3,545,961 1,275,726 52,033 137,468 700,095 999,972 100.0 56.0 13.6 18.9 6.8 0.3 0.7 3.7
Alabama 306,817 190,202 80,958 11,224 5,901 342 1,944 7,314 8,932 100.0 63.9 27.2 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 591,122 288,376 74,961 146,269 22,429 2,858 13,971 22,058 20,200 100.0 50.5 13.1 25.6 3.9 0.5 2.4 3.9
Arkansas 163,963 112,430 25,957 9,942 2,824 150 1,279 5,685 5,696 100.0 71.0 16.4 6.3 1.8 0.1 0.8 3.6
California 2,724,446 767,209 173,503 1,091,100 399,033 12,606 10,789 123,274 146,932 100.0 29.8 6.7 42.3 15.5 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 42,087 24,312 8,740 6,604 133 245 2,953 10,925 100.0 49.5 28.6 10.3 7.8 0.2 0.3 3.5
Florida 1,073,338 469,890 191,071 288,275 37,973 2,486 3,212 33,902 46,529 100.0 45.8 18.6 28.1 3.7 0.2 0.3 3.3
                                   
Georgia 538,124 258,777 168,238 41,389 28,802 729 1,674 15,534 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 98,366 1,391 11,834 2,047 546 1,018 5,633 10,968 100.0 81.4 1.2 9.8 1.7 0.5 0.8 4.7
Illinois 757,001 402,763 96,420 140,390 52,124 1,071 1,658 20,016 42,559 100.0 56.4 13.5 19.7 7.3 0.1 0.2 2.8
Indiana 398,802 283,949 37,926 25,004 12,732 388 886 12,616 25,301 100.0 76.0 10.2 6.7 3.4 0.1 0.2 3.4
                                   
Iowa 260,801 189,289 23,340 19,652 7,388 494 1,335 6,567 12,736 100.0 76.3 9.4 7.9 3.0 0.2 0.5 2.6
Kansas 213,997 144,055 18,864 21,451 6,074 337 2,793 7,659 12,764 100.0 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 241,567 132,057 74,954 13,006 6,097 263 1,645 6,305 7,240 100.0 56.4 32.0 5.6 2.6 0.1 0.7 2.7
Maine 71,811 60,648 2,915 2,219 1,947 81 637 1,793 1,571 100.0 86.3 4.2 3.2 2.8 0.1 0.9 2.6
                                   
Maryland 364,178 163,797 101,312 33,356 27,512 914 1,006 14,553 21,728 100.0 47.8 29.6 9.7 8.0 0.3 0.3 4.2
Massachusetts 503,539 284,987 44,162 56,407 40,531 445 951 15,289 60,767 100.0 64.4 10.0 12.7 9.2 0.1 0.2 3.5
Michigan 558,072 387,796 65,781 28,614 23,204 553 3,154 18,268 30,702 100.0 73.5 12.5 5.4 4.4 0.1 0.6 3.5
Minnesota 412,966 272,607 61,167 22,463 22,817 645 3,009 14,113 16,145 100.0 68.7 15.4 5.7 5.7 0.2 0.8 3.6
Mississippi 171,824 95,371 63,275 4,077 2,117 121 791 2,829 3,243 100.0 56.6 37.5 2.4 1.3 0.1 0.5 1.7
                                   
Missouri 385,483 273,989 45,821 20,396 12,663 621 1,836 12,484 17,673 100.0 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 135,710 99,462 7,194 13,771 4,203 266 959 4,108 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 149,184 107,304 18,210 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 419,037 198,616 58,884 88,918 39,577 1,007 1,083 9,225 21,727 100.0 50.0 14.8 22.4 10.0 0.3 0.3 2.3
New Mexico 129,595 41,943 3,809 62,022 2,660 294 12,435 2,944 3,488 100.0 33.3 3.0 49.2 2.1 0.2 9.9 2.3
New York 1,260,557 598,332 170,715 224,449 122,044 2,273 4,277 30,615 107,852 100.0 51.9 14.8 19.5 10.6 0.2 0.4 2.7
North Carolina 564,111 327,065 126,721 45,269 19,892 917 6,171 18,567 19,509 100.0 60.1 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 649,586 473,499 74,484 27,367 18,514 521 1,741 21,410 32,050 100.0 76.7 12.1 4.4 3.0 0.1 0.3 3.5
Oklahoma 202,150 116,442 16,847 18,008 6,066 312 14,837 19,570 10,068 100.0 60.6 8.8 9.4 3.2 0.2 7.7 10.2
Oregon 229,988 148,539 6,952 30,442 14,018 1,521 2,393 13,942 12,181 100.0 68.2 3.2 14.0 6.4 0.7 1.1 6.4
Pennsylvania 717,025 472,686 80,250 52,518 40,600 760 1,431 21,575 47,205 100.0 70.6 12.0 7.8 6.1 0.1 0.2 3.2
Rhode Island 82,765 53,749 6,036 10,873 3,899 73 302 2,996 4,837 100.0 69.0 7.7 14.0 5.0 0.1 0.4 3.8
                                   
South Carolina 246,416 155,104 60,917 11,778 4,523 302 881 7,750 5,161 100.0 64.3 25.3 4.9 1.9 0.1 0.4 3.2
South Dakota 53,620 43,295 1,813 1,716 697 54 2,837 1,290 1,918 100.0 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 1,630,520 591,595 204,110 613,904 99,529 2,481 5,771 43,206 69,924 100.0 37.9 13.1 39.3 6.4 0.2 0.4 2.8
Utah 331,996 249,900 14,908 33,867 9,355 2,420 2,530 11,745 7,271 100.0 77.0 4.6 10.4 2.9 0.7 0.8 3.6
                                   
Vermont 43,855 34,854 1,635 2,443 1,219 41 196 1,571 1,896 100.0 83.1 3.9 5.8 2.9 0.1 0.5 3.7
Virginia 554,120 315,167 108,846 47,663 36,741 1,282 2,014 22,762 19,645 100.0 59.0 20.4 8.9 6.9 0.2 0.4 4.3
Washington 367,943 211,576 16,628 47,538 35,091 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 142,966 107,463 14,123 8,640 2,462 604 609 4,750 4,315 100.0 77.5 10.2 6.2 1.8 0.4 0.4 3.4
Wisconsin 340,301 260,994 18,045 23,097 13,416 351 2,400 9,829 12,169 100.0 79.5 5.5 7.0 4.1 0.1 0.7 3.0
Wyoming 33,014 26,653 397 3,038 333 68 452 1,069 1,004 100.0 83.3 1.2 9.5 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 192,717 749 1,870 177,983 3,329 8,088 121 177 400 100.0 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 1 0 0 9 522 0 0 0 100.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.7 98.1 0.0 0.0
Puerto Rico 178,623 394 190 177,743 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.
1 Race/ethnicity not collected.
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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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 September 2019.)

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