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Table 306.60. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity or nonresident alien status of student and state or jurisdiction: 2019
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 19,637,499 10,141,692 2,474,168 3,783,415 1,327,233 50,966 129,859 756,083 974,083 100.0 54.3 13.3 20.3 7.1 0.3 0.7 4.1
Alabama 303,030 188,188 76,606 12,478 6,121 342 1,819 8,369 9,107 100.0 64.0 26.1 4.2 2.1 0.1 0.6 2.8
Alaska 23,353 13,429 709 2,005 1,235 512 2,449 2,555 459 100.0 58.7 3.1 8.8 5.4 2.2 10.7 11.2
Arizona 609,144 292,207 76,980 156,299 24,433 2,777 13,670 25,297 17,481 100.0 49.4 13.0 26.4 4.1 0.5 2.3 4.3
Arkansas 158,587 106,965 24,533 11,556 3,016 185 1,108 6,450 4,774 100.0 69.5 15.9 7.5 2.0 0.1 0.7 4.2
California 2,715,085 711,565 167,683 1,143,553 400,171 12,415 9,410 123,434 146,854 100.0 27.7 6.5 44.5 15.6 0.5 0.4 4.8

Colorado
368,123 223,347 28,415 68,486 14,098 1,154 3,543 17,423 11,657 100.0 62.7 8.0 19.2 4.0 0.3 1.0 4.9
Connecticut 193,686 106,251 25,145 31,570 11,234 196 501 7,500 11,289 100.0 58.3 13.8 17.3 6.2 0.1 0.3 4.1
Delaware 59,983 32,571 12,595 5,835 2,237 82 199 2,282 4,182 100.0 58.4 22.6 10.5 4.0 0.1 0.4 4.1
District of Columbia 98,909 42,359 23,914 9,968 7,001 167 374 3,587 11,539 100.0 48.5 27.4 11.4 8.0 0.2 0.4 4.1
Florida 1,066,783 448,853 186,929 302,424 39,888 2,087 2,979 37,198 46,425 100.0 44.0 18.3 29.6 3.9 0.2 0.3 3.6

Georgia
553,755 258,834 166,683 49,701 32,712 696 1,693 17,646 25,790 100.0 49.0 31.6 9.4 6.2 0.1 0.3 3.3
Hawaii 60,434 9,630 1,060 7,669 18,230 3,893 144 16,010 3,798 100.0 17.0 1.9 13.5 32.2 6.9 0.3 28.3
Idaho 121,964 91,081 1,410 12,694 2,024 504 921 6,406 6,924 100.0 79.2 1.2 11.0 1.8 0.4 0.8 5.6
Illinois 718,504 371,016 86,210 144,001 52,929 891 1,527 20,613 41,317 100.0 54.8 12.7 21.3 7.8 0.1 0.2 3.0
Indiana 422,906 289,632 43,273 32,982 15,226 545 1,031 15,982 24,235 100.0 72.6 10.9 8.3 3.8 0.1 0.3 4.0

Iowa
218,033 164,349 12,576 16,748 6,782 386 999 5,762 10,431 100.0 79.2 6.1 8.1 3.3 0.2 0.5 2.8
Kansas 208,538 137,689 16,165 23,010 6,342 455 2,547 9,319 13,011 100.0 70.4 8.3 11.8 3.2 0.2 1.3 4.8
Kentucky 266,507 199,654 22,891 11,787 6,623 247 595 8,838 15,872 100.0 79.7 9.1 4.7 2.6 0.1 0.2 3.5
Louisiana 243,750 130,516 74,871 14,204 6,332 1,404 1,627 7,542 7,254 100.0 55.2 31.7 6.0 2.7 0.6 0.7 3.2
Maine 71,658 59,503 3,137 2,547 2,025 78 640 2,140 1,588 100.0 84.9 4.5 3.6 2.9 0.1 0.9 3.1

Maryland
354,913 153,500 98,120 35,945 28,454 805 985 15,177 21,927 100.0 46.1 29.5 10.8 8.5 0.2 0.3 4.6
Massachusetts 492,497 267,673 43,071 59,505 42,782 412 860 16,336 61,858 100.0 62.2 10.0 13.8 9.9 0.1 0.2 3.8
Michigan 525,491 358,978 59,228 30,946 24,449 504 2,888 20,672 27,826 100.0 72.1 11.9 6.2 4.9 0.1 0.6 4.2
Minnesota 402,729 259,406 60,519 26,463 23,754 675 2,909 14,270 14,733 100.0 66.9 15.6 6.8 6.1 0.2 0.7 3.7
Mississippi 166,969 93,007 59,229 4,634 2,780 123 803 3,311 3,082 100.0 56.8 36.1 2.8 1.7 0.1 0.5 2.0

Missouri
362,908 255,154 40,881 21,678 13,127 608 1,654 13,480 16,326 100.0 73.6 11.8 6.3 3.8 0.2 0.5 3.9
Montana 48,066 38,022 426 2,070 1,016 95 3,280 1,958 1,199 100.0 81.1 0.9 4.4 2.2 0.2 7.0 4.2
Nebraska 135,509 98,045 7,308 15,130 4,418 248 968 4,281 5,111 100.0 75.2 5.6 11.6 3.4 0.2 0.7 3.3
Nevada 119,771 48,450 9,245 35,712 13,587 1,162 795 8,713 2,107 100.0 41.2 7.9 30.4 11.5 1.0 0.7 7.4
New Hampshire 169,338 116,772 22,025 16,062 4,578 475 993 4,251 4,182 100.0 70.7 13.3 9.7 2.8 0.3 0.6 2.6

New Jersey
413,175 187,823 56,542 92,661 41,492 908 887 10,772 22,090 100.0 48.0 14.5 23.7 10.6 0.2 0.2 2.8
New Mexico 121,816 37,602 3,358 60,012 2,654 272 11,799 3,008 3,111 100.0 31.7 2.8 50.6 2.2 0.2 9.9 2.5
New York 1,235,812 567,631 164,019 228,501 126,604 1,844 4,030 33,861 109,322 100.0 50.4 14.6 20.3 11.2 0.2 0.4 3.0
North Carolina 568,563 324,140 123,649 52,717 21,553 703 6,097 20,020 19,684 100.0 59.1 22.5 9.6 3.9 0.1 1.1 3.6
North Dakota 52,354 41,359 1,730 2,013 769 70 2,163 1,965 2,285 100.0 82.6 3.5 4.0 1.5 0.1 4.3 3.9

Ohio
656,445 470,538 75,118 32,297 21,088 617 1,605 25,277 29,905 100.0 75.1 12.0 5.2 3.4 0.1 0.3 4.0
Oklahoma 192,656 109,871 15,405 20,077 6,147 277 13,701 18,609 8,569 100.0 59.7 8.4 10.9 3.3 0.2 7.4 10.1
Oregon 225,716 142,780 6,833 33,713 14,176 1,438 2,270 14,391 10,115 100.0 66.2 3.2 15.6 6.6 0.7 1.1 6.7
Pennsylvania 693,340 449,572 74,007 55,342 42,596 656 1,244 23,820 46,103 100.0 69.5 11.4 8.6 6.6 0.1 0.2 3.7
Rhode Island 80,077 50,541 6,043 11,505 4,072 71 241 3,061 4,543 100.0 66.9 8.0 15.2 5.4 0.1 0.3 4.1

South Carolina
241,572 152,259 55,900 13,690 4,750 277 844 8,501 5,351 100.0 64.5 23.7 5.8 2.0 0.1 0.4 3.6
South Dakota 51,941 41,674 1,714 1,913 725 71 2,752 1,377 1,715 100.0 83.0 3.4 3.8 1.4 0.1 5.5 2.7
Tennessee 323,086 217,290 58,829 17,787 9,324 331 934 10,527 8,064 100.0 69.0 18.7 5.6 3.0 0.1 0.3 3.3
Texas 1,657,691 569,567 200,661 662,281 107,022 2,218 5,494 46,932 63,516 100.0 35.7 12.6 41.5 6.7 0.1 0.3 2.9
Utah 381,283 280,931 19,658 42,560 11,091 2,539 2,642 14,461 7,401 100.0 75.1 5.3 11.4 3.0 0.7 0.7 3.9

Vermont
41,186 32,910 1,514 2,319 1,186 33 134 1,515 1,575 100.0 83.1 3.8 5.9 3.0 0.1 0.3 3.8
Virginia 557,063 310,810 107,130 52,967 39,070 1,156 1,854 24,810 19,266 100.0 57.8 19.9 9.8 7.3 0.2 0.3 4.6
Washington 363,019 199,612 16,917 52,032 37,126 2,349 3,653 29,188 22,142 100.0 58.6 5.0 15.3 10.9 0.7 1.1 8.6
West Virginia 139,159 103,328 13,716 9,711 2,583 560 648 4,916 3,697 100.0 76.3 10.1 7.2 1.9 0.4 0.5 3.6
Wisconsin 332,856 248,733 17,951 26,926 14,186 340 2,395 10,117 12,208 100.0 77.6 5.6 8.4 4.4 0.1 0.7 3.2
Wyoming 32,373 26,044 409 3,095 318 52 492 1,092 871 100.0 82.7 1.3 9.8 1.0 0.2 1.6 3.5

U.S. Service Academies
15,393 10,031 1,228 1,634 1,097 61 69 1,061 212 100.0 66.1 8.1 10.8 7.2 0.4 0.5 7.0

    Other jurisdictions
200,333 779 2,425 185,545 3,112 7,487 252 169 564 100.0 0.4 1.2 92.9 1.6 3.7 0.1 0.1
American Samoa 1,035 3 0 0 4 943 0 0 85 100.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 99.3 0.0 0.0
Federated States of
    Micronesia
1,903 0 0 0 1 1,868 34 0 0 99.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 # 98.2 1.8 0.0
Guam 5,419 137 32 33 2,482 2,689 12 2 32 100.0 2.5 0.6 0.6 46.1 49.9 0.2 #
Marshall Islands 985 2 0 0 6 975 0 2 0 100.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 99.0 0.0 0.2
Northern Marianas 1,253 12 3 10 508 560 0 76 84 100.0 1.0 0.3 0.9 43.5 47.9 0.0 6.5
Palau 444 1 0 0 9 434 0 0 0 100.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.0 97.7 0.0 0.0
Puerto Rico 187,210 494 846 185,263 88 15 201 62 241 99.9 0.3 0.5 99.1 # # 0.1 #
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,084 130 1,544 239 14 3 5 27 122 100.0 6.6 78.7 12.2 0.7 0.2 0.3 1.4
#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. 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 2020, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared March 2021.)

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