Table 204.40.

Children 3 to 21 years old served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, by race/ethnicity and age group: 2000-01 through 2020-21

Age group and year	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Number of children served
3 to 21 years old
2000-01	6,295,709	3,957,589	1,259,348	877,655	121,044	(1)	80,073	---
2001-02	6,407,417	3,989,528	1,281,803	928,776	123,434	(1)	83,876	---
2002-03	6,522,977	4,014,340	1,311,270	980,590	130,252	(1)	86,525	---
2003-04	6,633,902	4,035,880	1,334,666	1,035,463	137,544	(1)	90,349	---
2004-05	6,718,630	4,044,491	1,355,550	1,081,697	144,339	(1)	92,553	---
2005-06	6,712,614	4,003,865	1,346,177	1,119,140	149,954	(1)	93,478	---
2006-07	6,686,386	3,948,853	1,335,870	1,154,217	153,265	(1)	94,181	---
2007-082	6,574,368	3,833,922	1,307,462	1,181,130	158,623	(1)	93,231	---
2008-092	6,461,938	3,725,896	1,273,996	1,200,290	162,630	(1)	93,672	5,454	3
2009-10	6,461,226	3,659,194	1,262,799	1,252,493	167,144	(1)	92,646	26,950	3
2010-11	6,435,141	3,518,169	1,214,849	1,310,031	145,896	19,581	91,258	135,357
2011-124	6,401,238	3,436,105	1,196,679	1,352,435	147,697	19,203	88,665	160,458
2012-134	6,429,331	3,396,135	1,189,148	1,406,540	150,913	20,343	86,884	180,268
2013-144	6,464,096	3,356,261	1,191,817	1,469,282	155,668	19,606	86,307	185,274
2014-154	6,555,291	3,350,084	1,199,743	1,531,923	161,250	20,227	86,226	205,980
2015-164	6,676,974	3,366,701	1,208,510	1,602,140	167,263	20,408	87,870	224,911
2016-174,5,6	6,802,402	3,374,045	1,219,376	1,679,626	174,486	20,525	87,724	247,278
2017-184,5,7,8	6,964,424	3,409,308	1,234,609	1,758,498	184,409	20,807	88,870	268,565
2018-194,5	7,134,248	3,443,719	1,251,038	1,844,017	192,918	20,640	90,489	291,673
2019-204,5	7,281,881	3,467,454	1,271,092	1,905,740	195,083	20,967	88,647	333,099
2020-214	7,182,916	3,356,903	1,243,999	1,944,398	200,345	20,790	85,422	332,342
3 to 5 years old     (including 5-year-     olds not yet in     kindergarten)9
2000-01	592,090	400,650	93,281	78,070	13,203	(1)	6,886	---
2010-11	723,793	416,034	102,097	153,033	23,189	2,159	9,141	18,140
2017-184,5,7	793,039	416,222	104,229	195,242	32,242	1,964	8,775	34,378
2018-194,5	818,575	423,308	106,370	206,795	33,591	2,065	9,554	36,960
2019-204,5	723,726	380,803	97,159	162,121	27,713	1,910	8,065	45,982
2020-214	494,888	252,966	60,286	127,864	21,682	1,340	4,747	26,053
5 to 21 years old     (including 5-year-     olds in kinder-     garten)9
2000-01	5,703,619	3,556,939	1,166,067	799,585	107,841	(1)	73,187	---
2010-11	5,711,348	3,102,135	1,112,752	1,156,998	122,707	17,422	82,117	117,217
2017-184,5,8	6,171,385	2,993,086	1,130,380	1,563,256	152,167	18,843	80,095	234,187
2018-194,5	6,315,673	3,020,411	1,144,668	1,637,222	159,327	18,575	80,935	254,713
2019-204,5	6,558,155	3,086,651	1,173,933	1,743,619	167,370	19,057	80,582	287,117
2020-214,10	6,688,028	3,103,937	1,183,713	1,816,534	178,663	19,450	80,675	306,289
	Percentage distribution of children served
3 to 21 years old
2000-01	100.0	62.9	20.0	13.9	1.9	(1)	1.3	---
2001-02	100.0	62.3	20.0	14.5	1.9	(1)	1.3	---
2002-03	100.0	61.5	20.1	15.0	2.0	(1)	1.3	---
2003-04	100.0	60.8	20.1	15.6	2.1	(1)	1.4	---
2004-05	100.0	60.2	20.2	16.1	2.1	(1)	1.4	---
2005-06	100.0	59.6	20.1	16.7	2.2	(1)	1.4	---
2006-07	100.0	59.1	20.0	17.3	2.3	(1)	1.4	---
2007-082	100.0	58.3	19.9	18.0	2.4	(1)	1.4	---
2008-092	100.0	57.7	19.7	18.6	2.5	(1)	1.4	0.1	3
2009-10	100.0	56.6	19.5	19.4	2.6	(1)	1.4	0.4	3
2010-11	100.0	54.7	18.9	20.4	2.3	0.3	1.4	2.1
2011-12	100.0	53.7	18.7	21.1	2.3	0.3	1.4	2.5
2012-13	100.0	52.8	18.5	21.9	2.3	0.3	1.4	2.8
2013-14	100.0	51.9	18.4	22.7	2.4	0.3	1.3	2.9
2014-15	100.0	51.1	18.3	23.4	2.5	0.3	1.3	3.1
2015-16	100.0	50.4	18.1	24.0	2.5	0.3	1.3	3.4
2016-175,6	100.0	49.6	17.9	24.7	2.6	0.3	1.3	3.6
2017-185,7,8	100.0	49.0	17.7	25.2	2.6	0.3	1.3	3.9
2018-195	100.0	48.3	17.5	25.8	2.7	0.3	1.3	4.1
2019-205	100.0	47.6	17.5	26.2	2.7	0.3	1.2	4.6
2020-21	100.0	46.7	17.3	27.1	2.8	0.3	1.2	4.6
	Number of children served as a percent of total enrollment11
3 to 21 years old
2000-01	13.3	13.7	15.5	11.4	6.2	(1)	14.6	---
2001-02	13.4	13.9	15.7	11.4	6.1	(1)	14.9	---
2002-03	13.5	14.0	15.8	11.4	6.2	(1)	14.8	---
2003-04	13.7	14.2	16.0	11.5	6.4	(1)	15.2	---
2004-05	13.8	14.3	16.1	11.5	6.5	(1)	15.7	---
2005-06	13.7	14.3	15.9	11.4	6.6	(1)	15.6	---
2006-07	13.6	14.2	15.9	11.3	6.6	(1)	15.8	---
2007-082	13.3	14.0	15.6	11.3	6.6	(1)	15.7	---
2008-092	13.1	13.8	15.2	11.4	6.6	(1)	15.9	2.2	3
2009-10	13.1	13.7	15.2	11.5	6.7	(1)	15.6	8.0	3
2010-11	13.0	13.6	15.4	11.5	6.4	11.5	16.2	11.7
2011-12	12.9	13.4	15.3	11.5	6.4	10.8	16.2	12.6
2012-13	12.9	13.4	15.2	11.7	6.4	11.3	16.3	13.0
2013-14	12.9	13.4	15.3	11.8	6.5	11.2	16.5	12.3
2014-15	13.0	13.4	15.4	12.0	6.5	11.5	16.6	12.8
2015-16	13.2	13.7	15.5	12.2	6.6	11.6	17.2	13.0
2016-175,6	13.4	13.8	15.7	12.6	6.8	11.1	17.2	13.4
2017-185,7,8	13.7	14.1	16.0	13.0	7.1	10.9	17.5	13.8
2018-195	14.1	14.4	16.3	13.5	7.2	11.1	18.4	14.2
2019-205	14.4	14.7	16.6	13.8	7.1	11.2	18.3	15.4
2020-21	14.5	14.9	16.8	14.1	7.5	11.5	18.6	14.9

---Not available.

1Included under Asian.

2Data do not include Vermont, for which 2007-08 and 2008-09 data were not available. In 2006-07, the total number of 3- to 21-year-olds served in Vermont was 14,010.

3For 2008-09 and 2009-10, data on children of Two or more races were reported by only a small number of states. Therefore, these data are not comparable to figures for later years.

4For 2011-12 and later years, the total column shows the overall counts of children as reported by the 50 states and the District of Columbia rather than the sum of counts reported for individual racial/ethnic groups. (Due to data limitations, summing the data for the racial/ethnic groups can result in overcounts. For example, for 2020-21, summing these data would result in a total overcount of 50 children in the 3- to 5-year-old age group and 1,233 children in the 5- to 21-year-old age group.)

5Data in the 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 rows include 2015-16 data for 3- to 21-year-olds in Wisconsin because 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 data were not available for children served in Wisconsin.

6Data in the 2016-17 rows include 2015-16 data for 3- to 5-year-olds in Nebraska because 2016-17 data were not available for children in that age group served in Nebraska.

7Data in the 2017-18 rows include 2016-17 data for 3- to 5-year-olds in Minnesota because 2017-18 data were not available for children in that age group served in Minnesota.

8Data in the 2017-18 rows include 2016-17 data for 5- to 21-year-olds in Maine and Vermont because 2017-18 data were not available for children in that age group served in those states.

9Prior to 2019-20, states/entities were required to report all 5-year-olds in the 3- to 5-year-old age group, regardless of school enrollment status. In 2019-20, states/entities had the option of reporting 5-year-olds in kindergarten in either the 3- to 5-year-old age group or the 5- to 21-year-old age group; therefore, the 3- to 5-year-old age group in this table includes some 5-year-olds in kindergarten. Starting in 2020-21, states/entities were required to report 5-year-olds in kindergarten in the 5- to 21-year-old age group ("school-age students") while reporting 5-year-olds not yet in kindergarten in the 3- to 5-year-old age group ("children in early education programs").

10Data in the 2020-21 row include 2019-20 data instead of 2020-21 data for 5- to 21-year-olds in Louisiana because 2020-21 data were not available for children in that age group served in Louisiana.

11Based on total public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 12. For total public school enrollment, see table 203.60.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data include only those children served for whom race/ethnicity was reported. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database, retrieved February 25, 2022, from https://data.ed.gov/dataset/idea-section-618-data-products. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2019-20 and 2020-21 Preliminary. (This table was prepared February 2022.)