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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: 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 19,630,178 10,139,773 2,467,312 3,785,880 1,327,119 50,876 129,654 754,943 974,621 100.0 54.4 13.2 20.3 7.1 0.3 0.7 4.0
Alabama 303,023 188,190 76,601 12,478 6,119 342 1,819 8,367 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 609,144 292,206 76,980 156,299 24,433 2,777 13,681 25,297 17,471 100.0 49.4 13.0 26.4 4.1 0.5 2.3 4.3
Arkansas 158,567 106,953 24,524 11,633 3,010 185 1,107 6,367 4,788 100.0 69.5 15.9 7.6 2.0 0.1 0.7 4.1
California 2,714,753 711,417 167,646 1,143,645 399,972 12,406 9,393 123,317 146,957 100.0 27.7 6.5 44.5 15.6 0.5 0.4 4.8

Colorado
368,124 223,347 28,421 68,494 14,102 1,154 3,543 17,422 11,641 100.0 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 1,055,664 445,403 180,148 302,352 39,808 2,023 2,865 36,609 46,456 100.0 44.1 17.9 30.0 3.9 0.2 0.3 3.6

Georgia
553,779 258,775 166,628 49,751 32,795 697 1,685 17,643 25,805 100.0 49.0 31.6 9.4 6.2 0.1 0.3 3.3
Hawaii 60,437 9,627 1,058 7,660 18,250 3,869 143 16,030 3,800 100.0 17.0 1.9 13.5 32.2 6.8 0.3 28.3
Idaho 121,966 91,083 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 718,505 371,017 86,210 144,002 52,929 891 1,527 20,613 41,316 100.0 54.8 12.7 21.3 7.8 0.1 0.2 3.0
Indiana 422,922 289,649 43,270 32,983 15,223 545 1,031 15,987 24,234 100.0 72.7 10.9 8.3 3.8 0.1 0.3 4.0

Iowa
218,033 164,345 12,579 16,750 6,785 386 999 5,759 10,430 100.0 79.2 6.1 8.1 3.3 0.2 0.5 2.8
Kansas 208,520 137,635 16,161 23,447 6,334 456 2,547 8,867 13,073 100.0 70.4 8.3 12.0 3.2 0.2 1.3 4.5
Kentucky 266,545 199,688 22,896 11,786 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 243,748 130,514 74,872 14,204 6,332 1,404 1,626 7,542 7,254 100.0 55.2 31.7 6.0 2.7 0.6 0.7 3.2
Maine 71,701 59,525 3,142 2,556 2,028 78 640 2,142 1,590 100.0 84.9 4.5 3.6 2.9 0.1 0.9 3.1

Maryland
355,024 153,572 98,139 35,953 28,450 805 985 15,184 21,936 100.0 46.1 29.5 10.8 8.5 0.2 0.3 4.6
Massachusetts 492,875 267,770 43,137 59,687 42,886 411 860 16,272 61,852 100.0 62.1 10.0 13.8 9.9 0.1 0.2 3.8
Michigan 525,511 358,995 59,235 30,946 24,447 504 2,888 20,671 27,825 100.0 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 166,974 93,010 59,231 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
362,713 255,019 40,846 21,673 13,127 608 1,651 13,463 16,326 100.0 73.6 11.8 6.3 3.8 0.2 0.5 3.9
Montana 48,066 38,026 426 2,069 1,015 95 3,278 1,958 1,199 100.0 81.1 0.9 4.4 2.2 0.2 7.0 4.2
Nebraska 135,507 98,045 7,306 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 169,412 116,817 21,989 16,101 4,550 478 890 4,405 4,182 100.0 70.7 13.3 9.7 2.8 0.3 0.5 2.7

New Jersey
413,175 187,824 56,533 92,669 41,500 908 886 10,770 22,085 100.0 48.0 14.5 23.7 10.6 0.2 0.2 2.8
New Mexico 121,711 37,565 3,356 59,974 2,650 271 11,795 3,004 3,096 100.0 31.7 2.8 50.6 2.2 0.2 9.9 2.5
New York 1,235,691 567,613 164,003 228,448 126,612 1,845 4,027 33,870 109,273 100.0 50.4 14.6 20.3 11.2 0.2 0.4 3.0
North Carolina 568,745 324,471 123,347 52,547 21,450 705 6,092 20,064 20,069 100.0 59.1 22.5 9.6 3.9 0.1 1.1 3.7
North Dakota 52,388 41,380 1,734 2,013 769 72 2,164 1,971 2,285 100.0 82.6 3.5 4.0 1.5 0.1 4.3 3.9

Ohio
656,226 470,392 75,060 32,284 21,088 616 1,605 25,276 29,905 100.0 75.1 12.0 5.2 3.4 0.1 0.3 4.0
Oklahoma 192,648 109,881 15,404 20,060 6,146 277 13,702 18,609 8,569 100.0 59.7 8.4 10.9 3.3 0.2 7.4 10.1
Oregon 225,552 142,460 6,843 33,811 14,184 1,441 2,275 14,423 10,115 100.0 66.1 3.2 15.7 6.6 0.7 1.1 6.7
Pennsylvania 693,169 449,538 73,953 55,326 42,598 656 1,245 23,750 46,103 100.0 69.5 11.4 8.6 6.6 0.1 0.2 3.7
Rhode Island 80,221 50,618 6,034 11,617 4,081 60 238 3,028 4,545 100.0 66.9 8.0 15.4 5.4 0.1 0.3 4.0

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 324,528 218,178 59,215 17,850 9,369 333 958 10,558 8,067 100.0 68.9 18.7 5.6 3.0 0.1 0.3 3.3
Texas 1,660,470 570,544 200,699 664,003 107,050 2,226 5,513 46,929 63,506 100.0 35.7 12.6 41.6 6.7 0.1 0.3 2.9
Utah 381,186 280,800 19,669 42,576 11,099 2,538 2,644 14,459 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 557,064 310,811 107,130 52,968 39,069 1,155 1,854 24,809 19,268 100.0 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 332,817 248,746 17,952 26,860 14,181 340 2,392 10,115 12,231 100.0 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
200,397 779 2,425 185,609 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 0.4 99.3 0 0
Federated States of
    Micronesia
1,903 0 0 0 1 1,868 34 0 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.1 98.2 1.8 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 0.6 99.0 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 6.5
Palau 444 1 0 0 9 434 0 0 0 100.0 0.2 0 0 2.0 97.7 0 0
Puerto Rico 187,274 494 846 185,327 88 15 201 62 241 100.0 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. 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 2020, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2022.)

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