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Table 302.65.Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: 2021
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State or jurisdiction Total American
Indian/Alaska
Native
Asian Black Hispanic Pacific
Islander
White Two or more
races
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
   United States  40.9 (0.11) 25.4 (1.07) 65.0 (0.46) 35.9 (0.35) 34.4 (0.25) 34.4 (2.29) 42.9 (0.18) 39.8 (0.49)
Alabama 39.6 (1.16) (†) 50.8 (9.11) 35.7 (2.16) 31.5 (3.83) (†) 42.4 (1.35) 38.1 (4.96)
Alaska 21.3 (2.59) 11.3 ! (4.25) (†) (†) 22.1 ! (9.56) (†) 18.4 (3.60) (†)
Arizona 35.6 (0.73) 21.4 (2.73) 62.7 (4.92) 40.7 (3.82) 28.8 (1.13) (†) 41.5 (1.14) 35.6 (3.37)
Arkansas 31.7 (1.31) (†) 46.8 (11.68) 29.7 (3.32) 25.2 (2.73) (†) 34.2 (1.69) 25.6 (4.23)
California 46.6 (0.37) 41.3 (5.86) 66.2 (0.89) 37.7 (1.61) 40.4 (0.49) 43.7 (5.10) 49.9 (0.71) 54.2 (1.52)

Colorado

36.2


(0.90)



(†)

55.4


(4.35)

33.2


(4.44)

26.9


(1.80)



(†)

39.5


(1.10)

39.5


(3.80)
Connecticut 49.6 (1.17) (†) 71.4 (3.80) 43.6 (3.62) 44.1 (2.63) (†) 50.6 (1.55) 51.8 (4.28)
Delaware 44.9 (2.61) (†) 60.2 (10.98) 47.8 (7.23) 32.4 (6.18) (†) 45.5 (2.24) 42.8 (10.60)
District of Columbia 53.2 (2.39) (†) 70.1 (9.93) 33.8 (4.63) 63.3 (7.64) (†) 66.5 (4.20) 58.7 (11.13)
Florida 40.3 (0.56) 66.2 (13.01) 58.2 (2.30) 35.4 (1.34) 40.3 (0.95) (†) 41.9 (0.80) 35.9 (2.34)

Georgia

38.1


(0.69)



(†)

69.4


(2.77)

33.4


(1.34)

31.7


(1.41)



(†)

40.7


(0.97)

40.9


(3.06)
Hawaii 38.9 (1.66) (†) 51.9 (3.01) 28.7 ! (11.90) 31.1 (5.29) 32.4 (5.19) 32.2 (3.74) 38.9 (3.82)
Idaho 34.0 (1.69) (†) (†) (†) 23.1 (4.80) (†) 35.9 (2.18) 37.2 (7.13)
Illinois 41.2 (0.58) (†) 64.1 (2.67) 30.3 (1.47) 35.4 (1.24) (†) 45.1 (1.00) 36.2 (3.44)
Indiana 39.0 (0.77) (†) 72.5 (3.62) 28.2 (2.49) 29.0 (2.27) (†) 40.4 (0.95) 32.8 (3.35)

Iowa

46.1


(1.29)



(†)

68.6


(7.07)

43.6


(6.18)

29.8


(3.91)



(†)

46.8


(1.56)

56.2


(6.70)
Kansas 39.1 (1.61) 64.5 (10.72) 68.0 (5.85) 37.0 (5.74) 25.6 (2.97) (†) 42.1 (1.82) 25.4 (4.63)
Kentucky 37.7 (0.88) (†) 59.1 (7.22) 32.4 (3.18) 34.9 (3.84) (†) 38.0 (1.02) 38.8 (4.88)
Louisiana 36.7 (1.14) (†) 70.1 (7.81) 27.4 (1.75) 31.3 (3.35) (†) 43.3 (1.71) 29.0 (5.93)
Maine 41.3 (2.09) (†) 59.1 (12.11) 72.7 (10.38) 66.0 (12.62) (†) 38.7 (2.20) 52.1 (10.92)

Maryland

43.7


(0.94)



(†)

70.8


(2.83)

44.6


(1.82)

30.4


(1.68)



(†)

43.8


(1.26)

39.9


(3.61)
Massachusetts 51.8 (0.78) (†) 76.9 (1.83) 55.5 (3.11) 35.8 (1.90) (†) 53.1 (1.07) 45.9 (3.14)
Michigan 41.1 (0.80) 43.2 (7.84) 67.2 (3.60) 27.7 (1.93) 34.4 (2.46) (†) 43.6 (0.98) 35.2 (3.27)
Minnesota 38.8 (1.21) 16.2 ! (6.79) 33.8 (4.25) 34.8 (4.96) 25.5 (3.60) (†) 41.4 (1.39) 41.0 (4.74)
Mississippi 38.0 (1.25) (†) 60.3 (11.49) 38.0 (1.93) 42.7 (5.52) (†) 38.2 (1.92) 22.0 (5.36)

Missouri

38.7


(0.96)



(†)

70.6


(5.43)

28.8


(3.04)

35.4


(3.40)



(†)

40.1


(1.06)

32.1


(3.57)
Montana 29.3 (2.07) 13.8 ! (4.41) (†) (†) 33.8 (8.50) (†) 29.1 (2.44) 36.6 (7.78)
Nebraska 44.3 (1.74) (†) (†) 29.1 (6.30) 42.3 (3.84) (†) 45.6 (2.19) 45.4 (7.57)
Nevada 30.7 (1.07) 19.9 ! (8.82) 51.7 (4.16) 23.4 (4.25) 25.2 (1.49) (†) 35.2 (1.95) 35.1 (5.03)
New Hampshire 42.6 (2.04) (†) 80.6 (7.34) (†) 41.6 (7.20) (†) 42.4 (2.34) 38.7 (6.46)

New Jersey

47.6


(0.71)



(†)

68.4


(1.78)

45.9


(2.16)

37.8


(1.26)



(†)

49.7


(1.03)

48.4


(4.05)
New Mexico 28.3 (1.63) 15.5 (2.88) (†) 37.8 (10.97) 26.4 (2.21) (†) 34.9 (3.30) 40.3 (8.26)
New York 48.9 (0.52) 68.8 (8.52) 68.8 (1.41) 42.5 (1.34) 41.8 (1.21) (†) 50.5 (0.75) 46.1 (2.58)
North Carolina 40.0 (0.54) 23.3 (5.38) 60.3 (3.53) 38.1 (1.49) 29.3 (1.66) (†) 42.6 (0.78) 37.0 (3.13)
North Dakota 45.6 (3.04) (†) (†) (†) 35.7 (8.28) (†) 49.7 (3.41) (†)

Ohio

39.4


(0.71)



(†)

65.1


(3.81)

34.1


(2.19)

32.1


(2.61)



(†)

40.4


(0.81)

33.3


(2.25)
Oklahoma 30.6 (0.95) 27.4 (3.04) 40.0 (9.43) 30.4 (4.17) 21.4 (2.38) (†) 34.1 (1.19) 27.2 (2.49)
Oregon 37.3 (1.07) 13.6 ! (5.62) 67.3 (3.72) 41.2 (6.62) 32.1 (2.48) (†) 36.5 (1.46) 37.9 (3.47)
Pennsylvania 42.4 (0.63) (†) 76.0 (2.55) 35.5 (2.33) 28.4 (1.79) (†) 43.9 (0.71) 40.6 (3.71)
Rhode Island 56.8 (1.77) (†) 70.5 (8.26) 44.4 (8.09) 47.0 (4.96) (†) 61.2 (2.14) 56.6 (7.22)

South Carolina

38.0


(0.96)



(†)

65.3


(5.99)

32.2


(2.15)

23.7


(2.50)



(†)

42.1


(1.13)

39.4


(4.16)
South Dakota 39.1 (2.44) 15.8 ! (5.50) (†) (†) 27.1 (6.62) (†) 41.3 (3.02) (†)
Tennessee 37.5 (0.86) (†) 61.9 (4.96) 31.5 (2.27) 24.9 (2.56) (†) 40.3 (1.08) 33.5 (3.33)
Texas 35.4 (0.44) 30.0 (6.59) 65.3 (1.88) 37.5 (1.29) 29.1 (0.63) (†) 39.4 (0.83) 40.3 (2.54)
Utah 39.8 (0.93) 29.4 ! (10.32) 59.8 (5.56) 49.7 (9.64) 28.0 (2.43) (†) 42.0 (1.26) 37.3 (4.61)

Vermont

53.2


(2.70)



(†)



(†)



(†)



(†)



(†)

49.6


(3.02)

80.9


(7.71)
Virginia 43.0 (0.73) 35.8 ! (12.51) 60.1 (2.32) 37.8 (1.83) 34.1 (2.35) (†) 45.0 (1.09) 43.1 (2.88)
Washington 35.3 (0.69) 19.0 (3.97) 62.2 (2.61) 33.0 (4.42) 28.0 (1.71) 31.0 (7.19) 34.1 (0.98) 35.8 (2.65)
West Virginia 36.9 (1.65) (†) (†) 60.4 (8.48) 47.1 (8.86) (†) 35.8 (1.63) 36.1 (7.90)
Wisconsin 40.2 (0.94) (†) 54.5 (5.79) 23.2 (4.06) 32.6 (3.91) (†) 42.9 (1.02) 28.3 (4.99)
Wyoming 35.2 (3.02) (†) (†) (†) 45.6 (9.98) (†) 32.7 (3.58) (†)

Other jurisdictions
























  Puerto Rico 51.1 (1.42) (†) (†) (†) 51.2 (1.44) (†) (†) (†)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States, including both noninstitutionalized persons (e.g., those living in households, college housing, or military housing located within the United States) and institutionalized persons (e.g., those living in prisons, nursing facilities, or other healthcare facilities). Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2021. (This table was prepared July 2023.)

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