Children 3 to 21 years old served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, by race/ethnicity and age group: School years 2000-01 through 2022-23

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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: School years 2000-01 through 2022-23
Age group and year	Total	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	White	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	80,073	121,044	1,259,348	877,655	[¹]	3,957,589	---
2001-02	6,407,417	83,876	123,434	1,281,803	928,776	[¹]	3,989,528	---
2002-03	6,522,977	86,525	130,252	1,311,270	980,590	[¹]	4,014,340	---
2003-04	6,633,902	90,349	137,544	1,334,666	1,035,463	[¹]	4,035,880	---
2004-05	6,718,630	92,553	144,339	1,355,550	1,081,697	[¹]	4,044,491	---
2005-06	6,712,614	93,478	149,954	1,346,177	1,119,140	[¹]	4,003,865	---
2006-07	6,686,386	94,181	153,265	1,335,870	1,154,217	[¹]	3,948,853	---
2007-08²	6,574,368	93,231	158,623	1,307,462	1,181,130	[¹]	3,833,922	---
2008-09²	6,461,938	93,672	162,630	1,273,996	1,200,290	[¹]	3,725,896	5,454	³
2009-10	6,461,226	92,646	167,144	1,262,799	1,252,493	[¹]	3,659,194	26,950	³
2010-11	6,435,141	91,258	145,896	1,214,849	1,310,031	19,581	3,518,169	135,357
2011-12⁴	6,401,238	88,665	147,697	1,196,679	1,352,435	19,203	3,436,105	160,458
2012-13⁴	6,429,331	86,884	150,913	1,189,148	1,406,540	20,343	3,396,135	180,268
2013-14⁴	6,464,096	86,307	155,668	1,191,817	1,469,282	19,606	3,356,261	185,274
2014-15⁴	6,555,291	86,226	161,250	1,199,743	1,531,923	20,227	3,350,084	205,980
2015-16⁴	6,676,974	87,870	167,263	1,208,510	1,602,140	20,408	3,366,701	224,911
2016-17^4,5,6	6,802,402	87,724	174,486	1,219,376	1,679,626	20,525	3,374,045	247,278
2017-18^4,5,7,8	6,964,424	88,870	184,409	1,234,609	1,758,498	20,807	3,409,308	268,565
2018-19^4,5	7,134,248	90,489	192,918	1,251,038	1,844,017	20,640	3,443,719	291,673
2019-20^4,5	7,281,881	88,647	195,083	1,271,092	1,905,740	20,967	3,467,454	333,099
2020-21^4,9	7,182,916	85,422	200,345	1,243,999	1,944,398	20,790	3,356,903	332,342
2021-22^4,10	7,259,425	84,348	203,230	1,232,361	2,010,715	21,160	3,372,214	351,998
2022-23^4,11	7,525,941	85,087	213,811	1,268,721	2,106,048	21,378	3,438,025	390,503
3 to 5 years old (including 5-year-olds not yet in kindergarten)¹²
2000-01	572,001	6,886	13,203	93,281	78,070	[¹]	400,650	---
2010-11	691,463	9,141	23,189	102,097	153,033	2,159	416,034	18,140
2017-18^4,5,7	793,039	8,775	32,242	104,229	195,242	1,964	416,222	34,378
2018-19^4,5	818,575	9,554	33,591	106,370	206,795	2,065	423,308	36,960
2019-20^4,5	723,726	8,065	27,713	97,159	162,121	1,910	380,803	45,982
2020-21⁴	494,888	4,747	21,682	60,286	127,864	1,340	252,966	26,053
2021-22^4,10	472,622	4,405	19,409	60,805	129,003	1,632	245,798	25,711
2022-23^4,11	527,163	4,653	22,745	71,779	132,592	1,447	262,704	30,425
5 to 21 years old (including 5-year-olds in kinder- garten)¹²
2000-01	5,522,591	73,187	107,841	1,166,067	799,585	[¹]	3,556,939	---
2010-11	5,506,524	82,117	122,707	1,112,752	1,156,998	17,422	3,102,135	117,217
2017-18^4,5,8	6,171,385	80,095	152,167	1,130,380	1,563,256	18,843	2,993,086	234,187
2018-19^4,5	6,315,673	80,935	159,327	1,144,668	1,637,222	18,575	3,020,411	254,713
2019-20^4,5	6,558,155	80,582	167,370	1,173,933	1,743,619	19,057	3,086,651	287,117
2020-21^4,9	6,688,028	80,675	178,663	1,183,713	1,816,534	19,450	3,103,937	306,289
2021-22⁴	6,786,803	79,943	183,821	1,171,556	1,881,712	19,528	3,126,416	326,287
2022-23^4,11	6,998,778	80,434	191,066	1,196,942	1,973,456	19,931	3,175,321	360,078
	Percentage distribution of children served
3 to 21 years old
2000-01	100.0	1.3	1.9	20.0	13.9	[¹]	62.9	---
2001-02	100.0	1.3	1.9	20.0	14.5	[¹]	62.3	---
2002-03	100.0	1.3	2.0	20.1	15.0	[¹]	61.5	---
2003-04	100.0	1.4	2.1	20.1	15.6	[¹]	60.8	---
2004-05	100.0	1.4	2.1	20.2	16.1	[¹]	60.2	---
2005-06	100.0	1.4	2.2	20.1	16.7	[¹]	59.6	---
2006-07	100.0	1.4	2.3	20.0	17.3	[¹]	59.1	---
2007-08²	100.0	1.4	2.4	19.9	18.0	[¹]	58.3	---
2008-09²	100.0	1.4	2.5	19.7	18.6	[¹]	57.7	0.1	³
2009-10	100.0	1.4	2.6	19.5	19.4	[¹]	56.6	0.4	³
2010-11	100.0	1.4	2.3	18.9	20.4	0.3	54.7	2.1
2011-12	100.0	1.4	2.3	18.7	21.1	0.3	53.7	2.5
2012-13	100.0	1.4	2.3	18.5	21.9	0.3	52.8	2.8
2013-14	100.0	1.3	2.4	18.4	22.7	0.3	51.9	2.9
2014-15	100.0	1.3	2.5	18.3	23.4	0.3	51.1	3.1
2015-16	100.0	1.3	2.5	18.1	24.0	0.3	50.4	3.4
2016-17^5,6	100.0	1.3	2.6	17.9	24.7	0.3	49.6	3.6
2017-18^5,7,8	100.0	1.3	2.6	17.7	25.2	0.3	49.0	3.9
2018-19⁵	100.0	1.3	2.7	17.5	25.8	0.3	48.3	4.1
2019-20⁵	100.0	1.2	2.7	17.5	26.2	0.3	47.6	4.6
2020-21	100.0	1.2	2.8	17.3	27.1	0.3	46.7	4.6
2021-22	100.0	1.2	2.8	17.0	27.7	0.3	46.5	4.8
2022-23	100.0	1.1	2.8	16.9	28.0	0.3	45.7	5.2
	Number of children served as a percent of total enrollment¹³
3 to 21 years old
2000-01	13.3	14.6	6.2	15.5	11.4	[¹]	13.7	---
2001-02	13.4	14.9	6.1	15.7	11.4	[¹]	13.9	---
2002-03	13.5	14.8	6.2	15.8	11.4	[¹]	14.0	---
2003-04	13.7	15.2	6.4	16.0	11.5	[¹]	14.2	---
2004-05	13.8	15.7	6.5	16.1	11.5	[¹]	14.3	---
2005-06	13.7	15.6	6.6	15.9	11.4	[¹]	14.3	---
2006-07	13.6	15.8	6.6	15.9	11.3	[¹]	14.2	---
2007-08²	13.3	15.7	6.6	15.6	11.3	[¹]	14.0	---
2008-09²	13.1	15.9	6.6	15.2	11.4	[¹]	13.8	2.2	³
2009-10	13.1	15.6	6.7	15.2	11.5	[¹]	13.7	8.0	³
2010-11	13.0	16.2	6.4	15.4	11.5	11.5	13.6	11.7
2011-12	12.9	16.2	6.4	15.3	11.5	10.8	13.4	12.6
2012-13	12.9	16.3	6.4	15.2	11.7	11.3	13.4	13.0
2013-14	12.9	16.5	6.5	15.3	11.8	11.2	13.4	12.3
2014-15	13.0	16.6	6.5	15.4	12.0	11.5	13.4	12.8
2015-16	13.2	17.2	6.6	15.5	12.2	11.6	13.7	13.0
2016-17^5,6	13.4	17.2	6.8	15.7	12.6	11.1	13.8	13.4
2017-18^5,7,8	13.7	17.5	7.1	16.0	13.0	10.9	14.1	13.8
2018-19⁵	14.1	18.5	7.2	16.3	13.4	11.1	14.4	14.2
2019-20⁵	14.3	18.3	7.1	16.6	13.8	11.2	14.7	15.4
2020-21	14.5	18.5	7.5	16.8	14.0	11.5	14.9	15.0
2021-22	14.7	18.6	7.6	16.7	14.3	11.7	15.1	15.1
2022-23	15.2	18.9	7.9	17.2	14.7	11.7	15.6	15.9
---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 2022-23, summing these data would result in a total overcount of 818 children in the 3- to 5-year-old age group and 1,550 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.
⁹Data 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.
¹⁰Data in the 2021-22 row include 2020-21 data instead of 2021-22 data for 3- to 5-year-olds in Louisiana because 2021-22 data were not available for children in that age group served in Louisiana.
¹¹Data in the 2022-23 row include 2021-22 data instead of 2022-23 data for 3- to 21-year-olds in South Carolina because 2022-23 data were not available for children in that age group served in South Carolina.
¹²Prior 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").
¹³Based 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 October 13, 2023, from https://data.ed.gov/dataset/idea-section-618-state-part-b-child-count-and-educational-environments/resources. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2022-23. (This table was prepared December 2023.)

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