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Table 210.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by race/ethnicity of student and by state: 1992 to 1995

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                      |                                             1995\1\                                 |  Percent minority\2\
                      |_____________________________________________________________________________________|______________________________
                      |           |           |         Minority enrollment, by race/ethnicity     |        |       |       |       |
                      |           |           |____________________________________________________|        |       |       |       |
        State         |   Total   |  White,   |          |          |          |         |American |Nonresi-|1992\3\|1993\3\|1994\3\| 1995
          or          |           |   non-    |  Total   |  Black,  | Hispanic | Asian/  | Indian/ |  dent  |       |       |       |
      other area      |           | Hispanic  |          |   non-   |          | Pacific | Alaskan | alien  |       |       |       |
                      |           |           |          | Hispanic |          |Islander | Native  |        |       |       |       |
______________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______|______
          1           |     2     |     3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7    |    8    |   9    |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13
______________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______|______
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
   United States .....|14,261,781 |10,311,243 |3,496,174 |1,473,672 |1,093,839 | 797,359 | 131,304 |454,364 |  22.5 |  23.5 |  24.6 | 25.3
                      |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______|______
Alabama ..............|   225,612 |   163,372 |   57,663 |   52,311 |    1,718 |   2,326 |   1,308 |  4,577 |  23.7 |  24.8 |  25.5 | 26.1
Alaska ...............|    29,348 |    23,211 |    5,534 |    1,004 |      796 |     879 |   2,855 |    603 |  18.3 |  18.6 |  18.7 | 19.3
Arizona ..............|   273,981 |   200,052 |   66,658 |    8,776 |   38,691 |   8,578 |  10,613 |  7,271 |  22.2 |  23.8 |  24.0 | 25.0
Arkansas .............|    98,180 |    78,663 |   17,163 |   14,432 |      737 |   1,121 |     873 |  2,354 |  16.8 |  17.2 |  17.1 | 17.9
California ...........| 1,817,042 |   905,116 |  832,127 |  138,218 |  357,893 | 314,877 |  21,139 | 79,799 |  40.5 |  44.0 |  46.3 | 47.9
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
Colorado .............|   242,739 |   195,023 |   42,071 |    8,421 |   22,483 |   8,146 |   3,021 |  5,645 |  15.8 |  16.4 |  16.9 | 17.7
Connecticut ..........|   157,695 |   126,335 |   25,763 |   11,879 |    7,735 |   5,610 |     539 |  5,597 |  14.2 |  15.1 |  16.3 | 16.9
Delaware .............|    44,307 |    35,299 |    8,071 |    6,018 |      793 |   1,064 |     196 |    937 |  16.0 |  16.9 |  18.0 | 18.6
District of Columbia .|    77,277 |    37,346 |   31,906 |   24,429 |    3,015 |   4,248 |     214 |  8,025 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  45.4 | 46.1
Florida ..............|   637,303 |   426,419 |  191,314 |   83,432 |   86,064 |  18,927 |   2,891 | 19,570 |  27.5 |  28.4 |  29.5 | 31.0
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
Georgia ..............|   314,712 |   215,506 |   91,064 |   77,418 |    4,659 |   8,143 |     844 |  8,142 |  26.4 |  27.9 |  29.0 | 29.7
Hawaii ...............|    63,198 |    16,781 |   40,643 |    1,238 |    1,362 |  37,787 |     256 |  5,774 |  69.6 |  69.9 |  70.6 | 70.8
Idaho ................|    59,566 |    54,535 |    3,740 |      390 |    1,683 |     874 |     793 |  1,291 |   5.5 |   6.1 |   6.1 |  6.4
Illinois .............|   717,854 |   509,044 |  190,803 |   90,674 |   58,244 |  39,477 |   2,408 | 18,007 |  25.6 |  26.1 |  26.9 | 27.3
Indiana ..............|   289,615 |   250,483 |   30,578 |   17,980 |    6,277 |   5,233 |   1,088 |  8,554 |   9.8 |  10.2 |  10.5 | 10.9
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
Iowa .................|   173,835 |   154,375 |   12,419 |    4,878 |    2,792 |   4,034 |     715 |  7,041 |   6.2 |   6.6 |   7.2 |  7.4
Kansas ...............|   177,643 |   149,727 |   21,926 |    9,419 |    5,856 |   4,043 |   2,608 |  5,990 |  10.7 |  11.0 |  11.5 | 12.8
Kentucky .............|   178,858 |   159,762 |   15,977 |   12,089 |    1,150 |   2,083 |     655 |  3,119 |   8.2 |   8.6 |   8.9 |  9.1
Louisiana ............|   203,935 |   135,074 |   62,880 |   53,002 |    4,634 |   4,120 |   1,124 |  5,981 |  29.7 |  30.2 |  31.4 | 31.8
Maine ................|    56,547 |    53,241 |    2,712 |      620 |      359 |     875 |     858 |    594 |   4.4 |   3.3 |   3.7 |  4.8
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
Maryland .............|   266,310 |   177,612 |   79,438 |   57,579 |    6,209 |  14,590 |   1,060 |  9,260 |  27.3 |  28.5 |  30.0 | 30.9
Massachusetts ........|   413,794 |   322,092 |   67,405 |   23,079 |   18,102 |  24,513 |   1,711 | 24,297 |  14.4 |  15.2 |  16.5 | 17.3
Michigan .............|   548,339 |   440,026 |   91,310 |   59,893 |   11,593 |  15,320 |   4,504 | 17,003 |  15.3 |  16.2 |  16.8 | 17.2
Minnesota ............|   280,816 |   250,123 |   24,305 |    7,975 |    3,985 |   9,514 |   2,831 |  6,388 |   6.8 |   7.5 |   8.0 |  8.9
Mississippi ..........|   122,690 |    82,685 |   38,027 |   35,884 |      654 |   1,051 |     438 |  1,978 |  29.8 |  30.6 |  31.2 | 31.5
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
Missouri .............|   291,536 |   246,071 |   38,051 |   25,493 |    4,653 |   6,405 |   1,500 |  7,414 |  12.6 |  12.9 |  13.2 | 13.4
Montana ..............|    42,674 |    36,924 |    4,729 |      146 |      484 |     337 |   3,762 |  1,021 |  12.9 |  11.5 |  11.5 | 11.4
Nebraska .............|   115,718 |   104,352 |    8,784 |    3,408 |    2,268 |   2,216 |     892 |  2,582 |   7.2 |   7.0 |   7.4 |  7.8
Nevada ...............|    67,826 |    51,988 |   13,929 |    3,715 |    5,135 |   4,004 |   1,075 |  1,909 |  18.7 |  18.0 |  19.5 | 21.1
New Hampshire ........|    64,327 |    59,885 |    3,280 |    1,056 |      950 |   1,017 |     257 |  1,162 |   5.4 |   4.9 |   4.6 |  5.2
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
New Jersey ...........|   333,831 |   230,349 |   92,089 |   39,273 |   30,764 |  21,105 |     947 | 11,393 |  24.8 |  25.6 |  27.4 | 28.6
New Mexico ...........|   102,405 |    57,229 |   43,383 |    2,593 |   32,067 |   1,694 |   7,029 |  1,793 |  39.8 |  40.9 |  41.8 | 43.1
New York .............| 1,041,566 |   690,917 |  306,102 |  135,813 |   99,972 |  66,543 |   3,774 | 44,547 |  26.9 |  28.1 |  29.8 | 30.7
North Carolina .......|   372,030 |   277,844 |   88,486 |   73,185 |    4,438 |   7,074 |   3,789 |  5,700 |  22.6 |  23.2 |  24.1 | 24.2
North Dakota .........|    40,399 |    35,871 |    2,968 |      343 |      247 |     302 |   2,076 |  1,560 |   7.3 |   7.5 |   7.8 |  7.6
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
Ohio .................|   540,275 |   452,802 |   71,511 |   50,853 |    7,831 |  10,782 |   2,045 | 15,962 |  12.1 |  12.7 |  13.2 | 13.6
Oklahoma .............|   180,676 |   137,276 |   35,256 |   13,147 |    4,180 |   4,092 |  13,837 |  8,144 |  17.7 |  18.7 |  19.9 | 20.4
Oregon ...............|   167,145 |   139,202 |   21,555 |    2,980 |    6,306 |   9,683 |   2,586 |  6,388 |  10.6 |  11.6 |  12.2 | 13.4
Pennsylvania .........|   617,759 |   516,552 |   84,254 |   51,269 |   11,171 |  20,463 |   1,351 | 16,953 |  12.5 |  12.5 |  13.2 | 14.0
Rhode Island .........|    74,100 |    62,824 |    8,773 |    3,200 |    2,709 |   2,593 |     271 |  2,503 |  10.2 |  11.0 |  11.4 | 12.3
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
South Carolina .......|   174,125 |   127,856 |   43,352 |   39,088 |    1,550 |   2,232 |     482 |  2,917 |  23.7 |  23.8 |  24.7 | 25.3
South Dakota .........|    36,695 |    32,509 |    3,189 |      293 |      178 |     264 |   2,454 |    997 |   7.5 |   6.8 |   8.6 |  8.9
Tennessee ............|   245,962 |   198,271 |   42,824 |   36,165 |    2,346 |   3,563 |     750 |  4,867 |  17.1 |  17.3 |  17.7 | 17.8
Texas ................|   952,525 |   590,137 |  336,140 |   93,660 |  195,377 |  42,311 |   4,792 | 26,248 |  32.4 |  33.4 |  35.1 | 36.3
Utah .................|   147,324 |   132,566 |    9,416 |      904 |    3,821 |   3,088 |   1,603 |  5,342 |   5.9 |   6.6 |   6.5 |  6.6
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
Vermont ..............|    35,065 |    32,242 |    2,033 |      477 |      481 |     676 |     399 |    790 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   4.8 |  5.9
Virginia .............|   355,919 |   264,430 |   83,662 |   56,981 |    8,080 |  17,231 |   1,370 |  7,827 |  21.3 |  22.4 |  23.6 | 24.0
Washington ...........|   285,819 |   228,386 |   48,472 |   10,599 |   10,197 |  22,451 |   5,225 |  8,961 |  14.8 |  15.7 |  16.9 | 17.5
West Virginia ........|    86,034 |    79,347 |    4,961 |    3,395 |      469 |     900 |     197 |  1,726 |   5.4 |   5.6 |   5.9 |  5.9
Wisconsin ............|   300,223 |   265,457 |   27,864 |   12,670 |    6,283 |   6,452 |   2,459 |  6,902 |   8.7 |   9.1 |   9.4 |  9.5
Wyoming ..............|    30,176 |    27,517 |    2,212 |      254 |    1,269 |     236 |     453 |    447 |   7.3 |   6.7 |   6.9 |  7.4
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
U.S. Service Schools .|    88,451 |    70,537 |   17,402 |   11,674 |    3,129 |   2,212 |     387 |    512 |  21.1 |  21.6 |  22.0 | 19.8
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  Outlying areas .....|   183,657 |       764 |  181,939 |    2,647 |  170,385 |   8,889 |      18 |    954 |  99.5 |  99.4 |  99.5 | 99.6
                      |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______|______
American Samoa .......|     1,232 |         0 |    1,232 |        0 |        0 |   1,232 |       0 |      0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0
Federated States      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |       |       |       |
  of Micronesia.......|     1,296 |         0 |    1,295 |        0 |        0 |   1,295 |       0 |      1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0
Guam .................|     6,010 |       527 |    4,978 |       38 |       41 |   4,890 |       9 |    505 |  89.5 |  89.3 |  90.0 | 90.4
Marshall Islands .....|       418 |         0 |      407 |        0 |        0 |     407 |       0 |     11 | 100.0 |  99.7 | 100.0 |100.0
Northern Marianas ....|       959 |        58 |      673 |        0 |        2 |     671 |       0 |    228 |  89.5 |  92.1 |  92.3 | 92.1
Palau.................|       351 |         0 |      351 |        0 |        0 |     351 |       0 |      0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0
Puerto Rico ..........|   170,337 |        20 |  170,252 |       12 |  170,224 |      11 |       5 |     65 | 100.0 |  99.9 | 100.0 |100.0
Virgin Islands .......|     3,054 |       159 |    2,751 |    2,597 |      118 |      32 |       4 |    144 |  91.3 |  91.7 |  92.5 | 94.5
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\1\Preliminary data.

\2\Percent minority based on U.S. citizen enrollment (total enrollment less enrollment of nonresident aliens).

\3\Data revised from previously published figures.

NOTE.--Because of adjustments to underreported and nonreported racial/ethnic data, figures are slightly different from corresponding data in other tables.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared April 1997.)



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