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Table 213  Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions of higher education, by race/ethnicity of student and by state: 1992 to 1997

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                      |                                             1997                                    |      Percent minority\1\
                      |_____________________________________________________________________________________|__________________________________
                      |           |           |         Minority enrollment, by race/ethnicity     |        |      |      |      |      |
                      |           |           |____________________________________________________|        |      |      |      |      |
        State         |   Total   |  White,   |          |          |          |         |American |Nonresi-| 1992 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997
          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  |  14
______________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|________|______|______|______|______|______
   United States .....|14,502,334 |10,266,122 |3,771,210 |1,551,044 |1,218,493 | 859,206 | 142,467 |465,002 | 22.5 | 24.6 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 26.9
                      |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|________|______|______|______|______|______
Alabama ..............|   218,785 |   154,674 |   59,434 |   53,622 |    1,696 |   2,506 |   1,610 |  4,677 | 23.7 | 25.5 | 26.1 | 27.0 | 27.8
Alaska ...............|    27,915 |    21,559 |    5,960 |    1,033 |      836 |     975 |   3,116 |    396 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 19.3 | 19.4 | 21.7
Arizona ..............|   292,730 |   208,648 |   75,978 |   10,006 |   44,614 |   9,503 |  11,855 |  8,104 | 22.2 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 26.7
Arkansas .............|   112,342 |    88,641 |   21,226 |   17,461 |    1,251 |   1,460 |   1,054 |  2,475 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 18.3 | 19.3
California ...........| 1,958,200 |   955,696 |  930,023 |  153,200 |  406,326 | 348,222 |  22,275 | 72,481 | 40.5 | 46.3 | 47.9 | 48.8 | 49.3
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
Colorado .............|   252,245 |   200,332 |   45,828 |    8,922 |   24,728 |   8,836 |   3,342 |  6,085 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 18.3 | 18.6
Connecticut ..........|   153,128 |   120,373 |   26,939 |   12,188 |    8,154 |   6,049 |     548 |  5,816 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 17.6 | 18.3
Delaware .............|    44,890 |    34,824 |    8,933 |    6,723 |      999 |   1,013 |     198 |  1,133 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 20.4
District of Columbia .|    72,397 |    35,438 |   28,381 |   20,828 |    2,906 |   4,413 |     234 |  8,578 | 44.0 | 45.4 | 45.8 | 45.7 | 44.5
Florida ..............|   658,259 |   420,529 |  215,727 |   93,337 |   99,092 |  20,351 |   2,947 | 22,003 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 32.9 | 33.9
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
Georgia ..............|   306,238 |   203,447 |   93,844 |   78,736 |    5,051 |   9,294 |     763 |  8,947 | 26.4 | 29.0 | 29.7 | 30.8 | 31.6
Hawaii ...............|    61,514 |    15,183 |   40,658 |    1,657 |    1,429 |  37,353 |     219 |  5,673 | 69.6 | 70.6 | 70.8 | 71.0 | 72.8
Idaho ................|    61,641 |    56,560 |    3,944 |      406 |    1,773 |     930 |     835 |  1,137 |  5.5 |  6.1 |  6.4 |  6.5 |  6.5
Illinois .............|   726,199 |   500,787 |  206,171 |   94,788 |   67,595 |  41,294 |   2,494 | 19,241 | 25.6 | 26.9 | 27.3 | 28.4 | 29.2
Indiana ..............|   295,517 |   252,832 |   32,858 |   19,437 |    6,838 |   5,362 |   1,221 |  9,827 |  9.8 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 11.5
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
Iowa .................|   180,967 |   160,715 |   12,922 |    5,048 |    3,044 |   4,021 |     809 |  7,330 |  6.2 |  7.2 |  7.4 |  7.7 |  7.4
Kansas ...............|   177,544 |   148,335 |   23,837 |    8,957 |    7,999 |   4,204 |   2,677 |  5,372 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 13.8
Kentucky .............|   178,924 |   158,464 |   17,054 |   12,711 |    1,354 |   2,258 |     731 |  3,406 |  8.2 |  8.9 |  9.1 |  9.5 |  9.7
Louisiana ............|   219,196 |   142,688 |   70,708 |   59,487 |    5,271 |   4,704 |   1,246 |  5,800 | 29.7 | 31.4 | 31.8 | 32.8 | 33.1
Maine ................|    56,368 |    52,997 |    2,511 |      571 |      376 |     840 |     724 |    860 |  4.4 |  3.7 |  4.8 |  4.0 |  4.5
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
Maryland .............|   261,262 |   167,418 |   83,508 |   60,582 |    6,750 |  15,157 |   1,019 | 10,336 | 27.3 | 30.0 | 30.9 | 32.2 | 33.3
Massachusetts ........|   412,620 |   315,279 |   72,223 |   25,129 |   18,983 |  26,434 |   1,677 | 25,118 | 14.4 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 18.6
Michigan .............|   549,742 |   436,283 |   95,075 |   61,698 |   12,125 |  16,786 |   4,466 | 18,384 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 17.5 | 17.9
Minnesota ............|   269,887 |   238,810 |   24,230 |    8,235 |    3,844 |   9,330 |   2,821 |  6,847 |  6.8 |  8.0 |  8.9 |  9.0 |  9.2
Mississippi ..........|   130,561 |    85,796 |   42,848 |   40,439 |      759 |   1,046 |     604 |  1,917 | 29.8 | 31.2 | 31.5 | 32.7 | 33.3
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
Missouri .............|   302,896 |   253,158 |   41,535 |   27,336 |    5,536 |   6,989 |   1,674 |  8,203 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.1
Montana ..............|    44,141 |    38,242 |    4,950 |      158 |      546 |     362 |   3,884 |    949 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.5
Nebraska .............|   111,542 |    99,226 |    9,434 |    3,748 |    2,387 |   2,419 |     880 |  2,882 |  7.2 |  7.4 |  7.8 |  8.0 |  8.7
Nevada ...............|    76,417 |    56,116 |   18,306 |    4,582 |    7,167 |   5,258 |   1,299 |  1,995 | 18.7 | 19.5 | 21.1 | 23.0 | 24.6
New Hampshire ........|    63,811 |    58,976 |    3,543 |      975 |    1,120 |   1,200 |     248 |  1,292 |  5.4 |  4.6 |  5.2 |  5.0 |  5.7
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
New Jersey ...........|   325,754 |   217,788 |   96,223 |   38,614 |   33,498 |  23,146 |     965 | 11,743 | 24.8 | 27.4 | 28.6 | 29.5 | 30.6
New Mexico ...........|   108,560 |    57,803 |   49,083 |    2,822 |   36,516 |   1,916 |   7,829 |  1,674 | 39.8 | 41.8 | 43.1 | 44.9 | 45.9
New York .............| 1,024,498 |   665,873 |  314,280 |  137,711 |  104,157 |  68,688 |   3,724 | 44,345 | 26.9 | 29.8 | 30.7 | 31.6 | 32.1
North Carolina .......|   373,717 |   272,743 |   94,160 |   76,801 |    5,478 |   8,046 |   3,835 |  6,814 | 22.6 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 25.7
North Dakota .........|    38,937 |    34,676 |    3,024 |      340 |      291 |     276 |   2,117 |  1,237 |  7.3 |  7.8 |  7.6 |  8.2 |  8.0
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
Ohio .................|   537,169 |   447,217 |   73,166 |   51,838 |    8,201 |  11,181 |   1,946 | 16,786 | 12.1 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.1
Oklahoma .............|   177,157 |   132,180 |   37,097 |   13,370 |    4,610 |   4,801 |  14,316 |  7,880 | 17.7 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 20.9 | 21.9
Oregon ...............|   169,852 |   142,148 |   21,665 |    2,894 |    6,022 |  10,013 |   2,736 |  6,039 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 13.2
Pennsylvania .........|   588,185 |   486,970 |   83,604 |   49,132 |   11,876 |  21,075 |   1,521 | 17,611 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.7
Rhode Island .........|    72,078 |    59,982 |    9,457 |    3,352 |    3,089 |   2,754 |     262 |  2,639 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.6
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
South Carolina .......|   176,278 |   126,555 |   46,655 |   41,993 |    1,816 |   2,316 |     530 |  3,068 | 23.7 | 24.7 | 25.3 | 26.1 | 26.9
South Dakota .........|    39,042 |    34,718 |    3,537 |      275 |      165 |     259 |   2,838 |    787 |  7.5 |  8.6 |  8.9 |  8.3 |  9.2
Tennessee ............|   249,805 |   199,031 |   45,688 |   37,708 |    2,780 |   1,693 |   3,507 |  5,086 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 18.2 | 18.7
Texas ................|   969,283 |   582,361 |  359,255 |   98,255 |  209,984 |  45,851 |   5,165 | 27,667 | 32.4 | 35.1 | 36.3 | 37.4 | 38.2
Utah .................|   157,891 |   141,988 |   10,521 |      909 |    4,603 |   3,531 |   1,478 |  5,382 |  5.9 |  6.5 |  6.6 |  6.8 |  6.9
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
Vermont ..............|    36,482 |    33,875 |    1,790 |      413 |      571 |     590 |     216 |    817 |  4.0 |  4.8 |  5.9 |  4.5 |  5.0
Virginia .............|   364,904 |   265,443 |   91,132 |   61,941 |    9,151 |  18,291 |   1,749 |  8,329 | 21.3 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 24.9 | 25.6
Washington ...........|   315,281 |   246,843 |   58,480 |   12,631 |   13,278 |  26,267 |   6,304 |  9,958 | 14.8 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 19.2
West Virginia ........|    87,965 |    80,282 |    5,865 |    3,706 |      933 |     950 |     276 |  1,818 |  5.4 |  5.9 |  5.9 |  6.2 |  6.8
Wisconsin ............|   298,248 |   262,482 |   28,731 |   12,780 |    6,612 |   6,565 |   2,774 |  7,035 |  8.7 |  9.4 |  9.5 |  9.7 |  9.9
Wyoming ..............|    30,280 |    27,485 |    2,365 |      275 |    1,284 |     265 |     541 |    430 |  7.3 |  6.9 |  7.4 |  8.0 |  7.9
                      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
U.S. Service Schools .|    83,090 |    65,653 |   16,844 |   11,284 |    3,029 |   2,163 |     368 |    593 | 21.1 | 22.0 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 20.4
                      |===========|===========|==========|==========|==========|=========|=========|========|======|======|======|======|======
  Outlying areas .....|   178,154 |     3,095 |  174,388 |    2,252 |  162,990 |   9,033 |     113 |    671 | 99.5 | 99.5 | 99.6 | 99.6 | 98.3
                      |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|________|______|______|______|______|______
American Samoa .......|     1,248 |         0 |    1,248 |        0 |        0 |   1,248 |       0 |      0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0
Federated States      |           |           |          |          |          |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |
  of Micronesia.......|     1,372 |         0 |    1,369 |        0 |        0 |   1,369 |       0 |      3 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0
Guam .................|     5,533 |       415 |    4,762 |       36 |       44 |   4,675 |       7 |    356 | 89.5 | 90.0 | 90.4 | 90.9 | 92.0
Marshall Islands .....|       459 |         0 |      459 |        0 |        0 |     459 |       0 |      0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0
Northern Marianas ....|     1,136 |        62 |      911 |        1 |        6 |     904 |       0 |    163 | 89.5 | 92.3 | 92.1 | 92.2 | 93.6
Palau.................|       330 |         0 |      330 |        0 |        0 |     330 |       0 |      0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0
Puerto Rico ..........|   165,466 |     2,494 |  162,926 |       64 |  162,823 |      22 |      17 |     46 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 98.5
Virgin Islands .......|     2,610 |       124 |    2,383 |    2,151 |      117 |      26 |      89 |    103 | 91.3 | 92.5 | 94.5 | 95.2 | 95.1
______________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|________|______|______|______|______|______

\1\Percent minority based on U.S. citizen enrollment (total enrollment less enrollment of nonresident aliens). Data for 1992 through 1995 are based on institutions of higher education. Data for 1996 and 1997 are for degree-granting institutions. NOTE.
--Data prior to 1996 are based on higher education institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. The Department of Education no longer distinguishes between those institutions and other institutions that are eligible to participate in Title IV programs. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award degrees.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared July 1999.)


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