Table
11. - Minority student enrollment by community type and by state: School
year 1999-2000 |
State |
Total students |
Number of minority students |
Percentage
of minority students bycommunity type |
City,
large and mid-size |
Urban
fringe of city |
Small
town or rural |
United
States |
46,857,321
|
17,680,852
|
-
|
-
|
- |
Alabama
|
740,732
|
283,630
|
68.8
|
28.5
|
30.3 |
Alaska
|
134,391
|
50,857
|
35.1
|
0.0
|
40.9 |
Arizona
|
852,612
|
391,297
|
49.5
|
38.0
|
49.1 |
Arkansas
|
451,034
|
125,355
|
44.9
|
14.3
|
22.6 |
California
|
6,038,589
|
3,732,515
|
72.7
|
59.2
|
39.6 |
Colorado
|
708,109
|
215,653
|
43.9
|
26.8
|
20.1 |
Connecticut
|
553,993
|
163,371
|
68.4
|
19.1
|
7.6 |
Delaware
|
112,836
|
43,322
|
52.9
|
37.8
|
29.4 |
District
of Columbia1 |
77,194
|
74,043
|
95.9
|
0.0
|
100.0 |
Florida
|
2,381,396
|
1,083,654
|
51.4
|
48.7
|
29.0 |
Georgia
|
1,422,762
|
632,535
|
79.5
|
46.6
|
32.4 |
Hawaii
|
185,860
|
147,782
|
81.8
|
79.5
|
78.1 |
Idaho
|
245,331
|
32,677
|
- |
- |
- |
Illinois
|
2,027,600
|
797,657
|
74.2
|
28.8
|
7.5 |
Indiana
|
988,702
|
155,519
|
39.5
|
10.7
|
3.2 |
Iowa
|
497,301
|
45,647
|
20.7
|
6.6
|
4.0 |
Kansas
|
472,188
|
94,042
|
40.5
|
10.8
|
13.1 |
Kentucky
|
648,180
|
72,865
|
29.5
|
15.9
|
4.7 |
Louisiana
|
756,579
|
383,916
|
73.4
|
41.9
|
38.4 |
Maine
|
209,253
|
6,303
|
8.2
|
2.8
|
2.3 |
Maryland
|
846,582
|
386,924
|
76.5
|
46.8
|
20.0 |
Massachusetts
|
971,425
|
226,841
|
54.7
|
12.5
|
5.4 |
Michigan
|
1,725,617
|
409,313
|
69.0
|
16.3
|
6.5 |
Minnesota
|
854,034
|
137,104
|
51.2
|
10.7
|
7.1 |
Mississippi
|
500,716
|
262,556
|
73.7
|
27.3
|
53.2 |
Missouri
|
914,110
|
186,010
|
46.5
|
22.6
|
5.9 |
Montana
|
157,556
|
21,311
|
13.1
|
6.8
|
14.2 |
Nebraska
|
288,261
|
46,014
|
27.1
|
16.0
|
9.2 |
Nevada
|
325,610
|
133,538
|
48.1
|
43.3
|
23.4 |
New
Hampshire |
206,783
|
8,451
|
11.4
|
3.5
|
1.9 |
New
Jersey |
1,289,256
|
505,710
|
78.7
|
36.9
|
15.4 |
New
Mexico |
324,495
|
207,028
|
61.3
|
70.7
|
67.1 |
New
York |
2,887,776
|
1,292,003
|
79.7
|
22.0
|
6.3 |
North
Carolina |
1,275,925
|
487,864
|
51.7
|
30.2
|
33.1 |
North
Dakota |
112,751
|
11,922
|
8.0
|
6.5
|
12.3 |
Ohio
|
1,836,554
|
352,900
|
53.1
|
12.2
|
3.1 |
Oklahoma
|
627,032
|
212,186
|
45.7
|
24.2
|
32.9 |
Oregon
|
545,033
|
98,603
|
24.7
|
17.8
|
14.4 |
Pennsylvania
|
1,816,716
|
384,734
|
64.7
|
12.5
|
4.4 |
Rhode
Island |
156,454
|
38,408
|
51.0
|
11.9
|
4.2 |
South
Carolina |
666,780
|
298,904
|
55.2
|
35.1
|
47.5 |
South
Dakota |
131,037
|
17,000
|
15.1
|
7.9
|
12.6 |
Tennessee
|
916,202
|
247,681
|
- |
- |
- |
Texas
|
3,991,783
|
2,269,814
|
73.4
|
43.9
|
40.7 |
Utah
|
480,255
|
63,185
|
25.9
|
10.6
|
9.6 |
Vermont
|
104,559
|
3,302
|
13.3
|
4.6
|
2.5 |
Virginia
|
1,133,994
|
403,810
|
57.8
|
33.3
|
21.8 |
Washington
|
1,003,714
|
246,177
|
34.5
|
24.0
|
18.1 |
West
Virginia |
291,811
|
15,227
|
10.8
|
6.4
|
3.8 |
Wisconsin
|
877,753
|
162,985
|
43.3
|
9.1
|
5.5 |
Wyoming
|
92,105
|
10,707
|
14.2
|
17.4
|
10.4 |
Outlying
areas, DOD Dependents Schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs |
DODDS: DOD Overseas |
73,504
|
23,666
|
- |
- |
- |
DDESS:
DOD Domestic |
34,081
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
Bureau
of Indian Affairs2 |
49,076
|
48,981
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0 |
American
Samoa |
15,477
|
15,477
|
- |
- |
- |
Guam
|
32,951
|
32,244
|
- |
- |
- |
Northern
Marianas |
9,732
|
8,693
|
- |
- |
- |
Puerto
Rico |
613,019
|
613,019
|
- |
- |
- |
Virgin
Islands |
20,866
|
20,670
|
- |
- |
- |
-
Data are missing.
1Represents
one school located in a small town locale outside the District of Columbia.
2Total students reported
on State Nonfiscal Survey is greater than sum of students reported on
School Universe Survey.
NOTE: Percentages are based on schools reporting. National percentages
were not imputed if data were missing for one or more states. U.S. totals
include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,"
1999-2000 and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,"
1999-2000. back to top
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