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Table 7.1b. |
Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by region, state, and race/ethnicity: 2007–08 |
Region and state | Total enrollment | Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 48,397,895 | 100.0 | 55.8 | 17.0 | 21.2 | 4.8 | 1.2 |
Northeast | 8,059,559 | 100.0 | 63.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
Connecticut | 568,405 | 100.0 | 65.3 | 13.8 | 16.6 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
Maine | 190,737 | 100.0 | 94.1 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
Massachusetts | 943,788 | 100.0 | 72.2 | 8.3 | 14.1 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
New Hampshire | 200,772 | 100.0 | 92.5 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 |
New Jersey | 1,379,626 | 100.0 | 55.0 | 17.3 | 19.4 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
New York | 2,760,141 | 100.0 | 51.6 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
Pennsylvania | 1,779,302 | 100.0 | 74.1 | 15.8 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
Rhode Island | 146,228 | 100.0 | 69.0 | 8.9 | 18.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
Vermont | 90,560 | 100.0 | 95.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
Midwest | 10,555,854 | 100.0 | 72.6 | 15.2 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 |
Illinois | 2,054,675 | 100.0 | 55.4 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
Indiana | 1,006,651 | 100.0 | 78.9 | 12.7 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
Iowa | 482,204 | 100.0 | 85.1 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
Kansas | 463,890 | 100.0 | 73.2 | 8.9 | 13.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
Michigan | 1,652,120 | 100.0 | 71.7 | 20.2 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 |
Minnesota | 837,578 | 100.0 | 76.4 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 2.1 |
Missouri | 917,188 | 100.0 | 76.1 | 17.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
Nebraska | 291,244 | 100.0 | 75.4 | 8.0 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
North Dakota | 95,052 | 100.0 | 86.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
Ohio | 1,760,503 | 100.0 | 78.6 | 17.0 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
South Dakota | 120,271 | 100.0 | 83.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 11.1 |
Wisconsin | 874,478 | 100.0 | 76.8 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
South | 18,149,304 | 100.0 | 50.4 | 25.8 | 20.0 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
Alabama | 743,778 | 100.0 | 58.8 | 35.7 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
Arkansas | 479,016 | 100.0 | 67.0 | 22.6 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
Delaware | 122,574 | 100.0 | 53.0 | 33.0 | 10.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 |
District of Columbia | 78,108 | 100.0 | 5.4 | 83.1 | 9.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
Florida | 2,570,955 | 100.0 | 47.6 | 23.9 | 25.7 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
Georgia | 1,600,235 | 100.0 | 47.5 | 39.2 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 |
Kentucky | 654,134 | 100.0 | 85.2 | 10.9 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
Louisiana | 680,911 | 100.0 | 49.2 | 46.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
Maryland | 845,700 | 100.0 | 47.0 | 37.9 | 9.0 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
Mississippi | 494,122 | 100.0 | 46.4 | 50.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
North Carolina | 1,408,604 | 100.0 | 56.7 | 29.0 | 10.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
Oklahoma | 642,065 | 100.0 | 58.1 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 1.9 | 19.2 |
South Carolina | 709,204 | 100.0 | 53.7 | 39.3 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
Tennessee | 963,839 | 100.0 | 68.6 | 24.8 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
Texas | 4,673,455 | 100.0 | 34.8 | 14.3 | 47.2 | 3.4 | 0.3 |
Virginia | 1,200,092 | 100.0 | 58.6 | 26.6 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
West Virginia | 282,512 | 100.0 | 93.0 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
West | 11,633,178 | 100.0 | 43.7 | 6.2 | 38.4 | 9.4 | 2.2 |
Alaska | 123,277 | 100.0 | 57.1 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 25.3 |
Arizona | 1,087,263 | 100.0 | 44.5 | 5.6 | 41.6 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
California | 6,070,428 | 100.0 | 29.4 | 7.6 | 50.3 | 11.9 | 0.8 |
Colorado | 801,867 | 100.0 | 61.5 | 6.0 | 27.9 | 3.4 | 1.2 |
Hawaii | 179,897 | 100.0 | 19.4 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 73.0 | 0.6 |
Idaho | 271,915 | 100.0 | 81.6 | 1.2 | 14.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
Montana | 142,823 | 100.0 | 84.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 11.4 |
Nevada | 429,362 | 100.0 | 43.1 | 11.0 | 36.4 | 7.9 | 1.5 |
New Mexico | 327,670 | 100.0 | 29.5 | 2.6 | 55.6 | 1.4 | 10.9 |
Oregon | 535,118 | 100.0 | 72.3 | 3.0 | 17.6 | 4.9 | 2.2 |
Utah | 573,515 | 100.0 | 78.9 | 1.5 | 14.7 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
Washington | 1,003,679 | 100.0 | 68.0 | 5.7 | 15.1 | 8.6 | 2.6 |
Wyoming | 86,364 | 100.0 | 83.9 | 1.6 | 10.0 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
NOTE: Enrollment counts exclude schools with no reported enrollment or missing race/ethnicity information. Total enrollment including students with missing race/ethnicity information was 48,910,025. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2007–08. |