Table 7.3. Number and percentage distribution of public school enrollment in the United States and 20 largest public school districts, by race/ethnicity: 2007

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Table 7.3.

Number and percentage distribution of public school enrollment in the United States and 20 largest public school districts, by race/ethnicity: 2007–08

School district	State	Total enrollment	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
Total, United States	†	48,397,895	100.0	55.8	17.0	21.2	4.8	1.2

Total, 20 largest public school districts	†	5,241,310	100.0	21.3	28.3	40.2	9.8	0.3
New York City Public Schools	NY	989,941	100.0	14.2	31.7	39.7	14.0	0.4
Los Angeles Unified	CA	693,680	100.0	8.8	10.9	73.7	6.4	0.3
City of Chicago	IL	407,510	100.0	8.2	47.9	40.2	3.4	0.2
Dade County School District	FL	348,128	100.0	9.3	26.6	62.8	1.2	0.1
Clark County School District	NV	309,051	100.0	36.1	14.2	39.7	9.2	0.8
Broward County School District	FL	258,893	100.0	31.2	38.6	26.6	3.4	0.2
Houston Independent School District	TX	199,534	100.0	8.0	28.4	60.3	3.2	0.1
Hillsborough County School District	FL	193,180	100.0	44.3	23.3	29.1	3.1	0.3
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	179,897	100.0	19.4	2.3	4.6	73.0	0.6
Orange County School District	FL	174,142	100.0	35.0	28.1	32.0	4.4	0.4
Philadelphia City School District	PA	172,704	100.0	13.4	63.4	16.9	6.1	0.2
Palm Beach County School District	FL	170,883	100.0	41.8	30.1	24.8	2.8	0.5
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	165,722	100.0	51.0	11.3	17.9	19.5	0.3
Dallas Independent School District	TX	157,804	100.0	4.8	28.7	65.3	1.0	0.2
Qwinnett County	GA	155,618	100.0	38.0	28.3	22.7	10.8	0.1
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	137,717	100.0	40.1	22.9	21.5	15.2	0.3
Wake County Public Schools	NC	134,401	100.0	54.7	27.7	11.6	5.8	0.3
San Diego Unified School District	CA	131,577	100.0	25.3	13.5	44.4	16.3	0.5
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	131,176	100.0	35.8	43.7	15.4	4.6	0.5
Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	129,752	100.0	5.1	74.2	17.4	2.9	0.4
† Not applicable. NOTE: Total enrollment, including students with missing race/ethnicity information, is 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.