Table 2. Public school student membership and percentage distribution of public school membership, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007

Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment and Staff Counts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007-08

NCES 2010-309
November 2009

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Table 2. Public school student membership and percentage distribution of public school membership, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007-08

	Race/ethnicity¹
	Student membership						Percentage distribution of student membership

State or jurisdiction	Total students reported²	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian/ Pacific Islander	Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	White, non-Hispanic	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian/ Pacific Islander	Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	White, non-Hispanic
United States³	48,515,020	587,046	2,348,472	10,249,902	8,267,000	27,062,600	1.2	4.8	21.1	17.0	55.8

Alabama	741,115	6,019	8,437	26,112	263,759	436,788	0.8	1.1	3.5	35.6	58.9
Alaska	123,277	31,244	9,265	7,504	4,932	70,332	25.3	7.5	6.1	4.0	57.1
Arizona	1,087,447	59,139	30,518	452,874	60,565	484,351	5.4	2.8	41.6	5.6	44.5
Arkansas	479,016	3,426	7,411	38,822	108,181	321,176	0.7	1.5	8.1	22.6	67.0
California	6,084,144	47,543	723,331	3,056,616	466,141	1,790,513	0.8	11.9	50.2	7.7	29.4

Colorado	801,867	9,395	27,639	224,004	47,836	492,993	1.2	3.4	27.9	6.0	61.5
Connecticut	570,626	2,113	22,352	94,943	79,324	371,894	0.4	3.9	16.6	13.9	65.2
Delaware	122,574	430	3,911	12,769	40,503	64,961	0.4	3.2	10.4	33.0	53.0
District of Columbia	78,422	60	1,169	7,771	65,215	4,207	0.1	1.5	9.9	83.2	5.4
Florida	2,570,955	7,829	63,795	659,466	615,587	1,224,278	0.3	2.5	25.7	23.9	47.6

Georgia	1,600,235	2,548	49,531	160,243	627,245	760,668	0.2	3.1	10.0	39.2	47.5
Hawaii	179,897	1,144	131,303	8,317	4,184	34,949	0.6	73.0	4.6	2.3	19.4
Idaho	272,058	4,351	4,597	38,026	3,144	221,940	1.6	1.7	14.0	1.2	81.6
Illinois	2,054,675	5,242	82,646	419,783	409,712	1,137,292	0.3	4.0	20.4	19.9	55.4
Indiana	1,007,441	2,821	14,102	68,105	127,720	794,693	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.7	78.9

Iowa	485,115	3,014	10,114	31,711	27,566	412,710	0.6	2.1	6.5	5.7	85.1
Kansas	463,890	7,683	12,221	62,773	41,500	339,713	1.7	2.6	13.5	8.9	73.2
Kentucky	654,134	880	6,898	17,754	71,078	557,524	0.1	1.1	2.7	10.9	85.2
Louisiana	681,038	5,416	9,523	18,259	312,978	334,862	0.8	1.4	2.7	46.0	49.2
Maine	196,245	1,487	2,929	2,126	4,967	184,736	0.8	1.5	1.1	2.5	94.1

Maryland	845,700	3,288	47,709	76,251	320,893	397,559	0.4	5.6	9.0	37.9	47.0
Massachusetts	943,937	2,645	47,404	133,465	78,473	681,950	0.3	5.0	14.1	8.3	72.2
Michigan	1,678,581	15,519	42,443	79,527	341,391	1,199,701	0.9	2.5	4.7	20.3	71.5
Minnesota	837,578	17,759	50,427	50,721	78,359	640,312	2.1	6.0	6.1	9.4	76.4
Mississippi	494,122	971	4,324	9,488	250,031	229,308	0.2	0.9	1.9	50.6	46.4

Missouri	917,188	3,981	16,335	33,985	164,520	698,367	0.4	1.8	3.7	17.9	76.1
Montana	142,823	16,260	1,658	3,607	1,365	119,933	11.4	1.2	2.5	1.0	84.0
Nebraska	291,244	4,974	5,699	37,590	23,286	219,695	1.7	2.0	12.9	8.0	75.4
Nevada	429,362	6,645	33,902	156,342	47,369	185,104	1.5	7.9	36.4	11.0	43.1
New Hampshire	200,772	624	4,431	6,162	3,874	185,681	0.3	2.2	3.1	1.9	92.5

New Jersey	1,382,348	2,210	112,618	268,093	240,148	759,279	0.2	8.1	19.4	17.4	54.9
New Mexico	328,963	35,954	4,443	182,745	8,606	97,215	10.9	1.4	55.6	2.6	29.6
New York	2,760,141	13,533	203,840	579,532	539,425	1,423,811	0.5	7.4	21.0	19.5	51.6
North Carolina	1,439,091	21,278	34,988	147,879	417,547	817,399	1.5	2.4	10.3	29.0	56.8
North Dakota	95,059	8,396	981	2,005	1,936	81,741	8.8	1.0	2.1	2.0	86.0

Ohio	1,765,893	2,580	27,077	47,701	301,118	1,387,417	0.1	1.5	2.7	17.1	78.6
Oklahoma	642,065	123,098	12,463	64,201	69,471	372,832	19.2	1.9	10.0	10.8	58.1
Oregon	541,326	11,926	26,471	95,085	16,797	391,047	2.2	4.9	17.6	3.1	72.2
Pennsylvania	1,793,399	2,900	49,706	129,180	285,219	1,326,394	0.2	2.8	7.2	15.9	74.0
Rhode Island	147,629	1,027	4,539	27,062	13,183	101,818	0.7	3.1	18.3	8.9	69.0

South Carolina	709,202	2,520	10,521	36,491	278,881	380,789	0.4	1.5	5.1	39.3	53.7
South Dakota	121,606	13,655	1,398	2,915	2,440	101,198	11.2	1.1	2.4	2.0	83.2
Tennessee	964,259	1,969	14,925	46,915	238,888	661,562	0.2	1.5	4.9	24.8	68.6
Texas	4,674,832	16,292	159,241	2,204,602	667,191	1,627,506	0.3	3.4	47.2	14.3	34.8
Utah	573,515	9,047	18,809	84,579	8,798	452,282	1.6	3.3	14.7	1.5	78.9

Vermont	92,809	277	1,610	1,018	1,546	88,358	0.3	1.7	1.1	1.7	95.2
Virginia	1,200,136	3,765	67,443	105,556	319,742	703,630	0.3	5.6	8.8	26.6	58.6
Washington	1,003,679	26,080	86,790	151,442	56,772	682,595	2.6	8.6	15.1	5.7	68.0
West Virginia	282,535	324	2,020	2,525	14,781	262,885	0.1	0.7	0.9	5.2	93.0
Wisconsin	874,633	12,755	31,631	66,642	91,467	672,138	1.5	3.6	7.6	10.5	76.8
Wyoming	86,422	3,010	934	8,618	1,346	72,514	3.5	1.1	10.0	1.6	83.9

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁴	47,956	300	5,094	7,361	8,610	26,591	0.6	10.6	15.3	18.0	55.4
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁴	25,374	185	1,178	5,825	4,627	13,559	0.7	4.6	23.0	18.2	53.4
Bureau of Indian Education⁵	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Commonwealth of the
Northern Marianas Islands	11,299	0	11,245	0	1	53	0.0	99.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Puerto Rico	526,565	0	11	526,269	3	282	0.0	0.0	99.9	0.0	0.1
U.S. Virgin Islands	15,903	29	26	2,412	13,222	214	0.2	0.2	15.2	83.1	1.3

— Not available.

¹ Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Asian includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian includes Alaska Native.

² Totals exclude students for whom race/ethnicity was not reported.

³ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

⁴ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependent schools (domestic), respectively.

⁵ Counts of zero membership for Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, non-Hispanic, and White, non-Hispanic students carried over from prior year reports.

NOTE: Details may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2007-08, Version 1a.

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