Table 2. Public school student membership and percentage distribution of public school student membership, by race/ethnicity1 and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009–10 | ||||||||||||||||
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Student membership2 | Percentage distribution of student membership | |||||||||||||||
State or jurisdiction | Total students reported3 | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Asian/ Pacific Islander | Hispanic | Black | White | Two or more races4 | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Asian/ Pacific Islander | Hispanic | Black | White | Two or more races | |||
Reporting states5 | 48,775,838 | 588,507 | 2,465,167 | 10,796,257 | 8,197,317 | 26,393,240 | 335,350 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 22.1 | 16.8 | 54.1 | 0.7 | |||
Alabama | 745,773 | 6,105 | 9,385 | 31,795 | 261,031 | 437,457 | † | 0.8 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 35.0 | 58.7 | † | |||
Alaska | 131,661 | 30,312 | 10,490 | 7,684 | 4,959 | 70,055 | 8,161 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 53.2 | 6.2 | |||
Arizona | 1,077,831 | 58,777 | 33,531 | 446,146 | 64,371 | 475,006 | † | 5.5 | 3.1 | 41.4 | 6.0 | 44.1 | † | |||
Arkansas | 480,559 | 3,385 | 8,759 | 44,404 | 105,097 | 313,909 | 5,005 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 9.2 | 21.9 | 65.3 | 1.0 | |||
California | 6,191,666 | 44,927 | 720,332 | 3,119,111 | 424,518 | 1,673,567 | 209,211 | 0.7 | 11.6 | 50.4 | 6.9 | 27.0 | 3.4 | |||
Colorado | 832,368 | 9,604 | 30,820 | 237,797 | 49,413 | 504,734 | † | 1.2 | 3.7 | 28.6 | 5.9 | 60.6 | † | |||
Connecticut | 563,985 | 2,171 | 24,555 | 99,334 | 78,442 | 359,483 | † | 0.4 | 4.4 | 17.6 | 13.9 | 63.7 | † | |||
Delaware | 126,801 | 450 | 4,393 | 14,331 | 42,212 | 65,415 | † | 0.4 | 3.5 | 11.3 | 33.3 | 51.6 | † | |||
District of Columbia | 69,406 | 42 | 1,109 | 7,999 | 55,635 | 4,621 | † | 0.1 | 1.6 | 11.5 | 80.2 | 6.7 | † | |||
Florida | 2,544,915 | 9,143 | 67,852 | 692,458 | 608,057 | 1,167,405 | † | 0.4 | 2.7 | 27.2 | 23.9 | 45.9 | † | |||
Georgia | 1,667,685 | 4,445 | 55,029 | 188,411 | 623,586 | 749,829 | 46,385 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 11.3 | 37.4 | 45.0 | 2.8 | |||
Hawaii | 180,196 | 1,082 | 131,083 | 8,309 | 4,170 | 35,552 | † | 0.6 | 72.7 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 19.7 | † | |||
Idaho | 276,299 | 4,575 | 4,952 | 41,384 | 3,238 | 222,150 | † | 1.7 | 1.8 | 15.0 | 1.2 | 80.4 | † | |||
Illinois | 2,042,604 | 4,784 | 88,064 | 444,007 | 398,093 | 1,107,656 | † | 0.2 | 4.3 | 21.7 | 19.5 | 54.2 | † | |||
Indiana | 999,933 | 2,904 | 16,542 | 74,305 | 128,213 | 777,969 | † | 0.3 | 1.7 | 7.4 | 12.8 | 77.8 | † | |||
Iowa | 491,842 | 2,521 | 10,098 | 39,604 | 25,207 | 404,498 | 9,914 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 82.2 | 2.0 | |||
Kansas | 474,489 | 5,926 | 11,952 | 74,676 | 36,363 | 326,676 | 18,896 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 15.7 | 7.7 | 68.8 | 4.0 | |||
Kentucky | 663,653 | 926 | 8,361 | 21,862 | 72,890 | 559,614 | † | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 11.0 | 84.3 | † | |||
Louisiana | 690,915 | 5,716 | 10,269 | 22,112 | 317,759 | 335,059 | † | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 46.0 | 48.5 | † | |||
Maine | 189,220 | 1,363 | 3,264 | 2,309 | 5,497 | 176,787 | † | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 93.4 | † | |||
Maryland | 848,412 | 3,671 | 52,156 | 85,153 | 321,650 | 385,782 | † | 0.4 | 6.1 | 10.0 | 37.9 | 45.5 | † | |||
Massachusetts | 957,053 | 2,532 | 51,887 | 141,933 | 78,044 | 661,292 | 21,365 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 14.8 | 8.2 | 69.1 | 2.2 | |||
Michigan | 1,627,940 | 14,423 | 44,286 | 80,138 | 331,015 | 1,158,078 | † | 0.9 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 20.3 | 71.1 | † | |||
Minnesota | 837,053 | 18,375 | 52,924 | 56,429 | 81,262 | 628,063 | † | 2.2 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 75.0 | † | |||
Mississippi | 492,481 | 936 | 4,500 | 11,051 | 246,652 | 226,855 | 2,487 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 50.1 | 46.1 | 0.5 | |||
Missouri | 917,982 | 4,289 | 18,069 | 37,290 | 163,176 | 695,158 | † | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 17.8 | 75.7 | † | |||
Montana | 141,807 | 16,724 | 1,769 | 3,916 | 1,614 | 117,784 | † | 11.8 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 83.1 | † | |||
Nebraska | 295,368 | 5,144 | 6,443 | 42,190 | 23,679 | 217,912 | † | 1.7 | 2.2 | 14.3 | 8.0 | 73.8 | † | |||
Nevada | 428,947 | 6,391 | 35,365 | 160,962 | 48,752 | 177,477 | † | 1.5 | 8.2 | 37.5 | 11.4 | 41.4 | † | |||
New Hampshire | 197,140 | 676 | 5,021 | 6,934 | 4,008 | 179,101 | 1,400 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 90.8 | 0.7 | |||
New Jersey | 1,396,029 | 2,749 | 120,634 | 287,900 | 238,433 | 740,318 | 5,995 | 0.2 | 8.6 | 20.6 | 17.1 | 53.0 | 0.4 | |||
New Mexico | 334,419 | 34,907 | 4,214 | 200,223 | 7,026 | 85,425 | 2,624 | 10.4 | 1.3 | 59.9 | 2.1 | 25.5 | 0.8 | |||
New York | 2,753,579 | 13,285 | 219,562 | 597,299 | 525,697 | 1,397,736 | † | 0.5 | 8.0 | 21.7 | 19.1 | 50.8 | † | |||
North Carolina | 1,482,133 | 20,965 | 37,891 | 164,734 | 460,080 | 798,463 | † | 1.4 | 2.6 | 11.1 | 31.0 | 53.9 | † | |||
North Dakota | 95,073 | 8,929 | 1,168 | 2,368 | 2,247 | 80,361 | † | 9.4 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 84.5 | † | |||
Ohio | 1,691,822 | 2,485 | 29,430 | 50,753 | 287,747 | 1,321,407 | † | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 78.1 | † | |||
Oklahoma | 654,802 | 126,078 | 14,432 | 73,107 | 71,714 | 369,471 | † | 19.3 | 2.2 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 56.4 | † | |||
Oregon | 541,140 | 10,850 | 25,927 | 109,842 | 15,485 | 379,036 | † | 2.0 | 4.8 | 20.3 | 2.9 | 70.0 | † | |||
Pennsylvania | 1,764,172 | 2,836 | 54,390 | 139,265 | 278,935 | 1,288,746 | † | 0.2 | 3.1 | 7.9 | 15.8 | 73.1 | † | |||
Rhode Island | 145,118 | 1,237 | 4,878 | 26,921 | 13,367 | 98,715 | † | 0.9 | 3.4 | 18.6 | 9.2 | 68.0 | † | |||
South Carolina | 718,889 | 3,010 | 11,845 | 41,416 | 276,273 | 386,345 | † | 0.4 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 38.4 | 53.7 | † | |||
South Dakota | 123,713 | 14,814 | 1,714 | 3,449 | 3,158 | 100,578 | † | 12.0 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 81.3 | † | |||
Tennessee | 972,549 | 2,105 | 17,033 | 53,911 | 236,659 | 662,841 | † | 0.2 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 24.3 | 68.2 | † | |||
Texas | 4,850,210 | 18,991 | 180,028 | 2,354,897 | 680,159 | 1,616,135 | † | 0.4 | 3.7 | 48.6 | 14.0 | 33.3 | † | |||
Utah | 519,459 | 7,476 | 17,267 | 75,988 | 7,752 | 410,976 | † | 1.4 | 3.3 | 14.6 | 1.5 | 79.1 | † | |||
Vermont | 92,431 | 189 | 1,442 | 1,139 | 1,687 | 86,423 | 1,551 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 93.5 | 1.7 | |||
Virginia | 1,209,322 | 3,998 | 74,023 | 116,887 | 316,923 | 697,491 | † | 0.3 | 6.1 | 9.7 | 26.2 | 57.7 | † | |||
Washington | 1,001,741 | 25,112 | 91,057 | 165,087 | 58,274 | 662,211 | † | 2.5 | 9.1 | 16.5 | 5.8 | 66.1 | † | |||
West Virginia | 282,662 | 324 | 2,023 | 2,935 | 14,997 | 261,120 | 1,263 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 92.4 | 0.4 | |||
Wisconsin | 872,436 | 13,045 | 32,151 | 73,472 | 91,069 | 662,699 | † | 1.5 | 3.7 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 76.0 | † | |||
Wyoming | 88,155 | 2,803 | 798 | 10,630 | 1,032 | 71,799 | 1,093 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 12.1 | 1.2 | 81.4 | 1.2 | |||
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions | ||||||||||||||||
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | † | — | — | — | — | — | † | |||
DDESS: DoDs Domestic6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | † | — | — | — | — | — | † | |||
Bureau of Indian Education | 41,351 | 41,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | † | |||
American Samoa | — | — | — | — | — | — | † | — | — | — | — | — | † | |||
Guam | — | — | — | — | — | — | † | — | — | — | — | — | † | |||
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | 10,961 | 0 | 10,897 | 0 | 0 | 64 | † | 0.0 | 99.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | † | |||
Puerto Rico | 493,393 | 67 | 103 | 492,543 | 126 | 554 | † | # | # | 99.8 | # | 0.1 | † | |||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 15,493 | 22 | 48 | 2,405 | 12,814 | 204 | † | 0.1 | 0.3 | 15.5 | 82.7 | 1.3 | † | |||
# Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||
— Not available. | ||||||||||||||||
† Not applicable. These states report membership in 5 race category and thus do not report data for "Two or more races". | ||||||||||||||||
1 Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Asian/Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | ||||||||||||||||
2 Membership is the count of students enrolled on October 1 of the reported school year. | ||||||||||||||||
3 Totals exclude students for whom race/ethnicity was not reported. | ||||||||||||||||
4 The U.S. total count of students who were "Two or more races" is based only on 14 states. | ||||||||||||||||
5 Reporting states totals include any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported all data elements. | ||||||||||||||||
6 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependent schools (domestic), respectively. | ||||||||||||||||
NOTE: 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), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2009–10, Version 1a. |