Number and percentage distribution of students in private schools, by religious orientation, community type, and race/ethnicity: 1993–94 through 2005–06

Community type and race	1993–94			1995–96			1997–98			1999–2000			2001–02			2003–04			2005–06
	Number of stu- dents	Per- cent		Number of stu- dents	Per- cent		Number of stu- dents	Per- cent		Number of stu- dents	Per- cent		Number of stu- dents	Per- cent		Number of stu- dents	Per- cent		Number of stu- dents	Per- cent
Central city	2,326,010	100.0		2,492,539	100.0		2,472,859	100.0		2,540,516	100.0		2,276,788	100.0		2,182,282	100.0		2,107,313	100.0
White	1,678,947	72.2		1,802,194	72.3		1,791,597	72.5		1,816,995	71.5		1,550,965	68.1		1,499,484	68.7		1,435,117	68.1
Black	290,594	12.5		309,225	12.4		300,480	12.2		320,573	12.6		314,744	13.8		285,713	13.1		272,512	12.9
Hispanic	234,336	10.1		252,366	10.1		247,835	10.0		266,942	10.5		253,549	11.1		247,233	11.3		254,135	12.1
Other	122,134	5.3		128,755	5.2		132,948	5.4		136,006	5.4		157,531	6.9		149,853	6.9		145,549	6.9
Urban fringe/  large town	1,691,271	100.0		1,968,029	100.0		2,018,085	100.0		2,051,094	100.0		2,276,823	100.0		2,291,408	100.0		2,209,743	100.0
White	1,354,445	80.1		1,597,719	81.2		1,643,407	81.4		1,661,460	81.0		1,802,637	79.2		1,824,830	79.6		1,732,394	78.4
Black	119,525	7.1		133,863	6.8		138,320	6.9		144,243	7.0		174,931	7.7		175,150	7.6		178,652	8.1
Hispanic	124,426	7.4		132,592	6.7		133,896	6.6		143,195	7.0		176,112	7.7		183,663	8.0		186,646	8.4
Other	92,874	5.5		103,855	5.3		102,461	5.1		102,196	5.0		123,144	5.4		107,765	4.7		112,050	5.1
Rural/small town	819,161	100.0		571,632	100.0		585,175	100.0		571,074	100.0		787,905	100.0		649,082	100.0		740,464	100.0
White	738,992	90.2		521,333	91.2		534,972	91.4		516,844	90.5		701,990	89.1		576,982	88.9		648,590	87.6
Black	27,557	3.4		17,484	3.1		17,870	3.1		17,701	3.1		29,567	3.8		24,661	3.8		30,859	4.2
Hispanic	26,466	3.2		15,918	2.8		14,536	2.5		18,363	3.2		27,029	3.4		20,994	3.2		26,338	3.6
Other	26,146	3.2		16,897	3.0		17,798	3.0		18,166	3.2		29,318	3.7		26,445	4.1		34,676	4.7
Catholic and  other religious
Central city	2,013,509	100.0		2,134,820	100.0		2,099,236	100.0		2,163,848	100.0		1,887,980	100.0		1,779,752	100.0		1,738,873	100.0
White	1,453,880	72.2		1,543,968	72.3		1,520,113	72.4		1,541,506	71.2		1,287,608	68.2		1,220,001	68.5		1,182,261	68.0
Black	247,679	12.3		260,301	12.2		249,474	11.9		269,310	12.4		257,136	13.6		229,113	12.9		221,811	12.8
Hispanic	213,992	10.6		229,275	10.7		224,683	10.7		243,874	11.3		227,593	12.1		218,867	12.3		223,663	12.9
Other	97,958	4.9		101,276	4.7		104,967	5.0		109,158	5.0		115,642	6.1		111,770	6.3		111,138	6.4
Urban fringe/  large town	1,449,923	100.0		1,671,115	100.0		1,718,351	100.0		1,737,038	100.0		1,923,562	100.0		1,914,548	100.0		1,830,757	100.0
White	1,166,849	80.5		1,377,890	82.5		1,415,122	82.4		1,422,724	81.9		1,537,197	79.9		1,544,705	80.7		1,452,868	79.4
Black	97,020	6.7		103,766	6.2		107,229	6.2		111,563	6.4		137,502	7.1		135,406	7.1		138,051	7.5
Hispanic	111,780	7.7		115,267	6.9		117,017	6.8		124,495	7.2		154,092	8.0		154,213	8.1		158,476	8.7
Other	74,274	5.1		74,192	4.4		78,984	4.6		78,256	4.5		94,770	4.9		80,225	4.2		81,362	4.4
Rural/small town	654,249	100.0		457,061	100.0		461,559	100.0		453,735	100.0		628,861	100.0		506,479	100.0		561,225	100.0
White	594,329	90.8		418,539	91.6		423,448	91.7		411,990	90.8		563,591	89.6		453,042	89.4		497,602	88.7
Black	19,860	3.0		11,748	2.6		12,476	2.7		12,348	2.7		20,879	3.3		16,389	3.2		21,619	3.9
Hispanic	21,431	3.3		13,529	3.0		12,230	2.6		15,575	3.4		22,341	3.6		17,330	3.4		19,880	3.5
Other	18,629	2.8		13,244	2.9		13,404	2.9		13,821	3.0		22,050	3.5		19,718	3.9		22,123	3.9
Catholic
Central city	1,293,529	100.0		1,325,035	100.0		1,309,795	100.0		1,293,629	100.0		1,142,738	100.0		1,102,251	100.0		1,035,873	100.0
White	891,766	68.9		915,053	69.1		910,315	69.5		881,123	68.1		740,326	64.8		721,315	65.4		671,858	64.9
Black	163,006	12.6		160,145	12.1		150,500	11.5		153,816	11.9		149,619	13.1		134,375	12.2		120,791	11.7
Hispanic	174,104	13.5		182,596	13.8		180,600	13.8		189,351	14.6		181,821	15.9		175,209	15.9		175,939	17.0
Other	64,653	5.0		67,240	5.1		68,381	5.2		69,340	5.4		70,972	6.2		71,352	6.5		67,286	6.5
Urban fringe/  large town	885,374	100.0		995,863	100.0		1,006,623	100.0		1,022,949	100.0		1,140,523	100.0		1,083,579	100.0		1,021,866	100.0
White	709,627	80.1		825,522	82.9		832,736	82.7		845,187	82.6		925,350	81.1		886,051	81.8		827,431	81.0
Black	49,586	5.6		47,650	4.8		50,065	5.0		49,872	4.9		56,631	5.0		55,113	5.1		52,855	5.2
Hispanic	81,173	9.2		78,964	7.9		79,655	7.9		83,577	8.2		105,278	9.2		98,977	9.1		97,911	9.6
Other	44,988	5.1		43,727	4.4		44,167	4.4		44,312	4.3		53,264	4.7		43,438	4.0		43,669	4.3
Rural/small town	309,198	100.0		198,307	100.0		198,281	100.0		194,463	100.0		232,263	100.0		179,390	100.0		188,500	100.0
White	279,619	90.4		181,890	91.7		182,253	91.9		176,775	90.9		207,386	89.3		160,132	89.3		166,470	88.3
Black	7,608	2.5		3,087	1.6		3,059	1.5		3,128	1.6		4,769	2.1		3,050	1.7		3,906	2.1
Hispanic	11,360	3.7		6,677	3.4		6,392	3.2		7,700	4.0		11,326	4.9		7,709	4.3		8,980	4.8
Other	10,610	3.4		6,653	3.4		6,577	3.3		6,860	3.5		8,782	3.8		8,499	4.7		9,145	4.9
Other religious
Central city	719,981	100.0		809,785	100.0		789,441	100.0		870,219	100.0		745,242	100.0		677,500	100.0		703,000	100.0
White	562,114	78.1		628,914	77.7		609,798	77.2		660,383	75.9		547,282	73.4		498,685	73.6		510,403	72.6
Black	84,673	11.8		100,156	12.4		98,973	12.5		115,494	13.3		107,518	14.4		94,738	14.0		101,020	14.4
Hispanic	39,888	5.5		46,678	5.8		44,083	5.6		54,523	6.3		45,771	6.1		43,659	6.4		47,725	6.8
Other	33,305	4.6		34,036	4.2		36,586	4.6		39,819	4.6		44,670	6.0		40,418	6.0		43,852	6.2
Urban fringe/  large town	564,549	100.0		675,252	100.0		711,728	100.0		714,090	100.0		783,038	100.0		830,969	100.0		808,890	100.0
White	457,222	81.0		552,368	81.8		582,386	81.8		577,537	80.9		611,847	78.1		658,654	79.3		625,436	77.3
Black	47,434	8.4		56,116	8.3		57,163	8.0		61,691	8.6		80,871	10.3		80,293	9.7		85,197	10.5
Hispanic	30,607	5.4		36,302	5.4		37,362	5.2		40,918	5.7		48,814	6.2		55,235	6.6		60,565	7.5
Other	29,285	5.2		30,465	4.5		34,817	4.9		33,944	4.8		41,506	5.3		36,787	4.4		37,693	4.7
Rural/small town	345,051	100.0		258,754	100.0		263,278	100.0		259,272	100.0		396,598	100.0		327,089	100.0		372,724	100.0
White	314,710	91.2		236,649	91.5		241,195	91.6		235,215	90.7		356,205	89.8		292,910	89.6		331,132	88.8
Black	12,252	3.6		8,661	3.3		9,418	3.6		9,220	3.6		16,110	4.1		13,338	4.1		17,714	4.8
Hispanic	10,071	2.9		6,852	2.6		5,838	2.2		7,875	3.0		11,015	2.8		9,622	2.9		10,900	2.9
Other	8,019	2.3		6,592	2.5		6,828	2.6		6,962	2.7		13,268	3.3		11,219	3.4		12,978	3.5
Nonsectarian
Central city	312,501	100.0		357,719	100.0		373,623	100.0		376,668	100.0		388,809	100.0		402,531	100.0		368,439	100.0
White	225,067	72.0		258,226	72.2		271,484	72.7		275,489	73.1		263,357	67.7		279,483	69.4		252,855	68.6
Black	42,914	13.7		48,924	13.7		51,006	13.7		51,263	13.6		57,608	14.8		56,599	14.1		50,702	13.8
Hispanic	20,344	6.5		23,091	6.5		23,152	6.2		23,068	6.1		25,956	6.7		28,366	7.0		30,471	8.3
Other	24,176	7.7		27,478	7.7		27,981	7.5		26,848	7.1		41,888	10.8		38,083	9.5		34,411	9.3
Urban fringe/  large town	241,348	100.0		296,914	100.0		299,734	100.0		314,056	100.0		353,262	100.0		376,859	100.0		378,986	100.0
White	187,596	77.7		219,829	74.0		228,286	76.2		238,736	76.0		265,439	75.1		280,126	74.3		279,527	73.8
Black	22,505	9.3		30,097	10.1		31,091	10.4		32,680	10.4		37,428	10.6		39,744	10.5		40,601	10.7
Hispanic	12,646	5.2		17,325	5.8		16,880	5.6		18,700	6.0		22,020	6.2		29,450	7.8		28,170	7.4
Other	18,600	7.7		29,663	10.0		23,477	7.8		23,940	7.6		28,374	8.0		27,539	7.3		30,689	8.1
Rural/small town	164,912	100.0		114,571	100.0		123,616	100.0		117,340	100.0		159,044	100.0		142,603	100.0		179,240	100.0
White	144,663	87.7		102,795	89.7		111,524	90.2		104,854	89.4		138,400	87.0		123,940	86.9		150,988	84.2
Black	7,697	4.7		5,736	5.0		5,393	4.4		5,352	4.6		8,688	5.5		8,273	5.8		9,240	5.2
Hispanic	5,035	3.1		2,388	2.1		2,305	1.9		2,788	2.4		4,688	2.9		3,664	2.6		6,459	3.6
Other	7,518	4.6		3,652	3.2		4,393	3.6		4,345	3.7		7,268	4.6		6,727	4.7		12,553	7.0

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1993–94 through 2005–06.