Table A-2.1a. Enrollment, American Indian/Alaska Natives as a percentage of total enrollment, and percentage distribution of American Indian/Alaska Natives enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: 2002
Region/state
Total enrollment
American Indian/ Alaska Native enrollment
American Indian/Alaska Natives as percent of total enrollment
Percentage distribution of American Indian/ Alaska Natives by region and state
Total1
46,996,416
624,298
1.3
100.0
Northeast
8,296,140
25,720
0.3
4.1
Connecticut
570,009
1,822
0.3
0.3
Maine
203,966
1,045
0.5
0.2
Massachusetts
982,989
3,134
0.3
0.5
New Hampshire
207,671
619
0.3
0.1
New Jersey
1,367,473
2,238
0.2
0.4
New York
2,888,233
12,905
0.4
2.1
Pennsylvania
1,816,747
2,519
0.1
0.4
Rhode Island
159,074
862
0.5
0.1
Vermont
99,978
576
0.6
0.1
South1
16,475,245
178,397
1.1
28.6
Alabama
726,545
5,786
0.8
0.9
Arkansas
450,985
2,355
0.5
0.4
Delaware
116,342
357
0.3
0.1
District of Columbia
76,166
42
0.1
#
Florida
2,532,566
7,197
0.3
1.2
Georgia
1,496,012
2,324
0.2
0.4
Kentucky
628,894
1,230
0.2
0.2
Louisiana
730,354
4,925
0.7
0.8
Maryland
866,743
3,218
0.4
0.5
Mississippi
492,645
809
0.2
0.1
North Carolina
1,335,954
19,643
1.5
3.1
Oklahoma
624,548
111,898
17.9
17.9
South Carolina
689,634
1,768
0.3
0.3
Tennessee
—
—
—
—
Texas
4,258,009
13,163
0.3
2.1
Virginia
1,167,393
3,396
0.3
0.5
West Virginia
282,455
286
0.1
#
Midwest
10,774,012
103,864
1.0
16.6
Illinois
2,084,187
3,478
0.2
0.6
Indiana
1,001,810
2,693
0.3
0.4
Iowa
482,210
2,635
0.5
0.4
Kansas
468,342
6,657
1.4
1.1
Michigan
1,769,457
26,178
1.5
4.2
Minnesota
846,891
17,479
2.1
2.8
Missouri
923,194
2,996
0.3
0.5
Nebraska
285,402
4,467
1.6
0.7
North Dakota
104,225
8,411
8.1
1.3
Ohio
1,799,228
2,455
0.1
0.4
South Dakota
128,049
13,547
10.6
2.2
Wisconsin
881,017
12,868
1.5
2.1
West
11,404,893
270,191
2.4
43.3
Alaska
134,364
34,742
25.9
5.6
Arizona
929,111
61,288
6.6
9.8
California
6,195,920
53,898
0.9
8.6
Colorado
751,056
8,937
1.2
1.4
Hawaii
183,829
835
0.5
0.1
Idaho
248,277
3,026
1.2
0.5
Montana
149,995
16,324
10.9
2.6
Nevada
368,364
6,291
1.7
1.0
New Mexico
320,264
35,939
11.2
5.8
Oregon
537,484
11,930
2.2
1.9
Utah
484,983
7,399
1.5
1.2
Washington
1,014,798
26,746
2.6
4.3
Wyoming
86,448
2,836
3.3
0.5
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
schools2
46,126
46,126
100.0
7.4
— Not available
# Rounds to zero.
1 These data do not include Tennessee, which did not report racial/ethnic data.
2 Data for BIA schools are not separated by state. They are located in the South, Midwest, and West regions.
NOTE: Figures may differ from previously published figures because BIA schools have been included in the Common Core of Data (CCD) total. 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," unpublished data, 2002-03.
