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Table 213. Fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2000

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                        |           |           |            Minority, by race/ethnicity           |        |           Percentage distribution of students
                        |           |  White,   |__________________________________________________|Nonresi-|_______________________________________________________
        State or        |           |   non-    |          |          |          |        |        |  dent  |      |      |   Minority, by race/ethnicity     |
      jurisdiction      |   Total   | Hispanic  |          |  Black,  |          | Asian/ |American| alien  |      |      |___________________________________|Non-
                        |           |           |          |   non-   | Hispanic |Pacific |Indian/ |        |Total |White,|      |Black|     |Asian/ |American|resi-
                        |           |           |  Total   | Hispanic |          |Islander| Alaska |        |      | non- |Total |non- |His- |Pacific|Indian/ |dent
                        |           |           |          |          |          |        | Native |        |      | His- |      |His- |panic|Islan- | Alaska |alien
                        |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |panic |      |panic|     |  der  | Native |
________________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
           1            |     2     |     3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |   7    |   8    |   9    |  10  |  11  |  12  | 13  | 14  |  15   |   16   | 17
________________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
   United States .......| 15,312,289| 10,462,099| 4,321,498| 1,730,318| 1,461,806| 978,224| 151,150| 528,692| 100.0|  68.3|  28.2| 11.3|  9.5|    6.4|     1.0|  3.5
                        |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
Alabama ................|    233,962|    156,607|    71,600|    61,959|     4,401|   3,506|   1,734|   5,755| 100.0|  66.9|  30.6| 26.5|  1.9|    1.5|     0.7|  2.5
Alaska .................|     27,953|     20,850|     6,350|       990|       893|   1,062|   3,405|     753| 100.0|  74.6|  22.7|  3.5|  3.2|    3.8|    12.2|  2.7
Arizona ................|    342,490|    236,684|    95,965|    13,895|    55,520|  12,561|  13,989|   9,841| 100.0|  69.1|  28.0|  4.1| 16.2|    3.7|     4.1|  2.9
Arkansas ...............|    115,172|     90,244|    22,315|    18,201|     1,468|   1,547|   1,099|   2,613| 100.0|  78.4|  19.4| 15.8|  1.3|    1.3|     1.0|  2.3
California .............|  2,256,708|  1,051,968| 1,132,834|   169,794|   527,550| 411,852|  23,638|  71,906| 100.0|  46.6|  50.2|  7.5| 23.4|   18.3|     1.0|  3.2
                        |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Colorado ...............|    263,872|    206,924|    50,772|    10,478|    26,601|   9,979|   3,714|   6,176| 100.0|  78.4|  19.2|  4.0| 10.1|    3.8|     1.4|  2.3
Connecticut ............|    161,243|    122,933|    32,058|    14,378|    10,446|   6,635|     599|   6,252| 100.0|  76.2|  19.9|  8.9|  6.5|    4.1|     0.4|  3.9
Delaware ...............|     43,897|     32,929|     9,848|     7,372|     1,225|   1,077|     174|   1,120| 100.0|  75.0|  22.4| 16.8|  2.8|    2.5|     0.4|  2.6
District of Columbia ...|     72,689|     35,199|    29,145|    21,064|     3,255|   4,623|     203|   8,345| 100.0|  48.4|  40.1| 29.0|  4.5|    6.4|     0.3| 11.5
Florida ................|    707,684|    428,733|   252,197|   113,071|   112,480|  23,598|   3,048|  26,754| 100.0|  60.6|  35.6| 16.0| 15.9|    3.3|     0.4|  3.8
                        |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Georgia ................|    346,204|    219,775|   116,249|    96,550|     6,674|  12,051|     974|  10,180| 100.0|  63.5|  33.6| 27.9|  1.9|    3.5|     0.3|  2.9
Hawaii .................|     60,182|     15,138|    39,455|     1,544|     1,545|  36,075|     291|   5,589| 100.0|  25.2|  65.6|  2.6|  2.6|   59.9|     0.5|  9.3
Idaho ..................|     65,594|     59,453|     4,686|       417|     2,218|   1,108|     943|   1,455| 100.0|  90.6|   7.1|  0.6|  3.4|    1.7|     1.4|  2.2
Illinois ...............|    743,918|    495,251|   225,435|    97,861|    80,379|  44,847|   2,348|  23,232| 100.0|  66.6|  30.3| 13.2| 10.8|    6.0|     0.3|  3.1
Indiana ................|    314,334|    265,225|    36,883|    22,566|     7,680|   5,474|   1,163|  12,226| 100.0|  84.4|  11.7|  7.2|  2.4|    1.7|     0.4|  3.9
                        |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Iowa ...................|    188,974|    166,739|    14,313|     5,389|     3,570|   4,421|     933|   7,922| 100.0|  88.2|   7.6|  2.9|  1.9|    2.3|     0.5|  4.2
Kansas .................|    179,968|    150,502|    23,771|     9,619|     6,579|   4,729|   2,844|   5,695| 100.0|  83.6|  13.2|  5.3|  3.7|    2.6|     1.6|  3.2
Kentucky ...............|    188,341|    163,988|    20,711|    15,605|     1,921|   2,525|     660|   3,642| 100.0|  87.1|  11.0|  8.3|  1.0|    1.3|     0.4|  1.9
Louisiana ..............|    223,800|    142,685|    75,089|    63,005|     5,710|   5,022|   1,352|   6,026| 100.0|  63.8|  33.6| 28.2|  2.6|    2.2|     0.6|  2.7
Maine ..................|     58,473|     54,379|     3,005|       718|       513|     974|     800|   1,089| 100.0|  93.0|   5.1|  1.2|  0.9|    1.7|     1.4|  1.9
                        |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
Maryland ...............|    273,745|    166,447|    95,152|    68,388|     8,512|  17,173|   1,079|  12,146| 100.0|  60.8|  34.8| 25.0|  3.1|    6.3|     0.4|  4.4
Massachusetts ..........|    421,142|    312,856|    80,450|    28,307|    22,277|  27,961|   1,905|  27,836| 100.0|  74.3|  19.1|  6.7|  5.3|    6.6|     0.5|  6.6
Michigan ...............|    567,631|    443,502|   101,481|    65,349|    13,346|  18,425|   4,361|  22,648| 100.0|  78.1|  17.9| 11.5|  2.4|    3.2|     0.8|  4.0
Minnesota ..............|    293,445|    254,358|    30,440|    11,981|     4,386|  10,878|   3,195|   8,647| 100.0|  86.7|  10.4|  4.1|  1.5|    3.7|     1.1|  2.9
Mississippi ............|    137,389|     85,332|    50,056|    47,764|       757|     997|     538|   2,001| 100.0|  62.1|  36.4| 34.8|  0.6|    0.7|     0.4|  1.5
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Missouri ...............|    321,348|    263,431|    48,673|    32,141|     6,856|   7,742|   1,934|   9,244| 100.0|  82.0|  15.1| 10.0|  2.1|    2.4|     0.6|  2.9
Montana ................|     42,240|     36,300|     5,030|       179|       623|     345|   3,883|     910| 100.0|  85.9|  11.9|  0.4|  1.5|    0.8|     9.2|  2.2
Nebraska ...............|    112,117|     98,619|    10,426|     4,101|     2,772|   2,619|     934|   3,072| 100.0|  88.0|   9.3|  3.7|  2.5|    2.3|     0.8|  2.7
Nevada .................|     87,893|     61,220|    24,460|     6,152|     9,471|   7,351|   1,486|   2,213| 100.0|  69.7|  27.8|  7.0| 10.8|    8.4|     1.7|  2.5
New Hampshire ..........|     61,718|     55,972|     4,105|     1,180|     1,284|   1,322|     319|   1,641| 100.0|  90.7|   6.7|  1.9|  2.1|    2.1|     0.5|  2.7
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New Jersey .............|    335,945|    211,507|   109,965|    43,675|    38,697|  26,546|   1,047|  14,473| 100.0|  63.0|  32.7| 13.0| 11.5|    7.9|     0.3|  4.3
New Mexico .............|    110,739|     47,882|    60,893|     3,317|    45,136|   2,555|   9,885|   1,964| 100.0|  43.2|  55.0|  3.0| 40.8|    2.3|     8.9|  1.8
New York ...............|  1,043,395|    659,849|   329,227|   141,474|   108,364|  75,632|   3,757|  54,319| 100.0|  63.2|  31.6| 13.6| 10.4|    7.2|     0.4|  5.2
North Carolina .........|    404,652|    285,714|   109,593|    88,832|     7,226|   9,044|   4,491|   9,345| 100.0|  70.6|  27.1| 22.0|  1.8|    2.2|     1.1|  2.3
North Dakota ...........|     40,248|     36,146|     2,932|       383|       291|     329|   1,929|   1,170| 100.0|  89.8|   7.3|  1.0|  0.7|    0.8|     4.8|  2.9
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Ohio ...................|    549,553|    453,193|    78,687|    56,232|     8,931|  11,518|   2,006|  17,673| 100.0|  82.5|  14.3| 10.2|  1.6|    2.1|     0.4|  3.2
Oklahoma ...............|    178,016|    129,780|    40,524|    14,453|     5,511|   4,690|  15,870|   7,712| 100.0|  72.9|  22.8|  8.1|  3.1|    2.6|     8.9|  4.3
Oregon .................|    183,065|    151,135|    25,687|     3,708|     7,788|  11,254|   2,937|   6,243| 100.0|  82.6|  14.0|  2.0|  4.3|    6.1|     1.6|  3.4
Pennsylvania ...........|    609,521|    495,754|    91,972|    53,280|    13,836|  23,193|   1,663|  21,795| 100.0|  81.3|  15.1|  8.7|  2.3|    3.8|     0.3|  3.6
Rhode Island ...........|     75,450|     60,986|    11,686|     4,080|     4,071|   3,218|     317|   2,778| 100.0|  80.8|  15.5|  5.4|  5.4|    4.3|     0.4|  3.7
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South Carolina .........|    185,931|    129,446|    52,725|    47,450|     2,205|   2,465|     605|   3,760| 100.0|  69.6|  28.4| 25.5|  1.2|    1.3|     0.3|  2.0
South Dakota ...........|     43,221|     38,301|     4,067|       389|       321|     284|   3,073|     853| 100.0|  88.6|   9.4|  0.9|  0.7|    0.7|     7.1|  2.0
Tennessee ..............|    263,910|    200,027|    58,132|    48,816|     3,518|   4,817|     981|   5,751| 100.0|  75.8|  22.0| 18.5|  1.3|    1.8|     0.4|  2.2
Texas ..................|  1,033,973|    584,026|   413,762|   112,746|   244,492|  51,375|   5,149|  36,185| 100.0|  56.5|  40.0| 10.9| 23.6|    5.0|     0.5|  3.5
Utah ...................|    163,776|    147,232|    11,565|       949|     5,141|   3,989|   1,486|   4,979| 100.0|  89.9|   7.1|  0.6|  3.1|    2.4|     0.9|  3.0
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Vermont ................|     35,489|     32,827|     1,797|       421|       585|     616|     175|     865| 100.0|  92.5|   5.1|  1.2|  1.6|    1.7|     0.5|  2.4
Virginia ...............|    381,893|    267,614|   101,903|    69,064|    11,096|  19,770|   1,973|  12,376| 100.0|  70.1|  26.7| 18.1|  2.9|    5.2|     0.5|  3.2
Washington .............|    320,840|    248,553|    62,419|    12,695|    14,224|  29,345|   6,155|   9,868| 100.0|  77.5|  19.5|  4.0|  4.4|    9.1|     1.9|  3.1
West Virginia ..........|     87,888|     79,865|     6,025|     3,942|       644|   1,053|     386|   1,998| 100.0|  90.9|   6.9|  4.5|  0.7|    1.2|     0.4|  2.3
Wisconsin ..............|    307,179|    269,738|    30,322|    13,309|     6,749|   7,188|   3,076|   7,119| 100.0|  87.8|   9.9|  4.3|  2.2|    2.3|     1.0|  2.3
Wyoming ................|     30,004|     27,405|     2,171|       255|     1,150|     247|     519|     428| 100.0|  91.3|   7.2|  0.8|  3.8|    0.8|     1.7|  1.4
                        |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
U.S. Service Schools ...|     13,475|     10,876|     2,490|       830|       918|     617|     125|     109| 100.0|  80.7|  18.5|  6.2|  6.8|    4.6|     0.9|  0.8
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  Outlying areas .......|    194,633|        682|   193,411|     2,016|   182,785|   8,590|      20|     540| 100.0|   0.4|  99.4|  1.0| 93.9|    4.4|     0.0|  0.3
                        |___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____
American Samoa .........|        297|          2|       265|         1|         0|     259|       5|      30| 100.0|   0.7|  89.2|  0.3|  0.0|   87.2|     1.7| 10.1
Federated States        |           |           |          |          |          |        |        |        |      |      |      |     |     |       |        |
  of Micronesia.........|      1,576|          1|     1,575|         0|         0|   1,575|       0|       0| 100.0|   0.1|  99.9|  0.0|  0.0|   99.9|     0.0|  0.0
Guam ...................|      5,215|        277|     4,812|        28|        33|   4,746|       5|     126| 100.0|   5.3|  92.3|  0.5|  0.6|   91.0|     0.1|  2.4
Marshall Islands .......|        328|          0|       328|         0|         0|     328|       0|       0| 100.0|   0.0| 100.0|  0.0|  0.0|  100.0|     0.0|  0.0
Northern Marianas ......|      1,078|         22|     1,056|         0|         4|   1,052|       0|       0| 100.0|   2.0|  98.0|  0.0|  0.4|   97.6|     0.0|  0.0
Palau...................|        581|          0|       581|         1|         0|     580|       0|       0| 100.0|   0.0| 100.0|  0.2|  0.0|   99.8|     0.0|  0.0
Puerto Rico ............|    183,290|        307|   182,756|        63|   182,648|      37|       8|     227| 100.0|   0.2|  99.7|    #| 99.6|      #|       #|  0.1
Virgin Islands .........|      2,268|         73|     2,038|     1,923|       100|      13|       2|     157| 100.0|   3.2|  89.9| 84.8|  4.4|    0.6|     0.1|  6.9
________________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|______|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|_____

# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2001. (This table was prepared September 2003.)


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