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  Race/ethnicity
State or jurisdiction Total1   White   Black   Hispanic   Asian/
Pacific
Islander
  American Indian/ Alaska Native   Non-resident alien  
United States 57.4 60.8 39.1 48.7 68.0 38.3 53.3
Alabama 47.2 56.4 30.3 50.3 53.1 50.4 45.1
Alaska 30.0 33.6 22.9 22.5 37.1 11.7
Arizona 27.6 34.9 9.1 30.8 47.1 21.5 8.6
Arkansas 42.1 46.7 22.7 45.0 60.4 31.1 61.3
California 64.4 68.4 48.5 53.9 72.5 58.7 54.0
Colorado 52.4 55.2 35.8 40.1 53.8 29.9 40.1
Connecticut 65.8 66.6 48.7 58.3 75.9 65.2 78.2
Delaware 64.6 71.5 40.8 63.9 70.3 50.0 ! 75.0 !
District of Columbia 73.6 81.5 57.2 67.3 79.6 57.1 ! 69.3
Florida 55.4 59.7 43.7 54.9 64.8 42.8 51.4
Georgia 52.5 55.4 43.3 50.8 64.1 45.3 57.4
Hawaii 43.3 34.7 27.0 39.6 48.5 39.1 ! 53.1
Idaho 40.3 42.0 34.5 29.4 41.9 21.3 27.7
Illinois 60.4 65.7 35.3 46.7 69.7 48.5 66.5
Indiana 58.2 59.1 38.2 52.9 70.9 44.1 70.3
Iowa 64.9 67.1 38.6 53.6 64.3 41.4 60.2
Kansas 52.7 56.4 27.9 38.7 51.9 17.4 39.2
Kentucky 49.0 50.3 36.7 40.8 49.2 32.2 53.9
Louisiana 41.5 47.6 28.1 43.5 47.2 34.7 44.2
Maine 59.2 59.0 62.4 69.7 75.9 32.1 80.2
Maryland 62.9 72.9 40.0 62.5 73.2 55.6 44.0
Massachusetts 68.5 68.6 57.3 63.8 77.7 59.6 74.8
Michigan 58.6 62.3 32.7 53.6 71.6 48.4 62.5
Minnesota 60.6 62.5 44.4 53.2 59.5 34.5 60.9
Mississippi 51.3 59.2 39.7 48.0 53.4 21.2 54.9
Missouri 55.4 57.4 38.5 50.7 66.4 40.5 46.4
Montana 44.8 45.8 31.4 33.3 38.5 24.8 61.3
Nebraska 56.6 58.8 35.1 41.6 63.1 18.9 50.3
Nevada 39.6 42.3 32.0 35.7 44.9 25.9 26.1
New Hampshire 63.3 62.4 66.5 67.8 78.5 68.3 60.3
New Jersey 62.0 65.1 48.4 51.2 71.1 62.7 63.8
New Mexico 39.4 44.2 33.2 35.4 46.9 25.8 29.8
New York 63.6 67.2 46.9 50.0 67.9 52.9 64.6
North Carolina 58.5 63.6 44.1 60.6 69.4 48.1 56.7
North Dakota 48.4 50.1 36.8 32.4 41.4 20.0 40.7
Ohio 55.9 58.7 31.8 54.1 66.0 44.9 60.3
Oklahoma 46.8 50.1 34.9 37.4 54.9 35.4 45.6
Oregon 56.9 57.8 41.6 47.7 59.8 42.9 66.0
Pennsylvania 66.7 68.5 48.8 60.7 73.2 55.7 68.2
Rhode Island 67.3 67.5 56.1 61.9 75.6 53.1 82.4
South Carolina 57.8 62.7 42.1 50.4 63.9 50.0 61.0
South Dakota 45.5 48.4 23.9 28.6 37.1 7.2 39.3 !
Tennessee 50.6 53.7 37.5 53.1 60.4 37.8 42.7
Texas 49.6 57.7 29.1 39.6 60.3 38.2 44.3
Utah 58.9 61.4 26.5 46.6 56.1 44.3 56.4
Vermont 63.1 63.1 53.1 62.8 74.5 44.0 ! 77.3
Virginia 64.3 68.6 47.2 59.7 68.9 55.3 61.5
Washington 68.8 69.6 62.7 59.3 75.3 53.2 65.7
West Virginia 45.5 46.8 29.9 35.5 55.2 25.0 ! 51.0
Wisconsin 60.4 62.5 31.1 46.0 54.6 37.2 58.6
Wyoming 55.3 56.2 25.0 ! 53.7 73.7 !
—Not available.
! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
1 Includes students of unknown race/ethnicity who are not reported separately.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008–09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Spring 2010.
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