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State Total   White Black Hispanic Asian Native
Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander
American Indian/
Alaska
Native
Two
or more
races
United States 45.3  49.6 38.7 30.6 69.1 33.5 27.7 46.9
Alabama 43.4  46.3 40.7 17.3 68.2 45.3 39.8
Alaska 29.3  33.6 25.1 30.8 26.6 11.9 29.5
Arizona 36.8  47.0 33.8 24.2 62.9 22.6 45.5
Arkansas 38.2  39.9 37.4 19.5 61.8 16.8 39.2
California 46.4  53.2 45.1 34.1 70.1 41.4 39.3 57.4
Colorado 43.8  50.3 37.6 21.6 71.2 31.0 53.8
Connecticut 52.3  57.6 43.9 31.9 69.8 53.7
Delaware 48.9  53.7 42.5 26.0 73.9 45.1
District of Columbia 51.7  71.4 35.6 36.2 69.2 54.0
Florida 43.0  46.4 39.3 36.6 66.9 22.9 45.6
Georgia 40.6  45.9 35.9 17.9 68.4 26.3 45.5
Hawaii 36.0  32.1 20.0 30.1 53.0 20.8 35.5
Idaho 38.7  41.3 21.7 63.1 20.0 39.0
Illinois 48.9  54.8 36.8 31.5 74.2 58.5 56.6
Indiana 46.4  48.3 34.9 25.6 83.5 49.3 44.4
Iowa 50.0  51.1 41.1 29.7 70.8 39.8
Kansas 47.9  51.0 40.2 24.0 70.2 51.5 43.5
Kentucky 40.7  41.7 36.4 20.0 71.9 33.4
Louisiana 39.8  44.4 32.0 34.9 68.2 24.7 51.4
Maine 47.0  46.1 42.7 65.0 76.5 43.8
Maryland 46.2  49.6 41.5 26.1 73.5 21.2 45.0
Massachusetts 55.9  58.4 48.4 37.4 69.2 53.3
Michigan 51.1  53.9 39.2 30.5 74.8 45.9 49.5
Minnesota 47.0  49.5 33.8 22.1 53.0 14.6 43.0
Mississippi 44.0  49.7 38.9 16.7 57.4 36.0
Missouri 44.0  45.8 35.6 23.7 69.0 35.8 42.5 44.4
Montana 43.4  46.0 30.1 17.6 48.7
Nebraska 49.2  52.7 37.8 23.5 58.5 40.9
Nevada 31.7  37.5 25.5 20.5 61.7 25.4 29.5 22.9
New Hampshire 51.0  50.0 64.9 53.1 85.6 53.9
New Jersey 49.3  56.4 40.5 31.1 66.7 49.1
New Mexico 38.3  47.3 46.8 34.2 38.9 28.9 41.8
New York 52.2  57.2 44.8 37.1 70.3 33.4 55.3
North Carolina 42.4  45.9 40.3 16.9 64.7 24.6 49.0
North Dakota 50.2  53.6 32.2 30.0 12.9
Ohio 47.6  49.5 36.4 33.0 78.1 27.6 47.6
Oklahoma 40.7  44.1 40.5 23.9 65.6 30.7 35.0
Oregon 41.7  43.4 44.8 23.1 71.2 42.1 31.7 44.4
Pennsylvania 50.5  52.7 40.4 29.1 78.7 41.0 47.6
Rhode Island 59.0  64.5 50.4 33.6 63.9 43.8
South Carolina 40.7  45.7 34.2 19.6 68.8 23.0 44.0
South Dakota 42.1  46.4 3.9 17.8 41.4
Tennessee 39.7  41.7 36.6 14.1 63.4 47.2
Texas 39.6  47.8 37.8 28.7 73.1 44.5 40.9 45.9
Utah 46.1  48.6 30.4 23.9 67.9 36.6 42.8 59.3
Vermont 51.6  51.8
Virginia 45.1  48.8 36.4 27.6 66.3 40.4 47.5
Washington 38.9  40.7 33.1 22.1 62.6 21.5 17.6 39.6
West Virginia 44.5  43.5 55.0 42.9 74.5 58.8
Wisconsin 47.8  50.5 31.5 28.2 62.6 26.6 34.9
Wyoming 38.0  40.5 25.1 12.0
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Estimates excludes those who are enrolled in elementary and secondary schools. Estimates are 3-year averages of 2007–09 data. Use of a 3-year average increases the sample size, thereby reducing the size of sampling errors and producing more stable estimates.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 3-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data, 2007–09.
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