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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 29.2 29.3 24.5 30.8 34.0 24.2 30.0
Alabama 21.6 22.4 19.7 23.3 26.3 24.2 15.4
Alaska 13.3
Arizona 39.3 38.8 36.8 37.0 38.2 34.4 18.0
Arkansas 23.5 24.9 18.7 26.1 22.9 13.8 28.6
California 38.2 38.2 30.2 35.0 44.9 29.4 48.1
Colorado 39.3 40.6 34.8 40.0 34.4 29.9 22.0
Connecticut 11.7 13.5 5.9 8.3 7.3 ! 13.3 ! 28.1
Delaware 12.6 13.8 4.8 10.2 14.3 42.6
District of Columbia
Florida 48.1 47.2 44.1 52.1 50.7 46.8 35.7
Georgia 28.5 29.5 27.4 25.9 16.4 28.0 23.6
Hawaii 17.9 16.0 21.2 18.9 17.3 48.2
Idaho 27.8 31.4 35.7 ! 25.1 52.4 ! 23.8 ! 22.0
Illinois 25.1 26.5 20.9 25.4 17.5 12.9 55.9
Indiana 24.9 24.9 26.9 18.1 14.0 8.7 !
Iowa 32.8 34.8 14.1 21.3 24.2 23.1 34.5
Kansas 34.4 36.3 21.9 32.0 21.4 26.4 33.7
Kentucky 30.5 31.9 25.1 21.1 23.4 24.0 ! 18.2 !
Louisiana 28.7 29.6 29.3 22.4 19.4 8.1 7.7 !
Maine 25.4 26.3 5.4 16.7 ! 19.2 ! 4.8 42.9 !
Maryland 21.8 20.0 24.1 21.6 16.7 17.6 21.7
Massachusetts 20.2 22.3 13.3 13.7 22.4 18.8 30.1
Michigan 15.2 17.4 8.1 13.0 17.3 12.2 13.7
Minnesota 29.6 32.9 10.8 21.1 21.7 12.9 28.1
Mississippi 25.2 27.8 22.4 25.2 17.0 16.9 5.6 !
Missouri 31.1 32.7 30.1 30.9 27.3 22.4 25.9
Montana 24.4 26.2 26.7 ! 14.3 ! 18.6
Nebraska 30.3 32.1 14.4 17.1 27.0 5.4 50.0
Nevada 42.7 40.7 37.5 43.5 56.1 49.2 72.5
New Hampshire 25.5 24.4 13.8 ! 16.2 17.2 !
New Jersey 16.8 21.9 8.2 11.5 17.0 9.3 10.3
New Mexico 20.1 20.3 12.8 16.3 14.5 23.6 12.1
New York 21.4 25.5 12.7 15.0 23.2 18.4 21.6
North Carolina 20.5 22.8 16.0 20.3 16.0 15.9 26.6
North Dakota 37.0 41.9 17.0 30.0 ! 19.8
Ohio 27.1 27.6 27.3 23.5 21.7 10.5 18.8
Oklahoma 28.7 29.5 25.4 32.3 32.0 26.3 18.6
Oregon 29.3 30.4 27.8 24.7 34.0 27.4 23.9
Pennsylvania 36.9 38.9 35.0 32.9 36.5 29.4 7.7
Rhode Island 12.4 12.9 5.1 13.5 3.5 15.4 !
South Carolina 14.0 14.7 13.0 14.5 11.9 12.8 21.9
South Dakota 60.7 63.9 30.0 ! 56.3 ! 28.5 .
Tennessee 26.2 23.3 27.4 27.9 25.4 26.8 34.7
Texas 25.4 18.9 24.9 31.4 17.2 13.6 18.8
Utah 36.4 39.1 30.3 28.5 21.3 28.6 36.0
Vermont 13.4 11.0
Virginia 29.6 25.2 35.1 32.0 21.8 26.0 45.1
Washington 32.9 33.6 30.2 28.2 36.9 24.6 57.3
West Virginia 23.3 24.8 13.5 18.8 10.0 ! 7.1 !
Wisconsin 34.7 35.9 31.5 24.1 26.4 39.3
Wyoming 53.9 54.3 34.3 58.1 68.4 27.0 68.0
--- Not available.
† Not applicable.
! 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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