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  Race/ethnicity
State Total   White Black Hispanic Asian Native
Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander
American Indian/
Alaska
Native
Two
or more
races
United States 38.8  45.8 26.5 18.1 69.3 23.7 20.2 38.1
Alabama 31.1  35.9 22.2 11.1 62.4 21.7 29.5
Alaska 32.0  38.3 33.2 18.7 34.4 9.0 25.6
Arizona 32.0  42.8 33.4 15.4 72.3 29.0 15.4 39.7
Arkansas 28.4  31.8 19.5 9.9 58.4 28.7 22.4
California 37.6  51.9 29.3 16.7 67.9 25.0 27.9 46.1
Colorado 41.9  51.0 31.8 16.4 64.1 19.2 43.3
Connecticut 46.1  54.3 30.6 17.3 80.4 47.2
Delaware 38.5  43.7 27.0 9.2 83.7 45.6
District of Columbia 65.6  94.0 33.2 44.2 89.0 79.5
Florida 36.3  42.1 25.9 28.5 65.3 41.2 24.7 41.6
Georgia 35.6  42.3 29.1 12.8 69.7 19.4 38.6
Hawaii 41.5  50.9 34.0 24.5 51.0 20.1 32.6
Idaho 33.4  36.5 12.0 60.6 12.1 25.1
Illinois 44.6  54.1 27.0 19.1 80.5 30.3 44.8
Indiana 35.2  38.0 21.5 16.2 70.5 32.9 33.4
Iowa 45.5  48.1 21.1 16.7 67.0 31.4
Kansas 42.2  47.4 25.6 14.7 65.8 36.9 29.2
Kentucky 32.3  33.2 23.3 14.0 71.9 27.6
Louisiana 29.5  36.2 18.1 15.2 58.8 19.7 27.0
Maine 36.7  37.3 11.6 35.0 49.2 21.2
Maryland 45.5  54.5 33.7 19.4 75.9 27.5 38.0
Massachusetts 54.3  59.2 36.2 23.9 76.4 44.1
Michigan 36.0  39.4 19.3 16.6 72.0 23.5 29.8
Minnesota 49.8  54.3 26.8 16.0 57.5 17.8 35.6
Mississippi 30.7  38.9 20.7 16.5 47.6 13.1 23.6
Missouri 39.0  41.4 23.9 20.7 77.8 27.2 28.4
Montana 37.1  39.2 21.5 21.4 19.4
Nebraska 44.0  49.5 19.4 10.0 72.7 21.5 39.1
Nevada 28.1  36.9 24.6 10.0 48.6 12.6 19.8 33.6
New Hampshire 45.5  45.4 28.2 29.4 73.7 38.3
New Jersey 45.9  55.1 27.0 20.3 81.2 18.6 47.8
New Mexico 28.9  42.9 36.1 18.8 67.3 19.4 44.9
New York 49.2  59.8 34.1 25.3 67.3 33.5 50.4
North Carolina 37.9  45.7 27.5 11.1 65.9 15.7 35.2
North Dakota 50.9  53.7 17.1 31.6
Ohio 37.6  39.6 22.4 21.2 78.0 18.8 28.4
Oklahoma 31.4  35.2 25.1 13.1 67.1 21.6 27.4
Oregon 37.7  41.4 20.8 14.4 65.1 24.2 14.0 36.2
Pennsylvania 43.5  47.1 24.5 19.6 73.6 27.9 35.5
Rhode Island 42.8  48.8 29.7 17.5 66.4 31.3
South Carolina 35.5  43.4 22.5 10.6 70.9 21.6 22.2
South Dakota 41.4  46.5 18.0 8.4 21.3
Tennessee 32.1  35.4 23.3 10.3 61.7 20.1 30.5
Texas 31.7  44.8 26.6 16.3 72.1 22.8 26.0 37.4
Utah 38.1  41.8 47.8 14.8 57.7 18.9 15.6 29.0
Vermont 43.7  44.0 64.5
Virginia 44.0  50.2 26.4 22.3 74.2 38.1 45.4
Washington 41.6  44.5 27.0 15.8 67.3 17.2 16.6 40.4
West Virginia 28.9  28.8 21.4 22.8 70.7 35.5
Wisconsin 40.8  44.7 23.1 15.2 53.5 18.1 24.1
Wyoming 35.4  38.1 16.8 13.0
‡ Reporting standards not met.                  
NOTE: 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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