• Share of students enrolled in U.S. public schools, by ethnicity and state 2018

This statistic shows the percentage or share of students enrolled in U.S. public schools in different states around the U.S. in fall 2018, by students’ race or ethnicity. In California in 2018, 22.9 percent of students were White, 5.4 percent were Black and 54.6 percent were Hispanic.

Share of students enrolled in K-12 public schools in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity and state

Characteristic	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Two or more races
Alabama	54.2%	32.5%	8.4%	1.5%	0.1%	0.9%	2.4%
Alaska	47.5%	2.7%	6.7%	5.8%	3.1%	22.8%	11.5%
Arizona	37.8%	5.5%	45.6%	2.9%	0.4%	4.5%	3.3%
Arkansas	60.7%	20.2%	13.2%	1.6%	0.9%	0.6%	2.8%
California	22.9%	5.4%	54.6%	11.7%	0.5%	0.5%	4.5%
Colorado	53.4%	4.5%	33.6%	3.2%	0.3%	0.7%	4.4%
Connecticut	52.4%	12.7%	25.8%	5.2%	0.1%	0.3%	3.6%
Delaware	43.5%	30.1%	17.7%	4%	0.1%	0.4%	4%
District of Columbia	11.9%	67.4%	16.4%	1.5%	0.1%	0.2%	2.5%
Florida	37.4%	21.9%	33.9%	2.8%	0.2%	0.3%	3.6%
Georgia	39%	36.6%	16.1%	4.2%	0.1%	0.2%	3.8%
Hawaii	12%	1.6%	15.2%	27.7%	27.8%	0.2%	15.5%
Idaho	75%	1.1%	18.3%	1.2%	0.3%	1.1%	2.9%
Illinois	47.6%	16.7%	26.4%	5.1%	0.1%	0.3%	3.8%
Indiana	67.2%	12.7%	12.3%	2.5%	0.1%	0.2%	5%
Iowa	75.3%	6.3%	11%	2.5%	0.3%	0.4%	4.2%
Kansas	63.8%	6.9%	20.1%	2.8%	0.2%	0.8%	5.4%
Kentucky	76.2%	10.5%	7.1%	1.8%	0.1%	0.1%	4.1%
Louisiana	44.3%	43.3%	7.4%	1.6%	0.1%	0.6%	2.7%
Maine	88.8%	3.8%	2.3%	1.5%	0.1%	0.8%	2.7%
Maryland	36.5%	33.6%	18.1%	6.6%	0.1%	0.3%	4.7%
Massachusetts	59.1%	9.1%	20.7%	7%	0.1%	0.2%	3.8%
Michigan	65.8%	17.9%	8.1%	3.4%	0.1%	0.6%	4.2%
Minnesota	65.7%	11.2%	9.5%	6.9%	0.1%	1.7%	5%
Mississippi	44%	48.1%	4%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	2.5%
Missouri	70.6%	15.7%	6.7%	2.1%	0.3%	0.4%	4.3%
Montana	78.5%	0.8%	4.7%	0.7%	0.2%	11.1%	3.9%
Nebraska	66%	6.6%	19.2%	2.8%	0.1%	1.3%	3.9%
Nevada	31.9%	11.3%	42.5%	5.5%	1.4%	0.9%	6.6%
New Hampshire	85%	2.1%	5.8%	3.3%	0.1%	0.3%	3.5%
New Jersey	42.7%	15.4%	29.2%	10.2%	0.2%	0.1%	2.1%
New Mexico	23%	1.9%	61.9%	1.1%	0.1%	9.9%	2.1%
New York	42.6%	16.9%	27.4%	9.5%	0.2%	0.7%	2.6%
North Carolina	47.6%	25.1%	18%	3.5%	0.1%	1.2%	4.5%
North Dakota	76.3%	5%	5.4%	1.6%	0.2%	8.4%	3.1%
Ohio	69.3%	16.7%	6%	2.5%	0.1%	0.1%	5.3%
Oklahoma	48.5%	8.5%	17.7%	2%	0.4%	13.2%	9.8%
Oregon	61.7%	2.3%	23.6%	4%	0.8%	1.3%	6.4%
Pennsylvania	64.7%	14.8%	12.1%	4%	0.1%	0.2%	4.2%
Rhode Island	56.6%	8.7%	26.1%	3.3%	0.2%	0.8%	4.4%
South Carolina	50.3%	33.2%	10%	1.6%	0.1%	0.3%	4.4%
South Dakota	73%	3.2%	6.5%	1.7%	0.1%	10.8%	4.6%
Tennessee	61.9%	21.9%	10.8%	2%	0.1%	0.2%	3.1%
Texas	27.4%	12.6%	52.5%	4.5%	0.2%	0.4%	2.4%
Utah	74%	1.4%	17.4%	1.7%	1.6%	1.1%	2.8%
Vermont	89.8%	2.4%	2.4%	2.3%	0.1%	0.3%	2.7%
Virginia	48.4%	22.2%	16.2%	7.1%	0.2%	0.3%	5.7%
Washington	53.3%	4.5%	23.7%	7.9%	1.1%	1.2%	8.4%
West Virginia	89.7%	4.2%	1.9%	0.7%	-	0.1%	3.4%
Wisconsin	69.3%	9.1%	12.3%	4%	0.1%	1.1%	4.1%
Wyoming	77.7%	1.1%	13.8%	0.8%	0.2%	3.6%	2.8%
U.S. Average	47%	15.1%	27.2%	5.3%	0.4%	1%	4.1%

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September 2020

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Fall 2018

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