• Share of students enrolled in U.S. public schools, by ethnicity and state 2017

This statistic shows the percentage or share of students enrolled in U.S. public schools in different states around the U.S. in fall 2017, by students’ race or ethnicity. In California in 2017, 23.2 percent of students were White, 5.5 percent were Black and 54.3 percent were Hispanic.

Share of students enrolled in K-12 public schools in the United States in 2017, by ethnicity and state

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Two or more races
Alabama	54.5%	32.8%	7.9%	1.5%	0.1%	0.9%	2.2%
Alaska	47.6%	2.9%	6.7%	5.9%	2.9%	22.9%	11.1%
Arizona	38.2%	5.4%	45.5%	2.9%	0.4%	4.5%	3.1%
Arkansas	60.8%	20.4%	13.1%	1.6%	0.8%	0.6%	2.6%
California	23.2%	5.5%	54.3%	11.6%	0.5%	0.5%	4.5%
Colorado	53.4%	4.6%	33.7%	3.2%	0.3%	0.7%	4.2%
Connecticut	53.6%	12.8%	24.8%	5.1%	0.1%	0.3%	3.3%
Delaware	44.2%	30.3%	17.4%	3.9%	0.1%	0.4%	3.7%
District of Columbia	11.1%	68.5%	16.3%	1.6%	0.1%	0.2%	2.2%
Florida	38%	22.1%	33.1%	2.7%	0.2%	0.3%	3.5%
Georgia	39.7%	36.7%	15.6%	4.1%	0.1%	0.2%	3.7%
Hawaii	12.2%	1.7%	14.2%	28.6%	28.6%	0.2%	14.4%
Idaho	75.4%	1.1%	18.1%	1.2%	0.3%	1.1%	2.7%
Illinois	48%	16.8%	26.2%	5.1%	0.1%	0.3%	3.5%
Indiana	67.9%	12.6%	11.9%	2.4%	0.1%	0.2%	4.9%
Iowa	75.9%	6.1%	10.8%	2.5%	0.3%	0.4%	4%
Kansas	64.2%	6.9%	19.8%	2.8%	0.2%	1%	5.2%
Kentucky	76.8%	10.5%	6.7%	1.8%	0.1%	0.1%	3.9%
Louisiana	44.7%	43.6%	6.9%	1.6%	0.1%	0.7%	2.5%
Maine	89.3%	3.6%	2.2%	1.5%	0.1%	0.8%	2.5%
Maryland	37.3%	33.7%	17.4%	6.6%	0.1%	0.3%	4.6%
Massachusetts	60.2%	9%	20%	6.8%	0.1%	0.2%	3.6%
Michigan	66.2%	18%	7.9%	3.4%	0.1%	0.6%	3.9%
Minnesota	66.5%	11%	9.3%	6.8%	0.1%	1.6%	4.7%
Mississippi	44.2%	48.5%	3.7%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	2.1%
Missouri	71.1%	15.9%	6.4%	2%	0.3%	0.4%	3.9%
Montana	78.3%	0.9%	4.6%	0.8%	0.2%	11.6%	3.6%
Nebraska	66.5%	6.7%	18.8%	2.8%	0.1%	1.4%	3.8%
Nevada	32.5%	11.1%	42.4%	5.5%	1.4%	0.9%	6.2%
New Hampshire	85.5%	2%	5.6%	3.3%	0.1%	0.3%	3.3%
New Jersey	43.6%	15.3%	28.7%	10%	0.2%	0.1%	2%
New Mexico	23.2%	1.9%	61.7%	1.1%	0.1%	10%	1.9%
New York	43.2%	17.2%	27%	9.3%	0.3%	0.7%	2.4%
North Carolina	48.2%	25.3%	17.5%	3.3%	0.1%	1.2%	4.3%
North Dakota	77.4%	4.9%	4.9%	1.6%	0.3%	8.5%	2.4%
Ohio	69.9%	16.6%	5.7%	2.4%	0.1%	0.1%	5.2%
Oklahoma	48.9%	8.6%	17.2%	2%	0.4%	13.6%	9.3%
Oregon	62.4%	2.3%	23%	4%	0.7%	1.3%	6.1%
Pennsylvania	65.8%	14.7%	11.4%	3.9%	0.1%	0.2%	3.9%
Rhode Island	57.7%	8.6%	25.3%	3.3%	0.2%	0.7%	4.2%
South Carolina	50.8%	33.6%	9.5%	1.6%	0.1%	0.3%	4.1%
South Dakota	73.9%	3.2%	6%	1.8%	0.1%	11.1%	4%
Tennessee	62.8%	21.9%	10.3%	2%	0.1%	0.2%	2.7%
Texas	27.9%	12.6%	52.4%	4.4%	0.1%	0.4%	2.3%
Utah	74.4%	1.4%	17.1%	1.7%	1.6%	1.1%	2.7%
Vermont	90.2%	2.1%	2%	2%	0.1%	0.2%	3.5%
Virginia	48.9%	22.4%	15.7%	7%	0.2%	0.3%	5.5%
Washington	54.4%	4.4%	23.2%	7.7%	1.1%	1.2%	8%
West Virginia	90.1%	4.3%	1.8%	0.7%	-	0.1%	3.1%
Wisconsin	69.9%	9.2%	12%	4%	0.1%	1.1%	3.8%
Wyoming	77.9%	1.1%	13.7%	0.8%	0.1%	3.7%	2.6%
U.S. Average	48.2%	15.3%	26.4%	5.1%	0.4%	1%	3.6%

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Fall 2017

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