Share of students enrolled in U.S. public schools, by ethnicity and state 2020

In California in 2020, 21.7 percent of students enrolled in K-12 public schools were White, 5.2 percent were Black, and 55.4 percent were Hispanic. In the U.S. as a whole, 45.8 percent of K-12 public school students were White, 15 percent were Black, and 28 percent were Hispanic.

Share of students enrolled in K-12 public schools in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity and state

Characteristic	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Two or more races
U.S. Average	45.8%	15%	28%	5.4%	0.4%	0.9%	4.5%
Alabama	53.2%	32.2%	9.4%	1.5%	0.1%	0.9%	2.7%
Alaska	47%	2.5%	7.3%	5.4%	3%	22%	12.8%
Arizona	37.1%	5.2%	45.4%	2.8%	0.3%	4.1%	5.1%
Arkansas	59.8%	19.8%	13.6%	1.7%	1%	0.6%	3.5%
California	21.7%	5.2%	55.4%	11.9%	0.4%	0.5%	5%
Colorado	52.5%	4.6%	34.2%	3.2%	0.3%	0.7%	4.6%
Connecticut	49.9%	12.7%	27.8%	5.2%	0.1%	0.3%	4%
Delaware	42.3%	30%	18.3%	4.3%	0.1%	0.4%	4.6%
District of Columbia	12.9%	65.6%	16.9%	1.5%	0.1%	0.2%	2.9%
Florida	36.4%	21.5%	34.9%	2.8%	0.2%	0.3%	3.9%
Georgia	37.5%	36.5%	17.1%	4.5%	0.1%	0.2%	4.2%
Hawaii	11.3%	1.4%	16.8%	26.4%	26.6%	0.2%	17.4%
Idaho	74.4%	1.1%	18.9%	1.1%	0.3%	1.1%	3.1%
Illinois	47.6%	16.5%	26.6%	5.3%	0.1%	0.3%	3.7%
Indiana	65.8%	12.9%	13.1%	2.7%	0.1%	0.2%	5.2%
Iowa	74%	6.5%	11.7%	2.5%	0.4%	0.3%	4.5%
Kansas	63%	6.8%	20.7%	2.8%	0.2%	0.8%	5.7%
Kentucky	74.8%	10.6%	7.8%	1.9%	0.1%	0.1%	4.6%
Louisiana	43.5%	42.4%	8.7%	1.6%	0.1%	0.6%	3.1%
Maine	87.9%	4.1%	2.7%	1.4%	0.1%	0.8%	3.1%
Maryland	34.5%	33.5%	19.9%	6.8%	0.1%	0.3%	4.9%
Massachusetts	56.8%	9.3%	22.3%	7.2%	0.1%	0.2%	4.1%
Michigan	65%	17.7%	8.4%	3.5%	0.1%	0.6%	4.7%
Minnesota	63.7%	11.6%	10.1%	7%	0.1%	1.7%	5.7%
Mississippi	43.1%	47.7%	4.4%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	3.3%
Missouri	69.8%	15.3%	7.2%	2.1%	0.4%	0.4%	4.9%
Montana	77.7%	0.8%	5.4%	0.7%	0.2%	11%	4.2%
Nebraska	64.9%	6.7%	19.9%	2.9%	0.1%	1.3%	4.2%
Nevada	30%	11.8%	43.4%	5.5%	1.5%	0.8%	7%
New Hampshire	83.8%	2.2%	6.4%	3.2%	0.1%	0.2%	4.1%
New Jersey	40.7%	15%	31.1%	10.4%	0.2%	0.2%	2.5%
New Mexico	21.3%	1.8%	63.1%	1.2%	0.1%	10.3%	2.2%
New York	41.3%	16.5%	28.4%	9.8%	0.2%	0.7%	3%
North Carolina	45.8%	25%	19.2%	3.8%	0.1%	1.1%	4.9%
North Dakota	75%	5.1%	5.9%	1.5%	0.3%	8.3%	4%
Ohio	67.8%	16.8%	6.6%	2.7%	0.1%	0.1%	5.8%
Oklahoma	47.1%	8%	18.6%	2%	0.4%	12%	11.8%
Oregon	60.2%	2.3%	24.6%	4.1%	0.8%	1.2%	6.9%
Pennsylvania	63.1%	14.7%	13.1%	4.3%	0.1%	0.2%	4.6%
Rhode Island	54.3%	8.8%	27.8%	3.3%	0.1%	0.8%	4.9%
South Carolina	48.8%	32.6%	11.4%	1.7%	0.1%	0.3%	5.1%
South Dakota	71.9%	3.4%	7.1%	1.7%	0.1%	10.7%	5.2%
Tennessee	60.1%	21.4%	12.3%	2%	0.1%	0.1%	3.9%
Texas	26.5%	12.7%	52.9%	4.7%	0.2%	0.3%	2.7%
Utah	73.2%	1.4%	18%	1.7%	1.6%	1%	3.1%
Vermont	89%	2.5%	2.6%	2.2%	0.1%	0.3%	3.4%
Virginia	46.3%	22.1%	17.5%	7.4%	0.2%	0.3%	6.2%
Washington	51.1%	4.6%	24.8%	8.4%	1.2%	1.2%	8.8%
West Virginia	89.3%	4.1%	2%	0.6%	0%	0.1%	3.8%
Wisconsin	68.4%	8.9%	12.8%	4.2%	0.1%	1.1%	4.6%
Wyoming	76.9%	1%	14.3%	0.7%	0.2%	3.6%	3.4%