Share of students enrolled in U.S. public schools, by ethnicity and state 2021

In California in 2021, 21 percent of students enrolled in K-12 public schools were White, 5.1 percent were Black, and 55.9 percent were Hispanic. In the U.S. as a whole, 45.2 percent of K-12 public school students were White, 14.9 percent were Black, and 28.4 percent were Hispanic.

Share of students enrolled in K-12 public schools in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity and state

Characteristic	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Two or more races
U.S. Average	45.2%	14.9%	28.4%	5.4%	0.4%	0.9%	4.7%
Alabama	52.6%	32%	10%	1.5%	0.1%	0.9%	2.9%
Alaska	47.2%	2.4%	7.4%	5.2%	3.1%	21.7%	13.1%
Arizona	35.8%	5.7%	47%	3%	0.4%	4.2%	3.9%
Arkansas	59.4%	19.6%	13.9%	1.7%	1%	0.6%	3.8%
California	21%	5.1%	55.9%	11.8%	0.4%	0.5%	5.3%
Colorado	51.7%	4.6%	34.7%	3.2%	0.3%	0.6%	4.9%
Connecticut	48.7%	12.6%	28.9%	5.2%	0.1%	0.3%	4.3%
Delaware	41.4%	30.4%	18.6%	4.3%	0.2%	0.4%	4.8%
District of Columbia	13.1%	65%	17.2%	1.5%	0.1%	0.1%	3.1%
Florida	36.1%	21.3%	35.5%	2.8%	0.2%	0.2%	4%
Georgia	36.7%	36.4%	17.6%	4.5%	0.1%	0.2%	4.4%
Hawaii	11.3%	1.4%	17.6%	25.5%	26.1%	0.2%	17.9%
Idaho	74.2%	1.1%	19.1%	1.1%	0.3%	1%	3.2%
Illinois	46.5%	16.5%	27.2%	5.4%	0.1%	0.3%	4.1%
Indiana	65.1%	12.9%	13.6%	2.8%	0.1%	0.2%	5.3%
Iowa	73.3%	6.6%	12.1%	2.5%	0.5%	0.3%	4.7%
Kansas	62.7%	6.7%	20.9%	2.8%	0.2%	0.7%	6%
Kentucky	73.9%	10.7%	8.3%	2%	0.2%	0.1%	4.9%
Louisiana	43%	42.1%	9.4%	1.6%	0.1%	0.6%	3.3%
Maine	87.5%	4.2%	2.9%	1.4%	0.1%	0.8%	3.2%
Maryland	33.9%	33.2%	20.7%	6.7%	0.1%	0.3%	5.1%
Massachusetts	55.8%	9.3%	23.1%	7.2%	0.1%	0.2%	4.3%
Michigan	64.3%	18%	8.7%	3.5%	0.1%	0.6%	4.9%
Minnesota	63.1%	11.6%	10.5%	6.9%	0.1%	1.7%	6%
Mississippi	43.1%	47.1%	4.6%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	3.7%
Missouri	69.2%	15.3%	7.6%	2.1%	0.4%	0.4%	5.1%
Montana	77.7%	0.7%	5.6%	0.7%	0.2%	10.6%	4.4%
Nebraska	64.1%	6.6%	20.5%	2.9%	0.2%	1.3%	4.4%
Nevada	29.3%	12.1%	43.6%	5.4%	1.5%	0.8%	7.3%
New Hampshire	83.4%	2.1%	6.7%	3.2%	0.1%	0.2%	4.3%
New Jersey	39.6%	14.9%	32.1%	10.2%	0.2%	0.2%	2.8%
New Mexico	21.2%	1.8%	63.2%	1.2%	0.1%	10.2%	2.3%
New York	41%	16.2%	28.8%	9.9%	0.2%	0.7%	3.2%
North Carolina	44.9%	24.9%	19.8%	3.8%	0.1%	1.1%	5.2%
North Dakota	74.3%	5.2%	6.2%	1.4%	0.3%	8.3%	4.4%
Ohio	67.1%	17%	7%	2.8%	0.1%	0.1%	6%
Oklahoma	46.3%	7.9%	19.3%	2.1%	0.4%	11.6%	12.4%
Oregon	59.5%	2.3%	25.2%	4%	0.8%	1.2%	7.1%
Pennsylvania	62.7%	14.4%	13.6%	4.3%	0.1%	0.2%	4.8%
Rhode Island	53.3%	8.9%	28.6%	3.2%	0.1%	0.8%	5%
South Carolina	48.4%	32%	12%	1.7%	0.1%	0.3%	5.4%
South Dakota	71.5%	3.3%	7.5%	1.6%	0.1%	10.5%	5.5%
Tennessee	59.7%	20.7%	13.1%	2%	0.1%	0.2%	4.2%
Texas	26.3%	12.8%	52.7%	4.8%	0.2%	0.3%	2.9%
Utah	72.3%	1.3%	18.8%	1.7%	1.6%	1%	3.3%
Vermont	88.7%	2.5%	3%	2.1%	0.1%	0.3%	3.4%
Virginia	45.8%	21.8%	18.1%	7.4%	0.2%	0.3%	6.5%
Washington	50.2%	4.6%	25.3%	8.5%	1.3%	1.1%	8.9%
West Virginia	89%	4.1%	2.1%	0.6%	0%	0.1%	4.1%
Wisconsin	67.9%	8.8%	13.2%	4.1%	0.1%	1%	4.9%
Wyoming	76.9%	0.9%	14.4%	0.7%	0.2%	3.5%	3.6%