Average Community College Minority Breakdown
The national average community college minority percentage is approximately 49% (2021).
For public community colleges, the average minority percentage is approximately 48%. For private community colleges, the average minority is approximately 56%.
The state with the highest percentage of minority students is Puerto Rico, with 100% minority students.
Average Community College Minority Breakdown (2021)
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State% Minority Ethnicity Breakdown
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Alaska
63%
Hispanic (30%)Unknown (13%)American Indian (6%)Black (4%)Two or more races (4%)Asian (3%)Hawaiian (3%)White (37%)
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Alabama
39%
Black (24%)Unknown (10%)Hispanic (2%)American Indian (1%)Asian (1%)Two or more races (1%)White (61%)
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Arkansas
31%
Black (19%)Hispanic (6%)Asian (2%)Two or more races (2%)American Indian (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (69%)
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Arizona
48%
Hispanic (27%)Black (6%)Unknown (5%)American Indian (4%)Asian (3%)Two or more races (2%)Non Resident (1%)White (52%)
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California
68%
Hispanic (37%)Asian (13%)Black (7%)Unknown (5%)Two or more races (3%)Non Resident (3%)White (32%)
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Colorado
36%
Hispanic (17%)Unknown (6%)Black (5%)Asian (3%)Two or more races (3%)American Indian (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (64%)
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Connecticut
47%
Hispanic (16%)Black (13%)Unknown (12%)Asian (3%)Two or more races (2%)Non Resident (1%)White (53%)
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Delaware
35%
Black (17%)Hispanic (7%)Asian (4%)Non Resident (3%)Unknown (3%)Two or more races (1%)White (65%)
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Florida
31%
Hispanic (24%)Black (17%)Asian (2%)Two or more races (2%)Non Resident (2%)White (69%)
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Georgia
52%
Black (33%)Unknown (9%)Hispanic (5%)Asian (3%)Two or more races (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (48%)
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Guam
97%
Asian (53%)Hawaiian (41%)Hispanic (1%)Black (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (3%)
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Hawaii
87%
Asian (37%)Two or more races (27%)Hispanic (9%)Hawaiian (7%)Non Resident (3%)Unknown (3%)Black (1%)White (13%)
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Iowa
31%
Unknown (11%)Black (10%)Hispanic (5%)Asian (2%)American Indian (1%)Two or more races (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (69%)
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Idaho
19%
Hispanic (8%)Unknown (4%)Non Resident (2%)American Indian (1%)Asian (1%)Black (1%)Hawaiian (1%)Two or more races (1%)White (81%)
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Illinois
40%
Hispanic (16%)Black (14%)Unknown (5%)Asian (4%)Two or more races (1%)White (60%)
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Indiana
53%
Unknown (44%)Black (6%)Hispanic (2%)Asian (1%)White (47%)
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Kansas
28%
Hispanic (9%)Black (8%)Unknown (4%)Asian (2%)Two or more races (2%)Non Resident (2%)American Indian (1%)White (72%)
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Kentucky
16%
Black (8%)Hispanic (3%)Two or more races (2%)Unknown (2%)Asian (1%)White (84%)
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Louisiana
55%
Black (35%)Unknown (9%)Hispanic (6%)Asian (2%)American Indian (1%)Two or more races (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (45%)
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Massachusetts
39%
Hispanic (12%)Black (12%)Unknown (7%)Asian (5%)Non Resident (2%)Two or more races (1%)White (61%)
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Maryland
48%
Black (27%)Hispanic (7%)Asian (6%)Non Resident (4%)Two or more races (2%)Unknown (2%)White (52%)
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Maine
14%
Unknown (5%)Black (3%)Hispanic (2%)American Indian (1%)Asian (1%)Two or more races (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (86%)
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Michigan
31%
Black (14%)Unknown (8%)Hispanic (3%)Asian (2%)Two or more races (2%)American Indian (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (69%)
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Minnesota
27%
Black (9%)Asian (5%)Hispanic (5%)Unknown (4%)Two or more races (3%)American Indian (1%)White (73%)
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Missouri
33%
Unknown (19%)Black (9%)Hispanic (3%)Asian (1%)Two or more races (1%)White (67%)
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Mississippi
42%
Black (36%)Unknown (2%)American Indian (1%)Asian (1%)Hispanic (1%)Two or more races (1%)White (58%)
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Montana
32%
Unknown (23%)American Indian (3%)Hispanic (2%)Two or more races (2%)Asian (1%)Black (1%)White (68%)
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North Carolina
38%
Black (21%)Hispanic (6%)Unknown (6%)Asian (2%)American Indian (1%)Two or more races (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (62%)
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North Dakota
20%
Unknown (11%)American Indian (2%)Hispanic (2%)Black (2%)Two or more races (2%)Non Resident (1%)White (80%)
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Nebraska
19%
Hispanic (7%)Black (6%)Unknown (3%)Asian (2%)Two or more races (1%)White (81%)
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New Hampshire
17%
Unknown (9%)Hispanic (3%)Black (2%)Two or more races (2%)Asian (1%)White (83%)
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New Jersey
52%
Hispanic (19%)Black (14%)Unknown (9%)Asian (5%)Non Resident (4%)Two or more races (1%)White (48%)
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New Mexico
65%
Hispanic (44%)American Indian (10%)Unknown (5%)Asian (2%)Black (2%)Two or more races (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (35%)
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Nevada
53%
Hispanic (24%)Asian (8%)Black (8%)Unknown (7%)Two or more races (3%)American Indian (1%)Hawaiian (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (47%)
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New York
51%
Hispanic (19%)Black (17%)Asian (6%)Non Resident (4%)Unknown (4%)Two or more races (1%)White (49%)
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Ohio
27%
Black (12%)Unknown (10%)Hispanic (3%)Asian (1%)Two or more races (1%)White (73%)
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Oklahoma
39%
American Indian (10%)Black (9%)Hispanic (6%)Two or more races (5%)Unknown (5%)Asian (2%)Non Resident (2%)White (61%)
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Oregon
34%
Unknown (13%)Hispanic (10%)Asian (4%)Two or more races (3%)Black (2%)American Indian (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (66%)
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Pennsylvania
37%
Black (14%)Unknown (10%)Hispanic (7%)Asian (2%)Two or more races (2%)Non Resident (2%)White (63%)
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Puerto Rico
100%
Hispanic (99%)Unknown (1%)
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Rhode Island
28%
Hispanic (11%)Black (5%)Unknown (5%)Asian (3%)Two or more races (2%)American Indian (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (72%)
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South Carolina
38%
Black (27%)Unknown (4%)Hispanic (3%)Two or more races (2%)American Indian (1%)Asian (1%)White (62%)
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South Dakota
16%
Unknown (5%)American Indian (3%)Hispanic (3%)Black (2%)Two or more races (2%)Asian (1%)White (84%)
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Tennessee
26%
Black (17%)Hispanic (3%)Asian (2%)Two or more races (2%)Unknown (2%)White (74%)
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Texas
61%
Hispanic (37%)Black (13%)Asian (4%)Unknown (3%)Two or more races (2%)Non Resident (2%)White (39%)
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Utah
21%
Hispanic (7%)Unknown (5%)Asian (2%)Black (2%)Non Resident (2%)American Indian (1%)Hawaiian (1%)Two or more races (1%)White (79%)
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Virginia
43%
Black (22%)Hispanic (8%)Asian (6%)Unknown (3%)Two or more races (2%)Hawaiian (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (57%)
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Vermont
22%
Unknown (12%)American Indian (2%)Asian (2%)Hispanic (2%)Black (2%)Two or more races (1%)Non Resident (1%)White (78%)
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Washington
41%
Hispanic (10%)Asian (7%)Unknown (7%)Non Resident (6%)Two or more races (5%)Black (4%)American Indian (1%)Hawaiian (1%)White (59%)
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Wisconsin
23%
Black (7%)Hispanic (5%)Unknown (5%)Asian (3%)Two or more races (2%)American Indian (1%)White (77%)
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West Virginia
13%
Black (7%)Hispanic (2%)Unknown (2%)Asian (1%)Two or more races (1%)White (87%)
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Wyoming
16%
Hispanic (7%)American Indian (2%)Non Resident (2%)Unknown (2%)Asian (1%)Black (1%)Two or more races (1%)White (84%)
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