STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Percent of total population by race, 1996 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- STATE White Black Asian or American Pacific Indian, Eskimo, Islander or Aleut ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- United States 82.8 X 12.6 X 3.7 X 0.9 X Alabama 73.2 44 25.8 6 0.7 43 0.4 26 Alaska 76.2 42 3.8 33 4.3 6 15.7 1 Arizona 88.9 23 3.5 34 2.0 19 5.6 6 Arkansas 82.7 34 16.1 12 0.7 43 0.5 23 California 80.0 38 7.4 24 11.6 2 1.0 16 Colorado 92.5 15 4.3 31 2.3 16 0.9 17 Connecticut 88.4 25 9.1 21 2.2 17 0.2 39 Delaware 79.0 39 18.8 9 1.9 20 0.3 33 District of Columbia 34.0 X 62.7 X 3.0 X 0.3 X Florida 82.9 33 15.1 14 1.7 22 0.4 26 Georgia 69.8 45 28.2 4 1.8 21 0.2 39 Hawaii 33.5 50 3.0 37 63.0 1 0.6 21 Idaho 97.1 4 0.5 48 1.1 33 1.3 13 Illinois 81.4 36 15.3 13 3.2 11 0.2 39 Indiana 90.7 20 8.2 22 0.9 38 0.2 39 Iowa 96.6 5 1.9 40 1.2 29 0.3 33 Kansas 91.6 18 5.9 28 1.6 23 0.9 17 Kentucky 92.0 17 7.2 26 0.6 46 0.2 39 Louisiana 66.3 48 32.0 2 1.2 29 0.4 26 Maine 98.4 1 0.5 48 0.7 43 0.4 26 Maryland 68.9 46 27.1 5 3.7 8 0.3 33 Massachusetts 90.3 21 6.2 27 3.3 9 0.2 39 Michigan 83.6 31 14.3 16 1.5 24 0.6 21 Minnesota 93.6 12 2.7 38 2.4 14 1.2 15 Mississippi 62.7 49 36.3 1 0.6 46 0.4 26 Missouri 87.4 26 11.2 19 1.0 36 0.4 26 Montana 92.9 13 0.4 50 0.6 46 6.2 5 Nebraska 94.0 9 3.9 32 1.2 29 0.9 17 Nevada 86.6 29 7.4 24 4.2 7 1.8 9 New Hampshire 98.0 3 0.7 44 1.1 33 0.2 39 New Jersey 80.3 37 14.5 15 4.9 5 0.3 33 New Mexico 87.0 28 2.5 39 1.3 27 9.2 2 New York 76.9 40 17.6 10 5.1 4 0.4 26 North Carolina 75.4 43 22.2 7 1.2 29 1.3 13 North Dakota 94.0 9 0.6 45 0.8 40 4.6 7 Ohio 87.4 26 11.3 18 1.1 33 0.2 39 Oklahoma 83.2 32 7.7 23 1.3 27 7.9 3 Oregon 93.8 11 1.8 41 3.0 12 1.4 11 Pennsylvania 88.7 24 9.6 20 1.5 24 0.1 49 Rhode Island 92.6 14 4.8 30 2.2 17 0.5 23 South Carolina 68.8 47 30.2 3 0.8 40 0.2 39 South Dakota 91.0 19 0.6 45 0.6 46 7.8 4 Tennessee 82.4 35 16.4 11 0.9 38 0.2 39 Texas 84.7 30 12.2 17 2.6 13 0.5 23 Utah 95.4 8 0.8 42 2.4 14 1.4 11 Vermont 98.2 2 0.6 45 0.9 37 0.3 33 Virginia 76.6 41 19.8 8 3.3 9 0.3 33 Washington 89.4 22 3.4 35 5.4 3 1.8 9 West Virginia 96.2 6 3.2 36 0.5 50 0.1 49 Wisconsin 92.2 16 5.5 29 1.4 26 0.9 17 Wyoming 96.2 6 0.8 42 0.8 40 2.2 8 ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- X Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-5.