Table AA15
Percentage (Based on Estimated Resident Population)
of Children Ages 3-5 Served Under IDEA, Part B
By Race/Ethnicity
During the 1999-2000 School Year

STATE AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER BLACK HISPANIC WHITE
ALABAMA 4.56 1.92 4.70 2.36 3.76
ALASKA 7.58 2.23 5.47 2.78 4.68
ARIZONA 3.95 2.87 5.31 4.19 4.28
ARKANSAS 4.30 3.35 11.41 9.50 7.93
CALIFORNIA 5.81 1.82 5.09 3.36 4.38
COLORADO 7.19 2.49 5.32 5.16 4.75
CONNECTICUT 17.59 3.00 5.80 6.05 5.50
DELAWARE 7.69 2.35 6.74 5.96 4.91
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLORIDA 5.93 2.90 5.90 4.17 5.05
GEORGIA 4.64 1.85 4.74 4.77 4.73
HAWAII 3.83 3.76 5.97 0.69 3.00
IDAHO 6.18 2.40 14.23 6.68 6.08
ILLINOIS 3.35 1.81 4.12 2.71 6.41
INDIANA 6.46 2.08 4.87 4.34 6.07
IOWA 5.51 2.09 7.62 5.10 5.04
KANSAS 6.36 2.36 7.10 7.46 6.54
KENTUCKY 4.10 5.14 11.52 6.42 10.19
LOUISIANA 4.93 1.23 5.25 2.04 4.89
MAINE 9.58 4.25 20.10 6.01 9.03
MARYLAND 8.44 2.78 4.55 2.93 4.60
MASSACHUSETTS 8.53 1.59 8.27 5.42 6.22
MICHIGAN 6.00 7.49 3.96 2.94 4.90
MINNESOTA 7.95 2.86 8.83 6.19 5.76
MISSISSIPPI 0.98 1.28 5.00 3.29 5.90
MISSOURI 1.98 2.02 4.21 4.12 5.02
MONTANA 5.75 2.79 12.16 1.62 4.34
NEBRASKA 7.26 2.36 4.76 6.09 5.25
NEVADA 8.35 2.66 6.19 4.51 4.98
NEW HAMPSHIRE 13.70 2.76 6.99 4.52 4.64
NEW JERSEY 3.57 2.72 4.38 3.77 5.29
NEW MEXICO 5.83 3.72 7.60 5.99 5.62
NEW YORK 7.29 1.58 2.79 2.80 2.09
NORTH CAROLINA 8.25 2.51 6.89 6.70 5.20
NORTH DAKOTA 4.19 1.88 11.50 4.26 5.08
OHIO 2.11 1.92 2.87 2.31 4.55
OKLAHOMA 7.68 1.85 4.31 3.08 4.31
OREGON 5.52 2.12 5.84 6.33 4.90
PENNSYLVANIA 5.52 1.68 4.55 4.10 4.33
PUERTO RICO . . . . .
RHODE ISLAND 3.60 0.98 4.29 6.20 7.50
SOUTH CAROLINA 5.17 2.28 9.62 5.46 6.01
SOUTH DAKOTA 8.18 3.86 14.88 6.63 6.65
TENNESSEE 4.37 1.89 3.92 4.37 5.08
TEXAS 5.87 2.11 3.60 3.23 4.44
UTAH 6.94 2.07 7.97 4.28 5.28
VERMONT 13.73 4.75 12.38 2.65 6.04
VIRGINIA 30.11 2.25 4.95 5.47 5.01
WASHINGTON 7.10 2.66 7.81 6.31 4.78
WEST VIRGINIA 1.82 4.62 8.36 1.60 8.56
WISCONSIN 7.34 2.58 8.21 6.88 6.55
WYOMING 9.63 3.86 11.98 7.32 7.95
AMERICAN SAMOA . . . . .
GUAM . . . . .
NORTHERN MARIANAS . . . . .
PALAU . . . . .
VIRGIN ISLANDS . . . . .
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS . . . . .
50 STATES & D.C. 6.34 2.24 4.97 3.65 5.08

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Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences.
The sum of the percentages of individual disabilities may not equal
the percentage of all disabilities because of rounding.
Resident population data is provided from Population Estimates Program, Population Division
Population figures are July estimates from the Bureau of the Census. Population data for
Race/Ethnicity data for Outlying areas is not updated annually. Consequently, these data have not been included.
Data based on the December 1, 1999 count, updated as of September 25, 2000.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).