Table AH9
Percentage of Students Ages Birth Through 2
Served Under IDEA, Part C by Race/Ethnicity, Based on Population,
December 1, 2000
STATE	AMERICAN INDIAN/ ALASKAN	ASIAN/ PACIFIC ISLANDER	BLACK	HISPANIC	WHITE
ALABAMA	0.94	0.93	1.48	0.72	0.98
ALASKA	4.50	2.66	2.19	1.32	1.69
ARIZONA	2.13	0.85	1.53	1.22	1.22
ARKANSAS	0.70	1.52	3.68	0.70	1.86
CALIFORNIA	0.87	0.72	1.72	1.09	1.21
COLORADO	2.59	1.26	2.13	1.61	1.87
CONNECTICUT	1.64	2.33	3.36	2.77	2.88
DELAWARE	1.75	1.70	3.82	3.29	3.10
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	0.00	0.00	1.28	0.99	0.40
FLORIDA	1.34	1.26	2.60	2.17	2.31
GEORGIA	1.08	0.74	0.98	0.76	0.92
HAWAII	10.23	11.78	4.80	1.45	2.57
IDAHO	3.03	3.07	4.44	1.66	2.22
ILLINOIS	2.33	0.77	2.13	1.32	1.83
INDIANA	1.78	3.08	3.54	1.90	3.65
IOWA	2.59	0.89	1.36	0.99	1.28
KANSAS	1.67	1.46	3.09	2.05	2.16
KENTUCKY	6.44	2.12	2.54	1.14	1.93
LOUISIANA	0.71	1.01	1.29	0.50	1.06
MAINE	2.18	1.76	1.62	0.48	2.06
MARYLAND	1.20	0.98	2.43	1.17	2.29
MASSACHUSETTS	3.74	2.70	5.75	5.45	4.25
MICHIGAN	3.34	0.92	1.86	1.26	1.88
MINNESOTA	2.39	0.54	1.76	1.03	1.56
MISSISSIPPI	0.34	1.48	2.47	0.86	1.65
MISSOURI	0.47	1.42	1.54	0.85	1.37
MONTANA	2.93	3.87	3.03	0.76	1.65
NEBRASKA	1.68	1.16	2.06	1.45	1.71
NEVADA	2.14	1.05	1.97	0.75	1.23
NEW HAMPSHIRE	0.00	2.99	2.76	2.61	2.77
NEW JERSEY	1.57	1.00	1.90	1.24	1.77
NEW MEXICO	2.93	1.70	2.00	1.92	2.07
NEW YORK	1.73	1.17	1.83	1.65	3.04
NORTH CAROLINA	1.75	1.92	1.83	0.89	1.15
NORTH DAKOTA	2.10	3.66	1.12	0.89	1.51
OHIO	1.38	1.63	1.97	1.58	1.75
OKLAHOMA	0.77	0.98	2.16	0.93	2.00
OREGON	2.58	0.78	1.46	1.11	1.45
PENNSYLVANIA	3.33	1.17	1.79	2.07	2.30
PUERTO RICO	.	.	.	.	.
RHODE ISLAND	3.16	1.19	3.73	2.81	2.39
SOUTH CAROLINA	1.05	1.08	1.80	0.85	1.27
SOUTH DAKOTA	4.39	1.66	1.52	0.82	1.77
TENNESSEE	1.41	1.89	2.04	1.45	1.87
TEXAS	1.34	1.22	1.87	1.56	1.72
UTAH	4.12	1.64	2.56	1.13	1.81
VERMONT	7.27	2.22	4.55	1.44	2.17
VIRGINIA	0.16	0.51	1.45	0.75	1.10
WASHINGTON	2.11	0.75	1.62	1.31	1.11
WEST VIRGINIA	1.00	2.65	2.50	0.28	2.14
WISCONSIN	2.64	1.73	5.19	2.39	2.27
WYOMING	4.65	10.78	4.40	1.66	2.41
AMERICAN SAMOA	.	.	.	.	.
GUAM	.	.	.	.	.
NORTHERN MARIANAS	.	.	.	.	.
PALAU	.	.	.	.	.
VIRGIN ISLANDS	.	.	.	.	.
50 STATES & D.C.	2.13	1.69	2.00	1.43	1.90
-------------------- 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. Population data are provided from Summary File 1 of the 2000 Census, U.S. Census Bureau. Race/ethnicity population data come from tables PCT12H through PCT12O.  Counts for Asian, not Hispanic (PCT12L) and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, not Hispanic (PCT12M) were combined.  Counts for some other race, not Hispanic (PCT12N) and two or more races, not Hispanic (PCT12O) were allocated to the OSEP non-Hispanic reporting categories based on the percent distribution of the population in these categories. Data based on the December 1, 2000 count, updated as of August 30, 2001. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).