Table AH9
Percentage (Based on 2003 Population Estimates)
of Racial/Ethnic Group Ages Birth Through 2
Served Under IDEA, Part C,
December 1, 2003
STATE	AMERICAN INDIAN/ ALASKAN	ASIAN/ PACIFIC ISLANDER	BLACK	HISPANIC	WHITE
ALABAMA	1.52	1.28	1.39	0.83	1.11
ALASKA	2.64	3.04	3.25	1.55	1.93
ARIZONA	1.77	1.08	2.18	1.18	1.50
ARKANSAS	0.88	1.69	4.35	1.31	2.01
CALIFORNIA	2.33	1.30	2.54	1.60	1.99
COLORADO	1.54	1.47	1.44	1.34	1.68
CONNECTICUT	2.79	2.23	2.75	3.27	2.96
DELAWARE	2.27	2.63	2.93	3.30	2.84
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	0.00	0.45	1.10	1.99	0.77
FLORIDA	1.09	1.36	2.05	2.11	2.52
GEORGIA	1.51	1.00	1.21	1.05	1.21
HAWAII	18.69	11.08	4.21	1.28	3.88
IDAHO	2.81	3.97	7.10	2.65	2.36
ILLINOIS	4.09	1.57	2.54	2.29	2.49
INDIANA	6.07	4.48	3.32	2.78	3.71
IOWA	3.33	1.32	2.37	2.35	1.92
KANSAS	2.66	1.80	3.01	2.38	2.37
KENTUCKY	10.76	4.41	2.94	2.34	2.28
LOUISIANA	0.74	1.19	1.82	0.89	1.76
MAINE	2.62	1.48	1.82	1.30	2.82
MARYLAND	1.57	2.23	2.53	2.28	2.72
MASSACHUSETTS	4.48	4.72	5.39	6.21	6.02
MICHIGAN	6.47	1.14	1.78	2.00	2.24
MINNESOTA	2.35	1.04	2.13	1.60	1.80
MISSISSIPPI	0.00	0.82	1.72	1.07	1.39
MISSOURI	1.11	1.97	1.23	1.18	1.58
MONTANA	3.20	2.82	10.00	1.87	1.73
NEBRASKA	2.53	1.52	1.42	1.69	1.71
NEVADA	1.20	0.77	1.21	0.85	0.97
NEW HAMPSHIRE	3.39	2.94	6.48	1.64	2.60
NEW JERSEY	0.71	1.70	1.76	1.54	2.97
NEW MEXICO	2.95	2.77	4.86	3.00	2.60
NEW YORK	3.73	2.65	3.04	4.49	5.17
NORTH CAROLINA	1.58	1.43	2.06	1.56	1.52
NORTH DAKOTA	2.89	1.02	6.88	1.37	2.01
OHIO	5.47	1.87	2.31	2.82	1.68
OKLAHOMA	1.70	3.00	2.68	2.90	2.15
OREGON	1.97	0.93	1.56	1.42	1.38
PENNSYLVANIA	6.84	2.25	3.08	3.26	2.91
PUERTO RICO	.	.	.	.	.
RHODE ISLAND	1.54	2.65	2.21	3.57	3.66
SOUTH CAROLINA	0.27	0.86	1.19	1.02	0.95
SOUTH DAKOTA	3.96	2.12	7.79	1.67	2.37
TENNESSEE	0.96	2.26	1.83	1.79	1.79
TEXAS	2.94	1.36	1.78	1.74	1.93
UTAH	3.16	1.84	5.92	1.54	1.65
VERMONT	40.00	7.08	22.06	10.66	3.23
VIRGINIA	0.86	0.94	1.51	1.26	1.42
WASHINGTON	2.18	1.09	1.53	1.58	1.42
WEST VIRGINIA	3.70	2.27	3.66	5.58	2.69
WISCONSIN	3.36	1.85	3.94	3.45	2.46
WYOMING	6.97	6.78	7.32	3.97	3.30
AMERICAN SAMOA	.	.	.	.	.
GUAM	.	.	.	.	.
NORTHERN MARIANAS	.	.	.	.	.
VIRGIN ISLANDS	.	.	.	.	.
50 STATES & D.C.	2.46	2.26	2.16	1.99	2.34
-------------------- Please see data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. Percentage = Number of children ages birth through 2 who were served under IDEA Part C and are in the race/ethnicity group ÷ Total number of children in the population who are in the race/ethnicity group and age range. Population estimates are from the Population Estimates Program, U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Estimates are for July 1, 2003, released October 2004. Population counts for Asian, not Hispanic and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, not Hispanic were combined. Population counts for two or more races, not Hispanic 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, 2003 count, updated as of July 31, 2004. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).