The chart does not include states with less than 6 percent black public school enrollment.
Sources: Resegregation in American Schools, by Gary Orfield and John T. Yun, The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University; DBS Corp., 1982; 1987; 1996-97 NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe.
1970 1980 1996 Change
1970-80Change
1980-96Alabama 32.7 37.9 31.9 5.2 -6.0 Arkansas 42.5 46.5 40.3 4.0 -6.2 California 25.6 27.7 25.0 2.1 -2.7 Connecticut 44.1 40.3 34.0 -3.8 -6.3 Delaware 46.5 68.5 59.8 22.0 -8.7 Florida 43.2 50.6 38.4 7.4 -12.2 Georgia 35.1 38.3 33.2 3.2 -5.1 Illinois 14.6 19.0 19.8 4.4 0.8 Indiana 31.7 38.7 46.0 7.0 7.3 Kentucky 49.4 74.3 69.1 24.9 -5.2 Louisiana 30.8 32.8 29.0 2.0 -3.8 Maryland 30.3 35.4 26.0 5.1 -9.4 Massachusetts 47.5 50.4 41.9 2.9 -8.5 Michigan 21.9 22.5 19.8 0.6 -2.7 Mississippi 29.6 29.2 27.7 -0.4 -1.5 Missouri 21.4 34.1 37.7 12.7 3.6 New Jersey 32.4 26.4 25.2 -6.0 -1.2 New York 29.2 23.0 18.7 -6.2 -4.3 North Carolina 49.0 54.0 47.2 5.0 -6.8 Ohio 28.4 43.2 36.1 14.8 -7.1 Oklahoma 42.1 57.6 45.9 15.5 -11.7 Pennsylvania 27.8 29.3 30.4 1.5 1.1 Rhode Island NA 65.8 46.3 NA -19.5 South Carolina 41.2 42.7 40.5 1.5 -2.2 Tennesse 29.2 38.0 33.0 8.8 -5.0 Texas 30.7 35.2 31.4 4.5 -3.8 Virginia 41.5 47.4 44.2 5.9 -3.2 Wisconsin 25.7 44.5 32.0 18.8 -12.5