Changes in the Percentage of White Students in Schools Attended by Typical Black Students

The chart does not include states with less than 6 percent black public school enrollment.

197019801996Change
1970-80
Change
1980-96
Alabama32.737.931.95.2-6.0
Arkansas42.546.540.34.0-6.2
California25.627.725.02.1-2.7
Connecticut44.140.334.0-3.8-6.3
Delaware46.568.559.822.0-8.7
Florida43.250.638.47.4-12.2
Georgia35.138.333.23.2-5.1
Illinois14.619.019.84.40.8
Indiana31.738.746.07.07.3
Kentucky49.474.369.124.9-5.2
Louisiana30.832.829.02.0-3.8
Maryland30.335.426.05.1-9.4
Massachusetts47.550.441.92.9-8.5
Michigan21.922.519.80.6-2.7
Mississippi29.629.227.7-0.4-1.5
Missouri21.434.137.712.73.6
New Jersey32.426.425.2-6.0-1.2
New York29.223.018.7-6.2-4.3
North Carolina49.054.047.25.0-6.8
Ohio28.443.236.114.8-7.1
Oklahoma42.157.645.915.5-11.7
Pennsylvania27.829.330.41.51.1
Rhode IslandNA65.846.3NA-19.5
South Carolina41.242.740.51.5-2.2
Tennesse29.238.033.08.8-5.0
Texas30.735.231.44.5-3.8
Virginia41.547.444.25.9-3.2
Wisconsin25.744.532.018.8-12.5

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.