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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 6.
Published in final edited form as: Race Soc Probl. 2018 May 10;11(2):93–111. doi: 10.1007/s12552-018-9231-7

Table 1.

Distribution of racial/ethnic groups and racialized subgroups

Percent
Racial/ethnic groups
  White 60.8
  Asian 7.4
  Latinx 17.0
  Black 14.7
Racialized subgroups
  White American 58.6
  White Immigrant 2.2
  East Asian American 1.0
  East Asian Immigrant 1.4
  South Asiana 1.0
  Southeast Asian Americanb 1.4
  Southeast Asian Immigrantb 2.7
  White Latinx American 4.5
  White Latinx Immigrant 3.5
  Non-white Latinx American 4.2
  Non-white Latinx Immigrant 4.8
  Black Americanc 13.6
  Black Immigrantc 1.1

ECLS-K 98–99, N ≈ 12,610. Immigrant subgroups include first- and second-generation students. American subgroups include students third-generation and beyond

a

Not differentiated by immigrant status

b

Includes Pacific Islanders

c

Includes both mono- and multi-racial non-Latinx students identified as black