Table 4.

Percentage of Black and White children in each state who attended a school that used corporal punishment in the 2011–2012 school year

State	Percent of Black students	Percent of White students
MS	55	64
AL	40	56
AR	38	54
OK	9	26
TN	13	27
LA	18	24
GA	12	15
TX	11	17
MO	4	9
KY	1	7
IN	4	4
FL	2	5
SC	1	2
ID	1	2
NC	< 1	1
AZ	< 1	< 1
WY	3	1
KS	< 1	< 1
CO	2	< 1
Total in states where it is legal	13	14
Total across all states.	7	6

Data source: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (2014b).