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Disproportionality by Race and Disability

State	School Child Count Risk Ratio (vs. Other Races)	Census Count Risk Ratio (vs. Other Races)	Census Count Risk Ratio (vs. Whites)
Alabama	1.37	1.59	1.57
Alaska	1.22	1.40	1.70
Arizona	1.26	1.72	1.80
Arkansas	1.21	1.40	1.37
California	1.65	1.73	1.74
Colorado	1.42	1.90	2.03
Connecticut	1.25	1.51	1.58
Delaware	1.34	1.91	1.95
District of Columbia	1.86	4.85	9.38
Florida	1.24	1.45	1.45
Georgia	1.12	1.28	1.23
Hawaii	1.06	0.70	1.08
Idaho	1.26	2.20	2.26
Illinois	1.23	1.39	1.31
Indiana	1.09	1.28	1.25
Iowa	1.71	2.75	2.76
Kansas	1.48	1.76	1.74
Kentucky	1.32	1.40	1.37
Louisiana	1.22	1.45	1.40
Maine	0.87	1.60	1.59

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Source:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS)

State Population data from the U.S. Census http://www.census.gov.

Public School enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/.

Notes:

The special education data for the state of New York were not available in 2000.