K-12 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES BY ETHNICITY
HISTORY AND PROJECTION - 1998 SERIES

SCHOOL
YEAR

TOTAL

AMERICAN INDIAN

ASIAN

BLACK

FILIPINO

HISPANIC

PACIFIC ISLANDER

WHITE

Actual

1986-1987

237,414

1,729

19,543

18,809

5,199

45,872

1,097

145,165

1987-1988

249,518

1,872

21,622

19,247

6,882

48,312

1,207

150,376

1988-1989

244,629

1,929

22,352

18,568

6,344

51,809

1,336

142,291

1989-1990

236,291

1,886

24,801

17,460

6,739

55,152

1,326

128,927

1990-1991

234,164

1,997

24,850

17,119

6,782

59,240

1,309

122,867

1991-1992

244,594

2,112

26,342

17,656

7,167

66,199

1,412

123,706

1992-1993

249,320

2,138

27,897

18,219

7,339

71,466

1,408

120,853

1993-1994

253,083

2,119

29,119

18,979

7,810

75,026

1,450

118,580

1994-1995

255,200

2,262

27,168

18,864

8,496

76,557

1,365

120,488

1995-1996

259,071

2,290

27,394

19,436

8,395

78,619

1,645

121,292

1996-1997

269,071

2,364

28,832

20,742

9,034

82,015

1,588

124,496

Projected

1997-1998

285,847

2,524

31,246

21,558

9,420

89,416

1,760

129,923

1998-1999

297,533

2,591

32,676

22,334

9,887

94,558

1,821

133,666

1999-2000

304,718

2,670

34,114

22,437

9,850

97,284

1,910

136,452

2000-2001

310,413

2,679

34,222

22,798

10,380

100,299

2,112

137,924

2001-2002

315,544

2,846

34,354

23,358

10,371

104,214

2,185

138,216

2002-2003

323,204

2,818

33,933

24,197

10,763

108,228

2,387

140,879

2003-2004

325,444

2,899

32,874

25,202

10,803

112,229

2,437

138,999

2004-2005

330,965

2,950

33,861

26,365

11,178

116,977

2,578

137,056

2005-2006

343,953

2,971

35,932

27,481

11,563

124,250

2,680

139,076

2006-2007

353,448

3,188

35,958

29,037

11,649

130,577

2,812

140,228

2007-2008

373,533

3,297

36,652

29,783

12,293

144,956

2,954

143,598

PERCENT OF TOTAL

Actual

1986-1987

100.00

0.73

8.23

7.92

2.19

19.32

0.46

61.14

1987-1988

100.00

0.75

8.67

7.71

2.76

19.36

0.48

60.27

1988-1989

100.00

0.79

9.14

7.59

2.59

21.18

0.55

58.17

1989-1990

100.00

0.80

10.50

7.39

2.85

23.34

0.56

54.56

1990-1991

100.00

0.85

10.61

7.31

2.90

25.30

0.56

52.47

1991-1992

100.00

0.86

10.77

7.22

2.93

27.06

0.58

50.58

1992-1993

100.00

0.86

11.19

7.31

2.94

28.66

0.56

48.47

1993-1994

100.00

0.84

11.51

7.50

3.09

29.64

0.57

46.85

1994-1995

100.00

0.89

10.64

7.40

3.33

30.02

0.53

47.19

1995-1996

100.00

0.88

10.57

7.50

3.24

30.35

0.63

46.82

1996-1997

100.00

0.88

10.72

7.71

3.36

30.48

0.59

46.27

Projected

1997-1998

100.00

0.88

10.93

7.54

3.30

31.28

0.62

45.45

1998-1999

100.00

0.87

10.98

7.51

3.32

31.78

0.61

44.92

1999-2000

100.00

0.88

11.20

7.36

3.23

31.93

0.63

44.78

2000-2001

100.00

0.86

11.02

7.34

3.34

32.31

0.68

44.43

2001-2002

100.00

0.90

10.89

7.40

3.29

33.03

0.69

43.80

2002-2003

100.00

0.87

10.50

7.49

3.33

33.49

0.74

43.59

2003-2004

100.00

0.89

10.10

7.74

3.32

34.48

0.75

42.71

2004-2005

100.00

0.89

10.23

7.97

3.38

35.34

0.78

41.41

2005-2006

100.00

0.86

10.45

7.99

3.36

36.12

0.78

40.43

2006-2007

100.00

0.90

10.17

8.22

3.30

36.94

0.80

39.67

2007-2008

100.00

0.88

9.81

7.97

3.29

38.81

0.79

38.44

Note:  Values have been independently rounded; sums may not add to total.

Source:  Actual high school graduates through 1996-1997 were provided by the California Department of Education, California Basic Education Data System, and projected graduates, by the Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit