The Compelling Need for Diversity in Higher Education

EXPERT REPORT OF THOMAS J. SUGRUE

Gratz, et al. v. Bollinger, et al., No. 97-75321 (E.D. Mich.)
Grutter, et al. v. Bollinger, et al., No. 97-75928 (E.D. Mich.)

Table 2: Michigan Population by Race/Ethnicity

Population % of Total
Population		 % of Total School
Population
Total 9,295,297    
White* 7,649,951 82.3 77.4
Black* 1,282,744 13.8 17.5
American Indian/
Eskimo/Aleut*		 52,571   0.6   1.1
Asian/Pacific
Islander*		 102,506   1.1   1.5
Other Race* 5,929   0.1 N.A
Hispanic+ 201,596   2.2   2.6
Mexican 138,312   1.5 N.A.
Puerto Rican 18,538   0.2 N.A.
Cuban 5,157   0.1 N.A.
Other Hispanic 39,589   0.4 N.A.

Sources: 1990 U.S. Census of Population and Housing, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics: United States, 1990 CPH-1-1 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992), Table 2; National Center for Educational Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, 1996), Table 44, figures for public school enrollment, Fall 1994. N.A. means data not available.

*Figures for non-Hispanic population.

+Hispanics may be of any race (black, white, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut).

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