White students are underrepresented at all Michigan community colleges, whereas Black students are overrepresented at several

Difference between the proportion of racial groups in a community college district’s general population and in the college’s enrollment population (in percent).

Note: Hover over dots to see values for one racial group at a time. Values close to zero show that the enrollment and general populations have similar demographics. Positive values show the percent overrepresented.

Source: Sources: Enrollment rates are author's calculations based on data from National Center for Education Statistics, "Integrated Education Postsecondary Data System Survey Components: 12-Month Enrollment, Fall 2014 to Spring 2019," available at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data (last accessed August 2020). Representation estimates are author's calculations based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved from the IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System, 2014–2018, available at https://data2.nhgis.org/main (last accessed July 2020). Community college district-level data courtesty of Riley Acton, assistant professor of economics at Miami University of Ohio. Data were received in June 2020 and are on file with the author.