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LSAC Volume Summary by Ethnic and Gender Group
Final End-of-Year Counts of Applicants to ABA Approved Law Schools
Volumes Rounded to Nearest ten (All Applicants rounded to nearest hundred)
* due to changes in data collection methods, asterisked (*) data are not comparable to prior data
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| Applicant Group |
1994-95 |
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
1997-98 |
1998-99 |
Fall 2000 |
Fall 2001 |
Fall 2002 |
Fall 2003 |
Fall 2004 |
| All |
84,300 |
76,700 |
72,300 |
71,700 |
74,400 |
74,600* |
77,200 |
90,900 |
99,500 |
100,600 |
| % Change from prior year |
-5.9% |
-9.0% |
-5.7% |
-0.8% |
3.7% |
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3.6% |
17.6% |
9.5% |
1.1% |
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| American Indian/ Alaskan Native |
810 |
710 |
640 |
600 |
640 |
610* |
580 |
640 |
740 |
780 |
| % Change from prior year |
16.0% |
-13.3% |
-9.1% |
-6.4% |
7.2% |
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-5.3% |
10.4% |
15.7% |
6.0% |
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| Asian/ Pacific Islander |
5,400 |
5,160 |
4,870 |
4,940 |
5,070 |
5,280* |
5,530 |
6,970 |
8,060 |
8,570 |
| % Change from prior year |
-0.6% |
-4.5% |
-5.6% |
1.6% |
2.7% |
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4.7% |
26.0% |
15.7% |
6.3% |
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| Black/ African American |
9,560 |
8,830 |
8,270 |
8,220 |
8,380 |
8,500* |
8,650 |
9,700 |
10,600 |
10,670 |
| % Change from prior year |
-4.1% |
-7.6% |
-6.3% |
-0.7% |
1.9% |
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1.7% |
12.2% |
9.3% |
0.7% |
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| Caucasian/White |
58,990 |
52,730 |
49,100 |
46,170 |
47,790 |
48,680* |
51,190 |
59,570 |
64,110 |
64,870 |
| % Change from prior year |
-7.8% |
-10.6% |
-6.9% |
-6.0% |
3.5% |
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5.1% |
16.4% |
7.6% |
1.2% |
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| Chicano/ Mexican American |
1,460 |
1,470 |
1,350 |
1,520 |
1,410 |
1,310* |
1,320 |
1,490 |
1,630 |
1,570 |
| % Change from prior year |
-5.2% |
0.8% |
-8.5% |
13.0% |
-7.6% |
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0.2% |
13.3% |
9.1% |
-3.4% |
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| Hispanic/Latino |
2,870 |
2,680 |
2,670 |
2,680 |
2,930 |
2,950* |
3,020 |
3,680 |
4,330 |
4,560 |
| % Change from prior year |
-3.7% |
-6.6% |
-0.4% |
0.7% |
9.1% |
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2.3% |
22.0% |
17.5% |
5.4% |
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| Puerto Rican |
1,690 |
1,610 |
1,760 |
1,870 |
1,870 |
1,960* |
1,990 |
1,890 |
1,830 |
1,840 |
| % Change from prior year |
-2.4% |
-4.7% |
9.0% |
6.4% |
0.1% |
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1.8% |
-5.0% |
-3.4% |
0.5% |
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| Other |
2,600 |
2,610 |
2,580 |
2,560 |
2,780 |
2,920* |
3,360 |
4,030 |
4,670 |
4,650 |
| % Change from prior year |
11.5% |
0.4% |
-1.1% |
-1.0% |
8.9% |
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15.0% |
20.1% |
15.8% |
-0.2% |
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| No Ethnic ID |
920 |
900 |
1,110 |
3,170 |
3,510 |
2,340* |
1,610 |
2,880 |
3,550 |
3,080 |
| % Change from prior year |
-3.6% |
-2.5% |
23.4% |
185.9% |
10.9% |
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-31.1% |
78.6% |
23.3% |
-13.2% |
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| Female |
37,930 |
35,170 |
33,530 |
33,990 |
36,010 |
36,880* |
38,230 |
44,040 |
48,170 |
48,680 |
| % Change from prior year |
-4.0% |
-7.3% |
-4.7% |
1.4% |
5.9% |
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3.7% |
15.2% |
9.4% |
1.1% |
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| Male |
45,950 |
41,080 |
38,310 |
36,870 |
37,080 |
36,520* |
37,890 |
44,510 |
49,690 |
50,720 |
| % Change from prior year |
-7.5% |
-10.6% |
-6.7% |
-3.8% |
0.6% |
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3.7% |
17.5% |
11.6% |
2.1% |
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| No Gender Id |
430 |
430 |
500 |
870 |
1,290 |
1,150* |
1,120 |
2,300 |
1,650 |
1,210 |
| % Change from prior year |
1.7% |
1.4% |
15.2% |
73.5% |
48.8% |
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-2.7% |
105.4% |
-28.3% |
-26.7% |
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