Table 13
Noncitizen Student Enrollment from Top Fifteen Source Countries
Country 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Mexico Number 8,852 8,353 8,129 7,855 8,076 8,379 8,569 7,611 8,846 9,698
Percent 15.7 15.0 14.6 14.4 14.6 15.1 16.2 17.6 19.1 20.4
India Number 1,776 1,901 2,080 2,471 2,960 3,820 4,055 3,675 3,647 3,936
Percent 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.5 5.4 6.9 7.7 8.5 7.9 8.3
Japan Number 2,076 2,287 2,403 2,593 2,875 3,151 3,105 2,802 2,852 2,707
Percent 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.2 5.7
Peoples Rep of China Number 2,526 2,783 2,982 3,166 3,413 3,606 3,280 2,471 2,524 2,586
Percent 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.8 6.2 6.5 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.4
Philippines Number 3,031 3,076 3,172 3,102 3,161 3,132 2,832 2,253 2,325 2,353
Percent 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.0
Vietnam Number 9,104 8,616 7,849 6,710 5,689 4,595 3,496 2,312 2,297 2,119
Percent 16.1 15.5 14.1 12.3 10.3 8.3 6.6 5.3 5.0 4.5
Taiwan Number 3,406 3,296 3,423 3,403 3,351 3,247 2,898 1,967 2,159 2,075
Percent 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.5 4.5 4.7 4.4
Korea, South (Republic Number 2,334 2,181 2,192 2,032 2,044 1,994 1,868 1,500 1,783 1,864
Percent 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.9
Iran Number 1,768 1,574 1,449 1,345 1,318 1,316 1,234 1,094 1,295 1,369
Percent 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.9
Thailand Number 1,129 1,229 1,301 1,325 1,467 1,542 1,486 1,191 1,195 1,131
Percent 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.4
Hong Kong Number 1,929 1,855 1,782 1,670 1,567 1,532 1,353 958 1,125 1,084
Percent 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.3
Canada Number 945 941 915 942 998 1,057 994 870 919 962
Percent 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0
El Salvador Number 1,683 1,695 1,640 1,487 1,418 1,345 1,224 746 786 920
Percent 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.9
Indonesia (West Irian) Number 970 918 1,005 1,026 1,025 1,010 1,021 732 787 730
Percent 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.5
Guatemala Number 597 581 619 645 635 659 645 501 556 662
Percent 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4
Subtotal Number 42,126 41,286 40,941 39,772 39,997 40,385 38,060 30,683 33,096 34,196
Percent 74.5 74.4 73.8 72.9 72.4 72.6 71.9 70.9 71.4 72.0
Other Number 14,404 14,238 14,558 14,752 15,233 15,248 14,848 12,609 13,264 13,272
Percent 25.5 25.6 26.2 27.1 27.6 27.4 28.1 29.1 28.6 28.0
All Countries Number 56,530 55,524 55,499 54,524 55,230 55,633 52,908 43,292 46,360 47,468
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0