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Weapon ownership among U.S. students by ethnic group 2015

Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who were carrying a weapon at least one time during the previous 30 days in 2015, by location and ethnicity
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The data displays the percentage of U.S. students who reported that they carried a weapon at least once during the month before the survey in 2015. In 2015, about 3.7% of the white students stated that they were carrying a weapon on school property.

White 18.1 3.7
Black 12.4 3.4
Hispanic 13.7 4.5
Asian 7.1 2.3
American Indian/Alaska Native 22.4 10.5
Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian 26.3 15
Two or more races 20.8 5.7
Total 16.2 4.1