The table contains the percent of minority residents in each of the states. For the nation as a whole, 42.8% of residents are minorities. State Percent State Percent State Percent Alabama 39 Louisiana 45 Ohio 23 Alaska 40 Maine 8 Oklahoma 37 Arizona 51 Maryland 52 Oregon 27 Arkansas 31 Massachusetts 31 Pensylvania 26 California 67 Michigan 28 Rhode Island 31 Colorado 35 Minnesota 23 South Carolina 41 Connecticut 39 Mississippi 48 South Dakota 19 Delaware 23 Missouri 23 Tennessee 30 Florida 52 Montana 15 Texas 61 Georgia 51 Nebraska 23 Utah 22 Hawaii 75 Nevada 54 Vermont 8 Idaho 20 New Hampshire 11 Virginia 41 Illinois 42 New Jersey 51 Washington 34 Indiana 23 New Mexico 67 West Virginia 9 Iowa 16 New York 48 Wisconsin 22 Kansas 27 North Carolina 41 Wyoming 18 Kentucky 17 North Dakota 15 District of Columbia 53 Find the mean of the 51 entries in the table. It is not 42.8% . (Enter your answer rounded to one decimal place.) mean= % The mean for all 51 entries is than the national average of 42.8% . Some states, such as California and Florida, are larger and should carry weight in the national percentage. In this case, the larger states also have a percentage of minority residents. By not accounting for population size, averaging the averages results in a value than the national percentage.