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• Member enrollment for non-White youth in MN by county ranges from 0% to 34% with a statewide average of 3.6%.  The difference between census and enrollment by county ranges from –22% to +11%, with a state average of   –7% discrepancy regarding representation of non-white youth enrolled as members.  Overall, MN 4-H has 27,118 (96.4%, compared with 89.4%, census) white youth and 1,011 (3.6% compared with 10.6%, census) non-white youth enrolled for a total of 28,129 youth.
  
  
• Member enrollment for male youth in MN by county ranges from 27% to 59% with a statewide average of 43.2%.  The difference between census and enrollment by county ranges from –25% to +7%, with a state average of –8.1% discrepancy regarding representation of male youth.  Overall, MN 4-H has 15,982 (56.8% compared with 48.7%, census) females and 12,147 (43.2% compared with 51.3%, census) males enrolled as members for a total of 28,129 youth.

• Project enrollment for youth in MN indicate that females are the majority of youth signed up in 6 of the 8 major project areas.  The exceptions are Mechanical Sciences and Natural Resources, where males represent 74% and 61% of participants, respectively.  No clear pattern can be determined regarding non-white youth.

Project	Female		Male		Total
Animal Science	19858	61.6%	12381	38.4%	32239
Exploring Animals	3436	67.7%	1636	32.3%	5072
Expressive and Communication Arts	15601	70.2%	6630	29.8%	22231
Family Consumer Science	16713	82.9%	3443	17.1%	20156
Mechanical Sciences	3091	25.9%	8838	74.1%	11929
Natural Resources	4602	38.6%	7309	61.4%	11911
Personal Growth and Development	5471	63.5%	3150	36.5%	8621
Plant Sciences	9709	64.2%	5424	35.8%	15133