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Table 104. Public high school graduates, by state: 1969-70 to 2000-01

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                        |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |            |             |             | Percent
                        |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |            |   Estimated |   Estimated | change,
  State or other area   |    1969-70  | 1979-80  | 1980-81  | 1985-86  | 1990-91  | 1995-96  |1998-99\1\|1999-2000\1\|    2000-01  |    2001-02  |1990-91 to
                        |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |            |             |             | 2000-01
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   United States .......|   2,588,639 |2,747,678 |2,725,285 |2,382,616 |2,234,893 |2,273,109 |2,485,630 |  2,546,102 |\2\2,567,991 |\2\2,608,736 |     16.7
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Alabama ................|      45,286 |   45,190 |   44,894 |   39,620 |   39,042 |   35,043 |   36,244 |     37,819 |\3\   37,942 |      38,213 |     -2.1
Alaska .................|       3,297 |    5,223 |    5,343 |    5,464 |    5,458 |    5,945 |    6,810 |      6,615 |\3\    6,812 |       6,835 |     25.2
Arizona ................|      22,040 |   28,633 |   28,416 |   27,533 |   31,282 |   30,008 |   35,728 |     38,304 |\4\   39,468 |\4\   40,974 |     31.0
Arkansas ...............|      26,068 |   29,052 |   29,577 |   26,227 |   25,668 |   25,094 |   26,896 |     27,335 |      27,100 |      27,031 |      5.3
California .............|     260,908 |  249,217 |  242,172 |  229,026 |  234,164 |  259,071 |  299,221 |    309,866 |\4\  315,488 |\4\  323,631 |     38.2
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Colorado ...............|      30,312 |   36,804 |   35,897 |   32,621 |   31,293 |   32,608 |   36,958 |     38,924 |\3\   39,275 |      36,113 |     15.4
Connecticut ............|      34,755 |   37,683 |   38,369 |   33,571 |   27,290 |   26,319 |   28,284 |     31,562 |      30,474 |      32,067 |     17.5
Delaware ...............|       6,985 |    7,582 |    7,349 |    5,791 |    5,223 |    5,609 |    6,484 |      6,108 |\5\    6,213 |       6,478 |     24.0
District of Columbia\6\ |       4,980 |    4,959 |    4,848 |    3,875 |    3,369 |    2,696 |    2,675 |      2,695 |\3\    2,808 |       2,730 |    -19.0
Florida ................|      70,478 |   87,324 |   88,755 |   83,029 |   87,419 |   89,242 |  102,386 |    106,708 |\3\  106,407 |     112,850 |     29.1
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Georgia ................|      56,859 |   61,621 |   62,963 |   59,082 |   60,088 |   56,271 |   59,227 |     62,563 |      69,215 |      70,599 |     17.5
Hawaii .................|      10,407 |   11,493 |   11,472 |    9,958 |    8,974 |    9,387 |    9,714 |     10,437 |\3\   10,102 |      10,360 |     15.4
Idaho ..................|      12,296 |   13,187 |   12,679 |   12,059 |   11,961 |   14,667 |   15,716 |     16,170 |      15,941 |      16,000 |     33.8
Illinois ...............|     126,864 |  135,579 |  136,795 |  114,319 |  103,329 |  104,626 |  112,556 |    111,835 |\3\  110,624 |     108,968 |      5.5
Indiana.................|      69,984 |   73,143 |   73,381 |   59,817 |   57,892 |   56,330 |   58,964 |     57,023 |      56,000 |      55,823 |     -3.6
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Iowa ...................|      44,063 |   43,445 |   42,635 |   34,279 |   28,593 |   31,689 |   34,378 |     33,926 |\3\   33,774 |      33,592 |     17.5
Kansas .................|      33,394 |   30,890 |   29,397 |   25,587 |   24,414 |   25,786 |   28,685 |     29,102 |\3\   29,360 |      29,899 |     22.5
Kentucky ...............|      37,473 |   41,203 |   41,714 |   37,288 |   35,835 |   36,641 |   37,048 |     36,830 |\3\   36,957 |      35,573 |     -0.7
Louisiana ..............|      43,641 |   46,297 |   46,199 |   39,965 |   33,489 |   36,467 |   37,802 |     38,430 |      38,184 |      37,987 |     13.4
Maine ..................|      14,003 |   15,445 |   15,554 |   13,006 |   13,151 |   11,795 |   11,988 |     12,148 |\5\   12,031 |\5\   12,392 |     -5.8
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Maryland ...............|      46,462 |   54,270 |   54,050 |   46,700 |   39,014 |   41,785 |   46,214 |     47,849 |\3\   49,569 |      51,250 |     31.4
Massachusetts ..........|      63,865 |   73,802 |   74,831 |   60,360 |   50,216 |   47,993 |   51,465 |     52,950 |\3\   53,558 |      56,000 |     11.5
Michigan ...............|     121,000 |  124,316 |  124,372 |  101,042 |   88,234 |   85,530 |   94,125 |     89,986 |      96,800 |     101,300 |     14.8
Minnesota ..............|      60,480 |   64,908 |   64,166 |   51,988 |   46,474 |   50,481 |   56,964 |     57,372 |\3\   56,605 |      56,100 |     20.7
Mississippi ............|      29,653 |   27,586 |   28,083 |   25,134 |   23,665 |   23,032 |   24,198 |     24,232 |      23,740 |\5\   23,644 |     -0.1
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Missouri................|      55,315 |   62,265 |   60,359 |   49,204 |   46,928 |   49,011 |   52,531 |     52,848 |\3\   54,014 |      53,670 |     14.4
Montana ................|      11,520 |   12,135 |   11,634 |    9,761 |    9,013 |   10,139 |   10,925 |     10,903 |\3\   10,628 |      10,592 |     17.5
Nebraska ...............|      21,280 |   22,410 |   21,411 |   17,845 |   16,500 |   18,014 |   20,550 |     20,149 |\3\   19,187 |      20,128 |     22.0
Nevada .................|       5,449 |    8,473 |    9,069 |    8,784 |    9,370 |   10,374 |   13,892 |     14,551 |\3\   15,127 |      15,840 |     69.1
New Hampshire ..........|       8,516 |   11,722 |   11,552 |   10,648 |   10,059 |   10,094 |   11,251 |     11,829 |\3\   12,188 |      12,762 |     26.9
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New Jersey .............|      86,498 |   94,564 |   93,168 |   78,781 |   67,003 |   67,704 |   67,410 |     74,423 |      74,420 |      76,653 |     14.4
New Mexico .............|      16,060 |   18,424 |   17,915 |   15,468 |   15,157 |   15,402 |   17,317 |     18,031 |\3\   18,245 |      18,233 |     20.3
New York ...............|     190,000 |  204,064 |  198,465 |  162,165 |  133,562 |  134,401 |  139,426 |    141,731 |     142,000 |     142,750 |      6.9
North Carolina .........|      68,886 |   70,862 |   69,395 |   65,865 |   62,792 |   57,014 |   60,081 |     62,140 |\3\   63,014 |      65,574 |      4.4
North Dakota ...........|      11,150 |    9,928 |    9,924 |    7,610 |    7,573 |    8,027 |    8,388 |      8,606 |\3\    8,445 |       8,062 |      6.5
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Ohio ...................|     142,248 |  144,169 |  143,503 |  119,561 |  107,484 |  102,098 |  111,112 |    111,668 |\3\  110,200 |     114,800 |      6.8
Oklahoma ...............|      36,293 |   39,305 |   38,875 |   34,452 |   33,007 |   33,060 |   36,556 |     37,646 |      37,044 |\4\   37,196 |     12.7
Oregon .................|      32,236 |   29,939 |   28,729 |   26,286 |   24,597 |   26,570 |   28,245 |     30,151 |\3\   29,939 |      30,400 |     23.6
Pennsylvania ...........|     151,014 |  146,458 |  144,645 |  122,871 |  104,770 |  105,981 |  112,632 |    113,959 |     114,850 |     114,350 |      9.1
Rhode Island ...........|      10,146 |   10,864 |   10,719 |    8,908 |    7,744 |    7,689 |    8,179 |      8,477 |\3\    8,617 |\5\    8,704 |     12.4
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South Carolina .........|      34,940 |   38,697 |   38,347 |   34,500 |   32,999 |   30,182 |   31,495 |     31,617 |\3\   31,617 |      32,488 |     -1.5
South Dakota ...........|      11,757 |   10,689 |   10,385 |    7,870 |    7,127 |    8,532 |    8,757 |      9,278 |\3\    8,859 |       8,772 |     23.1
Tennessee ..............|      49,000 |   49,845 |   50,648 |   43,263 |   44,847 |   43,792 |   40,823 |     41,568 |\3\   41,568 |      42,151 |     -6.0
Texas ..................|     139,046 |  171,449 |  171,665 |  161,150 |  174,306 |  171,844 |  203,393 |    212,925 |     217,242 |     219,848 |     26.1
Utah ...................|      18,395 |   20,035 |   19,886 |   19,774 |   22,219 |   26,293 |   31,574 |     32,501 |\3\   31,042 |      30,576 |     37.6
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Vermont ................|       6,095 |    6,733 |    6,424 |    5,794 |    5,212 |    5,867 |    6,521 |      6,675 |\3\    6,658 |\4\    6,553 |     25.7
Virginia ...............|      58,562 |   66,621 |   67,126 |   63,113 |   58,441 |   58,166 |   63,875 |     65,596 |\3\   66,067 |      67,208 |     15.0
Washington .............|      50,425 |   50,402 |   50,046 |   45,805 |   42,514 |   49,862 |   55,418 |     57,597 |\3\   57,965 |      58,289 |     37.1
West Virginia...........|      26,139 |   23,369 |   23,580 |   21,870 |   21,064 |   20,335 |   19,889 |     19,437 |\3\   18,386 |      17,392 |    -17.4
Wisconsin ..............|      66,753 |   69,332 |   67,743 |   58,340 |   49,340 |   52,651 |   58,312 |     58,545 |      60,158 |      63,366 |     28.4
Wyoming ................|       5,363 |    6,072 |    6,161 |    5,587 |    5,728 |    5,892 |    6,348 |      6,462 |\3\    6,063 |       5,970 |      4.2
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Bureau of Indian        |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |            |             |             |
   Affairs .............|         --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    6,469 |        --- |         --- |         --- |      ---
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Department of Defense   |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |            |             |             |
   dependents schools:  |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |            |             |             |
   Overseas schools\7\ .|         --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    2,674 |    2,973 |      2,642 |         --- |         --- |      ---
   Domestic schools ....|         --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |        560 |         --- |         --- |      ---
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   Outlying areas       |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |            |             |             |
American Samoa .........|\8\      367 |      --- |      --- |      608 |      597 |      719 |      725 |        698 |\3\      724 |\5\      739 |     23.8
Guam ...................|         972 |      --- |      --- |      840 |    1,014 |      987 |    1,326 |      1,406 |\4\    1,387 |\4\    1,378 |     35.9
Northern Marianas ......|         --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      273 |      325 |      341 |        360 |\4\      370 |\4\      384 |     40.7
Puerto Rico ............|      24,917 |      --- |      --- |   31,597 |   29,329 |   29,499 |   30,479 |     30,856 |\4\   30,870 |\4\   31,117 |      6.1
Virgin Islands .........|\8\      432 |      --- |      --- |    1,044 |      981 |      937 |      951 |      1,060 |\3\    1,060 |\4\      997 |      1.6
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---Not available.
\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\National total includes estimates for nonreporting states.
\3\Actual count.
\4\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data.
\5\Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by the National Center for Education Statistics.
\6\Beginning in 1985-86, graduates from adult programs are excluded.
\7\Includes foreign schools only through 1995-96. Data for 1998-99 include both overseas and domestic schools. Data for 1999-2000 are for overseas schools only.
\8\Data are for 1970-71.

NOTE: Data include graduates of regular day school programs, but exclude graduates of other programs and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. All 2000-01 and 2001-02 data are state estimates unless otherwise indicated.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared February 2002.)


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