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Table 105. High school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state: 1999-2000

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                        |    High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 1999-2000  |Percent of 9th to 12th graders who dropped out
                        |                                                         |    during 1999-2000, by race/ethnicity\1\
                        |_________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
                        |          |          |        |        |Asian or|American|         |        |           |        |Asian or|American
  State or other area   |  Total   |  White,  | Black, |Hispanic|Pacific |Indian/ |  Total  | White, |  Black,   |Hispanic|Pacific | Indian/
                        |          |   non-   |  non-  |        |Islander| Alaska |         |  non-  |   non-    |        |Islander|  Alaska
                        |          | Hispanic |Hispanic|        |        | Native |         |Hispanic| Hispanic  |        |        |  Native
________________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________
           1            |    2     |    3     |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |    8    |   9    |    10     |   11   |   12   |    13
________________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________
   United States\2,3\ ..|2,544,748 |1,785,866 |328,182 |282,610 |122,759 | 25,337 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________
Alabama\3\ .............|   37,798 |   24,185 | 12,562 |    223 |    363 |    465 |     4.5 |    4.5 |       4.4 |    6.1 |    2.2 |      2.2
Alaska .................|    6,615 |    4,576 |    245 |    190 |    347 |  1,257 |     5.5 |    4.2 |       4.1 |   11.2 |    7.7 |      8.4
Arizona ................|   38,304 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Arkansas ...............|   27,335 |   20,607 |  5,782 |    508 |    315 |    123 |     5.7 |    5.2 |       7.1 |   10.3 |    3.8 |      8.9
California\3\ ..........|  308,905 |  137,578 | 22,536 |100,637 | 45,499 |  2,655 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Colorado ...............|   38,924 |   30,450 |  1,693 |  5,172 |  1,288 |    321 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Connecticut ............|   31,562 |   24,308 |  3,511 |  2,739 |    920 |     84 |     3.1 |    2.1 |       4.7 |    8.0 |    2.0 |      5.1
Delaware\3\ ............|    6,107 |    4,237 |  1,510 |    181 |    168 |     11 |     4.1 |    3.5 |       5.3 |    7.0 |    1.5 |      7.4
District of Columbia ...|    2,695 |       98 |  2,333 |    200 |     63 |      1 |     7.2 |    3.6 |       7.2 |    8.7 |    7.4 |      0.0
Florida ................|  106,708 |   64,718 | 22,595 | 16,092 |  3,067 |    236 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Georgia ................|   62,563 |   39,500 | 20,180 |  1,085 |  1,709 |     89 |     7.2 |    6.3 |       8.5 |   10.9 |    4.0 |      7.4
Hawaii .................|   10,437 |    1,906 |    172 |    491 |  7,841 |     27 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Idaho\3\ ...............|   16,168 |   14,792 |     64 |    948 |    234 |    130 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Illinois ...............|  111,835 |   79,590 | 16,416 | 10,873 |  4,750 |    206 |     6.2 |    3.8 |      12.3 |   11.2 |    2.7 |     10.2
Indiana\3\ .............|   57,023 |   50,815 |  4,328 |  1,186 |    626 |     68 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Iowa ...................|   33,926 |   32,034 |    734 |    537 |    547 |     74 |     2.5 |    2.3 |       5.5 |    8.0 |    2.3 |      7.6
Kansas .................|   29,102 |   25,175 |  1,766 |  1,205 |    681 |    275 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Kentucky ...............|   36,830 |   32,937 |  2,902 |    197 |    239 |    555 |     5.0 |    4.8 |       7.1 |    4.1 |    1.4 |      0.0
Louisiana ..............|   38,430 |   22,227 | 14,831 |    503 |    659 |    210 |     9.2 |    7.3 |      11.5 |    9.9 |    6.8 |     10.9
Maine ..................|   12,148 |   11,809 |     90 |     63 |    128 |     58 |     3.3 |    3.2 |       4.9 |    4.8 |    6.2 |      4.9
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Maryland ...............|   47,849 |   28,422 | 15,252 |  1,489 |  2,566 |    120 |     4.1 |    3.4 |       5.6 |    3.7 |    1.6 |      5.7
Massachusetts ..........|   52,950 |   42,982 |  4,030 |  3,505 |  2,322 |    111 |     4.1 |    3.1 |       9.9 |    2.5 |   13.5 |      4.5
Michigan ...............|   89,986 |   79,643 |  5,718 |  1,890 |  1,894 |    841 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Minnesota ..............|   57,372 |   51,895 |  1,683 |    885 |  2,280 |    629 |     4.3 |    3.1 |      14.4 |   13.0 |    6.7 |     16.9
Mississippi ............|   24,232 |   12,681 | 11,322 |     55 |    152 |     22 |     4.9 |    4.2 |       5.7 |    6.6 |    2.3 |      6.0
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Missouri................|   52,848 |   44,569 |  6,683 |    643 |    829 |    124 |     4.4 |    4.1 |       6.4 |    8.4 |    2.7 |      4.2
Montana ................|   10,903 |    9,983 |     23 |    134 |     82 |    681 |     4.2 |    3.5 |       8.6 |    4.9 |    3.6 |     11.3
Nebraska ...............|   20,149 |   18,215 |    808 |    673 |    327 |    126 |     4.0 |    3.0 |      11.7 |   11.7 |    3.5 |     14.2
Nevada .................|   14,551 |   10,299 |  1,265 |  1,863 |    920 |    204 |     6.2 |    5.0 |       8.2 |    9.5 |    4.7 |      8.5
New Hampshire ..........|   11,829 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
New Jersey .............|   74,423 |   49,309 | 11,102 |  8,607 |  5,198 |    207 |     3.1 |    1.9 |       6.1 |    6.3 |    1.3 |      3.1
New Mexico .............|   18,031 |    7,959 |    416 |  7,591 |    207 |  1,858 |     6.0 |    3.9 |       7.1 |    7.7 |    8.2 |      5.8
New York ...............|  141,731 |   94,783 | 20,798 | 15,853 |  9,859 |    438 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
North Carolina .........|   62,140 |   42,445 | 16,592 |  1,061 |  1,313 |    729 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
North Dakota ...........|    8,606 |    8,040 |     58 |     68 |     52 |    388 |     2.7 |    2.0 |       5.0 |    4.9 |    3.2 |     11.4
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Ohio ...................|  111,668 |   98,213 | 11,253 |    656 |  1,444 |    102 |     5.0 |    3.6 |      13.4 |    9.8 |    3.2 |      8.8
Oklahoma ...............|   37,646 |   26,951 |  3,132 |  1,260 |    657 |  5,646 |     5.4 |    4.8 |       7.9 |   11.6 |    3.3 |      5.3
Oregon\3\ ..............|   29,782 |   25,880 |    519 |  1,595 |  1,340 |    448 |     5.8 |    5.3 |      10.8 |   12.5 |    5.1 |      0.0
Pennsylvania ...........|  113,959 |   96,959 | 11,713 |  2,825 |  2,395 |     67 |     4.0 |    2.9 |       3.0 |   32.9 |    3.8 |      5.4
Rhode Island ...........|    8,477 |    6,999 |    464 |    708 |    292 |     14 |     4.8 |    3.7 |       8.7 |   10.5 |    5.3 |      6.2
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
South Carolina .........|   31,617 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
South Dakota ...........|    9,278 |    8,747 |     60 |     69 |     76 |    326 |     3.5 |    2.6 |       8.8 |    7.2 |    1.4 |     14.6
Tennessee ..............|   41,568 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     4.2 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Texas ..................|  212,925 |  109,721 | 27,507 | 68,314 |  6,862 |    521 |     5.0 |    2.9 |       6.8 |    7.3 |    2.6 |      5.2
Utah ...................|   32,501 |   29,925 |    168 |  1,349 |    731 |    328 |     4.1 |    3.4 |      10.3 |   11.5 |    5.9 |      9.4
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Vermont ................|    6,675 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     4.7 |    4.6 |       5.0 |    6.1 |    3.0 |      9.5
Virginia ...............|   65,596 |   45,282 | 15,042 |  2,039 |  3,070 |    163 |     3.9 |    3.1 |       5.3 |    7.7 |    3.5 |      5.7
Washington .............|   57,597 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
West Virginia...........|   19,437 |   18,529 |    678 |     73 |    134 |     23 |     4.2 |    4.2 |       6.0 |    3.1 |    0.8 |      4.0
Wisconsin ..............|   58,545 |   52,474 |  2,573 |  1,446 |  1,520 |    532 |     2.6 |    1.6 |      10.3 |    6.9 |    3.0 |      6.0
Wyoming ................|    6,462 |    5,946 |     29 |    353 |     49 |     85 |     5.7 |    5.0 |       5.9 |   10.5 |    4.9 |     20.6
                        |__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________
Bureau of Indian Affairs|      --- |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
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Department of Defense   |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
   dependents schools:
   Overseas schools\3\ .|    2,362 |    1,337 |    434 |    204 |    387 |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
   Domestic schools\3\ .|      518 |      215 |    101 |    171 |     31 |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
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     Outlying areas     |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
American Samoa ........ |      698 |        0 |      0 |      0 |    698 |      0 |     1.3 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    1.3 |      ---
Guam\3\ ................|    1,404 |       40 |      2 |      8 |  1,354 |      0 |    12.2 |   18.5 |       9.1 |   11.5 |   12.1 |     33.3
Northern Marianas.......|      360 |        9 |      0 |      0 |    351 |      0 |     7.4 |    3.3 |       --- |    --- |    7.5 |      ---
Puerto Rico ............|   30,856 |        0 |      0 | 30,856 |      0 |      0 |     0.9 |    --- |       --- |    0.9 |    --- |      ---
Virgin Islands .........|    1,060 |       10 |    969 |     81 |      0 |      0 |     6.8 |    2.1 |       7.2 |    5.0 |    0.0 |      0.0
________________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________

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\1\Alabama, Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Puerto Rico reported data on an alternative July through June cycle, rather than the specified October through September cycle for dropout data.
\2\U.S. total includes estimates for nonreporting states, based on 1999 12th-grade enrollment racial/ethnic distribution reported by state.
\3\Data differ slightly from figures reported in other tables due to varying reporting practices for racial/ethnic survey data.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared September 2002.)


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