Table 361. | Participants in adult basic and secondary education programs, by level of enrollment and state: Fiscal years 1980, 1990, and 1999 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1980 | 1990 | 1999 |________________________________________|_____________________________________|_____________________________________________ | | Level of enrollment | | Level of enrollment | |Level of enrollment State or other area | |_____________________________| |__________________________| |__________________________________ | Total | Adult | Adult | | Total | Adult | Adult | Total | Adult | English | Adult | | basic |secondary|Ungraded | | basic | secondary | | basic |as a second|secondary | |education|education| | |education\1\| education | | education | language |education ____________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|____________|_____________|__________|___________|___________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 ____________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|____________|_____________|__________|___________|___________|__________ United States ...|2,018,906 | 915,936 | 531,663 | 571,307 |3,535,970 | 2,435,649 | 1,100,321 |2,840,763 | 1,052,214 | 1,099,537 | 689,012 |__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|____________|_____________|__________|___________|___________|__________ Alabama ............| 51,599 | 36,726 | 12,372 | 2,501 | 40,177 | 32,984 | 7,193 | 22,430 | 18,445 | 1,369 | 2,616 Alaska .............| 5,667 | 2,200 | 2,188 | 1,279 | 5,067 | 4,267 | 800 | 5,396 | 2,634 | 1,295 | 1,467 Arizona ............| 9,996 | 9,968 | 22 | 6 | 33,805 | 24,915 | 8,890 | 55,274 | 18,071 | 29,532 | 7,671 Arkansas ...........| 8,583 | 7,308 | 1,275 | --- | 29,065 | 17,103 | 11,962 | 39,102 | 16,304 | 3,270 | 19,528 California .........| 267,625 | 60,385 | --- | 207,240 |1,021,227 | 753,282 | 267,945 | 456,125 | 50,360 | 340,813 | 64,952 | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado ...........| 9,381 | 4,295 | 2,644 | 2,442 | 12,183 | 9,877 | 2,306 | 13,743 | 5,807 | 6,260 | 1,676 Connecticut ........| 21,889 | 8,882 | 4,805 | 8,202 | 46,434 | 25,560 | 20,874 | 27,698 | 6,011 | 12,032 | 9,655 Delaware ...........| 1,797 | 1,110 | 503 | 184 | 2,662 | 2,348 | 314 | 3,278 | 1,761 | 1,191 | 326 District of Columbia| 25,214 | 4,928 | 6,502 | 13,784 | 19,586 | 12,631 | 6,955 | 2,828 | 1,125 | 1,403 | 300 Florida ............| 467,162 | 100,958 | 184,568 | 181,636 | 419,429 | 249,339 | 170,090 | 399,772 | 130,908 | 151,003 | 117,861 | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ............| 50,820 | 26,734 | 17,008 | 7,078 | 69,580 | 49,622 | 19,958 | 107,980 | 60,145 | 30,281 | 17,554 Hawaii .............| 16,457 | 16,457 | --- | --- | 52,012 | 31,766 | 20,246 | 16,176 | 6,193 | 3,400 | 6,583 Idaho ..............| 12,851 | 8,915 | 3,010 | 926 | 11,171 | 9,180 | 1,991 | 10,542 | 5,652 | 2,663 | 2,227 Illinois ...........| 76,456 | 59,314 | 17,142 | --- | 87,121 | 69,770 | 17,351 | 120,752 | 31,945 | 72,773 | 16,034 Indiana.............| 20,882 | 18,127 | 2,660 | 95 | 44,166 | 27,138 | 17,028 | 41,760 | 21,211 | 7,330 | 13,219 | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa ...............| 25,851 | 16,928 | 5,153 | 3,770 | 41,507 | 30,470 | 11,037 | 31,757 | 15,830 | 6,809 | 9,118 Kansas .............| 14,405 | 3,687 | 7,436 | 3,282 | 10,274 | 9,191 | 1,083 | 11,410 | 5,809 | 4,340 | 1,261 Kentucky ...........| 27,800 | 6,147 | 4,735 | 16,918 | 28,090 | 20,406 | 7,684 | 37,061 | 22,049 | 2,216 | 12,796 Louisiana ..........| 16,046 | 12,608 | 2,485 | 953 | 40,039 | 20,941 | 19,098 | 38,873 | 24,644 | 1,418 | 12,811 Maine ..............| 5,327 | 3,029 | 942 | 1,356 | 14,964 | 6,620 | 8,344 | 9,807 | 3,977 | 1,184 | 4,646 | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland ...........| 34,572 | 23,421 | 6,043 | 5,108 | 41,230 | 36,244 | 4,986 | 27,556 | 12,286 | 7,430 | 7,840 Massachusetts ......| 20,420 | 10,241 | 5,044 | 5,135 | 34,220 | 28,140 | 6,080 | 24,565 | 7,194 | 13,646 | 3,725 Michigan ...........| 40,973 | 29,945 | --- | 11,028 | 194,178 | 80,206 | 113,972 | 86,218 | 35,938 | 22,941 | 27,339 Minnesota ..........| 10,826 | 8,627 | 877 | 1,322 | 45,648 | 33,190 | 12,458 | 51,769 | 20,273 | 20,740 | 10,756 Mississippi ........| 14,317 | 10,340 | 2,918 | 1,059 | 18,957 | 15,834 | 3,123 | 40,370 | 29,465 | 1,800 | 9,105 | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri............| 33,292 | 27,206 | 3,732 | 2,354 | 31,815 | 27,274 | 4,541 | 38,773 | 25,034 | 7,731 | 6,008 Montana ............| 3,525 | 1,795 | 978 | 752 | 6,071 | 3,962 | 2,109 | 4,995 | 3,515 | 172 | 1,308 Nebraska ...........| 7,514 | 5,152 | 2,362 | --- | 6,158 | 5,349 | 809 | 9,095 | 5,150 | 3,328 | 617 Nevada .............| 3,063 | 845 | 82 | 2,136 | 17,262 | 7,270 | 9,992 | 22,346 | 1,047 | 10,961 | 10,338 New Hampshire ......| 4,844 | 2,657 | 1,625 | 562 | 7,198 | 5,073 | 2,125 | 5,519 | 1,438 | 1,854 | 2,227 | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey .........| 35,770 | 17,152 | 6,790 | 11,828 | 64,080 | 46,526 | 17,554 | 44,712 | 11,317 | 26,222 | 7,173 New Mexico .........| 13,102 | 3,590 | 5,147 | 4,365 | 30,236 | 18,069 | 12,167 | 29,197 | 15,543 | 8,200 | 5,454 New York ...........| 94,574 | 57,217 | 20,002 | 17,355 | 156,611 | 125,893 | 30,718 | 194,028 | 61,819 | 91,846 | 40,363 North Carolina .....| 84,252 | 33,854 | 46,679 | 3,719 | 109,740 | 71,698 | 38,042 | 154,786 | 71,425 | 36,924 | 46,437 North Dakota .......| 2,810 | 1,963 | 538 | 309 | 3,587 | 2,500 | 1,087 | 1,964 | 1,087 | 416 | 461 | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio ...............| 50,056 | 42,421 | 7,635 | --- | 95,476 | 79,527 | 15,949 | 81,010 | 57,983 | 9,230 | 13,797 Oklahoma ...........| 14,701 | 6,983 | 5,697 | 2,021 | 24,307 | 19,131 | 5,176 | 20,534 | 14,028 | 3,492 | 3,014 Oregon .............| 27,645 | 10,690 | 12,594 | 4,361 | 37,075 | 24,915 | 12,160 | 27,981 | 14,115 | 10,931 | 2,935 Pennsylvania .......| 29,477 | 19,246 | 6,436 | 3,795 | 52,444 | 40,108 | 12,336 | 46,836 | 20,511 | 13,695 | 12,630 Rhode Island .......| 5,844 | 2,266 | 1,357 | 2,221 | 7,347 | 5,874 | 1,473 | 7,950 | 3,009 | 3,458 | 1,483 | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .....| 69,659 | 27,959 | 35,165 | 6,535 | 81,200 | 37,117 | 44,083 | 132,497 | 34,474 | 7,856 | 90,167 South Dakota .......| 4,067 | 2,080 | 1,109 | 878 | 3,184 | 2,458 | 726 | 5,431 | 3,551 | 835 | 1,045 Tennessee ..........| 26,268 | 17,079 | 3,244 | 5,945 | 41,721 | 39,604 | 2,117 | 49,386 | 29,766 | 5,173 | 14,447 Texas ..............| 157,349 | 94,245 | 51,126 | 11,978 | 218,747 | 145,067 | 73,680 | 106,516 | 41,508 | 53,680 | 11,328 Utah ...............| 18,541 | 3,756 | 14,785 | --- | 24,841 | 6,003 | 18,838 | 28,987 | 6,614 | 7,186 | 15,187 | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ............| 4,583 | 3,990 | --- | 593 | 4,808 | 4,452 | 356 | 4,436 | 3,604 | 513 | 319 Virginia ...........| 21,525 | 10,480 | 3,804 | 7,241 | 31,649 | 30,005 | 1,644 | 31,211 | 13,801 | 11,203 | 6,207 Washington .........| 16,286 | 7,245 | 3,894 | 5,147 | 31,776 | 25,336 | 6,440 | 57,999 | 22,113 | 30,500 | 5,386 West Virginia.......| 14,628 | 9,743 | 3,672 | 1,213 | 21,186 | 14,227 |\2\ 6,959 | 22,403 | 16,877 | 332 | 5,194 Wisconsin ..........| 16,158 | 14,185 | 1,973 | --- | 61,081 | 45,116 | 15,965 | 27,297 | 17,268 | 6,215 | 3,814 Wyoming ............| 2,457 | 857 | 905 | 695 | 3,578 | 2,071 |\2\ 1,507 | 2,632 | 1,580 | 445 | 607 |==========|=========|=========|=========|==========|============|=============|==========|===========|===========|========== Outlying areas | | | | | | | | | | | American Samoa .....| 313 | 252 | 61 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Guam ...............| 1,346 | 612 | 471 | 263 | 1,311 | 414 |\2\ 897 | 902 | 203 | 182 | 517 Northern Marianas ..| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 527 | 202 | 47 | 278 Puerto Rico ........| 30,164 | 17,844 | 9,010 | 3,310 | 28,436 | 28,436 | --- | 47,974 | 12,322 | 2,099 | 33,553 Trust Territory of | | | | | | | | | | | the Pacific ......| 3,753 | 2,138 | 699 | 916 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Virgin Islands .....| 3,500 | 1,002 | 859 | 1,639 | 1,653 | 1,215 | 438 | 1,433 | 735 | 289 | 409 ____________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|____________|_____________|__________|___________|___________|__________ |
---Not available. \1\Includes English as a second language. \2\Estimated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Women and Minority Groups Make Up Largest Segment of Adult Basic and Secondary Education Programs;" Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, "Adult Education Program Facts, Program Year 1990-1991," and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2001.) |