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Table 102. Public high school graduates, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2003-04
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                         |            |         |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |         |   Percent
                         |            |         |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |Projected|   change,
                         |            |         |         |         |         |         |         |          |         | 2003-04,|1990-91 to
State or jurisdiction    |     1969-70|  1980-81|  1985-86|  1990-91|  1995-96|1999-2000|  2000-01|2001-02\1\|  2002-03|graduates|   2003-04
_________________________|____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|___________
1                        |           2|        3|        4|        5|        6|        7|        8|         9|       10|       11|         12
_________________________|____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|___________
   United States ........|   2,588,639|2,725,285|2,382,616|2,234,893|2,273,109|2,553,844|2,568,956| 2,621,534|2,719,947|2,757,540|       23.4
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Alabama .................|      45,286|   44,894|   39,620|   39,042|   35,043|   37,819|   37,082|    35,887|   36,741|   37,610|       -3.7
Alaska ..................|       3,297|    5,343|    5,464|    5,458|    5,945|    6,615|    6,812|     6,945|    7,297|    7,100|       30.1
Arizona .................|      22,040|   28,416|   27,533|   31,282|   30,008|   38,304|   46,773|    47,175|   49,986|   57,010|       82.2
Arkansas ................|      26,068|   29,577|   26,227|   25,668|   25,094|   27,335|   27,100|    26,984|   27,555|   26,890|        4.8
California ..............|     260,908|  242,172|  229,026|  234,164|  259,071|  309,866|  315,189|   325,895|  341,097|  342,580|       46.3
                         |            |         |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |         |
Colorado ................|      30,312|   35,897|   32,621|   31,293|   32,608|   38,924|   39,241|    40,760|   42,379|   42,920|       37.2
Connecticut .............|      34,755|   38,369|   33,571|   27,290|   26,319|   31,562|   30,388|    32,327|   33,667|   34,380|       26.0
Delaware ................|       6,985|    7,349|    5,791|    5,223|    5,609|    6,108|    6,614|     6,482|    6,817|    6,840|       31.0
District of Columbia\2\ .|       4,980|    4,848|    3,875|    3,369|    2,696|    2,695|    2,808|     3,090|    2,725|    3,150|       -6.5
Florida .................|      70,478|   88,755|   83,029|   87,419|   89,242|  106,708|  111,112|   119,537|  127,484|  129,020|       47.6
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Georgia .................|      56,859|   62,963|   59,082|   60,088|   56,271|   62,563|   62,499|    65,983|   66,890|   69,720|       16.0
Hawaii ..................|      10,407|   11,472|    9,958|    8,974|    9,387|   10,437|   10,102|    10,452|   10,013|   10,300|       14.8
Idaho ...................|      12,296|   12,679|   12,059|   11,961|   14,667|   16,170|   15,941|    15,874|   15,858|   15,460|       29.3
Illinois ................|     126,864|  136,795|  114,319|  103,329|  104,626|  111,835|  110,624|   116,657|  117,507|  121,270|       17.4
Indiana .................|      69,984|   73,381|   59,817|   57,892|   56,330|   57,012|   56,172|    56,722|   57,897|   57,610|       -0.5
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Iowa ....................|      44,063|   42,635|   34,279|   28,593|   31,689|   33,926|   33,774|    33,789|   34,860|   33,820|       18.3
Kansas ..................|      33,394|   29,397|   25,587|   24,414|   25,786|   29,102|   29,360|    29,541|   29,963|   30,040|       23.0
Kentucky ................|      37,473|   41,714|   37,288|   35,835|   36,641|   36,830|   36,957|    36,337|   37,654|   36,170|        0.9
Louisiana ...............|      43,641|   46,199|   39,965|   33,489|   36,467|   38,430|   38,314|    37,905|   37,610|   36,220|        8.2
Maine ...................|      14,003|   15,554|   13,006|   13,151|   11,795|   12,211|   12,654|    12,593|   12,947|   13,380|        1.7
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Maryland ................|      46,462|   54,050|   46,700|   39,014|   41,785|   47,849|   49,222|    50,881|   51,864|   53,030|       35.9
Massachusetts ...........|      63,865|   74,831|   60,360|   50,216|   47,993|   52,950|   54,393|    55,272|   55,987|   57,930|       15.4
Michigan ................|     121,000|  124,372|  101,042|   88,234|   85,530|   97,679|   96,515|    95,001|  100,301|  106,320|       20.5
Minnesota ...............|      60,480|   64,166|   51,988|   46,474|   50,481|   57,372|   56,581|    57,440|   59,432|   59,780|       28.6
Mississippi .............|      29,653|   28,083|   25,134|   23,665|   23,032|   24,232|   23,748|    23,740|   23,810|   23,610|       -0.2
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Missouri ................|      55,315|   60,359|   49,204|   46,928|   49,011|   52,848|   54,138|    54,487|   56,925|   56,980|       21.4
Montana .................|      11,520|   11,634|    9,761|    9,013|   10,139|   10,903|   10,628|    10,554|   10,657|   10,520|       16.7
Nebraska ................|      21,280|   21,411|   17,845|   16,500|   18,014|   20,149|   19,658|    19,910|   20,161|   20,020|       21.3
Nevada ..................|       5,449|    9,069|    8,784|    9,370|   10,374|   14,551|   15,127|    16,270|   16,378|   16,220|       73.1
New Hampshire ...........|       8,516|   11,552|   10,648|   10,059|   10,094|   11,829|   12,294|    12,452|   13,210|   13,250|       31.7
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New Jersey ..............|      86,498|   93,168|   78,781|   67,003|   67,704|   74,420|   76,130|    77,664|   81,391|   88,330|       31.8
New Mexico ..............|      16,060|   17,915|   15,468|   15,157|   15,402|   18,031|   18,199|    18,094|   16,923|   18,050|       19.1
New York ................|     190,000|  198,465|  162,165|  133,562|  134,401|  141,731|  141,884|   140,139|  143,818|  150,880|       13.0
North Carolina ..........|      68,886|   69,395|   65,865|   62,792|   57,014|   62,140|   63,288|    65,955|   69,696|   71,380|       13.7
North Dakota ............|      11,150|    9,924|    7,610|    7,573|    8,027|    8,606|    8,445|     8,114|    8,169|    7,790|        2.9
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Ohio ....................|     142,248|  143,503|  119,561|  107,484|  102,098|  111,668|  111,281|   110,608|  115,762|  116,270|        8.2
Oklahoma ................|      36,293|   38,875|   34,452|   33,007|   33,060|   37,646|   37,458|    36,852|   36,694|   36,670|       11.1
Oregon ..................|      32,236|   28,729|   26,286|   24,597|   26,570|   30,151|   29,939|    31,153|   32,587|   32,530|       32.3
Pennsylvania ............|     151,014|  144,645|  122,871|  104,770|  105,981|  113,959|  114,436|   114,943|  119,933|  121,550|       16.0
Rhode Island ............|      10,146|   10,719|    8,908|    7,744|    7,689|    8,477|    8,603|     9,006|    9,318|    9,280|       19.8
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South Carolina ..........|      34,940|   38,347|   34,500|   32,999|   30,182|   31,617|   29,742|    31,302|   32,482|   32,110|       -2.7
South Dakota ............|      11,757|   10,385|    7,870|    7,127|    8,532|    9,278|    8,881|     8,796|    8,999|    9,090|       27.5
Tennessee ...............|      49,000|   50,648|   43,263|   44,847|   43,792|   41,568|   40,642|    40,894|   44,113|   43,620|       -2.7
Texas ...................|     139,046|  171,665|  161,150|  174,306|  171,844|  212,925|  215,316|   225,167|  238,111|  236,670|       35.8
Utah ....................|      18,395|   19,886|   19,774|   22,219|   26,293|   32,501|   31,036|    30,183|   29,527|   29,920|       34.7
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Vermont .................|       6,095|    6,424|    5,794|    5,212|    5,867|    6,675|    6,856|     7,083|    6,970|    7,030|       34.9
Virginia ................|      58,562|   67,126|   63,113|   58,441|   58,166|   65,596|   66,067|    66,519|   72,943|   71,740|       22.8
Washington ..............|      50,425|   50,046|   45,805|   42,514|   49,862|   57,597|   55,081|    58,311|   60,435|   60,410|       42.1
West Virginia ...........|      26,139|   23,580|   21,870|   21,064|   20,335|   19,437|   18,440|    17,128|   17,287|   17,070|      -19.0
Wisconsin ...............|      66,753|   67,743|   58,340|   49,340|   52,651|   58,545|   59,341|    60,575|   63,272|   62,270|       26.2
Wyoming .................|       5,363|    6,161|    5,587|    5,728|    5,892|    6,462|    6,071|     6,106|    5,845|    5,730|         #
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Bureau of Indian         |            |         |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |         |
   Affairs ..............|        --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |      --- |     --- |     --- |       ---
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Department of Defense    |            |         |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |         |
   dependents schools    |            |         |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |         |
  Overseas schools ......|        --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |    2,674|    2,642|    2,621|     2,554|    3,231|     --- |       ---
  Domestic schools ......|        --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |      560|      568|       565|     --- |     --- |       ---
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Other jurisdictions      |            |         |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |         |
  American Samoa ........|\3\      367|      ---|      608|      597|      719|      698|      722|       823|      832|     --- |       ---
  Guam ..................|         972|      ---|      840|    1,014|      987|    1,406|    1,371|      --- |    1,502|     --- |       ---
  Northern Marianas .....|         ---|      ---|      ---|      273|      325|      360|      361|       416|      422|     --- |       ---
  Puerto Rico ...........|      24,917|      ---|   31,597|   29,329|   29,499|   30,856|   30,154|    30,278|   31,408|     --- |       ---
  Virgin Islands ........|\3\      432|      ---|    1,044|      981|      937|    1,060|      966|       883|      886|     --- |       ---
_________________________|____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________|___________
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Revised from previously published figures.
\2\Beginning in 1985-86, graduates from adult programs are excluded.
\3\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. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, 1969-70; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981-82 through 2003-04; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2014. (This table was prepared January 2006.)


2005 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest