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Table 103. Public high school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: 2001-02
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                       |                                                          |  Percent of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out
                       |      High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 2001-02   |        during 2001-02, by race/ethnicity\1\
                       |__________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________
                       |          |          |        |        |        | American|     |        |        |        |        | American
                       |          |    White,|  Black,|        |  Asian/|  Indian/|     |  White,|  Black,|        |  Asian/|  Indian/
State or               |          |      non-|    non-|        | Pacific|   Alaska|     |    non-|    non-|        | Pacific|   Alaska
other jurisdiction     |     Total|  Hispanic|Hispanic|Hispanic|Islander|   Native|Total|Hispanic|Hispanic|Hispanic|Islander|   Native
_______________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
1                      |         2|         3|       4|       5|       6|        7|    8|       9|      10|      11|      12|       13
_______________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
   United States\2,3\ .| 2,618,941| 1,800,190| 345,497| 314,093| 132,040|   27,121| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
                       |__________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
Alabama ...............|    35,887|    23,462|  11,374|     245|     347|      459|  3.7|     3.6|     3.9|     4.5|     1.6|      2.1
Alaska ................|     6,945|     4,734|     252|     197|     422|    1,340|  8.1|     6.2|    11.4|     8.9|     6.7|     13.4
Arizona ...............|    47,175|    28,640|   2,008|  12,479|   1,286|    2,762| 10.5|     6.8|    13.4|    15.2|     3.9|     19.0
Arkansas ..............|    26,984|    20,138|   5,779|     626|     323|      118|  5.3|     4.6|     7.0|     7.7|     4.3|      6.9
California ............|   324,152|   140,421|  23,451| 109,038|  48,206|    3,036| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Colorado ..............|    40,760|    31,506|   1,798|   5,700|   1,442|      314| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Connecticut ...........|    32,327|    24,721|   3,617|   2,886|   1,029|       74|  2.6|     1.9|     4.0|     5.3|     2.4|      4.9
Delaware\2\ ...........|     6,482|     4,358|   1,683|     241|     185|       15|  6.2|     4.6|     9.0|    11.6|     3.5|      5.1
District of Columbia ..|     3,090|       128|   2,684|     209|      66|        3| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Florida ...............|   119,537|    70,862|  24,960|  20,067|   3,345|      303|  3.7|     3.0|     4.9|     4.5|     1.9|      3.6
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Georgia ...............|    65,983|    40,801|  21,357|   1,593|   2,151|       81|  6.5|     5.8|     7.6|     9.8|     3.6|      7.5
Hawaii ................|    10,452|     2,013|     167|     467|   7,771|       34|  5.1|     5.5|     5.5|     6.4|     4.9|      6.6
Idaho .................|    15,874|    14,296|      76|   1,063|     248|      191|  3.9|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Illinois ..............|   116,657|    82,454|  16,294|  12,242|   5,234|      433|  6.4|     3.7|    13.6|    10.4|     2.6|      5.7
Indiana ...............|    56,722|    49,846|   4,650|   1,428|     657|      141|  2.3|     2.1|     3.1|     4.0|     1.1|      2.8
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Iowa ..................|    33,789|    31,608|     756|     660|     657|      108|  2.4|     2.1|     6.8|     7.1|     2.7|      6.6
Kansas ................|    29,541|    25,219|   1,856|   1,498|     685|      283|  3.1|     2.6|     5.3|     5.9|     2.4|      5.4
Kentucky ..............|    36,337|    32,556|   3,151|     249|     350|       31|  3.9|     3.8|     5.3|     4.0|     1.7|      0.0
Louisiana .............|    37,905|    21,252|  15,322|     484|     622|      225|  7.0|     5.0|     9.5|     6.9|     5.1|      7.3
Maine .................|    12,593|    12,201|     110|      61|     144|       77|  2.8|     2.8|     4.4|     3.7|     2.7|      5.0
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Maryland ..............|    50,881|    29,363|  16,745|   1,890|   2,725|      158|  3.9|     3.0|     5.5|     3.7|     1.4|      4.1
Massachusetts .........|    55,272|    44,973|   3,944|   3,526|   2,693|      136| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Michigan ..............|    95,001|    77,947|  11,619|   2,284|   2,250|      901| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Minnesota .............|    57,440|    51,052|   2,122|   1,032|   2,573|      661|  3.8|     2.7|     9.9|    14.5|     4.4|     14.2
Mississippi ...........|    23,740|    12,174|  11,195|     120|     219|       32|  3.9|     3.1|     4.7|     4.1|     2.2|      2.2
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Missouri ..............|    54,487|    45,627|   7,195|     696|     821|      148|  3.6|     3.2|     5.8|     5.8|     1.6|      4.8
Montana ...............|    10,554|     9,537|      34|     158|     112|      713|  3.9|     3.2|     6.7|     5.2|     2.0|     10.3
Nebraska ..............|    19,910|    17,851|     796|     756|     357|      150|  4.2|     3.1|    11.3|    11.7|     3.3|     11.9
Nevada ................|    16,270|    10,879|   1,285|   2,728|   1,123|      255|  6.4|     5.0|     8.9|     9.3|     5.2|      5.6
New Hampshire .........|    12,452|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  4.0|     3.9|     6.5|     7.8|     3.2|      7.5
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
New Jersey ............|    77,664|    50,347|  11,909|   9,657|   5,619|      132|  2.5|     1.5|     4.9|     4.7|     0.9|      2.2
New Mexico ............|    18,094|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  5.2|     3.5|     2.6|     6.4|     3.4|      5.8
New York ..............|   140,139|    94,528|  19,686|  15,524|   9,946|      455|  7.1|     3.3|    12.9|    14.2|     5.9|      9.4
North Carolina ........|    65,955|    44,888|  17,385|   1,559|   1,410|      713|  5.7|     4.9|     7.0|     9.4|     3.7|      9.9
North Dakota ..........|     8,114|     7,564|      58|      68|      62|      362|  2.0|     1.5|     2.7|     3.4|     1.9|      8.0
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Ohio\2\ ...............|   110,090|    95,036|  11,945|   1,441|   1,568|      100|  3.1|     2.4|     7.2|     6.6|     2.0|      7.1
Oklahoma ..............|    36,852|    25,385|   3,299|   1,562|     650|    5,956|  4.4|     3.8|     6.7|     9.4|     3.2|      3.8
Oregon\2\ .............|    30,821|    26,464|     594|   1,990|   1,283|      490|  4.6|     4.0|     9.9|    10.5|     3.6|      0.0
Pennsylvania ..........|   114,943|    97,397|  11,655|   3,093|   2,696|      102|  3.3|     2.4|     7.0|     8.9|     2.9|      3.3
Rhode Island ..........|     9,006|     7,132|     657|     857|     317|       43|  4.3|     3.3|     6.9|     8.2|     4.6|      5.9
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
South Carolina ........|    31,302|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  3.3|     3.1|     3.7|     3.9|     1.7|      3.1
South Dakota ..........|     8,796|     8,232|      49|      62|      99|      354|  2.8|     2.0|     7.3|     6.1|     1.9|     13.0
Tennessee .............|    40,894|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  3.8|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Texas .................|   225,167|   112,386|  30,030|  74,466|   7,707|      578|  3.8|     2.2|     4.9|     5.5|     1.6|      4.1
Utah ..................|    30,183|    27,307|     172|   1,574|     817|      313|  3.7|     3.1|     8.8|     8.2|     5.2|      8.1
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Vermont ...............|     7,083|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  4.0|     3.9|     7.3|     9.0|     2.2|      5.9
Virginia ..............|    66,519|    45,485|  15,084|   2,454|   3,353|      143|  2.9|     2.3|     4.0|     5.8|     2.0|      4.1
Washington ............|    58,311|    45,918|   2,306|   3,937|   5,030|    1,120|  7.1|     5.6|    16.8|    12.3|     6.6|     15.2
West Virginia .........|    17,128|    16,281|     600|      70|     148|       29|  3.7|     3.7|     3.9|     1.8|     1.8|      8.9
Wisconsin .............|    60,575|    53,255|   3,148|   1,792|   1,757|      623|  1.9|     1.2|     8.3|     5.6|     1.8|      4.1
Wyoming ...............|     6,106|     5,569|      60|     324|      51|      102|  5.8|     5.2|     9.9|    12.3|     2.7|     13.0
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Bureau of Indian       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
 Affairs schools ......|      --- |       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Department of Defense  |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
   dependents schools  |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
  Overseas schools ....|     2,052|     1,130|     417|     163|     342|        0| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
  Domestic schools ....|       498|       193|     101|     187|      17|        0| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
                       |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Other jurisdictions    |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
  American Samoa ......|       823|         0|       0|       0|     823|        0|  1.1|    --- |    --- |    --- |     1.1|     ---
  Guam ................|       ---|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
  Northern Marianas ...|       416|         1|       0|       0|     415|        0|  7.1|     0.0|    16.7|    --- |     7.2|     ---
  Puerto Rico .........|    30,278|         0|       0|  30,278|       0|        0|  1.2|    --- |    --- |     1.2|    --- |     ---
  Virgin Islands ......|       883|         3|     811|      68|       0|        1| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
_______________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
---Not available.
\1\Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Vermont, and Puerto Rico reported data on an alternative July through June cycle, rather than the specified October through September cycle for dropout data.
\2\Includes estimates for nonreporting states, based on 2001 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, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2002-03 and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Data File," 2001-02; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared January 2006.)


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