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Table 202. Residence and migration of all freshmen students in degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2004
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                       |   Students|  Student residents of| Ratio of students|
                       |   enrolled|        state         |    remaining to--|   Migration of students
                       |  in insti-|______________________|__________________|__________________________
                       |    tutions| Attending|  Attending|Students|  Student|  Out of|    Into|
                       | located in|college in| college in|enrolled|residents|   state|state\4\|    Net
                       | the juris-|any juris-|home juris-|(col. 4/| (col. 4/|(col. 3-|(col. 2-|(col. 8-
State or jurisdiction  | diction\1\|diction\2\| diction\3\| col. 2)|  col. 3)| col. 4)| col. 4)|col. 7)
_______________________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
1                      |          2|         3|          4|       5|        6|       7|       8|       9
_______________________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
   United States ......|  2,630,243| 2,575,811|  2,133,727|    0.81|     0.83| 442,084| 496,516|  54,432
                       |___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
Alabama ...............|     42,737|    37,769|     34,074|    0.80|     0.90|   3,695|   8,663|   4,968
Alaska ................|      2,760|     4,313|      2,430|    0.88|     0.56|   1,883|     330|  -1,553
Arizona ...............|     50,521|    40,036|     35,972|    0.71|     0.90|   4,064|  14,549|  10,485
Arkansas ..............|     24,110|    22,715|     20,162|    0.84|     0.89|   2,553|   3,948|   1,395
California ............|    259,869|   253,474|    230,354|    0.89|     0.91|  23,120|  29,515|   6,395
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Colorado ..............|     45,341|    44,616|     37,398|    0.82|     0.84|   7,218|   7,943|     725
Connecticut ...........|     27,295|    32,649|     18,771|    0.69|     0.57|  13,878|   8,524|  -5,354
Delaware ..............|      8,253|     6,827|      4,846|    0.59|     0.71|   1,981|   3,407|   1,426
District of Columbia ..|     11,350|     3,912|      1,055|    0.09|     0.27|   2,857|  10,295|   7,438
Florida ...............|    138,561|   120,899|    109,133|    0.79|     0.90|  11,766|  29,428|  17,662
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Georgia ...............|     83,314|    80,377|     69,428|    0.83|     0.86|  10,949|  13,886|   2,937
Hawaii ................|      8,492|     8,832|      6,057|    0.71|     0.69|   2,775|   2,435|    -340
Idaho .................|     11,801|    11,339|      8,525|    0.72|     0.75|   2,814|   3,276|     462
Illinois ..............|    103,212|   114,285|     90,951|    0.88|     0.80|  23,334|  12,261| -11,073
Indiana ...............|     61,520|    54,805|     47,980|    0.78|     0.88|   6,825|  13,540|   6,715
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Iowa ..................|     43,352|    35,152|     31,128|    0.72|     0.89|   4,024|  12,224|   8,200
Kansas ................|     28,393|    26,673|     22,970|    0.81|     0.86|   3,703|   5,423|   1,720
Kentucky ..............|     39,485|    34,718|     30,891|    0.78|     0.89|   3,827|   8,594|   4,767
Louisiana .............|     43,572|    40,910|     37,168|    0.85|     0.91|   3,742|   6,404|   2,662
Maine .................|     10,760|    11,860|      7,846|    0.73|     0.66|   4,014|   2,914|  -1,100
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Maryland ..............|     45,815|    53,336|     36,575|    0.80|     0.69|  16,761|   9,240|  -7,521
Massachusetts .........|     70,869|    61,944|     44,207|    0.62|     0.71|  17,737|  26,662|   8,925
Michigan ..............|     88,078|    88,279|     79,810|    0.91|     0.90|   8,469|   8,268|    -201
Minnesota .............|     61,042|    62,798|     50,355|    0.82|     0.80|  12,443|  10,687|  -1,756
Mississippi ...........|     33,646|    30,686|     28,659|    0.85|     0.93|   2,027|   4,987|   2,960
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Missouri...............|     51,431|    49,183|     41,537|    0.81|     0.84|   7,646|   9,894|   2,248
Montana ...............|      8,484|     8,593|      6,428|    0.76|     0.75|   2,165|   2,056|    -109
Nebraska ..............|     18,855|    18,728|     15,480|    0.82|     0.83|   3,248|   3,375|     127
Nevada ................|     13,995|    14,332|     12,013|    0.86|     0.84|   2,319|   1,982|    -337
New Hampshire .........|     12,420|    11,828|      6,495|    0.52|     0.55|   5,333|   5,925|     592
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
New Jersey ............|     57,564|    84,556|     53,103|    0.92|     0.63|  31,453|   4,461| -26,992
New Mexico ............|     16,827|    16,950|     13,913|    0.83|     0.82|   3,037|   2,914|    -123
New York ..............|    180,253|   176,350|    146,818|    0.81|     0.83|  29,532|  33,435|   3,903
North Carolina ........|     81,444|    71,834|     65,215|    0.80|     0.91|   6,619|  16,229|   9,610
North Dakota ..........|      9,477|     7,711|      5,504|    0.58|     0.71|   2,207|   3,973|   1,766
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Ohio ..................|    104,334|   105,975|     90,920|    0.87|     0.86|  15,055|  13,414|  -1,641
Oklahoma ..............|     34,948|    31,937|     28,856|    0.83|     0.90|   3,081|   6,092|   3,011
Oregon ................|     28,402|    27,076|     22,338|    0.79|     0.83|   4,738|   6,064|   1,326
Pennsylvania ..........|    132,339|   119,658|    101,314|    0.77|     0.85|  18,344|  31,025|  12,681
Rhode Island ..........|     15,388|     9,209|      6,246|    0.41|     0.68|   2,963|   9,142|   6,179
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
South Carolina ........|     37,868|    34,340|     30,641|    0.81|     0.89|   3,699|   7,227|   3,528
South Dakota ..........|      9,076|     8,920|      6,687|    0.74|     0.75|   2,233|   2,389|     156
Tennessee .............|     47,991|    45,448|     38,202|    0.80|     0.84|   7,246|   9,789|   2,543
Texas .................|    205,221|   208,106|    189,462|    0.92|     0.91|  18,644|  15,759|  -2,885
Utah ..................|     26,787|    20,301|     18,722|    0.70|     0.92|   1,579|   8,065|   6,486
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Vermont ...............|      6,343|     4,750|      2,013|    0.32|     0.42|   2,737|   4,330|   1,593
Virginia ..............|     66,621|    61,956|     50,453|    0.76|     0.81|  11,503|  16,168|   4,665
Washington ............|     37,393|    40,604|     32,291|    0.86|     0.80|   8,313|   5,102|  -3,211
West Virginia .........|     16,602|    13,989|     12,026|    0.72|     0.86|   1,963|   4,576|   2,613
Wisconsin .............|     55,331|    56,165|     46,809|    0.85|     0.83|   9,356|   8,522|    -834
Wyoming ...............|      6,519|     4,606|      3,231|    0.50|     0.70|   1,375|   3,288|   1,913
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
U.S. Service Schools ..|      4,182|         †|        265|       †|        †|    -265|   3,917|   4,182
State unknown\5\ ......|         † |    39,502|         † |       †|        †|  39,502|       †| -39,502
                       |===========|==========|===========|========|=========|========|========|========
   Other jurisdictions |     43,506|    44,225|     41,186|    0.95|     0.93|   3,039|   2,320|    -719
                       |___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
American Samoa ........|        575|       692|        575|    1.00|     0.83|     117|       0|    -117
Federated States of    |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
   Micronesia .........|      1,389|     1,538|      1,387|    1.00|     0.90|     151|       2|    -149
Guam ..................|        724|       397|        254|    0.35|     0.64|     143|     470|     327
Marshall Islands ......|        179|       276|        169|    0.94|     0.61|     107|      10|     -97
Northern Marianas .....|        255|       231|        197|    0.77|     0.85|      34|      58|      24
Palau .................|        115|     1,253|         74|    0.64|     0.06|   1,179|      41|  -1,138
Puerto Rico ...........|     39,471|    38,936|     38,192|    0.97|     0.98|     744|   1,279|     535
Virgin Islands ........|        798|       902|        338|    0.42|     0.37|     564|     460|    -104
                       |===========|==========|===========|========|=========|========|========|========
Foreign countries .....|          †|    36,006|          †|       †|        †|  36,006|       †| -36,006
Residence unknown .....|          †|    17,707|          †|       †|        †|  17,707|       †| -17,707
_______________________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
†Not applicable.
\1\All of the new students reported by the institutions in that state; i.e., all in-migrants and "remaining" students.
\2\All students living in a particular state when admitted to an institution in any state. Students may be enrolled in any state.
\3\Students who attend institutions in their home state.
\4\Includes students coming to U.S. colleges from foreign countries and other jurisdictions.
\5\Students are reported in "state unknown" when an institution is unable to determine the student's home state.
NOTE: Includes all students who are enrolled at the reporting institution for the first time. Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2004 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2005. (This table was prepared September 2005.)


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