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Table 352. Participants in adult basic and secondary education programs, by type of program and state or jurisdiction: Selected fiscal years, 1990 through 2004
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                        |          |          |          |                      2003               |                      2004
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                        |          |          |          |          |         Type of program      |          |          Type of program
                        |          |          |          |          |______________________________|          |______________________________
                        |          |          |          |          |    Adult|English as|    Adult|          |    Adult|English as|   Adult
                        |          |          |          |          |    basic|  a second|secondary|          |    basic|  a second|secondary
State or jurisdiction   |      1990|      2000|      2002|     Total|education|  language|education|     Total|education|  language|education
________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________
1                       |         2|         3|         4|         5|        6|         7|        8|        9 |      10 |       11 |      12
________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________
   United States .......| 3,535,970| 3,306,687| 2,729,158| 2,679,927|1,056,591| 1,170,273|  453,063| 2,627,618|1,044,111| 1,168,897|  414,610
                        |__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________
Alabama ................|    40,177|   22,430 |   19,745 |    22,019|   17,759|     1,618|    2,642|    21,555|   17,423|     1,576|    2,556
Alaska .................|     5,067|    5,396 |    5,272 |     4,723|    2,317|     1,203|    1,203|     3,588|    2,206|       502|      880
Arizona ................|    33,805|   55,274 |   32,841 |    32,492|   12,420|    18,152|    1,920|    27,699|   10,340|    16,140|    1,219
Arkansas ...............|    29,065|   39,102 |   39,521 |    38,336|   23,393|     4,985|    9,958|    35,512|   22,425|     5,149|    7,938
California .............| 1,021,227|  456,125 |  526,955 |   565,311|   82,496|   415,092|   67,723|   591,574|   89,320|   435,777|   66,477
                        |          |          |          |          |         |          |         |          |         |          |
Colorado ...............|    12,183|   13,743 |   15,053 |    15,137|    4,434|     9,306|    1,397|    15,097|    4,406|     9,295|    1,396
Connecticut ............|    46,434|   27,698 |   32,470 |    33,062|    5,921|    14,911|   12,230|    32,878|    5,576|    14,675|   12,627
Delaware ...............|     2,662|    3,278 |    5,428 |     5,953|    3,530|     1,714|      709|     6,119|    3,549|     1,698|      872
District of Columbia ...|    19,586|    2,828 |    3,592 |     3,226|    1,097|     1,785|      344|     3,170|    1,165|     1,502|      503
Florida ................|   419,429|  399,772 |  410,346 |   387,710|  153,018|   136,668|   98,024|   370,985|  145,141|   125,891|   99,953
                        |          |          |          |          |         |          |         |          |         |          |
Georgia ................|    69,580|  107,980 |  111,329 |   114,008|   64,803|    36,783|   12,422|   118,458|   64,728|    41,598|   12,132
Hawaii .................|    52,012|   16,176 |   11,065 |    10,687|    1,158|     3,918|    5,611|     9,089|    1,296|     3,919|    3,874
Idaho ..................|    11,171|   10,542 |    9,766 |     8,780|    4,196|     3,151|    1,433|     7,261|    3,795|     2,400|    1,066
Illinois ...............|    87,121|  120,752 |  123,867 |   130,492|   44,119|    70,566|   15,807|   124,404|   40,592|    68,253|   15,559
Indiana ................|    44,166|   41,760 |   44,492 |    41,397|   20,953|     8,635|   11,809|    41,148|   21,678|     8,315|   11,155
                        |          |          |          |          |         |          |         |          |         |          |
Iowa ...................|    41,507|   31,757 |   19,367 |    16,338|    8,730|     4,659|    2,949|    12,242|    6,053|     3,844|    2,345
Kansas .................|    10,274|   11,410 |   10,725 |    10,386|    5,460|     4,060|      866|     9,788|    4,906|     3,873|    1,009
Kentucky ...............|    28,090|   37,061 |   33,807 |    34,700|   20,839|     3,451|   10,410|    32,235|   23,030|     3,113|    6,092
Louisiana ..............|    40,039|   38,873 |   31,679 |    31,998|   23,171|     2,061|    6,766|    32,502|   24,856|     1,910|    5,736
Maine ..................|    14,964|    9,807 |   11,107 |    10,485|    4,784|     1,520|    4,181|     8,814|    3,758|     1,469|    3,587
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Maryland ...............|    41,230|   27,556 |   30,463 |    30,082|   13,590|    11,689|    4,803|    30,304|   12,712|    12,020|    5,572
Massachusetts ..........|    34,220|   24,565 |   24,488 |    21,337|    6,917|    12,273|    2,147|    21,578|    7,471|    11,888|    2,219
Michigan ...............|   194,178|   86,218 |   75,988 |    70,893|   27,541|    21,900|   21,452|    48,273|   24,281|    13,301|   10,691
Minnesota ..............|    45,648|  517,693 |   42,853 |    43,864|   12,703|    24,985|    6,176|    44,220|   12,196|    25,729|    6,295
Mississippi ............|    18,957|   40,370 |   35,345 |    36,614|   27,455|     1,570|    7,589|    26,467|   21,304|       834|    4,329
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Missouri ...............|    31,815|   38,773 |   39,821 |    41,928|   26,264|     9,361|    6,303|    37,729|   24,186|     8,036|    5,507
Montana ................|     6,071|    4,995 |    4,420 |     4,437|    3,105|       210|    1,122|     3,864|    2,641|       198|    1,025
Nebraska ...............|     6,158|    9,095 |    9,209 |    10,200|    4,786|     4,257|    1,157|    10,267|    4,842|     4,237|    1,188
Nevada .................|    17,262|   22,346 |    7,675 |     7,601|    1,172|     5,870|      559|     8,732|    1,148|     7,015|      569
New Hampshire ..........|     7,198|    5,519 |    6,761 |     6,444|    1,804|     2,066|    2,574|     5,866|    1,833|     1,866|    2,167
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New Jersey .............|    64,080|   44,712 |   38,973 |    42,465|   12,416|    25,467|    4,582|    41,803|   12,918|    24,497|    4,388
New Mexico .............|    30,236|   29,197 |   21,461 |    21,587|   11,489|     7,961|    2,137|    22,842|   12,383|     8,466|    1,993
New York ...............|   156,611|  194,028 |  182,294 |   138,184|   50,172|    75,975|   12,037|   165,618|   63,755|    90,305|   11,558
North Carolina .........|   109,740|  154,786 |  112,601 |   108,431|   58,747|    29,080|   20,604|   110,185|   60,695|    29,646|   19,844
North Dakota ...........|     3,587|    1,964 |    2,205 |     2,145|    1,356|       252|      537|     2,154|    1,321|       263|      570
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Ohio ...................|    95,476|   81,010 |   61,522 |    59,761|   39,789|     9,542|   10,430|    56,607|   37,335|     9,040|   10,232
Oklahoma ...............|    24,307|   20,534 |   21,543 |    21,620|   13,745|     5,126|    2,749|    21,164|   13,699|     4,580|    2,885
Oregon .................|    37,075|   27,981 |   26,314 |    24,863|   10,642|    12,723|    1,498|    21,701|    9,404|    11,023|    1,274
Pennsylvania ...........|    52,444|   46,836 |   50,948 |    52,823|   24,234|    16,367|   12,222|    53,706|   26,222|    15,912|   11,572
Rhode Island ...........|     7,347|    7,950 |    5,235 |     4,567|    1,528|     1,712|    1,327|     5,166|    1,995|     1,950|    1,221
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South Carolina .........|    81,200|  132,497 |   92,310 |    69,284|   43,963|     8,312|   17,009|    67,408|   44,713|     7,524|   15,171
South Dakota ...........|     3,184|    5,431 |    2,716 |     3,446|    2,281|       526|      639|     3,607|    2,356|       598|      653
Tennessee ..............|    41,721|   49,386 |   46,971 |    46,166|   30,097|     7,109|    8,960|    47,755|   34,564|     6,600|    6,591
Texas ..................|   218,747|  106,516 |  120,623 |   128,363|   51,735|    69,490|    7,138|   122,773|   49,283|    66,667|    6,823
Utah ...................|    24,841|   28,987 |   31,415 |    32,883|   11,399|    10,650|   10,834|    31,429|   13,213|    11,690|    6,526
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Vermont ................|     4,808|    4,436 |    1,165 |     1,937|    1,106|       325|      506|     2,283|    1,289|       254|      740
Virginia ...............|    31,649|   31,211 |   32,418 |    31,574|   13,342|    14,040|    4,192|    28,037|   12,462|    12,068|    3,507
Washington .............|    31,776|   57,999 |   57,950 |    55,363|   21,906|    29,295|    4,162|    40,193|   14,157|    23,495|    2,541
West Virginia ..........|    21,186|   22,403 |   10,640 |    10,717|    8,183|       248|    2,286|    10,213|    8,048|       275|    1,890
Wisconsin ..............|    61,081|   27,297 |   32,173 |    30,437|   16,907|     7,264|    6,266|    29,132|   13,986|     7,618|    7,528
Wyoming ................|     3,578|    2,632 |    2,231 |     2,671|    1,619|       390|      662|     2,424|    1,456|       403|      565
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   Other jurisdictions .|    31,400|    53,799|    58,258|    54,259|   22,795|     5,258|   26,206|    49,410|   17,661|     3,672|   28,077
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American Samoa .........|      --- |      --- |       814|       824|      326|       349|      149|       833|      373|       380|       80
Federated States of     |          |          |          |          |         |          |         |          |         |          |
   Micronesia ..........|      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |     --- |      --- |     --- |      --- |     --- |      --- |     ---
Guam ...................|     1,311|      902 |       553|       989|      424|        68|      497|       900|      572|        71|      257
Marshall Islands .......|      --- |    2,963 |       335|       302|      116|       186|        0|       311|      112|       129|       70
Northern Marianas ......|      --- |      527 |       594|       475|       37|       123|      315|       436|       27|       189|      220
Palau ..................|      --- |      --- |       126|        89|       14|        15|       60|      --- |     --- |      --- |     ---
Puerto Rico ............|    28,436|   47,974 |    55,836|    50,301|   21,488|     4,009|   24,804|    45,796|   16,079|     2,674|   27,043
Virgin Islands .........|     1,653|    1,433 |      --- |     1,279|      390|       508|      381|     1,134|      498|       229|      407
________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|__________________
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, "Adult Education Program Facts, Program Year 1990-1991," and Enrollment and Participation in the State-Administered Adult Education Program, selected years, 2000 through 2004. Retrieved on August 11, 2005 from http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/aedatatables.html. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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