Table 105.

Public high school graduates, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980–81 through 2006–07

State or jurisdiction	1980–81	1990–91	1995–96	1999–2000	2000–01	2002–03	2003–04		2004–05	2005–06		Projected 2006–07 graduates	Percent change, 1999–2000 to 2006–07
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9	10		11	12
United States	2,725,285	2,234,893	2,273,109	2,553,844	2,569,200	2,719,947	2,753,4381		2,799,250	2,815,544	1	2,950,450	15.5
Alabama	44,894	39,042	35,043	37,819	37,082	36,741	36,464		37,453	37,918		38,060	0.6
Alaska	5,343	5,458	5,945	6,615	6,812	7,297	7,236		6,909	7,361		7,930	19.9
Arizona	28,416	31,282	30,008	38,304	46,733	49,986	45,508		59,498	54,091		69,060	80.3
Arkansas	29,577	25,668	25,094	27,335	27,100	27,555	27,181		26,621	28,790		27,920	2.1
California	242,172	234,164	259,071	309,866	315,189	341,097	343,480		355,217	343,515		375,930	21.3
Colorado	35,897	31,293	32,608	38,924	39,241	42,379	44,777		44,532	44,424		46,890	20.5
Connecticut	38,369	27,290	26,319	31,562	30,388	33,667	34,573		35,515	36,222		37,450	18.7
Delaware	7,349	5,223	5,609	6,108	6,614	6,817	6,951		6,934	7,275		7,080	15.9
District of Columbia2	4,848	3,369	2,696	2,695	2,808	2,725	3,031		2,781	3,150	3	3,400	26.2
Florida	88,755	87,419	89,242	106,708	111,112	127,484	131,418		133,318	134,686		150,280	40.8
Georgia	62,963	60,088	56,271	62,563	62,499	66,890	68,550		70,834	73,498		76,550	22.4
Hawaii	11,472	8,974	9,387	10,437	10,102	10,013	10,324		10,813	10,922		10,680	2.3
Idaho	12,679	11,961	14,667	16,170	15,941	15,858	15,547		15,768	16,096		16,360	1.2
Illinois	136,795	103,329	104,626	111,835	110,624	117,507	124,763		123,615	126,817		130,080	16.3
Indiana	73,381	57,892	56,330	57,012	56,172	57,897	56,008		55,444	57,920		61,060	7.1
Iowa	42,635	28,593	31,689	33,926	33,774	34,860	34,339		33,547	33,693		35,480	4.6
Kansas	29,397	24,414	25,786	29,102	29,360	29,963	30,155		30,355	29,818		29,550	1.5
Kentucky	41,714	35,835	36,641	36,830	36,957	37,654	37,787		38,399	38,449		38,850	5.5
Louisiana	46,199	33,489	36,467	38,430	38,314	37,610	37,019		36,009	33,275		31,690	-17.5
Maine	15,554	13,151	11,795	12,211	12,654	12,947	13,278		13,077	12,950		13,390	9.7
Maryland	54,050	39,014	41,785	47,849	49,222	51,864	52,870		54,170	55,536		57,080	19.3
Massachusetts	74,831	50,216	47,993	52,950	54,393	55,987	58,326		59,665	61,272		62,460	18.0
Michigan	124,372	88,234	85,530	97,679	96,515	100,301	98,823		101,582	102,582		106,750	9.3
Minnesota	64,166	46,474	50,481	57,372	56,581	59,432	59,096		58,391	58,898		59,640	4.0
Mississippi	28,083	23,665	23,032	24,232	23,748	23,810	23,735		23,523	23,848		24,540	1.3
Missouri	60,359	46,928	49,011	52,848	54,138	56,925	57,983		57,841	58,417		59,680	12.9
Montana	11,634	9,013	10,139	10,903	10,628	10,657	10,500		10,335	10,283		10,130	-7.1
Nebraska	21,411	16,500	18,014	20,149	19,658	20,161	20,309		19,940	19,764		19,860	-1.4
Nevada	9,069	9,370	10,374	14,551	15,127	16,378	15,201		15,740	16,455		17,450	19.9
New Hampshire	11,552	10,059	10,094	11,829	12,294	13,210	13,309		13,775	13,988		14,240	20.4
New Jersey	93,168	67,003	67,704	74,420	76,130	81,391	83,826		86,502	90,049		95,590	28.4
New Mexico	17,915	15,157	15,402	18,031	18,199	16,923	17,892		17,353	17,822		17,430	-3.3
New York	198,465	133,562	134,401	141,731	141,884	143,818	142,526	4	153,203	161,817		158,850	12.1
North Carolina	69,395	62,792	57,014	62,140	63,288	69,696	72,126		75,010	76,710		81,080	30.5
North Dakota	9,924	7,573	8,027	8,606	8,445	8,169	7,888		7,555	7,192		7,220	-16.1
Ohio	143,503	107,484	102,098	111,668	111,281	115,762	119,029		116,702	117,356		119,710	7.2
Oklahoma	38,875	33,007	33,060	37,646	37,458	36,694	36,799		36,227	36,497		36,860	-2.1
Oregon	28,729	24,597	26,570	30,151	29,939	32,587	32,958		32,602	32,394		32,020	6.2
Pennsylvania	144,645	104,770	105,981	113,959	114,436	119,933	123,474		124,758	127,830	3	129,890	14.0
Rhode Island	10,719	7,744	7,689	8,477	8,603	9,318	9,258		9,881	10,108		10,180	20.1
South Carolina	38,347	32,999	30,182	31,617	30,026	32,482	33,235		33,439	34,970	3	38,080	20.4
South Dakota	10,385	7,127	8,532	9,278	8,881	8,999	9,001		8,585	8,589		8,240	-11.2
Tennessee	50,648	44,847	43,792	41,568	40,642	44,113	46,096		47,967	50,880		50,830	22.3
Texas	171,665	174,306	171,844	212,925	215,316	238,111	244,165		239,717	240,485		255,830	20.2
Utah	19,886	22,219	26,293	32,501	31,036	29,527	30,252		30,253	29,050		31,480	-3.1
Vermont	6,424	5,212	5,867	6,675	6,856	6,970	7,100		7,152	6,779		7,140	7.0
Virginia	67,126	58,441	58,166	65,596	66,067	72,943	72,042		73,667	69,597		78,710	20.0
Washington	50,046	42,514	49,862	57,597	55,081	60,435	61,274		61,094	60,213		65,050	12.9
West Virginia	23,580	21,064	20,335	19,437	18,440	17,287	17,339		17,137	16,763		17,260	-11.2
Wisconsin	67,743	49,340	52,651	58,545	59,341	63,272	62,784	4	63,229	63,003		64,120	9.5
Wyoming	6,161	5,728	5,892	6,462	6,071	5,845	5,833		5,616	5,527		5,380	-16.7
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—		—	—
DoD, overseas	—	—	2,674	2,642	2,621	2,641	2,766		—	—		—	—
DoD, domestic	—	—	—	560	568	590	584		—	—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	597	719	698	722	832	852		905	879		—	—
Guam	—	1,014	987	1,406	1,371	1,502	1,346		1,179	—		—	—
Northern Marianas	—	273	325	360	361	422	575		614	670		—	—
Puerto Rico	—	29,329	29,499	30,856	30,154	31,408	30,083		29,071	31,896		—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	981	937	1,060	966	884	816		940	—		—	—

— Not available. 1 U.S. total includes estimates for nonreporting states. 2 Beginning in 1985–86, graduates from adult programs are excluded. 3 Projected data from NCES 2008-078, Projections of Education Statistics to 2017. 4 Estimated high school graduates from NCES 2006-606rev, The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04. NOTE: Data include regular diploma recipients, but exclude students receiving a certificate of attendance and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. DoD = Department of Defense. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics; Projections of Education Statistics to 2017; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981–82 through 2006–07; and The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04. (This table was prepared January 2009.)