Table 369.

Participants in state-administered adult basic education, secondary education, and English as a second language programs, by type of program and state or jurisdiction: Selected fiscal years, 1990 through 2007

State or jurisdiction	1990	2000	2005	2006				2007
				Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English as a second language	Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English as a second language
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	3,535,970	2,629,643	2,543,953	2,308,380	919,819	292,144	1,096,417	2,302,827	941,659	297,838	1,063,330
Alabama	40,177	23,666	19,827	18,742	12,694	4,319	1,729	19,809	13,590	4,301	1,918
Alaska	5,067	5,312	3,791	3,244	2,005	656	583	2,877	2,043	299	535
Arizona	33,805	31,136	26,881	24,861	9,183	1,037	14,641	18,704	10,702	1,378	6,624
Arkansas	29,065	38,867	37,102	31,912	19,492	6,911	5,509	31,010	19,275	6,841	4,894
California	1,021,227	473,050	591,893	586,632	107,746	64,318	414,568	602,837	122,601	71,579	408,657
Colorado	12,183	13,818	15,011	14,530	3,763	1,164	9,603	14,683	3,770	1,180	9,733
Connecticut	46,434	30,844	31,958	26,686	6,623	7,949	12,114	27,549	7,312	7,593	12,644
Delaware	2,662	4,342	6,329	4,863	2,511	854	1,498	4,399	2,635	514	1,250
District of Columbia	19,586	3,667	3,646	3,384	1,236	500	1,648	3,694	1,908	428	1,358
Florida	419,429	404,912	348,119	239,648	92,630	31,656	115,362	264,670	107,093	33,098	124,479
Georgia	69,580	108,004	95,434	68,557	43,293	5,919	19,345	72,390	45,839	6,253	20,298
Hawaii	52,012	10,525	7,461	7,772	2,884	1,399	3,489	8,135	3,452	1,573	3,110
Idaho	11,171	10,506	7,744	7,961	4,279	656	3,026	6,953	3,795	537	2,621
Illinois	87,121	122,043	118,296	109,743	26,655	13,087	70,001	107,120	26,803	13,739	66,578
Indiana	44,166	42,135	43,498	40,771	23,026	9,714	8,031	38,468	22,737	8,766	6,965
Iowa	41,507	20,161	11,989	9,664	3,702	2,070	3,892	9,271	3,951	2,210	3,110
Kansas	10,274	11,248	9,475	9,323	4,134	1,387	3,802	8,611	4,009	1,092	3,510
Kentucky	28,090	31,050	30,931	31,458	22,433	5,677	3,348	31,456	22,728	5,338	3,390
Louisiana	40,039	30,929	29,367	23,601	18,002	3,598	2,001	23,642	17,896	3,603	2,143
Maine	14,964	12,430	8,151	8,215	3,774	2,767	1,674	7,878	3,689	2,643	1,546
Maryland	41,230	22,702	27,055	32,535	14,294	4,477	13,764	30,882	13,622	4,192	13,068
Massachusetts	34,220	24,053	21,448	23,957	5,517	3,333	15,107	21,706	4,917	3,525	13,264
Michigan	194,178	56,096	34,768	32,856	18,739	3,132	10,985	30,571	18,102	3,389	9,080
Minnesota	45,648	42,039	47,174	45,407	14,813	5,736	24,858	45,805	14,610	7,206	23,989
Mississippi	18,957	37,947	25,675	21,775	17,776	3,391	608	20,372	16,825	2,982	565
Missouri	31,815	41,089	37,052	34,374	22,194	5,097	7,083	33,497	22,061	4,775	6,661
Montana	6,071	4,892	3,291	2,697	1,813	694	190	2,930	2,176	539	215
Nebraska	6,158	7,917	10,226	8,699	4,019	928	3,752	8,503	3,801	1,096	3,606
Nevada	17,262	22,992	9,981	9,483	1,056	516	7,911	9,526	1,140	466	7,920
New Hampshire	7,198	5,962	5,804	5,797	1,794	2,255	1,748	5,592	1,662	2,217	1,713
New Jersey	64,080	44,317	40,889	35,374	11,301	2,437	21,636	34,198	11,372	2,152	20,674
New Mexico	30,236	23,243	24,132	20,040	10,467	1,972	7,601	20,063	10,623	2,015	7,425
New York	156,611	176,239	157,486	147,631	60,375	9,929	77,327	133,852	51,463	8,666	73,723
North Carolina	109,740	107,504	109,047	108,745	58,509	18,774	31,462	110,126	60,450	18,785	30,891
North Dakota	3,587	2,124	2,063	1,776	1,083	442	251	1,693	956	497	240
Ohio	95,476	65,579	50,869	47,462	31,881	8,322	7,259	48,209	32,526	8,479	7,204
Oklahoma	24,307	20,101	20,447	19,146	12,212	2,824	4,110	17,672	12,208	2,033	3,431
Oregon	37,075	25,228	21,668	21,713	9,224	1,818	10,671	21,690	9,507	1,631	10,552
Pennsylvania	52,444	49,369	54,274	53,557	28,751	9,989	14,817	50,996	26,860	10,238	13,898
Rhode Island	7,347	5,592	6,697	6,787	2,800	642	3,345	6,697	3,017	646	3,034
South Carolina	81,200	94,452	65,901	58,916	44,235	7,997	6,684	59,077	44,687	8,585	5,805
South Dakota	3,184	5,637	3,517	2,977	2,012	569	396	2,629	1,674	578	377
Tennessee	41,721	40,615	48,924	43,179	31,173	5,273	6,733	41,439	29,629	5,333	6,477
Texas	218,747	111,585	119,867	102,365	38,371	4,820	59,174	93,242	36,358	4,308	52,576
Utah	24,841	30,714	29,320	24,869	11,883	3,650	9,336	21,764	11,347	2,561	7,856
Vermont	4,808	1,146	2,015	2,404	1,533	713	158	1,756	1,189	446	121
Virginia	31,649	35,261	29,222	32,502	11,797	4,359	16,346	30,940	11,354	4,574	15,012
Washington	31,776	53,460	50,386	52,810	19,480	3,552	29,778	57,474	21,624	4,011	31,839
West Virginia	21,186	13,072	9,444	8,872	6,783	1,925	164	9,083	6,931	1,983	169
Wisconsin	61,081	27,304	26,029	25,792	12,730	6,154	6,908	24,302	11,938	6,257	6,107
Wyoming	3,578	2,767	2,379	2,316	1,139	786	391	2,385	1,202	708	475
Other jurisdictions	31,400	44,785	37,328	38,333	8,908	27,171	2,254	34,079	6,664	26,040	1,375
American Samoa	—	662	838	772	235	121	416	226	116	34	76
Federated States of    Micronesia	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1,311	1,092	1,062	1,113	604	327	182	1,079	593	365	121
Marshall Islands	—	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	—	680	740	530	41	316	173	613	82	304	227
Palau	—	132	206	73	13	60	0	55	0	55	0
Puerto Rico	28,436	41,043	33,463	34,903	7,606	25,985	1,312	31,924	5,756	25,276	892
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,653	841	1,019	942	409	362	171	182	117	6	59

—Not available.

NOTE: Adult basic education provides instruction in basic skills for adults 16 and over functioning at literacy levels below the secondary level. Adult secondary education provides instruction at the high school level for adults who are seeking to pass the GED or obtain an adult high school credential. English as a second language instruction is for adults who lack proficiency in English and who seek to improve their literacy and competence in English. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy, "Adult Education Program Facts, Program Year 1990-1991"; and OVAE National Reporting System, retrieved July 9, 2009, from http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OVAE/NRS/. (This table was prepared July 2009.)