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Table 352.Participants in adult basic and secondary education programs, by level of enrollment and state: Fiscal years 1980, 1990, and 1991

    
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                       |                   1980                 |               1990                  |               1991
                       |----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------
                       |          |     Level of enrollment     |          | Level of enrollment      |          |Level of enrollment
  State or other area  |          |-----------------------------|          |--------------------------|          |-----------------------
                       |  Total   |  Adult   |  Adult  |        |  Total   |   Adult    |     Adult   |  Total   |   Adult    |  Adult
                       |          |  basic   |secondary|Ungraded|          |   basic    |   secondary |          |   basic    |secondary
                       |          |education |education|        |          |education\1\|   education |          |education\1\|education
-----------------------|----------|----------|---------|--------|----------|------------|-------------|----------|------------|----------
           1           |    2     |    3     |    4    |   5    |    6     |     7      |      8      |    9     |     10     |    11
-----------------------|----------|----------|---------|--------|----------|------------|-------------|----------|------------|----------
   United States ......|2,018,906 |  915,936 | 531,663 |571,307 |3,535,970 |  2,435,649 |   1,100,321 |3,694,217 |  2,513,371 |1,180,846
                       |----------|----------|---------|--------|----------|------------|-------------|----------|------------|----------
Alabama ...............|   51,599 |   36,726 |  12,372 |  2,501 |   40,177 |     32,984 |       7,193 |   45,700 |     36,319 |    9,381
Alaska ................|    5,667 |    2,200 |   2,188 |  1,279 |    5,067 |      4,267 |         800 |    5,399 |      4,488 |      911
Arizona ...............|    9,996 |    9,968 |      22 |      6 |   33,805 |     24,915 |       8,890 |   36,717 |     26,709 |   10,008
Arkansas ..............|    8,583 |    7,308 |   1,275 |    --- |   29,065 |     17,103 |      11,962 |   30,845 |     17,437 |   13,408
California ............|  267,625 |   60,385 |     --- |207,240 |1,021,227 |    753,282 |     267,945 |1,022,583 |    761,637 |  260,946
                       |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
Colorado ..............|    9,381 |    4,295 |   2,644 |  2,442 |   12,183 |      9,877 |       2,306 |   13,742 |     10,764 |    2,978
Connecticut ...........|   21,889 |    8,882 |   4,805 |  8,202 |   46,434 |     25,560 |      20,874 |   57,188 |     32,117 |   25,071
Delaware ..............|    1,797 |    1,110 |     503 |    184 |    2,662 |      2,348 |         314 |    2,567 |      2,167 |      400
District of Columbia ..|   25,214 |    4,928 |   6,502 | 13,784 |   19,586 |     12,631 |       6,955 |   20,309 |     13,207 |    7,102
Florida ...............|  467,162 |  100,958 | 184,568 |181,636 |  419,429 |    249,339 |     170,090 |  436,766 |    260,761 |  176,005
                       |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
Georgia ...............|   50,820 |   26,734 |  17,008 |  7,078 |   69,580 |     49,622 |      19,958 |   80,119 |     59,107 |   21,012
Hawaii ................|   16,457 |   16,457 |     --- |    --- |   52,012 |     31,766 |      20,246 |   53,051 |     29,816 |   23,235
Idaho .................|   12,851 |    8,915 |   3,010 |    926 |   11,171 |      9,180 |       1,991 |   10,215 |      8,407 |    1,808
Illinois ..............|   76,456 |   59,314 |  17,142 |    --- |   87,121 |     69,770 |      17,351 |   91,383 |     72,997 |   18,386
Indiana................|   20,882 |   18,127 |   2,660 |     95 |   44,166 |     27,138 |      17,028 |   50,483 |     31,101 |   19,382
                       |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
Iowa ..................|   25,851 |   16,928 |   5,153 |  3,770 |   41,507 |     30,470 |      11,037 |   38,998 |     28,009 |   10,989
Kansas ................|   14,405 |    3,687 |   7,436 |  3,282 |   10,274 |      9,191 |       1,083 |   11,179 |      8,877 |    2,302
Kentucky ..............|   27,800 |    6,147 |   4,735 | 16,918 |   28,090 |     20,406 |       7,684 |   23,248 |     16,683 |    6,565
Louisiana .............|   16,046 |   12,608 |   2,485 |    953 |   40,039 |     20,941 |      19,098 |   43,349 |     22,254 |   21,095
Maine .................|    5,327 |    3,029 |     942 |  1,356 |   14,964 |      6,620 |       8,344 |   16,573 |      7,505 |    9,068
                       |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
Maryland ..............|   34,572 |   23,421 |   6,043 |  5,108 |   41,230 |     36,244 |       4,986 |   53,505 |     49,804 |    3,701
Massachusetts .........|   20,420 |   10,241 |   5,044 |  5,135 |   34,220 |     28,140 |       6,080 |   23,218 |     18,289 |    4,929
Michigan ..............|   40,973 |   29,945 |     --- | 11,028 |  194,178 |     80,206 |     113,972 |  205,545 |     75,897 |  129,648
Minnesota .............|   10,826 |    8,627 |     877 |  1,322 |   45,648 |     33,190 |      12,458 |   48,853 |     31,964 |   16,889
Mississippi ...........|   14,317 |   10,340 |   2,918 |  1,059 |   18,957 |     15,834 |       3,123 |   20,015 |     17,269 |    2,746
                       |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
Missouri...............|   33,292 |   27,206 |   3,732 |  2,354 |   31,815 |     27,274 |       4,541 |   33,060 |     28,211 |    4,849
Montana ...............|    3,525 |    1,795 |     978 |    752 |    6,071 |      3,962 |       2,109 |    5,942 |      3,665 |    2,277
Nebraska ..............|    7,514 |    5,152 |   2,362 |    --- |    6,158 |      5,349 |         809 |    6,597 |      5,786 |      811
Nevada ................|    3,063 |      845 |      82 |  2,136 |   17,262 |      7,270 |       9,992 |   19,682 |      6,329 |   13,353
New Hampshire .........|    4,844 |    2,657 |   1,625 |    562 |    7,198 |      5,073 |       2,125 |    7,137 |      4,282 |    2,855
                       |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
New Jersey ............|   35,770 |   17,152 |   6,790 | 11,828 |   64,080 |     46,526 |      17,554 |   65,379 |     43,162 |   22,217
New Mexico ............|   13,102 |    3,590 |   5,147 |  4,365 |   30,236 |     18,069 |      12,167 |   30,287 |     17,154 |   13,133
New York ..............|   94,574 |   57,217 |  20,002 | 17,355 |  156,611 |    125,893 |      30,718 |  182,879 |    146,265 |   36,614
North Carolina ........|   84,252 |   33,854 |  46,679 |  3,719 |  109,740 |     71,698 |      38,042 |  120,347 |     79,641 |   40,706
North Dakota ..........|    2,810 |    1,963 |     538 |    309 |    3,587 |      2,500 |       1,087 |    3,853 |      2,725 |    1,128
                       |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
Ohio ..................|   50,056 |   42,421 |   7,635 |    --- |   95,476 |     79,527 |      15,949 |  108,753 |     88,302 |   20,451
Oklahoma ..............|   14,701 |    6,983 |   5,697 |  2,021 |   24,307 |     19,131 |       5,176 |   26,707 |     20,473 |    6,234
Oregon ................|   27,645 |   10,690 |  12,594 |  4,361 |   37,075 |     24,915 |      12,160 |   40,285 |     24,791 |   15,494
Pennsylvania ..........|   29,477 |   19,246 |   6,436 |  3,795 |   52,444 |     40,108 |      12,336 |   48,590 |     38,054 |   10,536
Rhode Island ..........|    5,844 |    2,266 |   1,357 |  2,221 |    7,347 |      5,874 |       1,473 |    7,264 |      5,431 |    1,833
                       |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
South Carolina ........|   69,659 |   27,959 |  35,165 |  6,535 |   81,200 |     37,117 |      44,083 |   86,776 |     35,911 |   50,865
South Dakota ..........|    4,067 |    2,080 |   1,109 |    878 |    3,184 |      2,458 |         726 |    3,079 |      2,349 |      730
Tennessee .............|   26,268 |   17,079 |   3,244 |  5,945 |   41,721 |     39,604 |       2,117 |   49,556 |     40,702 |    8,854
Texas .................|  157,349 |   94,245 |  51,126 | 11,978 |  218,747 |    145,067 |      73,680 |  220,027 |    150,322 |   69,705
Utah ..................|   18,541 |    3,756 |  14,785 |    --- |   24,841 |      6,003 |      18,838 |   24,028 |      6,788 |   17,240
                       |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
Vermont ...............|    4,583 |    3,990 |     --- |    593 |    4,808 |      4,452 |         356 |    5,330 |      4,862 |      468
Virginia ..............|   21,525 |   10,480 |   3,804 |  7,241 |   31,649 |     30,005 |       1,644 |   25,456 |     14,450 |   11,006
Washington ............|   16,286 |    7,245 |   3,894 |  5,147 |   31,776 |     25,336 |       6,440 |   34,401 |     27,752 |    6,649
West Virginia..........|   14,628 |    9,743 |   3,672 |  1,213 |   21,186 |     14,227 |\2\    6,959 |   23,077 |     16,903 |    6,174
Wisconsin .............|   16,158 |   14,185 |   1,973 |    --- |   61,081 |     45,116 |      15,965 |   70,838 |     53,524 |   17,314
Wyoming ...............|    2,457 |      857 |     905 |    695 |    3,578 |      2,071 |\2\    1,507 |    3,337 |      1,952 |    1,385
                       |==========|====================|========|==========|============|=============|==========|============|==========
    Outlying areas     |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
American Samoa ........|      313 |      252 |      61 |    --- |      --- |        --- |         --- |      --- |        --- |      ---
Northern Marianas .....|      --- |      --- |     --- |    --- |      --- |        --- |         --- |      290 |        270 |       20
Guam ..................|    1,346 |      612 |     471 |    263 |    1,311 |        414 |\2\      897 |    1,466 |        478 |      988
Puerto Rico ...........|   30,164 |   17,844 |   9,010 |  3,310 |   28,436 |     28,436 |         --- |   26,845 |     26,845 |      ---
Trust Territory of     |          |          |         |        |          |            |             |          |            |
  the Pacific .........|    3,753 |    2,138 |     699 |    916 |      --- |        --- |         --- |      --- |        --- |      ---
Virgin Islands ........|    3,500 |    1,002 |     859 |  1,639 |    1,653 |      1,215 |         438 |      --- |        --- |      ---
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1 Includes English as a second language.

2 Estimated.

---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Women and Minority Groups Make Up Largest Segment of Adult Basic and Secondary Education Programs;" and Office of Vocational and Adult Education, "Adult Education Program Facts, Program Year 1990-1991." (This table was prepared June 1993).


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