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| Table 102. - | Public high school graduates, by state: 1969-70 to 1997-98 |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Percent
| | | | | | | | | Estimated | Estimated | change,
State | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1985-86 | 1990-91 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97\1\| 1997-98 |1990-91 to
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United States .......| 2,588,639 |2,747,678 |2,725,285 |2,382,616 |2,234,893 |2,220,849 |2,273,541 |\2\2,281,317 |\2\2,359,572 |\2\2,433,373 | 8.9
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Alabama ................| 45,286 | 45,190 | 44,894 | 39,620 | 39,042 | 34,447 | 36,268 | 35,043 |\3\ 34,726 | 35,264 | -9.7
Alaska .................| 3,297 | 5,223 | 5,343 | 5,464 | 5,458 | 5,747 | 5,765 | 5,945 | 5,984 | 6,092 | 11.6
Arizona ................| 22,040 | 28,633 | 28,416 | 27,533 | 31,282 | 31,799 | 30,989 | 30,008 |\4\ 32,886 |\4\ 36,128 | 15.5
Arkansas ...............| 26,068 | 29,052 | 29,577 | 26,227 | 25,668 | 24,990 | 24,636 | 25,094 | 25,069 |\4\ 25,853 | 0.7
California .............| 260,908 | 249,217 | 242,172 | 229,026 | 234,164 | 253,083 | 255,200 | 259,071 | 269,294 | 282,678 | 20.7
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Colorado ...............| 30,312 | 36,804 | 35,897 | 32,621 | 31,293 | 31,867 | 32,409 | 32,608 |\3\ 34,221 | 34,688 | 10.8
Connecticut ............| 34,755 | 37,683 | 38,369 | 33,571 | 27,290 | 26,330 | 26,445 | 26,319 | 26,850 | 28,814 | 5.6
Delaware ...............| 6,985 | 7,582 | 7,349 | 5,791 | 5,223 | 5,230 | 5,234 | 5,609 |\3\ 5,623 | 5,879 | 12.6
District of Columbia\5\ | 4,980 | 4,959 | 4,848 | 3,875 | 3,369 | 3,207 | 2,974 | 2,696 |\4\ 2,709 |\4\ 2,729 | -19.0
Florida ................| 70,478 | 87,324 | 88,755 | 83,029 | 87,419 | 88,032 | 89,827 | 89,242 |\3\ 92,267 | 95,397 | 9.1
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Georgia ................| 56,859 | 61,621 | 62,963 | 59,082 | 60,088 | 56,356 | 56,660 | 56,271 | 61,004 | 62,956 | 4.8
Hawaii .................| 10,407 | 11,493 | 11,472 | 9,958 | 8,974 | 9,369 | 9,407 | 9,387 |\4\ 9,595 | 9,779 | 9.0
Idaho ..................| 12,296 | 13,187 | 12,679 | 12,059 | 11,961 | 13,281 | 14,198 | 14,667 | 14,900 | 15,100 | 26.2
Illinois ...............| 126,864 | 135,579 | 136,795 | 114,319 | 103,329 | 102,126 | 105,164 | 110,486 |\3\ 110,186 | 113,860 | 10.2
Indiana.................| 69,984 | 73,143 | 73,381 | 59,817 | 57,892 | 54,650 | 56,058 | 56,368 | 56,569 | 58,187 | 0.5
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Iowa ...................| 44,063 | 43,445 | 42,635 | 34,279 | 28,593 | 30,247 | 31,268 | 31,689 | 32,735 | 33,816 | 18.3
Kansas .................| 33,394 | 30,890 | 29,397 | 25,587 | 24,414 | 25,319 | 26,125 | 25,786 | 26,726 | 27,755 | 13.7
Kentucky ...............| 37,473 | 41,203 | 41,714 | 37,288 | 35,835 | 38,454 | 37,626 | 36,641 |\4\ 37,146 |\4\ 37,009 | 3.3
Louisiana ..............| 43,641 | 46,297 | 46,199 | 39,965 | 33,489 | 34,822 | 36,480 | 36,467 |\3\ 36,727 |\4\ 36,943 | 10.3
Maine ..................| 14,003 | 15,445 | 15,554 | 13,006 | 13,151 | 11,384 | 11,501 | 11,795 |\3\ 12,405 | 12,587 | -4.3
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Maryland ...............| 46,462 | 54,270 | 54,050 | 46,700 | 39,014 | 39,091 | 41,387 | 41,785 |\3\ 43,365 | 43,863 | 12.4
Massachusetts ..........| 63,865 | 73,802 | 74,831 | 60,360 | 50,216 | 47,453 | 47,679 | 47,993 | 48,933 | 49,911 | -0.6
Michigan ...............| 121,000 | 124,316 | 124,372 | 101,042 | 88,234 | 83,385 | 84,628 | 85,530 | 88,000 | 93,700 | 6.2
Minnesota ..............| 60,480 | 64,908 | 64,166 | 51,988 | 46,474 | 47,514 | 49,354 | 50,481 | 52,340 | 54,940 | 18.2
Mississippi ............| 29,653 | 27,586 | 28,083 | 25,134 | 23,665 | 23,379 | 23,837 | 23,032 | 23,255 | 24,233 | 2.4
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Missouri................| 55,315 | 62,265 | 60,359 | 49,204 | 46,928 | 46,566 | 48,862 | 48,870 |\3\ 50,223 | 51,920 | 10.6
Montana ................| 11,520 | 12,135 | 11,634 | 9,761 | 9,013 | 9,601 | 10,134 | 10,139 | 10,320 | 10,637 | 18.0
Nebraska ...............| 21,280 | 22,410 | 21,411 | 17,845 | 16,500 | 17,072 | 17,969 | 18,014 | 19,183 | 20,263 | 22.8
Nevada .................| 5,449 | 8,473 | 9,069 | 8,784 | 9,370 | 9,485 | 10,038 | 10,374 |\3\ 11,299 | 11,610 | 23.9
New Hampshire ..........| 8,516 | 11,722 | 11,552 | 10,648 | 10,059 | 9,933 | 10,145 | 10,094 | 9,398 | 9,320 | -7.3
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New Jersey .............| 86,498 | 94,564 | 93,168 | 78,781 | 67,003 | 66,125 | 67,403 |\4\ 67,516 |\4\ 69,715 |\4\ 72,247 | 7.8
New Mexico .............| 16,060 | 18,424 | 17,915 | 15,468 | 15,157 | 14,892 | 14,928 | 15,402 | 15,700 | 15,400 | 1.6
New York ...............| 190,000 | 204,064 | 198,465 | 162,165 | 133,562 | 132,708 | 132,401 | 135,569 | 137,600 | 140,500 | 5.2
North Carolina .........| 68,886 | 70,862 | 69,395 | 65,865 | 62,792 | 57,738 | 59,540 | 57,014 |\3\ 57,886 | 59,438 | -5.3
North Dakota ...........| 11,150 | 9,928 | 9,924 | 7,610 | 7,573 | 7,522 | 7,817 | 8,027 |\3\ 7,990 | 8,145 | 7.6
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Ohio ...................| 142,248 | 144,169 | 143,503 | 119,561 | 107,484 | 107,700 | 109,418 | 103,435 | 106,924 | 109,000 | 1.4
Oklahoma ...............| 36,293 | 39,305 | 38,875 | 34,452 | 33,007 | 31,872 | 33,319 | 33,060 | 33,224 | 33,577 | 1.7
Oregon .................| 32,236 | 29,939 | 28,729 | 26,286 | 24,597 | 26,338 | 26,713 | 26,570 |\3\ 27,799 | 27,700 | 12.6
Pennsylvania ...........| 151,014 | 146,458 | 144,645 | 122,871 | 104,770 | 101,958 | 104,146 | 105,981 | 109,160 | 111,350 | 6.3
Rhode Island ...........| 10,146 | 10,864 | 10,719 | 8,908 | 7,744 | 7,450 | 7,826 | 7,689 | 7,734 | 7,001 | -9.6
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South Carolina .........| 34,940 | 38,697 | 38,347 | 34,500 | 32,999 | 30,603 | 30,680 | 30,313 | 32,800 | 34,000 | 3.0
South Dakota ...........| 11,757 | 10,689 | 10,385 | 7,870 | 7,127 | 8,442 | 8,355 | 8,532 | 9,108 | 12,034 | 68.9
Tennessee ..............| 49,000 | 49,845 | 50,648 | 43,263 | 44,847 | 40,643 | 43,556 | 43,792 |\3\ 45,962 | 45,980 | 2.5
Texas ..................| 139,046 | 171,449 | 171,665 | 161,150 | 174,306 | 163,191 | 170,322 | 171,844 | 180,369 | 185,050 | 6.2
Utah ...................| 18,395 | 20,035 | 19,886 | 19,774 | 22,219 | 26,407 | 27,670 | 26,293 |\3\ 31,032 | 32,000 | 44.0
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Vermont ................| 6,095 | 6,733 | 6,424 | 5,794 | 5,212 | 5,414 | 5,871 | 5,870 |\3\ 6,102 |\3\ 6,209 | 19.1
Virginia ...............| 58,562 | 66,621 | 67,126 | 63,113 | 58,441 | 56,140 | 58,260 | 58,166 |\3\ 62,258 | 64,383 | 10.2
Washington .............| 50,425 | 50,402 | 50,046 | 45,805 | 42,514 | 47,235 | 49,294 | 49,862 | 52,900 | 55,021 | 29.4
West Virginia...........| 26,139 | 23,369 | 23,580 | 21,870 | 21,064 | 19,884 | 20,131 | 20,335 |\3\ 19,547 | 20,052 | -4.8
Wisconsin ..............| 66,753 | 69,332 | 67,743 | 58,340 | 49,340 | 48,371 | 51,735 | 52,651 | 55,500 | 56,300 | 14.1
Wyoming ................| 5,363 | 6,072 | 6,161 | 5,587 | 5,728 | 5,997 | 5,889 | 5,892 |\3\ 6,324 | 6,075 | 6.1
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Outlying areas | | | | | | | | | | |
American Samoa .........|\6\ 367 | --- | --- | 608 | 597 | 738 | 695 | 719 |\3\ 705 | 677 | 13.4
Guam ...................| 972 | --- | --- | 840 | 1,014 | 985 | 987 | --- |\3\ 1,076 | 1,146 | 13.0
Northern Marianas ......| --- | --- | --- | --- | 273 | 328 | 319 | 325 |\3\ 310 | 424 | 55.3
Puerto Rico ............| 24,917 | --- | --- | 31,597 | 29,329 | 27,718 | 29,747 | 29,499 | 28,740 | 28,829 | -1.7
Virgin Islands .........|\6\ 432 | --- | --- | 1,044 | 981 | 886 | 995 | 937 |\3\ 912 | 998 | 1.7
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\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\National total includes estimates for nonreporting states. \3\Actual count. \4\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data. \5\Beginning in 1985-86, graduates from adult programs are excluded. \6\Data are for 1970-71. ---Data not reported. NOTE.--Data include graduates of regular day school programs, but exclude graduates of other programs and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. They also exclude graduates of subcollegiate departments of institutions of higher education, federal schools for American Indians and on federal installations, and residential schools for disabled children. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. All 1996-97 and 1997-98 data are state estimates unless otherwise indicated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared May 1998.) |
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