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Table 357. -  Participants in adult basic and secondary education programs, by level of enrollment and state: Fiscal years 1980, 1990, and 1995
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                       |                    1980                   |                1990                   |                1995
                       |___________________________________________|_______________________________________|____________________________________
                       |           |     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 | 3,875,452 |  2,948,302 |   927,150
                       |___________|__________|_________|__________|___________|____________|______________|___________|____________|___________
Alabama ...............|    51,599 |   36,726 |  12,372 |    2,501 |    40,177 |     32,984 |        7,193 |    56,488 |     45,193 |    11,295
Alaska ................|     5,667 |    2,200 |   2,188 |    1,279 |     5,067 |      4,267 |          800 |     7,906 |      6,203 |     1,703
Arizona ...............|     9,996 |    9,968 |      22 |        6 |    33,805 |     24,915 |        8,890 |    52,656 |     40,002 |    12,654
Arkansas ..............|     8,583 |    7,308 |   1,275 |      --- |    29,065 |     17,103 |       11,962 |    42,457 |     24,344 |    18,113
California ............|   267,625 |   60,385 |     --- |  207,240 | 1,021,227 |    753,282 |      267,945 | 1,088,044 |  1,057,257 |    30,787
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Colorado ..............|     9,381 |    4,295 |   2,644 |    2,442 |    12,183 |      9,877 |        2,306 |    14,851 |     11,020 |     3,831
Connecticut ...........|    21,889 |    8,882 |   4,805 |    8,202 |    46,434 |     25,560 |       20,874 |    26,170 |     15,766 |    10,404
Delaware ..............|     1,797 |    1,110 |     503 |      184 |     2,662 |      2,348 |          314 |     3,884 |      3,391 |       493
District of Columbia ..|    25,214 |    4,928 |   6,502 |   13,784 |    19,586 |     12,631 |        6,955 |     9,138 |      6,656 |     2,482
Florida ...............|   467,162 |  100,958 | 184,568 |  181,636 |   419,429 |    249,339 |      170,090 |   474,651 |    302,990 |   171,661
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Georgia ...............|    50,820 |   26,734 |  17,008 |    7,078 |    69,580 |     49,622 |       19,958 |    92,022 |     64,079 |    27,943
Hawaii ................|    16,457 |   16,457 |     --- |      --- |    52,012 |     31,766 |       20,246 |    61,664 |     36,988 |    24,676
Idaho .................|    12,851 |    8,915 |   3,010 |      926 |    11,171 |      9,180 |        1,991 |     9,828 |      7,467 |     2,361
Illinois ..............|    76,456 |   59,314 |  17,142 |      --- |    87,121 |     69,770 |       17,351 |    94,808 |     80,122 |    14,686
Indiana................|    20,882 |   18,127 |   2,660 |       95 |    44,166 |     27,138 |       17,028 |    38,102 |     26,170 |    11,932
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Iowa ..................|    25,851 |   16,928 |   5,153 |    3,770 |    41,507 |     30,470 |       11,037 |    40,510 |     28,961 |    11,549
Kansas ................|    14,405 |    3,687 |   7,436 |    3,282 |    10,274 |      9,191 |        1,083 |    13,762 |     10,679 |     3,083
Kentucky ..............|    27,800 |    6,147 |   4,735 |   16,918 |    28,090 |     20,406 |        7,684 |    30,352 |     23,207 |     7,145
Louisiana .............|    16,046 |   12,608 |   2,485 |      953 |    40,039 |     20,941 |       19,098 |    46,087 |     24,663 |    21,424
Maine .................|     5,327 |    3,029 |     942 |    1,356 |    14,964 |      6,620 |        8,344 |    15,687 |      7,050 |     8,637
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Maryland ..............|    34,572 |   23,421 |   6,043 |    5,108 |    41,230 |     36,244 |        4,986 |    30,677 |     21,692 |     8,985
Massachusetts .........|    20,420 |   10,241 |   5,044 |    5,135 |    34,220 |     28,140 |        6,080 |    15,014 |     11,828 |     3,186
Michigan ..............|    40,973 |   29,945 |     --- |   11,028 |   194,178 |     80,206 |      113,972 |   164,075 |     69,014 |    95,061
Minnesota .............|    10,826 |    8,627 |     877 |    1,322 |    45,648 |     33,190 |       12,458 |    36,350 |     26,556 |     9,794
Mississippi ...........|    14,317 |   10,340 |   2,918 |    1,059 |    18,957 |     15,834 |        3,123 |    22,857 |     17,660 |     5,197
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Missouri...............|    33,292 |   27,206 |   3,732 |    2,354 |    31,815 |     27,274 |        4,541 |    34,804 |     29,882 |     4,922
Montana ...............|     3,525 |    1,795 |     978 |      752 |     6,071 |      3,962 |        2,109 |     6,545 |      4,044 |     2,501
Nebraska ..............|     7,514 |    5,152 |   2,362 |      --- |     6,158 |      5,349 |          809 |     7,616 |      6,974 |       642
Nevada ................|     3,063 |      845 |      82 |    2,136 |    17,262 |      7,270 |        9,992 |    16,359 |      4,556 |    11,803
New Hampshire .........|     4,844 |    2,657 |   1,625 |      562 |     7,198 |      5,073 |        2,125 |     6,223 |      3,309 |     2,914
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
New Jersey ............|    35,770 |   17,152 |   6,790 |   11,828 |    64,080 |     46,526 |       17,554 |    37,500 |     29,410 |     8,090
New Mexico ............|    13,102 |    3,590 |   5,147 |    4,365 |    30,236 |     18,069 |       12,167 |    35,080 |     20,628 |    14,452
New York ..............|    94,574 |   57,217 |  20,002 |   17,355 |   156,611 |    125,893 |       30,718 |   209,390 |    165,892 |    43,498
North Carolina ........|    84,252 |   33,854 |  46,679 |    3,719 |   109,740 |     71,698 |       38,042 |   120,945 |     83,673 |    37,272
North Dakota ..........|     2,810 |    1,963 |     538 |      309 |     3,587 |      2,500 |        1,087 |     3,270 |      2,329 |       941
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Ohio ..................|    50,056 |   42,421 |   7,635 |      --- |    95,476 |     79,527 |       15,949 |   110,305 |     91,221 |    19,084
Oklahoma ..............|    14,701 |    6,983 |   5,697 |    2,021 |    24,307 |     19,131 |        5,176 |    32,778 |     26,621 |     6,157
Oregon ................|    27,645 |   10,690 |  12,594 |    4,361 |    37,075 |     24,915 |       12,160 |    40,800 |     22,875 |    17,925
Pennsylvania ..........|    29,477 |   19,246 |   6,436 |    3,795 |    52,444 |     40,108 |       12,336 |    52,176 |     37,497 |    14,679
Rhode Island ..........|     5,844 |    2,266 |   1,357 |    2,221 |     7,347 |      5,874 |        1,473 |     6,182 |      4,829 |     1,353
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
South Carolina ........|    69,659 |   27,959 |  35,165 |    6,535 |    81,200 |     37,117 |       44,083 |   108,041 |     46,644 |    61,397
South Dakota ..........|     4,067 |    2,080 |   1,109 |      878 |     3,184 |      2,458 |          726 |     4,518 |      3,624 |       894
Tennessee .............|    26,268 |   17,079 |   3,244 |    5,945 |    41,721 |     39,604 |        2,117 |    51,054 |     39,019 |    12,035
Texas .................|   157,349 |   94,245 |  51,126 |   11,978 |   218,747 |    145,067 |       73,680 |   207,921 |    159,983 |    47,938
Utah ..................|    18,541 |    3,756 |  14,785 |      --- |    24,841 |      6,003 |       18,838 |    30,302 |     11,147 |    19,155
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Vermont ...............|     4,583 |    3,990 |     --- |      593 |     4,808 |      4,452 |          356 |     4,800 |      4,434 |       366
Virginia ..............|    21,525 |   10,480 |   3,804 |    7,241 |    31,649 |     30,005 |        1,644 |    33,786 |     24,920 |     8,866
Washington ............|    16,286 |    7,245 |   3,894 |    5,147 |    31,776 |     25,336 |        6,440 |    44,728 |     39,061 |     5,667
West Virginia..........|    14,628 |    9,743 |   3,672 |    1,213 |    21,186 |     14,227 |\2\     6,959 |    26,232 |     18,912 |     7,320
Wisconsin .............|    16,158 |   14,185 |   1,973 |      --- |    61,081 |     45,116 |       15,965 |    78,544 |     60,162 |    18,382
Wyoming ...............|     2,457 |      857 |     905 |      695 |     3,578 |      2,071 |\2\     1,507 |     4,370 |      2,912 |     1,458
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    Outlying areas     |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
American Samoa ........|       313 |      252 |      61 |      --- |       --- |        --- |          --- |       --- |        --- |       ---
Northern Marianas .....|       --- |      --- |     --- |      --- |       --- |        --- |          --- |       430 |        246 |       184
Guam ..................|     1,346 |      612 |     471 |      263 |     1,311 |        414 |\2\       897 |     2,034 |        632 |     1,402
Puerto Rico ...........|    30,164 |   17,844 |   9,010 |    3,310 |    28,436 |     28,436 |          --- |    68,394 |     32,943 |    35,451
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 |     2,285 |        965 |     1,320
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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"; Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, "Adult Education Program Facts, Program Year 1990-1991" and "Adult Education Program Facts, Program Year 1995-96". (This table was prepared April 1997).


1998 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest