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Population and public-school enrollment, from non-NAEP sources: By state, April 2000 and fall 2000

		Estimated resident populations: April 1, 2000						Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 2000
		Total			5- to 17-year-olds			Total			Kindergarten through grade 81			Grades 9–12
		(in thousands)			(in thousands)			(in thousands)			(in thousands)			(in thousands)
Nation			281,422			53,118			47,223			33,709			13,514
Alabama			4,447			827			740			539			201
Alaska			627			143			133			94			39
Arizona			5,131			985			878			641			237
Arkansas			2,673			499			450			318			132
California			33,872			6,763			6,142			4,409			1,733
Colorado			4,301			803			725			517			208
Connecticut			3,406			618			562			406			156
Delaware			784			143			115			81			34
Florida			15,982			2,701			2,435			1,760			675
Georgia			8,186			1,574			1,445			1,060			385
Hawaii			1,212			218			184			132			52
Idaho			1,294			271			245			170			75
Illinois			12,419			2,369			2,049			1,474			575
Indiana			6,080			1,151			989			703			286
Iowa			2,926			545			495			334			161
Kansas			2,688			524			471			323			147
Kentucky			4,042			729			666			472			194
Louisiana			4,469			902			743			547			197
Maine			1,275			231			207			146			61
Maryland			5,296			1,003			853			609			244
Massachusetts			6,349			1,103			975			703			273
Michigan			9,938			1,924			1,743			1,256			488
Minnesota			4,919			957			854			578			277
Mississippi			2,845			571			498			364			134
Missouri			5,595			1,058			913			645			268
Montana			902			175			155			105			50
Nebraska			1,711			333			286			195			91
Nevada			1,998			366			341			251			90
New Hampshire			1,236			234			208			147			61
New Jersey			8,414			1,524			1,308			953			355
New Mexico			1,819			378			320			225			95
New York			18,976			3,451			2,882			2,029			853
North Carolina			8,049			1,425			1,294			945			348
North Dakota			642			121			109			72			37
Ohio			11,353			2,133			1,835			1,294			541
Oklahoma			3,451			656			623			445			178
Oregon			3,421			624			546			379			167
Pennsylvania			12,281			2,194			1,814			1,258			556
Rhode Island			1,048			184			157			114			44
South Carolina			4,012			745			677			493			184
South Dakota			755			152			129			88			41
Tennessee			5,689			1,024			909			668			241
Texas			20,852			4,262			4,060			2,943			1,117
Utah			2,233			509			482			333			148
Vermont			609			114			102			70			32
Virginia			7,079			1,276			1,145			816			329
Washington			5,894			1,120			1,005			694			310
West Virginia			1,808			301			286			201			85
Wisconsin			5,364			1,026			879			595			285
Wyoming			494			98			90			60			30
Other Jurisdictions
District of Columbia			572			82			69			54			15
DDESS	2		—			—			34			31			3
DoDDS	3		—			—			74			59			14

— Not available.
¹ Includes a number of prekindergarten students. 
² Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools. 
³ Department of Defense Dependents Schools (Overseas). 
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institue of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2002 (NCES 2003–060), tables 17 and 37 (pp. 24, 50–51), 2003. 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 1095 at the national level, SF1-P12 and unpublished data; and Common Core of Data surveys.

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Last updated 20 October 2003 (SW)