Skip Navigation

Search
Digest of Education Statistics
  • 2000 Tables and Figures
  • All Years of Tables and Figures
  • Most Recent Issue of the Digest

  • Table 56. Number of children served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Actand Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, State Operated Programs, by age group and state: 1990-91, 1996-97 to 1998-99
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |             Birth to age 21               |Percent of|  Percent   |          Ages 0 to 5
                          |___________________________________________|population|  change,   |___________________________________
                          |          |          |          |          | who are  |birth to 21,|        |        |        |
            State         | 1990-91  | 1996-97  | 1997-98  | 1998-99  |disabled, |  1990-91   |1990-91 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99
                          |          |          |          |          | 1998-99  | to 1998-99 |        |        |        |
    ______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|________
              1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |     7      |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11
    ______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|________
      United States.......|4,760,999 |5,729,408 |5,902,980 |6,055,343 |     13.0 |       27.2 |440,661 |551,846 |564,288 |567,720
                          |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|________
    Alabama ..............|   94,945 |   97,703 |   99,220 |   99,813 |     13.3 |        5.1 |  7,498 |  8,199 |  8,195 |  7,499
    Alaska ...............|   14,745 |   17,591 |   17,844 |   17,712 |     13.1 |       20.1 |  1,813 |  1,847 |  1,839 |  1,754
    Arizona ..............|   57,235 |   79,345 |   83,811 |   88,598 |     10.4 |       54.8 |  4,936 |  7,737 |  8,571 |  8,876
    Arkansas .............|   47,835 |   55,454 |   57,205 |   59,110 |     13.1 |       23.6 |  5,274 |  7,882 |  8,368 |  8,677
    California ...........|  469,282 |  583,995 |  604,820 |  623,651 |     10.5 |       32.9 | 40,489 | 55,722 | 57,511 | 56,837
                          |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
    Colorado .............|   57,102 |   71,458 |   73,033 |   75,037 |     10.7 |       31.4 |  4,894 |  7,248 |  7,491 |  7,809
    Connecticut ..........|   64,562 |   76,462 |   76,989 |   76,740 |     14.1 |       18.9 |  6,142 |  7,208 |  7,459 |  7,443
    Delaware .............|   14,294 |   15,680 |   16,032 |   16,233 |     14.3 |       13.6 |  1,579 |  1,837 |  1,619 |  1,664
    District of Columbia .|    6,290 |    6,679 |    7,676 |    8,162 |     11.4 |       29.8 |    411 |    347 |    384 |    409
    Florida ..............|  236,013 |  322,810 |  334,896 |  345,171 |     14.8 |       46.3 | 16,387 | 27,048 | 27,747 | 28,233
                          |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
    Georgia ..............|  101,997 |  141,124 |  147,678 |  155,754 |     11.1 |       52.7 |  7,333 | 14,288 | 14,331 | 15,134
    Hawaii ...............|   13,169 |   16,932 |   18,490 |   20,551 |     10.9 |       56.1 |  1,273 |  1,433 |  1,560 |  1,646
    Idaho ................|   22,017 |   25,231 |   26,212 |   27,553 |     11.3 |       25.1 |  3,129 |  3,235 |  3,398 |  3,466
    Illinois .............|  239,185 |  264,507 |  272,791 |  281,915 |     14.0 |       17.9 | 26,122 | 25,913 | 26,465 | 27,293
    Indiana ..............|  114,643 |  138,288 |  142,818 |  146,559 |     14.8 |       27.8 |  8,937 | 13,075 | 13,234 | 13,778
                          |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
    Iowa .................|   60,695 |   68,026 |   69,727 |   70,958 |     14.2 |       16.9 |  6,329 |  5,865 |  5,907 |  5,577
    Kansas ...............|   45,212 |   55,353 |   56,656 |   58,425 |     12.4 |       29.2 |  4,308 |  6,368 |  6,629 |  6,933
    Kentucky .............|   79,421 |   85,038 |   85,972 |   87,973 |     13.4 |       10.8 | 11,008 | 15,007 | 14,999 | 15,161
    Louisiana ............|   73,663 |   92,772 |   94,244 |   95,245 |     12.4 |       29.3 |  7,541 |  9,495 |  9,554 |  9,495
    Maine ................|   27,987 |   33,055 |   33,762 |   34,294 |     16.3 |       22.5 |  2,895 |  3,693 |  3,676 |  3,690
                          |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
    Maryland .............|   91,263 |  104,630 |  109,084 |  111,688 |     13.3 |       22.4 | 10,409 |  9,790 |  9,646 |  9,714
    Massachusetts ........|  154,616 |  159,023 |  163,480 |  168,964 |     17.6 |        9.3 | 17,014 | 14,535 | 15,116 | 15,382
    Michigan .............|  166,927 |  193,551 |  200,185 |  208,403 |     12.1 |       24.8 | 14,963 | 18,406 | 18,877 | 18,983
    Minnesota ............|   80,896 |  101,224 |  103,977 |  106,194 |     12.4 |       31.3 | 10,529 | 10,915 | 11,107 | 11,327
    Mississippi ..........|   60,934 |   65,452 |   63,579 |   61,778 |     12.3 |        1.4 |  5,704 |  6,207 |  5,994 |  6,046
                          |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
    Missouri .............|  101,955 |  125,636 |  129,075 |  131,565 |     14.4 |       29.0 |  4,889 |  8,744 |  9,530 |  9,698
    Montana ..............|   17,138 |   18,600 |   18,735 |   18,797 |     11.7 |        9.7 |  1,934 |  1,725 |  1,719 |  1,688
    Nebraska .............|   32,761 |   39,879 |   41,308 |   43,400 |     14.9 |       32.5 |  2,961 |  3,311 |  3,617 |  3,656
    Nevada ...............|   18,440 |   29,972 |   31,759 |   33,319 |     10.7 |       80.7 |  1,742 |  3,261 |  3,345 |  3,531
    New Hampshire ........|   19,658 |   26,420 |   26,927 |   27,502 |     13.4 |       39.9 |  2,077 |  2,289 |  2,251 |  2,190
                          |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
    New Jersey ...........|  181,319 |  202,396 |  206,087 |  210,114 |     16.6 |       15.9 | 17,190 | 16,765 | 16,874 | 15,998
    New Mexico ...........|   36,037 |   49,124 |   50,292 |   52,113 |     15.9 |       44.6 |  2,247 |  4,684 |  4,943 |  5,133
    New York .............|  307,458 |  412,788 |  422,630 |  432,320 |     15.0 |       40.6 | 26,353 | 49,590 | 49,628 | 50,677
    North Carolina .......|  123,126 |  153,635 |  159,605 |  165,333 |     13.2 |       34.3 | 10,700 | 16,622 | 16,977 | 16,880
    North Dakota .........|   12,504 |   12,710 |   12,902 |   13,181 |     11.5 |        5.4 |  1,374 |  1,156 |  1,164 |  1,197
                          |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
    Ohio .................|  205,440 |  225,957 |  227,620 |  230,155 |     12.5 |       12.0 | 12,487 | 18,279 | 18,666 | 18,572
    Oklahoma .............|   65,653 |   73,780 |   77,380 |   80,289 |     12.8 |       22.3 |  5,359 |  5,286 |  5,645 |  5,805
    Oregon ...............|   55,149 |   63,746 |   67,311 |   69,919 |     12.9 |       26.8 |  3,581 |  5,634 |  5,965 |  6,128
    Pennsylvania .........|  219,428 |  216,189 |  224,598 |  227,771 |     12.5 |        3.8 | 23,156 | 20,584 | 21,156 | 19,920
    Rhode Island .........|   21,076 |   26,600 |   27,530 |   27,911 |     18.0 |       32.4 |  2,112 |  2,456 |  2,559 |  2,510
                          |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
    South Carolina .......|   77,765 |   90,761 |   95,154 |   99,033 |     14.9 |       27.3 |  8,346 | 10,492 | 10,931 | 10,937
    South Dakota .........|   14,987 |   15,051 |   15,413 |   15,702 |     11.9 |        4.8 |  2,366 |  2,153 |  2,168 |  2,164
    Tennessee ............|  104,898 |  125,364 |  129,315 |  128,273 |     14.2 |       22.3 |  7,536 | 10,092 | 10,238 | 10,291
    Texas ................|  350,636 |  461,571 |  477,587 |  486,749 |     12.3 |       38.8 | 30,955 | 32,978 | 34,398 | 34,846
    Utah .................|   47,747 |   53,876 |   54,653 |   55,252 |     11.5 |       15.7 |  4,565 |  5,217 |  5,327 |  5,710
                          |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
    Vermont ..............|   12,263 |   11,768 |   12,241 |   12,709 |     12.1 |        3.6 |  1,200 |  1,234 |  1,241 |  1,226
    Virginia .............|  113,971 |  144,593 |  148,720 |  153,716 |     13.7 |       34.9 | 11,791 | 13,412 | 13,818 | 13,713
    Washington ...........|   85,395 |  107,017 |  110,536 |  114,144 |     11.4 |       33.7 | 11,409 | 12,013 | 12,001 | 11,799
    West Virginia ........|   43,135 |   47,317 |   48,656 |   49,934 |     16.8 |       15.8 |  3,630 |  5,119 |  5,174 |  5,301
    Wisconsin ............|   86,930 |  110,400 |  113,688 |  116,328 |     13.2 |       33.8 | 12,213 | 13,918 | 13,707 | 13,708
    Wyoming ..............|   11,202 |   12,875 |   13,077 |   13,333 |     14.0 |       19.0 |  1,571 |  1,532 |  1,569 |  1,616
                          |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|________
    Bureau of Indian      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
      Affairs ............|    6,997 |    8,192 |    8,624 |      --- |      --- |       ---- |  1,092 |    310 |    276 |   ----
                          |==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|============|========|========|========|========
      Outlying areas .....|   39,445 |   50,577 |   55,696 |   59,174 |      8.6 |       50.0 |  3,937 |  4,914 |  5,769 |  6,009
                          |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|________
    American Samoa .......|      363 |      415 |      473 |      584 |      3.8 |       60.9 |     48 |     43 |     79 |     58
    Guam .................|    1,750 |    2,099 |    1,975 |    2,075 |      6.4 |       18.6 |    198 |    171 |    167 |    156
    Northern Marianas ....|      411 |      379 |      382 |      474 |      5.0 |       15.3 |    211 |     46 |     52 |     51
    Palau ................|      459 |      116 |       99 |      112 |      --- |      -75.6 |     45 |      7 |      3 |      5
    Puerto Rico ..........|   35,129 |   46,060 |   50,721 |   54,158 |      8.8 |       54.2 |  3,345 |  4,474 |  5,255 |  5,559
    Virgin Islands .......|    1,333 |    1,508 |    2,046 |    1,771 |      8.4 |       32.9 |     90 |    173 |    213 |    180
    ______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|________

    ---Not available.

    NOTE: Percent of students that are disabled in based on the enrollment in public schools, prekindergarten through 12th grade. Prior to 1994, children and youth with disabilities were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, and Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In October 1994, Congress passed the Improving America's Schools Act in which funding for children and youth with disabilities was consolidated under (IDEA), Part B. Data reported in this table for years prior to 1994 include children served under Chapter 1. Some data revised from previously published figures.

    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, various years, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared June 2000.)

  • 2000 Tables and Figures
  • All Years of Tables and Figures
  • Most Recent Issue of the Digest