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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 1998
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                       |                    1980                   |                1990                   |                   1998
                       |___________________________________________|_______________________________________|____________________________________
                       |           |     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 | 3,944,525 |  3,190,281 |   754,244
                       |___________|__________|_________|__________|___________|____________|______________|___________|____________|___________
Alabama ...............|    51,599 |   36,726 |  12,372 |    2,501 |    40,177 |     32,984 |        7,193 |    47,686 |     37,893 |     9,793
Alaska ................|     5,667 |    2,200 |   2,188 |    1,279 |     5,067 |      4,267 |          800 |     6,505 |      4,256 |     2,249
Arizona ...............|     9,996 |    9,968 |      22 |        6 |    33,805 |     24,915 |        8,890 |    57,580 |     47,169 |    10,411
Arkansas ..............|     8,583 |    7,308 |   1,275 |      --- |    29,065 |     17,103 |       11,962 |    45,599 |     22,561 |    23,038
California ............|   267,625 |   60,385 |     --- |  207,240 | 1,021,227 |    753,282 |      267,945 | 1,435,341 |  1,381,958 |    53,383
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Colorado ..............|     9,381 |    4,295 |   2,644 |    2,442 |    12,183 |      9,877 |        2,306 |    15,819 |     13,449 |     2,370
Connecticut ...........|    21,889 |    8,882 |   4,805 |    8,202 |    46,434 |     25,560 |       20,874 |    29,134 |     17,380 |    11,754
Delaware ..............|     1,797 |    1,110 |     503 |      184 |     2,662 |      2,348 |          314 |     4,090 |      3,728 |       362
District of Columbia ..|    25,214 |    4,928 |   6,502 |   13,784 |    19,586 |     12,631 |        6,955 |     2,431 |      1,829 |       602
Florida ...............|   467,162 |  100,958 | 184,568 |  181,636 |   419,429 |    249,339 |      170,090 |   396,447 |    277,052 |   119,395
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Georgia ...............|    50,820 |   26,734 |  17,008 |    7,078 |    69,580 |     49,622 |       19,958 |   114,549 |     94,866 |    19,683
Hawaii ................|    16,457 |   16,457 |     --- |      --- |    52,012 |     31,766 |       20,246 |    59,418 |     32,249 |    27,169
Idaho .................|    12,851 |    8,915 |   3,010 |      926 |    11,171 |      9,180 |        1,991 |    10,069 |      8,376 |     1,693
Illinois ..............|    76,456 |   59,314 |  17,142 |      --- |    87,121 |     69,770 |       17,351 |    90,454 |     73,344 |    17,110
Indiana................|    20,882 |   18,127 |   2,660 |       95 |    44,166 |     27,138 |       17,028 |    40,935 |     28,138 |    12,797
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Iowa ..................|    25,851 |   16,928 |   5,153 |    3,770 |    41,507 |     30,470 |       11,037 |    33,935 |     25,278 |     8,657
Kansas ................|    14,405 |    3,687 |   7,436 |    3,282 |    10,274 |      9,191 |        1,083 |    17,214 |     13,488 |     3,726
Kentucky ..............|    27,800 |    6,147 |   4,735 |   16,918 |    28,090 |     20,406 |        7,684 |    25,830 |     16,513 |     9,317
Louisiana .............|    16,046 |   12,608 |   2,485 |      953 |    40,039 |     20,941 |       19,098 |    38,899 |     23,641 |    15,258
Maine .................|     5,327 |    3,029 |     942 |    1,356 |    14,964 |      6,620 |        8,344 |    12,930 |      5,697 |     7,233
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Maryland ..............|    34,572 |   23,421 |   6,043 |    5,108 |    41,230 |     36,244 |        4,986 |    27,721 |     18,428 |     9,293
Massachusetts .........|    20,420 |   10,241 |   5,044 |    5,135 |    34,220 |     28,140 |        6,080 |    20,294 |     16,781 |     3,513
Michigan ..............|    40,973 |   29,945 |     --- |   11,028 |   194,178 |     80,206 |      113,972 |    80,790 |     47,367 |    33,423
Minnesota .............|    10,826 |    8,627 |     877 |    1,322 |    45,648 |     33,190 |       12,458 |    39,101 |     29,770 |     9,331
Mississippi ...........|    14,317 |   10,340 |   2,918 |    1,059 |    18,957 |     15,834 |        3,123 |    36,049 |     28,581 |     7,468
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Missouri...............|    33,292 |   27,206 |   3,732 |    2,354 |    31,815 |     27,274 |        4,541 |    37,036 |     32,179 |     4,857
Montana ...............|     3,525 |    1,795 |     978 |      752 |     6,071 |      3,962 |        2,109 |     6,305 |      4,540 |     1,765
Nebraska ..............|     7,514 |    5,152 |   2,362 |      --- |     6,158 |      5,349 |          809 |     8,525 |      7,915 |       610
Nevada ................|     3,063 |      845 |      82 |    2,136 |    17,262 |      7,270 |        9,992 |    23,372 |     12,102 |    11,270
New Hampshire .........|     4,844 |    2,657 |   1,625 |      562 |     7,198 |      5,073 |        2,125 |     6,285 |      3,803 |     2,482
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
New Jersey ............|    35,770 |   17,152 |   6,790 |   11,828 |    64,080 |     46,526 |       17,554 |    44,944 |     37,066 |     7,878
New Mexico ............|    13,102 |    3,590 |   5,147 |    4,365 |    30,236 |     18,069 |       12,167 |    31,634 |     22,789 |     8,845
New York ..............|    94,574 |   57,217 |  20,002 |   17,355 |   156,611 |    125,893 |       30,718 |   210,952 |    169,353 |    41,599
North Carolina ........|    84,252 |   33,854 |  46,679 |    3,719 |   109,740 |     71,698 |       38,042 |   136,601 |     97,389 |    39,212
North Dakota ..........|     2,810 |    1,963 |     538 |      309 |     3,587 |      2,500 |        1,087 |     3,190 |      2,366 |       824
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Ohio ..................|    50,056 |   42,421 |   7,635 |      --- |    95,476 |     79,527 |       15,949 |    93,908 |     79,467 |    14,441
Oklahoma ..............|    14,701 |    6,983 |   5,697 |    2,021 |    24,307 |     19,131 |        5,176 |    24,721 |     19,958 |     4,763
Oregon ................|    27,645 |   10,690 |  12,594 |    4,361 |    37,075 |     24,915 |       12,160 |    38,940 |     25,745 |    13,195
Pennsylvania ..........|    29,477 |   19,246 |   6,436 |    3,795 |    52,444 |     40,108 |       12,336 |    48,293 |     33,259 |    15,034
Rhode Island ..........|     5,844 |    2,266 |   1,357 |    2,221 |     7,347 |      5,874 |        1,473 |     7,098 |      5,830 |     1,268
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
South Carolina ........|    69,659 |   27,959 |  35,165 |    6,535 |    81,200 |     37,117 |       44,083 |   115,254 |     41,501 |    73,753
South Dakota ..........|     4,067 |    2,080 |   1,109 |      878 |     3,184 |      2,458 |          726 |     6,108 |      5,006 |     1,102
Tennessee .............|    26,268 |   17,079 |   3,244 |    5,945 |    41,721 |     39,604 |        2,117 |    53,260 |     41,905 |    11,355
Texas .................|   157,349 |   94,245 |  51,126 |   11,978 |   218,747 |    145,067 |       73,680 |   182,151 |    147,933 |    34,218
Utah ..................|    18,541 |    3,756 |  14,785 |      --- |    24,841 |      6,003 |       18,838 |    31,098 |     12,303 |    18,795
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Vermont ...............|     4,583 |    3,990 |     --- |      593 |     4,808 |      4,452 |          356 |     4,401 |      4,097 |       304
Virginia ..............|    21,525 |   10,480 |   3,804 |    7,241 |    31,649 |     30,005 |        1,644 |    37,886 |     30,206 |     7,680
Washington ............|    16,286 |    7,245 |   3,894 |    5,147 |    31,776 |     25,336 |        6,440 |    56,362 |     48,396 |     7,966
West Virginia..........|    14,628 |    9,743 |   3,672 |    1,213 |    21,186 |     14,227 |\2\     6,959 |    25,556 |     16,666 |     8,890
Wisconsin .............|    16,158 |   14,185 |   1,973 |      --- |    61,081 |     45,116 |       15,965 |    18,122 |     16,121 |     2,001
Wyoming ...............|     2,457 |      857 |     905 |      695 |     3,578 |      2,071 |\2\     1,507 |     3,703 |      2,594 |     1,109
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    Outlying areas     |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
American Samoa ........|       313 |      252 |      61 |      --- |       --- |        --- |          --- |       --- |        --- |       ---
Northern Marianas .....|       --- |      --- |     --- |      --- |       --- |        --- |          --- |       422 |        198 |       224
Guam ..................|     1,346 |      612 |     471 |      263 |     1,311 |        414 |\2\       897 |     1,463 |        523 |       940
Puerto Rico ...........|    30,164 |   17,844 |   9,010 |    3,310 |    28,436 |     28,436 |          --- |    71,961 |     22,803 |    49,158
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 |     1,879 |        958 |       921
_______________________|___________|__________|_________|__________|___________|____________|______________|___________|____________|___________

---Not Available.
\1\Includes English as a second language.
\2\Estimated.

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 "1998 Enrollment of Participants by Instructional Programs." (This table was prepared July 2000.)


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