High school graduates and dropouts in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and state: 1998-99

Table 105.
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                        |       High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 1998-99 |Percent of 9th to 12th graders who dropped out
                        |                                                         |    during 1998-99, by race/ethnicity\1\
                        |_________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
                        |          |          |        |        |Asian or|American|         |        |           |        |Asian or|American
         State          |  Total   |  White,  | Black, |Hispanic|Pacific |Indian/ |  Total  | White, |  Black,   |Hispanic|Pacific | Indian/
                        |          |   non-   |  non-  |        |Islander|Alaskan |         |  non-  |   non-    |        |Islander| Alaskan
                        |          | Hispanic |Hispanic|        |        | Native |         |Hispanic| Hispanic  |        |        |  Native
________________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________
           1            |    2     |    3     |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |    8    |   9    |    10     |   11   |   12   |    13
________________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________
   United States\2,3\ ..|2,488,218 |1,758,820 |321,325 |267,996 |116,176 | 23,901 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________
Alabama ................|   36,244 |   23,681 | 11,496 |    163 |    241 |    663 |     4.4 |    4.4 |       4.5 |    6.6 |    1.8 |      1.6
Alaska .................|    6,810 |    4,769 |    282 |    184 |    365 |  1,210 |     5.3 |    4.2 |       6.9 |   10.4 |    3.8 |      8.2
Arizona ................|   35,728 |   22,125 |  1,473 |  8,920 |    864 |  2,346 |     8.4 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Arkansas ...............|   26,896 |   20,272 |  5,854 |    390 |    288 |     92 |     6.0 |    5.6 |       6.7 |   10.3 |    4.4 |      8.0
California\3\ ..........|  298,428 |  134,229 | 22,065 | 95,438 | 44,031 |  2,665 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Colorado ...............|   36,958 |   29,034 |  1,609 |  4,973 |  1,070 |    272 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Connecticut ............|   28,284 |   22,245 |  2,920 |  2,262 |    790 |     67 |     3.3 |    2.2 |       5.6 |    8.2 |    2.6 |      2.8
Delaware ...............|    6,484 |    4,443 |  1,665 |    200 |    164 |     12 |     4.1 |    3.5 |       5.3 |    7.0 |    1.3 |      4.4
District of Columbia ...|    2,675 |       82 |  2,255 |    189 |    146 |      3 |     8.2 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Florida ................|  102,386 |   62,624 | 21,651 | 15,013 |  2,856 |    242 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Georgia ................|   59,227 |   37,883 | 18,773 |    983 |  1,518 |     70 |     7.4 |    6.5 |       8.7 |   11.1 |    4.5 |      7.7
Hawaii .................|    9,714 |    1,882 |    161 |    396 |  7,248 |     27 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Idaho ..................|   15,716 |   14,477 |     58 |    865 |    197 |    119 |     6.9 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Illinois ...............|  112,556 |   80,229 | 16,964 | 10,467 |  4,731 |    165 |     6.5 |    4.1 |      13.3 |   11.4 |    2.4 |      9.8
Indiana\3\ .............|   58,962 |   51,925 |  5,105 |  1,249 |    594 |     89 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Iowa ...................|   34,378 |   32,619 |    673 |    500 |    496 |     90 |     2.5 |    2.3 |       5.7 |    9.4 |    2.5 |      7.7
Kansas .................|   28,685 |   24,842 |  1,736 |  1,252 |    599 |    256 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Kentucky ...............|   37,177 |   33,602 |  3,020 |     90 |    213 |    252 |     4.9 |    4.7 |       6.3 |    7.0 |    3.0 |      1.1
Louisiana ..............|   37,802 |   21,980 | 14,503 |    519 |    624 |    176 |    10.0 |    7.9 |      12.6 |   11.8 |    8.8 |     14.9
Maine ..................|   12,093 |   11,793 |     77 |     46 |    127 |     50 |     3.3 |    3.3 |       6.2 |    3.1 |    2.2 |      5.4
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Maryland ...............|   46,214 |   27,544 | 14,718 |  1,513 |  2,318 |    121 |     4.4 |    3.6 |       6.0 |    4.3 |    1.7 |      5.6
Massachusetts ..........|   51,465 |   41,984 |  3,830 |  3,326 |  2,268 |     57 |     3.6 |    2.5 |       6.7 |    9.9 |    3.6 |      4.0
Michigan ...............|   94,125 |   77,631 | 11,651 |  2,200 |  1,719 |    924 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Minnesota\3\ ...........|   57,091 |   51,919 |  1,651 |    824 |  2,066 |    631 |     4.5 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Mississippi ............|   24,198 |   12,464 | 11,474 |     57 |    178 |     25 |     5.2 |    4.3 |       6.1 |    6.7 |    2.6 |      5.3
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Missouri................|   52,531 |   44,486 |  6,687 |    587 |    667 |    104 |     4.8 |    4.4 |       7.1 |    7.3 |    3.4 |      6.1
Montana ................|   10,925 |    9,964 |     39 |    174 |     81 |    667 |     4.5 |    3.8 |       8.4 |    5.7 |    3.1 |     12.9
Nebraska ...............|   20,550 |   18,685 |    771 |    694 |    261 |    139 |     4.2 |    3.1 |      12.7 |   12.8 |    3.6 |     19.7
Nevada .................|   13,892 |    9,984 |  1,042 |  1,747 |    891 |    228 |     7.9 |    6.4 |      11.4 |   12.2 |    5.9 |      9.4
New Hampshire\4\ .......|   11,251 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
New Jersey\3\ ..........|   67,513 |   45,651 |  9,679 |  7,438 |  4,615 |    130 |     3.1 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
New Mexico .............|   17,317 |    7,575 |    358 |  7,497 |    256 |  1,631 |     7.0 |    4.8 |       6.6 |    8.8 |    5.5 |      8.1
New York ...............|  139,426 |   93,210 | 18,603 | 18,191 |  9,014 |    408 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
North Carolina .........|   60,081 |   41,119 | 16,144 |    929 |  1,208 |    681 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
North Dakota ...........|    8,388 |    7,906 |     47 |     55 |     57 |    323 |     2.4 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Ohio ...................|  111,112 |   98,209 | 10,696 |    705 |  1,390 |    112 |     3.9 |    2.9 |       9.8 |    9.8 |    2.5 |      6.5
Oklahoma ...............|   36,556 |   26,459 |  3,207 |  1,108 |    591 |  5,191 |     5.2 |    4.6 |       7.8 |   11.2 |    3.4 |      5.1
Oregon .................|   28,245 |   24,784 |    526 |  1,381 |  1,147 |    407 |     6.5 |    5.7 |      10.9 |   14.8 |    5.6 |     11.1
Pennsylvania ...........|  112,632 |   95,955 | 11,495 |  2,696 |  2,384 |    102 |     3.8 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Rhode Island ...........|    8,179 |    6,742 |    487 |    657 |    266 |     27 |     4.5 |    3.7 |       7.7 |    8.3 |    5.2 |     14.0
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
South Carolina\4\ ......|   31,495 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
South Dakota ...........|    8,757 |    8,237 |     63 |     65 |     65 |    327 |     4.5 |    3.4 |       9.5 |   12.6 |    8.2 |     19.1
Tennessee\3,5\ .........|   40,947 |   32,727 |  7,322 |    299 |    560 |     39 |     4.6 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Texas ..................|  203,393 |  107,777 | 25,708 | 63,082 |  6,340 |    486 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Utah ...................|   31,574 |   29,228 |    136 |  1,234 |    685 |    291 |     4.7 |    4.1 |      14.6 |   12.2 |    6.7 |     11.0
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Vermont\4\ .............|    6,521 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     4.6 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Virginia ...............|   63,875 |   44,258 | 14,637 |  1,904 |  2,955 |    121 |     4.5 |    3.8 |       5.8 |    7.8 |    3.2 |      5.4
Washington\3\ ..........|   58,213 |   46,733 |  2,196 |  3,266 |  4,924 |  1,094 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
West Virginia...........|   19,889 |   18,973 |    701 |     68 |    124 |     23 |     4.9 |    4.8 |       6.1 |    3.2 |    2.3 |      9.1
Wisconsin ..............|   58,312 |   52,415 |  2,581 |  1,405 |  1,373 |    538 |     2.6 |    1.6 |      11.5 |    6.8 |    2.4 |      4.6
Wyoming ................|    6,348 |    5,799 |    112 |    362 |     33 |     42 |     5.2 |    4.5 |       8.7 |   11.8 |    3.2 |     14.7
                        |__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________
Bureau of Indian Affairs|    6,469 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |  6,469 |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
Department of Defense   |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
   dependents schools\6\|    2,973 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
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     Outlying areas     |          |          |        |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |
American Samoa ........ |      725 |      --- |    --- |    --- |    725 |    --- |     2.0 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    2.0 |      ---
Guam .................  |    1,326 |       42 |      6 |      2 |  1,276 |    --- |    15.0 |   23.6 |      31.8 |   12.5 |   14.8 |     20.0
Northern Marianas.......|      341 |        1 |    --- |    --- |    340 |    --- |    11.5 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Puerto Rico ............|   30,479 |      --- |    --- | 30,479 |    --- |    --- |     1.2 |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |      ---
Virgin Islands .........|      951 |        1 |    902 |     45 |      3 |    --- |     7.3 |   12.2 |       7.3 |    7.4 |    0.0 |     16.7
________________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|___________|________|________|__________
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\1\Alabama, Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Puerto Rico reported data on an alternative July through June cycle, rather than the specified October through September cycle on dropout data.
\2\U.S. total includes estimates for nonreporting states, based on 1998 12th-grade enrollment racial/ethnic distribution reported by state.
\3\Data differ slightly from figures reported in other tables due to varying reporting practices for racial/ethnic survey data.
\4\Racial/ethnic distribution estimated by NCES based on 1998 12th-grade enrollment racial/ethnic distribution reported by state.
\5\Estimates provided by state education agency after Common Core of Data file was closed.
\6\Includes overseas and domestic schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared November 2001.)
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