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Table 37. Average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2002-03
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State or jurisdiction |   1969-70|   1979-80|   1989-90|   1990-91|   1995-96| 1999-2000|   2000-01|   2001-02|   2002-03
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   United States .....|41,934,376|38,288,911|37,799,296|38,426,543|41,501,596|43,806,726|44,075,930|44,604,592|45,067,990
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Alabama ..............|   777,123|   711,432|   683,833|   682,524|   687,076|   725,212|   719,562|   702,423|   701,235
Alaska ...............|    72,489|    79,945|    98,213|   102,585|   115,958|   122,412|   122,932|   123,316|   123,145
Arizona ..............|   391,526|   481,905|   557,252|   573,140|   684,740|   782,851|   803,453|   834,036|   868,547
Arkansas .............|   414,158|   423,610|   403,025|   408,145|   423,520|   422,958|   421,625|   422,817|   418,775
California\1\ ........| 4,418,423| 4,044,736| 4,893,341| 5,065,647| 5,351,475| 5,957,216| 6,075,001| 6,219,160| 6,312,362
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Colorado .............|   500,388|   513,475|   519,419|   521,899|   608,633|   656,700|   671,909|   707,202|   709,349
Connecticut ..........|   618,881|   507,362|   439,524|   450,808|   495,188|   533,779|   540,946|   547,194|   557,701
Delaware .............|   120,819|    94,058|    89,838|    91,052|    99,941|   106,444|   105,681|   107,730|   109,945
District of Columbia .|   138,600|    91,576|    71,468|    69,092|    71,001|    65,371|    62,881|    62,681|    61,236
Florida ..............| 1,312,693| 1,464,461| 1,646,583| 1,714,394| 1,947,777| 2,175,453| 2,269,372| 2,326,142| 2,362,841
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Georgia ..............| 1,019,427|   989,433| 1,054,097| 1,075,728| 1,232,852| 1,326,713| 1,347,218| 1,379,176| 1,400,007
Hawaii ...............|   168,140|   151,563|   157,360|   160,193|   171,977|   171,180|   171,117|   170,268|   169,797
Idaho ................|   170,920|   189,199|   203,987|   209,085|   228,371|   230,828|   230,890|   231,861|   234,244
Illinois .............| 2,084,844| 1,770,435| 1,587,733| 1,618,101| 1,750,417| 1,789,089| 1,805,582| 1,837,863| 1,855,417
Indiana ..............| 1,111,043|   983,444|   884,568|   888,177|   909,553|   929,281|   928,703|   931,886|   942,506
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Iowa .................|   624,403|   510,081|   450,224|   456,614|   477,053|   471,384|   467,404|   462,276|   459,761
Kansas ...............|   470,296|   382,019|   388,986|   397,609|   416,674|   426,853|   425,036|   413,670|   419,285
Kentucky .............|   647,970|   619,868|   569,795|   569,713|   571,934|   565,693|   564,198|   566,451|   569,538
Louisiana ............|   776,555|   727,601|   727,125|   720,551|   710,925|   701,957|   684,566|   680,122|   674,949
Maine ................|   225,146|   211,400|   195,089|   196,229|   200,700|   194,554|   191,963|   190,477|   188,776
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Maryland .............|   785,989|   686,336|   620,617|   637,370|   719,433|   791,133|   797,522|   807,331|   809,398
Massachusetts ........| 1,056,207|   935,960|   763,231|   770,802|   845,270|   913,502|   920,522|   921,266|   921,201
Michigan .............| 1,991,235| 1,758,427| 1,446,996| 1,452,700| 1,554,358| 1,574,894| 1,577,260| 1,588,300| 1,591,900
Minnesota ............|   864,595|   748,606|   699,001|   714,072|   786,241|   818,819|   820,457|   818,160|   813,660
Mississippi ..........|   524,623|   454,401|   476,048|   474,029|   470,657|   468,746|   465,505|   461,951|   461,269
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Missouri .............|   906,132|   777,269|   729,693|   733,680|   805,404|   836,105|   836,411|   843,148|   849,040
Montana ..............|   162,664|   144,608|   135,406|   138,341|   148,616|   142,313|   139,198|   136,498|   133,988
Nebraska .............|   314,516|   270,524|   254,754|   257,587|   270,938|   261,767|   268,897|   267,909|   269,499
Nevada ...............|   113,421|   134,995|   173,149|   185,755|   243,718|   305,067|   321,679|   334,853|   346,512
New Hampshire ........|   140,203|   154,187|   154,915|   156,579|   187,067|   200,283|   198,389|   199,429|   200,184
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New Jersey ...........| 1,322,124| 1,140,111|   997,561| 1,016,159| 1,125,877| 1,222,438| 1,257,124| 1,297,217| 1,312,610
New Mexico ...........|   259,997|   253,453|   290,245|   291,215|   330,851|   323,963|   319,939|   320,082|   320,189
New York .............| 3,099,192| 2,530,289| 2,244,110| 2,278,531| 2,463,349| 2,595,070| 2,598,176| 2,610,320| 2,614,977
North Carolina .......| 1,104,295| 1,072,150| 1,012,274| 1,012,613| 1,096,812| 1,185,737| 1,203,143| 1,225,681| 1,242,234
North Dakota .........|   141,961|   118,986|   109,659|   109,691|   111,870|   105,123|   103,420|   100,028|    97,879
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Ohio .................| 2,246,282| 1,849,283| 1,584,735| 1,603,025| 1,661,014| 1,659,903| 1,653,316| 1,654,816| 1,732,397
Oklahoma .............|   560,993|   548,065|   543,170|   548,387|   574,538|   586,266|   580,754|   580,894|   581,767
Oregon ...............|   436,736|   418,593|   419,771|   431,806|   462,108|   479,321|   481,223|   483,038|   489,114
Pennsylvania .........| 2,169,225| 1,808,630| 1,524,839| 1,542,077| 1,651,741| 1,684,913| 1,683,637| 1,691,123| 1,694,148
Rhode Island .........|   163,205|   139,195|   125,934|   129,856|   137,870|   144,422|   144,895|   145,330|   144,813
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South Carolina .......|   600,292|   569,612|   569,029|   573,138|   605,526|   624,456|   623,008|   628,510|   629,997
South Dakota .........|   158,543|   124,934|   119,823|   121,403|   127,754|   122,252|   120,966|   118,919|   118,383
Tennessee ............|   836,010|   806,696|   761,766|   767,738|   819,831|   844,878|   846,551|   849,413|   850,322
Texas ................| 2,432,420| 2,608,817| 3,075,333| 3,085,648| 3,435,010| 3,706,550| 3,771,568| 3,860,613| 3,940,776
Utah .................|   287,405|   312,813|   408,917|   417,609|   444,679|   448,096|   447,450|   448,557|   451,063
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Vermont ..............|    97,772|    95,045|    87,832|    88,901|   100,166|    98,894|    97,717|    96,996|    95,868
Virginia .............|   995,580|   955,105|   989,197| 1,011,513| 1,098,862| 1,195,123| 1,087,591| 1,099,677| 1,109,459
Washington ...........|   764,735|   710,929|   755,141|   781,371|   888,142|   925,696|   927,530|   931,533|   933,702
West Virginia ........|   372,278|   353,264|   301,947|   300,067|   285,548|   273,277|   264,798|   262,581|   260,365
Wisconsin ............|   880,609|   770,554|   711,466|   731,088|   799,391|   825,699|   824,002|   821,934|   831,939
Wyoming ..............|    81,293|    89,471|    91,277|    92,506|    93,190|    86,092|    83,243|    81,734|    79,921
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Other jurisdictions   |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  American Samoa .....|      --- |      --- |    11,448|    12,272|    14,074|    15,102|    14,818|    15,487|    15,243
  Guam ...............|    20,315|      --- |    23,883|    25,330|    31,998|       ---|      --- |       ---|      ---
  Northern Marianas ..|      --- |      --- |     6,809|     6,062|     7,511|     8,712|     8,968|     9,426|     9,739
  Puerto Rico ........|      --- |   656,709|   597,436|   597,418|   548,788|   540,676|   538,738|   536,481|   535,874
  Virgin Islands .....|      --- |      --- |    18,924|    19,984|    19,867|    18,676|    16,069|    17,181|    16,187
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\1\Data for California for 1990-91 and earlier years are not strictly comparable with those for other states because California's attendance figures included excused absences.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2002-03. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


2005 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest