Table 484.

Participants in state-administered adult basic education, secondary education, and English as a second language programs, by type of program and state or jurisdiction: Selected fiscal years, 2000 through 2010

State or jurisdiction	Total			2009				2010
	2000	2005	2008	Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English as a second language	Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English as a second language
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	2,629,643	2,543,953	2,364,051	2,157,155	979,604	256,323	921,228	1,990,118	921,374	230,163	838,581
Alabama	23,666	19,827	23,815	25,153	17,967	4,952	2,234	24,339	17,725	4,560	2,054
Alaska	5,312	3,791	3,179	3,326	2,129	476	721	3,176	2,010	360	806
Arizona	31,136	26,881	21,760	19,789	11,791	1,506	6,492	18,552	11,296	1,391	5,865
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	32,610	31,551	20,515	6,105	4,931	27,603	17,410	5,702	4,491
California	473,050	591,893	618,767	434,428	97,976	37,192	299,260	392,918	98,721	33,013	261,184
Colorado	13,818	15,011	14,203	14,298	3,929	1,331	9,038	12,873	3,836	1,240	7,797
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	27,859	28,255	7,472	7,502	13,281	25,924	7,234	6,618	12,072
Delaware	4,342	6,329	5,155	5,059	3,151	588	1,320	4,961	3,077	516	1,368
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	3,956	4,247	2,362	223	1,662	3,808	2,064	189	1,555
Florida	404,912	348,119	260,931	256,498	113,430	30,288	112,780	239,653	105,307	25,475	108,871
Georgia	108,004	95,434	75,487	72,657	48,584	6,135	17,938	64,668	46,149	5,949	12,570
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	8,944	9,196	3,867	2,149	3,180	9,058	3,849	2,099	3,110
Idaho	10,506	7,744	7,535	7,429	4,541	546	2,342	6,675	4,066	484	2,125
Illinois	122,043	118,296	108,024	108,383	29,922	15,835	62,626	96,620	26,175	14,086	56,359
Indiana	42,135	43,498	40,226	35,995	22,939	6,791	6,265	28,571	19,815	3,945	4,811
Iowa	20,161	11,989	9,918	10,752	5,095	2,061	3,596	11,167	5,254	1,931	3,982
Kansas	11,248	9,475	8,916	9,024	4,381	902	3,741	8,100	3,873	863	3,364
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	40,235	39,218	26,972	8,207	4,039	38,654	26,410	8,468	3,776
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	26,633	30,559	24,588	3,696	2,275	27,270	22,340	3,142	1,788
Maine	12,430	8,151	9,270	8,604	4,448	2,400	1,756	6,776	3,800	1,611	1,365
Maryland	22,702	27,055	33,673	33,942	15,865	3,667	14,410	32,833	15,174	3,953	13,706
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	21,491	20,372	4,813	3,295	12,264	20,314	4,888	3,473	11,953
Michigan	56,096	34,768	28,243	31,106	18,391	3,786	8,929	25,745	14,359	2,994	8,392
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	46,109	47,612	17,658	5,948	24,006	46,009	17,948	5,720	22,341
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	20,480	17,782	14,410	3,067	305	16,854	13,877	2,750	227
Missouri	41,089	37,052	36,161	35,542	24,217	4,244	7,081	31,397	21,612	3,655	6,130
Montana	4,892	3,291	3,151	3,735	2,753	772	210	3,494	2,581	720	193
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,435	8,588	4,213	906	3,469	8,485	4,108	893	3,484
Nevada	22,992	9,981	8,571	9,193	1,195	502	7,496	8,673	1,508	447	6,718
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,806	5,589	1,770	1,671	2,148	5,740	1,676	1,737	2,327
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	32,823	33,901	11,626	1,400	20,875	30,976	12,152	1,325	17,499
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	22,920	23,248	12,941	2,069	8,238	21,466	12,154	1,725	7,587
New York	176,239	157,486	133,255	129,636	50,261	7,868	71,507	122,833	48,118	7,544	67,171
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	121,708	123,030	69,472	24,396	29,162	115,312	66,377	23,294	25,641
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,822	1,783	973	409	401	1,581	773	415	393
Ohio	65,579	50,869	50,537	46,042	32,588	6,729	6,725	41,692	30,093	5,341	6,258
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	18,411	19,711	13,634	2,164	3,913	18,329	12,539	1,809	3,981
Oregon	25,228	21,668	23,600	22,976	10,310	2,924	9,742	20,851	9,914	2,592	8,345
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	52,795	34,975	21,407	5,257	8,311	30,577	17,957	4,037	8,583
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,580	6,497	2,748	685	3,064	6,012	2,484	561	2,967
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	54,538	53,645	40,310	8,019	5,316	49,484	37,205	7,500	4,779
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	3,025	2,773	1,730	566	477	2,423	1,398	558	467
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	37,048	32,177	23,959	4,055	4,163	28,170	21,254	3,409	3,507
Texas	111,585	119,867	84,514	98,063	46,427	3,591	48,045	99,333	45,638	3,553	50,142
Utah	30,714	29,320	25,978	26,337	15,383	2,809	8,145	24,686	15,048	2,659	6,979
Vermont	1,146	2,015	2,505	2,461	1,841	379	241	1,590	1,019	277	294
Virginia	35,261	29,222	31,106	29,802	12,512	4,632	12,658	28,220	11,481	4,336	12,403
Washington	53,460	50,386	64,982	65,606	27,120	4,546	33,940	61,392	26,324	4,264	30,804
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,628	9,780	7,609	1,912	259	9,785	7,679	1,871	235
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	23,856	23,694	13,791	4,324	5,579	21,523	11,964	4,334	5,225
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	2,877	3,136	1,618	846	672	2,973	1,661	775	537
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	36,071	24,098	4,044	19,437	617	22,045	4,791	16,436	818
American Samoa	662	838	264	169	123	24	22	225	38	52	135
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1,092	1,062	1,154	633	382	166	85	539	364	59	116
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	680	740	583	607	387	77	143	607	369	90	148
Palau	132	206	51	63	0	63	0	56	0	56	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	34,019	22,626	3,152	19,107	367	20,464	3,873	16,172	419
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	0	0	0	0	0	154	147	7	0

NOTE: Adult basic education provides instruction in basic skills for adults 16 and over functioning at literacy levels below the secondary level. Adult secondary education provides instruction at the high school level for adults who are seeking to pass the GED or obtain an adult high school credential. English as a second language instruction is for adults who lack proficiency in English and who seek to improve their literacy and competence in English.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), OVAE National Reporting System, retrieved June 4, 2012, from http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OVAE/NRS/reports/index.cfm. (This table was prepared June 2012.)