Table 507.20.

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 2011

State or jurisdiction	Total			2010				2011
	2000	2005	2009	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	2,157,155	1,990,118	921,374	230,163	838,581	1,792,527	847,792	212,390	732,345
Alabama	23,666	19,827	25,153	24,339	17,725	4,560	2,054	23,338	17,628	4,199	1,511
Alaska	5,312	3,791	3,326	3,176	2,010	360	806	2,928	1,875	278	775
Arizona	31,136	26,881	19,789	18,552	11,296	1,391	5,865	17,719	10,540	1,251	5,928
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	31,551	27,603	17,410	5,702	4,491	25,406	16,104	5,028	4,274
California	473,050	591,893	434,428	392,918	98,721	33,013	261,184	354,066	95,891	32,266	225,909
Colorado	13,818	15,011	14,298	12,873	3,836	1,240	7,797	10,812	3,661	1,087	6,064
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	28,255	25,924	7,234	6,618	12,072	24,120	7,030	5,836	11,254
Delaware	4,342	6,329	5,059	4,961	3,077	516	1,368	4,922	3,068	592	1,262
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	4,247	3,808	2,064	189	1,555	3,145	1,546	171	1,428
Florida	404,912	348,119	256,498	239,653	105,307	25,475	108,871	168,664	74,624	21,400	72,640
Georgia	108,004	95,434	72,657	64,668	46,149	5,949	12,570	60,235	41,878	5,267	13,090
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	9,196	9,058	3,849	2,099	3,110	8,654	3,746	2,283	2,625
Idaho	10,506	7,744	7,429	6,675	4,066	484	2,125	6,329	3,897	489	1,943
Illinois	122,043	118,296	108,383	96,620	26,175	14,086	56,359	91,697	26,456	13,715	51,526
Indiana	42,135	43,498	35,995	28,571	19,815	3,945	4,811	28,791	19,687	4,647	4,457
Iowa	20,161	11,989	10,752	11,167	5,254	1,931	3,982	10,921	4,948	1,926	4,047
Kansas	11,248	9,475	9,024	8,100	3,873	863	3,364	7,642	3,864	898	2,880
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	39,218	38,654	26,410	8,468	3,776	39,487	26,640	9,070	3,777
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	30,559	27,270	22,340	3,142	1,788	26,747	21,730	3,279	1,738
Maine	12,430	8,151	8,604	6,776	3,800	1,611	1,365	6,433	3,682	1,481	1,270
Maryland	22,702	27,055	33,942	32,833	15,174	3,953	13,706	31,094	14,102	3,899	13,093
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	20,372	20,314	4,888	3,473	11,953	21,369	4,800	3,668	12,901
Michigan	56,096	34,768	31,106	25,745	14,359	2,994	8,392	28,614	17,335	2,697	8,582
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	47,612	46,009	17,948	5,720	22,341	43,449	18,052	5,806	19,591
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	17,782	16,854	13,877	2,750	227	16,403	13,900	2,252	251
Missouri	41,089	37,052	35,542	31,397	21,612	3,655	6,130	28,307	19,289	3,261	5,757
Montana	4,892	3,291	3,735	3,494	2,581	720	193	3,353	2,442	734	177
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,588	8,485	4,108	893	3,484	7,946	4,017	788	3,141
Nevada	22,992	9,981	9,193	8,673	1,508	447	6,718	7,358	1,163	316	5,879
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,589	5,740	1,676	1,737	2,327	5,389	1,560	1,614	2,215
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	33,901	30,976	12,152	1,325	17,499	27,263	9,819	1,015	16,429
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	23,248	21,466	12,154	1,725	7,587	18,854	10,466	1,588	6,800
New York	176,239	157,486	129,636	122,833	48,118	7,544	67,171	115,699	44,938	7,011	63,750
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	123,030	115,312	66,377	23,294	25,641	105,080	61,911	19,769	23,400
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,783	1,581	773	415	393	1,653	832	369	452
Ohio	65,579	50,869	46,042	41,692	30,093	5,341	6,258	39,877	28,624	4,935	6,318
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	19,711	18,329	12,539	1,809	3,981	16,241	11,024	1,737	3,480
Oregon	25,228	21,668	22,976	20,851	9,914	2,592	8,345	18,848	9,018	2,218	7,612
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	34,975	30,577	17,957	4,037	8,583	24,310	14,294	3,050	6,966
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,497	6,012	2,484	561	2,967	6,345	2,715	447	3,183
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	53,645	49,484	37,205	7,500	4,779	47,237	35,716	6,982	4,539
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	2,773	2,423	1,398	558	467	2,395	1,374	471	550
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	32,177	28,170	21,254	3,409	3,507	27,694	21,242	3,187	3,265
Texas	111,585	119,867	98,063	99,333	45,638	3,553	50,142	91,710	41,624	3,211	46,875
Utah	30,714	29,320	26,337	24,686	15,048	2,659	6,979	21,005	13,121	2,202	5,682
Vermont	1,146	2,015	2,461	1,590	1,019	277	294	2,188	1,406	404	378
Virginia	35,261	29,222	29,802	28,220	11,481	4,336	12,403	24,898	10,507	3,721	10,670
Washington	53,460	50,386	65,606	61,392	26,324	4,264	30,804	55,176	24,585	4,041	26,550
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,780	9,785	7,679	1,871	235	9,199	7,091	1,802	306
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	23,694	21,523	11,964	4,334	5,225	18,829	10,815	3,396	4,618
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	3,136	2,973	1,661	775	537	2,688	1,515	636	537
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	24,098	22,045	4,791	16,436	818	25,914	5,421	19,579	1,276
American Samoa	662	838	169	225	38	52	135	132	0	34	98
Federated States of      Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1,092	1,062	633	539	364	59	116	873	713	58	102
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	680	740	607	607	369	90	148	455	93	305	57
Palau	132	206	63	56	0	56	0	76	0	76	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	22,626	20,464	3,873	16,172	419	24,378	4,261	19,098	1,019
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	0	154	147	7	0	—	354	8	—

—Not available.

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 August 30, 2013, from http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OVAE/NRS/reports/index.cfm. (This table was prepared August 2013.)