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 2012

State or jurisdiction	2000, total	2005, total	2010, total	2011				2012
				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	1,990,118	1,792,527	847,792	212,390	732,345	1,690,211	819,465	193,979	676,767
Alabama	23,666	19,827	24,339	23,338	17,628	4,199	1,511	24,375	18,323	4,021	2,031
Alaska	5,312	3,791	3,176	2,928	1,875	278	775	2,986	1,914	276	796
Arizona	31,136	26,881	18,552	17,719	10,540	1,251	5,928	17,554	10,110	1,218	6,226
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	27,603	25,406	16,104	5,028	4,274	22,462	14,053	4,123	4,286
California	473,050	591,893	392,918	354,066	95,891	32,266	225,909	302,169	85,347	31,079	185,743
Colorado	13,818	15,011	12,873	10,812	3,661	1,087	6,064	10,579	3,952	1,069	5,558
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	25,924	24,120	7,030	5,836	11,254	18,024	6,611	5,375	6,038
Delaware	4,342	6,329	4,961	4,922	3,068	592	1,262	4,899	2,926	621	1,352
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	3,808	3,145	1,546	171	1,428	3,356	1,570	189	1,597
Florida	404,912	348,119	239,653	168,664	74,624	21,400	72,640	147,474	66,360	16,213	64,901
Georgia	108,004	95,434	64,668	60,235	41,878	5,267	13,090	55,747	38,816	3,995	12,936
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	9,058	8,654	3,746	2,283	2,625	6,677	2,995	1,524	2,158
Idaho	10,506	7,744	6,675	6,329	3,897	489	1,943	5,633	3,286	406	1,941
Illinois	122,043	118,296	96,620	91,697	26,456	13,715	51,526	85,698	29,072	9,122	47,504
Indiana	42,135	43,498	28,571	28,791	19,687	4,647	4,457	30,440	21,553	4,668	4,219
Iowa	20,161	11,989	11,167	10,921	4,948	1,926	4,047	9,244	4,137	1,703	3,404
Kansas	11,248	9,475	8,100	7,642	3,864	898	2,880	9,560	5,113	1,237	3,210
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	38,654	39,487	26,640	9,070	3,777	37,909	25,106	8,683	4,120
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	27,270	26,747	21,730	3,279	1,738	24,421	19,728	3,014	1,679
Maine	12,430	8,151	6,776	6,433	3,682	1,481	1,270	6,373	3,634	1,358	1,381
Maryland	22,702	27,055	32,833	31,094	14,102	3,899	13,093	31,029	13,921	3,270	13,838
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	20,314	21,369	4,800	3,668	12,901	19,726	4,773	3,462	11,491
Michigan	56,096	34,768	25,745	28,614	17,335	2,697	8,582	29,533	18,505	2,746	8,282
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	46,009	43,449	18,052	5,806	19,591	43,844	18,662	5,801	19,381
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	16,854	16,403	13,900	2,252	251	14,799	12,612	1,931	256
Missouri	41,089	37,052	31,397	28,307	19,289	3,261	5,757	27,888	19,122	2,936	5,830
Montana	4,892	3,291	3,494	3,353	2,442	734	177	2,755	1,975	600	180
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,485	7,946	4,017	788	3,141	7,260	3,577	755	2,928
Nevada	22,992	9,981	8,673	7,358	1,163	316	5,879	8,524	1,758	392	6,374
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,740	5,389	1,560	1,614	2,215	4,959	1,520	1,200	2,239
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	30,976	27,263	9,819	1,015	16,429	28,788	11,113	1,350	16,325
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	21,466	18,854	10,466	1,588	6,800	19,364	10,399	1,668	7,297
New York	176,239	157,486	122,833	115,699	44,938	7,011	63,750	115,032	46,482	6,251	62,299
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	115,312	105,080	61,911	19,769	23,400	109,973	63,657	19,985	26,331
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,581	1,653	832	369	452	2,006	1,001	497	508
Ohio	65,579	50,869	41,692	39,877	28,624	4,935	6,318	37,172	26,258	4,182	6,732
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	18,329	16,241	11,024	1,737	3,480	16,524	11,132	1,551	3,841
Oregon	25,228	21,668	20,851	18,848	9,018	2,218	7,612	18,171	8,764	2,008	7,399
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	30,577	24,310	14,294	3,050	6,966	24,388	14,404	3,069	6,915
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,012	6,345	2,715	447	3,183	5,781	2,534	402	2,845
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	49,484	47,237	35,716	6,982	4,539	44,526	32,058	7,597	4,871
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	2,423	2,395	1,374	471	550	2,433	1,395	418	620
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	28,170	27,694	21,242	3,187	3,265	26,955	20,411	2,992	3,552
Texas	111,585	119,867	99,333	91,710	41,624	3,211	46,875	91,906	43,274	2,941	45,691
Utah	30,714	29,320	24,686	21,005	13,121	2,202	5,682	20,665	12,714	2,012	5,939
Vermont	1,146	2,015	1,590	2,188	1,406	404	378	2,097	1,223	579	295
Virginia	35,261	29,222	28,220	24,898	10,507	3,721	10,670	24,163	10,352	2,684	11,127
Washington	53,460	50,386	61,392	55,176	24,585	4,041	26,550	53,425	23,226	3,688	26,511
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,785	9,199	7,091	1,802	306	9,088	6,923	1,869	296
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	21,523	18,829	10,815	3,396	4,618	19,108	9,613	4,579	4,916
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	2,973	2,688	1,515	636	537	2,749	1,501	670	578
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	22,045	25,914	5,421	19,579	1,276	17,894	3,764	12,513	1,617
American Samoa	662	838	225	132	0	34	98	161	0	47	114
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1,092	1,062	539	873	713	58	102	730	588	51	91
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	680	740	607	455	93	305	57	332	49	233	50
Palau	132	206	56	76	0	76	0	95	0	95	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	20,464	24,378	4,261	19,098	1,019	16,281	2,849	12,078	1,354
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	154	—	354	8	—	295	278	9	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 November 21, 2014, from http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OVAE/NRS/reports/index.cfm. (This table was prepared November 2014.)