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Table 204.20. Number and percentage of public school students participating in programs for English language learners, by state: Selected years, 2003-04 through 2013-14
State Number of public school students participating in
programs for English language learners
Percent of students participating in programs
for English language learners
2003-04 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2003-04 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 4,217,026 1  4,439,514 1  4,364,510 1  4,370,004 1  4,389,325 4,397,318 1  4,460,956 1  8.8 1  9.2 1  9.1 1  9.1 1  9.1 9.2 1  9.3 1 
Alabama 10,825   19,523   19,497   17,559   17,895 17,837 2 17,457   1.5   2.6   2.6   2.4   2.4 2.4 2 2.3  
Alaska 19,877   11,937   14,581   14,894   14,538 14,824   14,923   14.9   9.2   11.1   11.3   11.1 11.3   11.4  
Arizona 152,447   118,868   78,793   70,716   70,527 58,512   63,242   16.5   12.1   8.2   7.5   7.5 6.2   6.7  
Arkansas 17,174   27,629   29,735   31,457   32,671 33,745   35,814   3.8   5.8   6.3   6.6   6.9 7.1   7.5  
California 1,586,970   1,498,660   1,468,815 3 1,445,496 2 1,415,623 1,391,913   1,392,871   25.5   24.3   24.1 3 23.6 2 23.2 22.8   22.7  
                                                     
Colorado 97,024   88,254   94,391   98,809   101,262 101,913   105,856   12.8   10.9   11.4   11.8   12.0 12.0   12.2  
Connecticut 24,892   28,886   29,266   29,671   29,318 30,077   30,261   4.5   5.4   5.4   5.6   5.6 5.8   5.9  
Delaware 3,947   7,111   7,615   6,766   6,972 7,280   7,927   3.5   6.1   6.5   5.6   5.9 6.1   6.6  
District of Columbia 5,201   4,370   4,203   3,741   3,745 4,530   4,716   8.0   9.9   9.6   8.4   8.4 10.3   10.5  
Florida 195,944   226,037   230,440   229,659   234,347 242,133   250,296   7.6   8.6   8.8   8.7   8.8 9.0   9.2  
                                                     
Georgia 65,876   82,000   86,668   80,965   83,400 87,104   90,481   4.3   5.0   5.2   4.9   5.0 5.2   5.3  
Hawaii 12,850   18,564   18,097   19,092   24,750 16,474   15,949   7.0   10.3   10.0   10.6   13.5 8.9   8.5  
Idaho 19,649   17,657   15,931   15,361   15,143 16,615   13,147   7.8   6.6   6.0   5.8   5.7 6.1   4.7  
Illinois 170,219 2 204,737   179,850   174,335   170,626 191,738   191,057   8.2 2 9.7   8.6   8.4   8.2 9.4   9.3  
Indiana 42,563   45,527   48,364   48,574   50,082 50,750   54,364   4.2   4.4   4.7   4.7   5.0 5.0   5.4  
                                                     
Iowa 15,238   20,334   20,867   21,733   22,503 21,839   23,137   3.2   4.2   4.2   4.4   4.5 4.4   4.6  
Kansas 22,399   34,095   38,011   39,323   41,052 42,590   45,530   4.8   7.2   8.0   8.1   8.5 8.7   9.4  
Kentucky 8,446   14,589   14,244   16,351   16,878 18,761   19,594   1.3   2.2   2.1   2.4   2.5 2.7   2.9  
Louisiana 12,106   12,223   12,499   11,617   12,348 13,105   14,438   1.7   1.9   1.9   1.7   1.9 2.0   2.2  
Maine 2,796   4,128 2 4,467   4,792   5,104 4,980   5,194   1.4   2.2 2 2.4   2.5   2.7 2.7   2.8  
                                                     
Maryland 27,695   39,919 2 43,179   45,500   51,574 55,343   56,047   3.2   4.7 2 5.1   5.3   6.0 6.4   6.5  
Massachusetts 47,880   47,198   49,612   52,610   62,354 63,917   66,640   5.8   5.9   6.3   6.7   7.9 8.1   8.5  
Michigan 57,374   55,593   53,565   50,773   52,811 56,865   63,322   3.5   3.6   3.5   3.5   3.7 4.1   4.6  
Minnesota 51,257   55,738   54,349   40,778   54,034 50,837   55,875   6.2   7.0   6.8   5.1   6.8 6.3   6.9  
Mississippi 2,916   6,543   6,061   5,617   6,175 8,485   6,574   0.6   1.3   1.2   1.1   1.3 1.7   1.3  
                                                     
Missouri 14,855   15,468   19,393   20,411   23,169 24,455   25,149   1.6   1.7   2.2   2.3   2.6 2.7   2.8  
Montana 6,668   4,549   3,806   3,299   3,318 3,750   3,311   4.5   3.2   2.7   2.3   2.3 2.6   2.3  
Nebraska 15,586   18,388   19,323   20,062   17,532 16,895   15,416   5.5   6.3   6.6   6.7   5.8 5.6   5.0  
Nevada 69,896   75,952   67,868   83,351   84,125 67,970   67,640   18.1   17.6   16.0   19.4   19.6 15.7   15.5  
New Hampshire 2,755   3,496   3,821   3,965   3,892 3,709   3,506   1.3   1.8   1.9   2.0   2.0 2.0   1.9  
                                                     
New Jersey 58,349   53,960   55,450   52,580   53,543 57,838   60,655   4.1   4.0   4.1   3.8   4.0 4.3   4.5  
New Mexico 54,528   55,978 2 51,257   52,029   53,071 51,554   49,917   16.9   17.0 2 15.5   15.7   16.1 15.8   15.3  
New York 183,539 2 183,736   200,433   207,708   204,898 197,594   184,562 4 6.4 2 6.8   7.4   7.8   7.8 7.5   7.0 4
North Carolina 60,658   113,155   105,651   102,397   98,264 97,338   93,726   4.5   7.8   7.3   7.1   6.7 6.6   6.5  
North Dakota 1,638   3,540   3,031   2,788   2,589 2,667   2,749   1.6   3.7   3.3   3.0   2.7 2.7   2.7  
                                                     
Ohio 23,101   35,362   36,527   35,170   35,729 37,207   40,195   1.3   2.0   2.2   2.1   2.2 2.3   2.5  
Oklahoma 40,041   38,314 2 39,259   41,431   44,593 46,155   46,736   6.4   5.9 2 6.0   6.3   6.7 6.9   7.0  
Oregon 69,899   62,857   61,625   58,662   63,790 50,181   49,543   12.7   11.2   11.0   10.5   11.3 8.9   8.8  
Pennsylvania 33,664 2 44,853   44,359   44,729   44,242 44,017   44,777   1.9 2 2.7   2.6   2.7   2.7 2.7   2.8  
Rhode Island 9,558   6,466 2 6,340   7,161   7,724 7,856   8,562   6.1   4.9 2 4.9   5.5   6.1 6.2   6.8  
                                                     
South Carolina 10,653   31,422   34,661   36,360   38,986 40,876   40,087   1.5   4.4   4.8   5.1   5.4 5.7   5.5  
South Dakota 4,468   3,580   4,005   4,383   4,736 4,999   4,251   3.6   2.8   3.2   3.5   3.7 3.8   3.3  
Tennessee 27,002 2 27,433   27,550   29,680   30,996 32,331   34,397   3.0 2 2.8   2.8   3.0   3.1 3.3   3.5  
Texas 655,210   704,142   708,615   718,350   722,043 739,639   765,952   15.4   15.2   15.0   15.0   14.9 15.1   15.5  
Utah 49,436   43,957   46,591   41,805   32,423 31,810   32,775   10.1   8.3   8.5   7.7   5.9 5.7   5.7  
                                                     
Vermont 1,992   1,645 2 1,525   1,510   1,447 1,427   1,348 5 2.0   1.9 2 1.7   1.6   1.6 1.6   1.5 5
Virginia 60,101   86,745   86,475   87,752   91,431 92,937   93,995   5.1   7.1   7.0   7.1   7.4 7.4   7.5  
Washington 58,523   82,711   65,101   90,282   82,070 93,940   99,650   5.7   8.0   6.3   8.7   7.9 8.9   9.4  
West Virginia 1,477   1,617   1,605   1,786   1,914 2,084   1,878   0.5   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.7 0.7   0.7  
Wisconsin 26,424   47,798   45,041   43,562   44,362 43,189   42,711   3.0   5.5   5.2   5.0   5.1 5.0   4.9  
Wyoming 3,440   2,271   2,098   2,602   2,706 2,733   2,756   4.0   2.6   2.4   2.9   3.0 3.0   3.0  
1 U.S. total includes imputation for nonreporting states.
2 Imputation for survey nonresponse. State-level imputations were based on the percentages reported by the state for other years applied to the enrollment for the given year.
3 Based on data reported by the California Education Agency (http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/cefelfacts.asp).
4 For 2013-14, New York data on participation in programs for English language learners are from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 046, Data Group 123, extracted December 2, 2015, from the EDFacts Data Warehouse (internal U.S. Department of Education source).
5 Includes students enrolled in all types of school districts.
NOTE: Includes students served in regular school districts, excluding regional education service agencies and supervisory union administrative centers, state-operated agencies, federally operated agencies, and other types of local education agencies, such as independent charter schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003-04 through 2013-14. (This table was prepared December 2015.)

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