Table 204.20.

Number and percentage of public school students participating in English language learner (ELL) programs, by state: Selected years, fall 2004 through fall 2014

State	Number of public school students participating in programs for English language learners													Percent of students participating in programs for English language learners
	2004		2009		2010		2011	2012		2013		2014		2004		2009		2010		2011	2012		2013		2014
1	2		3		4		5	6		7		8		9		10		11		12	13		14		15
United States	4,341,435	1	4,364,510	1	4,370,004	1	4,389,325	4,397,318	1	4,460,956	1	4,559,323	1	9.1	1	9.1	1	9.1	1	9.1	9.2	1	9.3	1	9.4	1
Alabama	14,801		19,497		17,559		17,895	17,837	2	17,457		17,863		2.0		2.6		2.4		2.4	2.4	2	2.3		2.4
Alaska	21,533		14,581		14,894		14,538	14,824		14,923		15,078		16.2		11.1		11.3		11.1	11.3		11.4		11.5
Arizona	185,050		78,793		70,716		70,527	58,512		63,242		60,171		20.2		8.2		7.5		7.5	6.2		6.7		6.4
Arkansas	18,642		29,735		31,457		32,671	33,745		35,814		37,587		4.0		6.3		6.6		6.9	7.1		7.5		7.8
California	1,574,397		1,468,815	3	1,445,496	2	1,415,623	1,391,913		1,392,871		1,390,316		25.2		24.1	3	23.6	2	23.2	22.8		22.7		22.4
Colorado	90,364		94,391		98,809		101,262	101,913		105,856		102,359		11.8		11.4		11.8		12.0	12.0		12.2		11.7
Connecticut	26,865		29,266		29,671		29,318	30,077		30,261		33,525		4.9		5.4		5.6		5.6	5.8		5.9		6.6
Delaware	4,846		7,615		6,766		6,972	7,280		7,927		8,092		4.3		6.5		5.6		5.9	6.1		6.6		6.6
District of Columbia	4,771		4,203		3,741		3,745	4,530		4,716		4,882		7.7		9.6		8.4		8.4	10.3		10.5		10.6
Florida	214,450		230,440		229,659		234,347	242,133		250,296		252,172		8.1		8.8		8.7		8.8	9.0		9.2		9.2
Georgia	60,334		86,668		80,965		83,400	87,104		90,481		97,670		3.9		5.2		4.9		5.0	5.2		5.3		5.7
Hawaii	17,017		18,097		19,092		24,750	16,474		15,949		14,425		9.3		10.0		10.6		13.5	8.9		8.5		7.9
Idaho	20,986		15,931		15,361		15,143	16,615		13,147		12,657		8.3		6.0		5.8		5.7	6.1		4.7		4.6
Illinois	170,941	2	179,850		174,335		170,626	191,738		191,057		209,959		8.2	2	8.6		8.4		8.2	9.4		9.3		10.3
Indiana	50,843		48,364		48,574		50,082	50,750		54,364		56,097		5.0		4.7		4.7		5.0	5.0		5.4		5.6
Iowa	14,606		20,867		21,733		22,503	21,839		23,137		25,875		3.1		4.2		4.4		4.5	4.4		4.6		5.1
Kansas	26,041		38,011		39,323		41,052	42,590		45,530		47,209		5.6		8.0		8.1		8.5	8.7		9.4		9.5
Kentucky	10,471		14,244		16,351		16,878	18,761		19,594		20,708		1.6		2.1		2.4		2.5	2.7		2.9		3.0
Louisiana	12,916		12,499		11,617		12,348	13,105		14,438		17,473		1.8		1.9		1.7		1.9	2.0		2.2		2.6
Maine	2,814		4,467		4,792		5,104	4,980		5,194		5,174		1.4		2.4		2.5		2.7	2.7		2.8		2.9
Maryland	21,706		43,179		45,500		51,574	55,343		56,047		60,705		2.5		5.1		5.3		6.0	6.4		6.5		6.9
Massachusetts	48,098		49,612		52,610		62,354	63,917		66,640		70,212		5.9		6.3		6.7		7.9	8.1		8.5		9.0
Michigan	57,820		53,565		50,773		52,811	56,865		63,322		70,231		3.5		3.5		3.5		3.7	4.1		4.6		5.2
Minnesota	54,013		54,349		40,778		54,034	50,837		55,875		57,980		6.7		6.8		5.1		6.8	6.3		6.9		7.2
Mississippi	3,365		6,061		5,617		6,175	8,485		6,574		7,773		0.7		1.2		1.1		1.3	1.7		1.3		1.6
Missouri	18,745		19,393		20,411		23,169	24,455		25,149		26,731		2.0		2.2		2.3		2.6	2.7		2.8		3.0
Montana	6,716		3,806		3,299		3,318	3,750		3,311		3,299		4.6		2.7		2.3		2.3	2.6		2.3		2.3
Nebraska	16,124		19,323		20,062		17,532	16,895		15,416		17,494		5.7		6.6		6.7		5.8	5.6		5.0		5.6
Nevada	71,557		67,868		83,351		84,125	67,970		67,640		74,521		17.9		16.0		19.4		19.6	15.7		15.5		17.0
New Hampshire	2,569		3,821		3,965		3,892	3,709		3,506		3,592		1.2		1.9		2.0		2.0	2.0		1.9		2.0
New Jersey	53,300		55,450		52,580		53,543	57,838		60,655		65,997		3.9		4.1		3.8		4.0	4.3		4.5		4.8
New Mexico	62,386		51,257		52,029		53,071	51,554		49,917		47,626		19.1		15.5		15.7		16.1	15.8		15.3		14.6
New York	188,682	2	200,433		207,708		204,898	197,594		184,562	4	186,694		6.7		7.4		7.8		7.8	7.5		7.0	4	7.1
North Carolina	68,063		105,651		102,397		98,264	97,338		93,726		92,589		5.0		7.3		7.1		6.7	6.6		6.5		6.3
North Dakota	2,033		3,031		2,788		2,589	2,667		2,749		3,111		2.0		3.3		3.0		2.7	2.7		2.7		3.0
Ohio	27,176		36,527		35,170		35,729	37,207		40,195		42,016		1.5		2.2		2.1		2.2	2.3		2.5		2.6
Oklahoma	44,433		39,259		41,431		44,593	46,155		46,736		47,605		7.1		6.0		6.3		6.7	6.9		7.0		7.1
Oregon	64,603		61,625		58,662		63,790	50,181		49,543		49,311		11.7		11.0		10.5		11.3	8.9		8.8		8.7
Pennsylvania	36,663	2	44,359		44,729		44,242	44,017		44,777		47,443		2.1	2	2.6		2.7		2.7	2.7		2.8		3.0
Rhode Island	8,508		6,340		7,161		7,724	7,856		8,562		9,180		6.0		4.9		5.5		6.1	6.2		6.8		7.3
South Carolina	12,523		34,661		36,360		38,986	40,876		40,087		42,133		1.8		4.8		5.1		5.4	5.7		5.5		5.7
South Dakota	4,179		4,005		4,383		4,736	4,999		4,251		4,676		3.3		3.2		3.5		3.7	3.8		3.3		3.5
Tennessee	27,875	2	27,550		29,680		30,996	32,331		34,397		36,398		3.0	2	2.8		3.0		3.1	3.3		3.5		3.7
Texas	676,857		708,615		718,350		722,043	739,639		765,952		772,843		15.6		15.0		15.0		14.9	15.1		15.5		15.4
Utah	44,981		46,591		41,805		32,423	31,810		32,775		36,175		9.2		8.5		7.7		5.9	5.7		5.7		6.3
Vermont	1,989		1,525		1,510		1,447	1,427		1,348	5	1,442	5	2.1		1.7		1.6		1.6	1.6		1.5	5	1.7	5
Virginia	66,748		86,475		87,752		91,431	92,937		93,995		97,397		5.6		7.0		7.1		7.4	7.4		7.5		7.7
Washington	75,103		65,101		90,282		82,070	93,940		99,650		107,197		7.4		6.3		8.7		7.9	8.9		9.4		10.0
West Virginia	1,774		1,605		1,786		1,914	2,084		1,878		2,704		0.6		0.6		0.6		0.7	0.7		0.7		1.0
Wisconsin	26,616		45,041		43,562		44,362	43,189		42,711		42,259		3.1		5.2		5.0		5.1	5.0		4.9		4.9
Wyoming	3,543		2,098		2,602		2,706	2,733		2,756		2,697		4.2		2.4		2.9		3.0	3.0		3.0		2.9

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, 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," 2004-05 through 2014-15. (This table was prepared September 2016.)