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| Table 103. - | High school graduates and dropouts in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and state: 1995-96 |
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| High school graduates, by race/ethnicity |Percent of 9th to 12th graders who dropped out
| | during 1995-96, by race/ethnicity
|_________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________
| | | | |Asian or|American| | | | |Asian or|American
State | Total | White\1\ |Black\1\|Hispanic|Pacific |Indian/ |Total |White\1\|Black\1\|Hispanic|Pacific |Indian/
| | | | |Islander|Alaskan | | | | |Islander|Alaskan
| | | | | | Native | | | | | | Native
______________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|______|________|________|________|________|________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
______________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|______|________|________|________|________|________
United States\2\ ..|2,267,582 |1,636,445 |292,034 |217,680 |100,729 | 20,694 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|______|________|________|________|________|________
Alabama ..............| 35,043 | 23,835 | 10,424 | 103 | 235 | 446 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 1.4
Alaska ...............| 5,945 | 4,206 | 225 | 148 | 289 | 1,077 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Arizona ..............| 30,008 | 19,616 | 1,046 | 6,852 | 760 | 1,734 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Arkansas\3\ ..........| 24,636 | 18,883 | 5,279 | 194 | 206 | 74 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 3.4
California ...........| 259,071 | 121,292 | 19,436 | 78,619 | 37,434 | 2,290 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 4.7
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Colorado .............| 32,608 | 25,917 | 1,364 | 4,109 | 981 | 237 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Connecticut ..........| 26,319 | 20,745 | 2,854 | 1,936 | 725 | 59 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 4.7 | 3.8
Delaware .............| 5,609 | 3,949 | 1,362 | 152 | 132 | 14 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 0.5 | 0.0
District of Columbia .| 2,696 | 70 | 2,404 | 156 | 66 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Florida ..............| 89,242 | 54,622 | 18,792 | 13,178 | 2,468 | 182 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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Georgia ..............| 56,271 | 35,903 | 18,331 | 983 | 1,019 | 35 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 12.5 | 5.1 | 6.2
Hawaii ...............| 9,387 | 1,792 | 177 | 466 | 6,931 | 21 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 7.4
Idaho ................| 14,667 | 13,683 | 39 | 645 | 160 | 140 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Illinois\3\ ..........| 104,626 | 76,349 | 15,597 | 8,459 | 4,063 | 158 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Indiana...............| 56,368 | 50,139 | 4,423 | 1,143 | 562 | 101 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.7
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Iowa .................| 31,689 | 30,080 | 647 | 404 | 503 | 55 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 9.7
Kansas ...............| 25,786 | 22,385 | 1,556 | 1,049 | 559 | 237 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 4.3 | 9.0
Kentucky\3\ ..........| 36,347 | 32,955 | 2,989 | 143 | 260 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Louisiana ............| 37,192 | 21,944 | 14,037 | 462 | 613 | 136 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 15.1
Maine ................| 11,795 | 11,405 | 131 | 61 | 139 | 59 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 4.5
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Maryland .............| 41,785 | 25,619 | 12,766 | 1,279 | 2,046 | 75 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Massachusetts ........| 47,993 | 39,733 | 3,420 | 2,926 | 1,841 | 73 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 4.4
Michigan .............| 85,530 | 70,914 | 10,435 | 1,756 | 1,429 | 996 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Minnesota ............| 50,481 | 46,645 | 1,140 | 667 | 1,526 | 503 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 20.5 | 16.6 | 7.0 | 19.5
Mississippi ..........| 23,032 | 11,853 | 11,005 | 40 | 115 | 19 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 9.0
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Missouri..............| 48,870 | 42,380 | 5,336 | 465 | 599 | 90 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 4.4 | 9.1
Montana ..............| 10,139 | 9,272 | 30 | 133 | 82 | 622 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 6.4 | 10.4
Nebraska .............| 18,014 | 16,602 | 631 | 455 | 220 | 106 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 6.1 | 17.1
Nevada ...............| 10,374 | 7,668 | 804 | 1,156 | 589 | 157 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 10.5
New Hampshire ........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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New Jersey ...........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
New Mexico ...........| 15,402 | 7,031 | 393 | 6,215 | 239 | 1,524 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
New York .............| 134,401 | 92,877 | 19,084 | 13,082 | 8,975 | 383 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 5.3
North Carolina .......| 57,014 | 39,370 | 15,441 | 584 | 894 | 725 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
North Dakota .........| 8,027 | 7,556 | 51 | 42 | 55 | 323 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 11.2
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Ohio .................| 99,114 | 87,807 | 8,821 | 1,183 | 1,193 | 110 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 11.4 | 14.3 | 4.6 | 10.6
Oklahoma .............| 33,060 | 24,226 | 2,825 | 929 | 603 | 4,477 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Oregon ...............| 26,570 | 23,626 | 458 | 1,069 | 1,028 | 389 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 12.4 | 16.2 | 5.4 | 10.5
Pennsylvania .........| 105,981 | 91,087 | 10,557 | 2,115 | 2,134 | 88 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 3.1 | 6.6
Rhode Island .........| 7,689 | 6,511 | 464 | 500 | 198 | 16 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 6.4
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South Carolina .......| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 6.7
South Dakota .........| 8,532 | 7,795 | 36 | 44 | 57 | 600 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tennessee ............| 41,917 | 33,396 | 7,772 | 216 | 496 | 37 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Texas ................| 171,844 | 95,226 | 20,829 | 50,041 | 5,339 | 409 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Utah .................| 26,293 | 24,766 | 94 | 732 | 489 | 212 | 4.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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Vermont\3\ ...........| 6,087 | 5,978 | 17 | 21 | 60 | 11 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Virginia .............| 58,166 | 41,198 | 12,655 | 1,597 | 2,607 | 109 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Washington\3\ ........| 48,947 | 40,321 | 1,581 | 2,487 | 3,715 | 843 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
West Virginia.........| 20,549 | 19,561 | 783 | 66 | 99 | 40 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 9.4
Wisconsin ............| 52,651 | 48,162 | 1,993 | 1,007 | 999 | 490 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Wyoming ..............| 5,892 | 5,447 | 49 | 276 | 33 | 87 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 13.4 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 15.6
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Other areas | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Samoa .......| 719 | --- | --- | --- | 719 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Guam .................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Northern Marianas.....| 325 | 1 | --- | --- | 324 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Puerto Rico ..........| 29,499 | --- | --- | 29,499 | --- | --- | 1.5 | --- | --- | 1.5 | --- | ---
Virgin Islands .......| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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\1\Excludes persons of Hispanic origin.
\2\U.S. total includes estimates for nonreporting states, based on 1996 12th grade racial/ethnic distribution reported by state. \3\Estimates provided by state education agencies. \4\Racial/ethnic distribution estimated by NCES based on 1996 12th grade racial/ethnic distribution reported by state. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Because data for some graduates are not available by race, totals differ from figures reported on other tables. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared March 1999.)  (82 KB)
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