Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and state: Fall 1983 to fall 1998

Table 40
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                      | Fall 1983 | Fall 1984 | Fall 1985 | Fall 1986 | Fall 1987 | Fall 1988 | Fall 1989 | Fall 1990 | Fall 1991 | Fall 1992 | Fall 1993 |  Fall 1994|              Fall 1995            |              Fall 1996            |              Fall 1997            |  Estimated
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 State or other area  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |Kindergar- |           |           |Kindergar- |           |           |Kindergar- |           |______________
                      |   Total   |   Total   |  Total    |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |  ten to   |  Grades   |   Total   |  ten to   |  Grades   |   Total   |  ten to   |  Grades   |
                      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | grade 8\2\|  9 to 12  |           | grade 8\2\|  9 to 12  |           | grade 8\2\|  9 to 12  |     Total
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          1           |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |    10     |    11     |    12     |    13     |    14     |    15     |    16     |    17     |    18     |    19     |    20     |    21     |    22     |      23
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   United States .....|39,252,308 |39,208,252 |39,421,961 |39,753,172 |40,008,213 |40,188,690 |40,542,707 |41,216,683 |42,046,878 |42,823,312 |43,464,916 |44,111,482 |44,840,481 |32,340,501 |12,499,980 |45,611,046 |32,764,385 |12,846,661 |46,127,194 |33,073,124 |13,054,070 |\3\46,349,803
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Alabama ..............|   721,901 |   712,586 |   730,460 |   733,735 |   729,234 |   724,751 |   723,743 |   721,806 |   722,004 |   731,634 |   734,288 |   736,531 |   746,149 |   539,309 |   206,840 |   747,932 |   539,952 |   207,980 |   749,187 |   541,039 |   208,148 |      758,816
Alaska\4\ ............|    98,206 |   104,599 |   107,345 |   107,848 |   106,869 |   106,481 |   109,280 |   113,903 |   118,680 |   122,487 |   125,948 |   127,057 |   127,618 |    93,434 |    34,184 |   129,919 |    94,362 |    35,557 |   132,123 |    95,649 |    36,474 |      134,374
Arizona ..............|   506,682 |   530,062 |   548,252 |   534,538 |   572,421 |   574,890 |   607,615 |   639,853 |   656,980 |   673,477 |   709,453 |   737,424 |   743,566 |   548,526 |   195,040 |   799,250 |   588,409 |   210,841 |   814,113 |   595,969 |   218,144 |\3\   829,252
Arkansas .............|   432,120 |   432,668 |   433,410 |   437,438 |   437,036 |   436,387 |   434,960 |   436,286 |   438,518 |   441,490 |   444,271 |   447,565 |   453,257 |   322,440 |   130,817 |   457,349 |   324,448 |   132,901 |   456,497 |   322,236 |   134,261 |\3\   455,647
California ...........| 4,089,017 | 4,151,110 | 4,255,554 | 4,377,989 | 4,488,398 | 4,618,120 | 4,771,978 | 4,950,474 | 5,107,145 | 5,254,844 | 5,327,231 | 5,407,475 | 5,536,406 | 4,041,224 | 1,495,182 | 5,686,198 | 4,129,372 | 1,556,826 | 5,803,734 | 4,195,472 | 1,608,262 |    5,828,938
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Colorado .............|   542,196 |   545,427 |   550,642 |   558,415 |   560,236 |   560,081 |   562,755 |   574,213 |   593,030 |   612,635 |   625,062 |   640,521 |   656,279 |   478,881 |   177,398 |   673,438 |   487,304 |   186,134 |   687,167 |   494,463 |   192,704 |\5\   699,135
Connecticut\6\ .......|   477,585 |   468,145 |   462,026 |   468,847 |   465,465 |   460,637 |   461,560 |   469,123 |   481,050 |   488,476 |   496,298 |   506,824 |   517,935 |   384,274 |   133,661 |   527,129 |   389,374 |   137,755 |   535,164 |   394,290 |   140,874 |      544,690
Delaware .............|    91,406 |    91,767 |    92,901 |    94,410 |    95,659 |    96,678 |    97,808 |    99,658 |   102,196 |   104,321 |   105,547 |   106,813 |   108,461 |    77,028 |    31,433 |   110,549 |    77,981 |    32,568 |   111,960 |    78,772 |    33,188 |      113,167
District of Columbia .|    88,843 |    87,397 |    87,092 |    85,612 |    86,435 |    84,792 |    81,301 |    80,694 |    80,618 |    80,937 |    80,678 |    80,450 |    79,802 |    61,836 |    17,966 |    78,648 |    61,138 |    17,510 |    77,111 |    59,937 |    17,174 |\5\    71,889
Florida ..............| 1,495,543 | 1,524,107 | 1,562,283 | 1,607,320 | 1,664,774 | 1,720,930 | 1,789,925 | 1,861,592 | 1,932,131 | 1,981,407 | 2,040,763 | 2,111,188 | 2,176,222 | 1,613,510 |   562,712 | 2,242,212 | 1,653,162 |   589,050 | 2,294,077 | 1,680,316 |   613,761 |\5\ 2,335,124
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Georgia ..............| 1,050,859 | 1,062,315 | 1,079,594 | 1,096,425 | 1,110,947 | 1,107,994 | 1,126,535 | 1,151,687 | 1,177,569 | 1,207,186 | 1,235,304 | 1,270,948 | 1,311,126 |   965,707 |   345,419 | 1,346,761 |   990,850 |   355,911 | 1,375,980 | 1,010,551 |   365,429 |    1,401,291
Hawaii ...............|   162,241 |   163,860 |   164,169 |   164,640 |   166,160 |   167,488 |   169,493 |   171,708 |   174,747 |   177,448 |   180,410 |   183,795 |   187,180 |   135,671 |    51,509 |   187,653 |   136,184 |    51,469 |   189,887 |   136,390 |    53,497 |\5\   187,395
Idaho ................|   206,352 |   208,080 |   208,669 |   208,391 |   212,444 |   214,615 |   214,932 |   220,840 |   225,680 |   231,668 |   236,774 |   240,448 |   243,097 |   169,556 |    73,541 |   245,252 |   169,419 |    75,833 |   244,403 |   168,824 |    75,579 |      245,100
Illinois .............| 1,853,316 | 1,834,355 | 1,826,478 | 1,825,185 | 1,811,446 | 1,794,916 | 1,797,355 | 1,821,407 | 1,848,166 | 1,873,567 | 1,893,078 | 1,916,172 | 1,943,623 | 1,390,475 |   553,148 | 1,973,040 | 1,412,176 |   560,864 | 1,998,289 | 1,438,329 |   559,960 |    2,022,108
Indiana...............|   984,384 |   972,659 |   966,106 |   966,780 |   964,129 |   960,994 |   954,165 |   954,525 |   956,988 |   960,630 |   965,633 |   969,022 |   977,263 |   684,348 |   292,915 |   982,876 |   689,054 |   293,822 |   987,483 |   693,209 |   294,274 |      989,134
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Iowa .................|   497,287 |   491,011 |   485,332 |   481,286 |   480,826 |   478,200 |   478,486 |   483,652 |   491,363 |   494,839 |   498,519 |   500,440 |   502,343 |   343,997 |   158,346 |   502,941 |   341,630 |   161,311 |   501,054 |   338,454 |   162,600 |      502,571
Kansas ...............|   405,222 |   405,347 |   410,229 |   416,091 |   421,112 |   426,596 |   430,864 |   437,034 |   445,390 |   451,536 |   457,614 |   460,838 |   463,008 |   328,701 |   134,307 |   466,293 |   328,023 |   138,270 |   468,687 |   327,545 |   141,142 |      469,850
Kentucky .............|   647,414 |   644,421 |   643,833 |   642,778 |   642,696 |   637,627 |   630,688 |   636,401 |   646,024 |   655,041 |   655,265 |   657,642 |   659,821 |   468,242 |   191,579 |   656,089 |   466,177 |   189,912 |   669,322 |   474,529 |   194,793 |      646,092
Louisiana ............|   800,193 |   800,941 |   788,349 |   795,188 |   793,093 |   786,683 |   783,025 |   784,757 |   794,128 |   797,985 |   800,560 |   797,933 |   797,366 |   580,348 |   217,018 |   793,296 |   575,318 |   217,978 |   776,813 |   563,619 |   213,194 |      753,722
Maine ................|   209,753 |   207,537 |   206,101 |   211,752 |   211,817 |   212,902 |   213,775 |   215,149 |   216,400 |   216,453 |   216,995 |   212,601 |   213,569 |   156,016 |    57,553 |   213,593 |   155,611 |    57,982 |   212,526 |   153,435 |    59,091 |\5\   219,741
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Maryland .............|   683,491 |   673,840 |   671,560 |   675,747 |   683,797 |   688,947 |   698,806 |   715,176 |   736,238 |   751,850 |   772,638 |   790,938 |   805,544 |   590,155 |   215,389 |   818,583 |   596,643 |   221,940 |   830,744 |   601,992 |   228,752 |      837,250
Massachusetts ........|   878,844 |   859,391 |   844,330 |   833,918 |   825,320 |   823,428 |   825,588 |   834,314 |   846,155 |   859,948 |   877,726 |   893,727 |   915,007 |   674,588 |   240,419 |   933,898 |   687,693 |   246,205 |   949,006 |   696,487 |   252,519 |\3\   964,358
Michigan .............| 1,635,963 | 1,609,448 | 1,602,747 | 1,597,154 | 1,589,287 | 1,582,785 | 1,576,785 | 1,584,431 | 1,593,561 | 1,603,610 | 1,599,377 | 1,614,784 | 1,641,456 | 1,191,671 |   449,785 | 1,685,714 | 1,212,315 |   473,399 | 1,702,672 | 1,236,159 |   466,513 |    1,692,700
Minnesota ............|   705,236 |   701,697 |   705,140 |   711,134 |   721,481 |   726,950 |   739,553 |   756,374 |   773,571 |   793,724 |   810,233 |   821,693 |   835,166 |   586,080 |   249,086 |   847,204 |   588,752 |   258,452 |   853,621 |   587,725 |   265,896 |      857,900
Mississippi ..........|   467,744 |   466,058 |   471,195 |   498,639 |   505,550 |   503,326 |   502,020 |   502,417 |   504,127 |   506,668 |   505,907 |   505,962 |   506,272 |   366,186 |   140,086 |   503,967 |   363,864 |   140,103 |   504,792 |   365,061 |   139,731 |      502,382
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Missouri..............|   795,453 |   793,793 |   795,107 |   800,606 |   802,060 |   806,639 |   807,934 |   816,558 |   842,965 |   859,357 |   866,378 |   878,541 |   889,881 |   635,771 |   254,110 |   900,517 |   643,449 |   257,068 |   910,654 |   649,658 |   260,996 |\3\   921,391
Montana ..............|   153,646 |   154,412 |   153,869 |   153,327 |   152,207 |   152,191 |   151,265 |   152,974 |   155,779 |   160,011 |   163,009 |   164,341 |   165,547 |   116,403 |    49,144 |   164,627 |   114,672 |    49,955 |   162,335 |   111,951 |    50,384 |      161,023
Nebraska .............|   266,998 |   265,599 |   265,819 |   267,139 |   268,100 |   269,434 |   270,920 |   274,081 |   279,552 |   282,414 |   285,097 |   287,100 |   289,744 |   203,022 |    86,722 |   291,967 |   202,846 |    89,121 |   292,681 |   201,684 |    90,997 |      291,010
Nevada ...............|   150,442 |   151,633 |   154,948 |   161,239 |   168,353 |   176,474 |   186,834 |   201,316 |   211,810 |   222,974 |   235,800 |   250,747 |   265,041 |   195,892 |    69,149 |   282,131 |   207,724 |    74,407 |   296,621 |   218,802 |    77,819 |\5\   311,063
New Hampshire ........|   159,030 |   158,614 |   160,974 |   163,717 |   166,045 |   169,413 |   171,696 |   172,785 |   177,138 |   181,247 |   185,360 |   189,319 |   194,171 |   141,721 |    52,450 |   198,308 |   143,880 |    54,428 |   201,629 |   145,256 |    56,373 |\5\   194,512
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New Jersey ...........| 1,147,841 | 1,129,223 | 1,116,194 | 1,107,467 | 1,092,982 | 1,080,871 | 1,076,005 | 1,089,646 | 1,109,796 | 1,130,560 | 1,151,307 | 1,174,206 | 1,197,381 |   880,350 |   317,031 | 1,227,832 |   903,081 |   324,751 | 1,250,276 |   921,374 |   328,902 |\3\ 1,293,840
New Mexico ...........|   269,711 |   272,478 |   277,551 |   281,943 |   287,229 |   292,425 |   296,057 |   301,881 |   308,667 |   315,668 |   322,292 |   327,248 |   329,640 |   229,239 |   100,401 |   332,632 |   230,012 |   102,620 |   331,673 |   235,593 |    96,080 |\5\   328,753
New York .............| 2,674,818 | 2,645,811 | 2,621,378 | 2,607,719 | 2,594,070 | 2,573,715 | 2,565,841 | 2,598,337 | 2,643,993 | 2,689,686 | 2,733,813 | 2,766,208 | 2,813,230 | 1,980,208 |   833,022 | 2,843,131 | 2,000,001 |   843,130 | 2,861,823 | 2,011,243 |   850,580 |    2,852,000
North Carolina .......| 1,089,606 | 1,088,724 | 1,086,165 | 1,085,248 | 1,085,976 | 1,083,156 | 1,080,744 | 1,086,871 | 1,097,598 | 1,114,083 | 1,133,231 | 1,156,767 | 1,183,090 |   871,320 |   311,770 | 1,210,108 |   886,153 |   323,955 | 1,236,083 |   906,436 |   329,647 |\5\ 1,245,608
North Dakota .........|   117,213 |   118,711 |   118,570 |   118,703 |   119,004 |   118,809 |   117,816 |   117,825 |   118,376 |   118,734 |   119,127 |   119,288 |   119,100 |    82,333 |    36,767 |   120,123 |    82,171 |    37,952 |   118,572 |    80,330 |    38,242 |\5\   113,929
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Ohio .................| 1,827,300 | 1,805,440 | 1,793,965 | 1,793,508 | 1,793,431 | 1,778,544 | 1,764,410 | 1,771,089 | 1,783,767 | 1,795,199 | 1,807,319 | 1,814,290 | 1,836,015 | 1,297,313 |   538,702 | 1,844,698 | 1,298,748 |   545,950 | 1,847,035 | 1,299,202 |   547,833 |\3\ 1,849,685
Oklahoma .............|   591,389 |   589,690 |   592,327 |   593,183 |   584,212 |   580,426 |   578,580 |   579,087 |   588,263 |   597,096 |   604,076 |   609,718 |   616,393 |   445,780 |   170,613 |   620,695 |   445,496 |   175,199 |   623,681 |   444,774 |   178,907 |      626,674
Oregon ...............|   447,109 |   446,884 |   447,527 |   449,307 |   455,895 |   461,752 |   472,394 |   472,394 |   498,614 |   510,122 |   516,611 |   521,945 |   527,914 |   375,966 |   151,948 |   537,854 |   380,239 |   157,615 |   541,346 |   381,107 |   160,239 |\5\   543,176
Pennsylvania .........| 1,737,952 | 1,701,880 | 1,683,221 | 1,674,161 | 1,668,542 | 1,659,714 | 1,655,279 | 1,667,834 | 1,692,797 | 1,717,613 | 1,744,082 | 1,764,946 | 1,787,533 | 1,256,621 |   530,912 | 1,804,256 | 1,263,576 |   540,680 | 1,815,151 | 1,266,419 |   548,732 |    1,818,090
Rhode Island .........|   136,412 |   134,610 |   133,949 |   134,690 |   134,800 |   133,585 |   135,729 |   138,813 |   142,144 |   143,798 |   145,676 |   147,487 |   149,799 |   109,815 |    39,984 |   151,324 |   110,476 |    40,848 |   153,321 |   111,773 |    41,548 |      154,485
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South Carolina .......|   604,553 |   602,718 |   606,643 |   611,629 |   614,921 |   615,774 |   616,177 |   622,112 |   627,470 |   640,464 |   643,696 |   648,725 |   645,586 |   463,305 |   182,281 |   652,816 |   467,690 |   185,126 |   659,256 |   472,664 |   186,592 |      644,150
South Dakota .........|   123,060 |   123,314 |   124,291 |   125,458 |   126,817 |   126,910 |   127,329 |   129,164 |   131,576 |   134,573 |   142,825 |   143,482 |   144,685 |   101,491 |    43,194 |   143,331 |    99,160 |    44,171 |   142,443 |    97,930 |    44,513 |\3\   141,561
Tennessee ............|   822,057 |   817,212 |   813,753 |   818,073 |   823,783 |   821,580 |   819,660 |   824,595 |   833,651 |   855,231 |   866,557 |   881,425 |   893,770 |   650,601 |   243,169 |   904,818 |   657,270 |   247,548 |   893,020 |   653,361 |   239,659 |      908,885
Texas ................| 2,989,796 | 3,040,305 | 3,131,705 | 3,209,515 | 3,236,787 | 3,283,707 | 3,328,514 | 3,382,887 | 3,464,371 | 3,541,769 | 3,608,262 | 3,677,171 | 3,748,167 | 2,757,273 |   990,894 | 3,828,975 | 2,800,017 | 1,028,958 | 3,891,877 | 2,832,461 | 1,059,416 |    3,900,488
Utah .................|   378,208 |   390,141 |   403,305 |   415,994 |   423,386 |   431,119 |   438,554 |   446,652 |   456,430 |   463,870 |   471,365 |   474,675 |   477,121 |   327,790 |   149,331 |   481,812 |   327,981 |   153,831 |   482,957 |   328,978 |   153,979 |      477,061
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Vermont ..............|    90,416 |    90,089 |    90,157 |    92,112 |    92,755 |    93,381 |    94,779 |    95,762 |    97,137 |    98,558 |   102,755 |   104,533 |   105,565 |    75,227 |    30,338 |   106,341 |    75,162 |    31,179 |   105,984 |    73,693 |    32,291 |      105,442
Virginia .............|   966,110 |   965,222 |   968,104 |   975,135 |   979,417 |   982,393 |   985,346 |   998,601 | 1,016,204 | 1,031,925 | 1,045,471 | 1,060,809 | 1,079,854 |   787,945 |   291,909 | 1,096,093 |   796,302 |   299,791 | 1,110,815 |   807,160 |   303,655 |\3\ 1,125,735
Washington ...........|   736,239 |   741,177 |   749,706 |   761,428 |   775,755 |   790,918 |   810,232 |   839,709 |   869,327 |   896,475 |   915,952 |   938,314 |   956,572 |   680,009 |   276,563 |   974,504 |   687,445 |   287,059 |   991,235 |   694,491 |   296,744 |\5\   999,628
West Virginia.........|   371,251 |   362,941 |   357,923 |   351,837 |   344,236 |   335,912 |   327,540 |   322,389 |   320,249 |   318,296 |   314,383 |   310,511 |   307,112 |   211,008 |    96,104 |   304,052 |   208,970 |    95,082 |   301,419 |   207,011 |    94,408 |      296,332
Wisconsin ............|   774,646 |   767,542 |   768,234 |   767,819 |   772,363 |   774,857 |   782,905 |   797,621 |   814,671 |   829,415 |   844,001 |   860,581 |   870,175 |   602,964 |   267,211 |   879,259 |   605,322 |   273,937 |   881,780 |   603,708 |   278,072 |      888,245
Wyoming ..............|    99,254 |   101,261 |   102,779 |   100,955 |    98,455 |    97,793 |    97,172 |    98,226 |   102,074 |   100,313 |   100,899 |   100,314 |    99,859 |    68,931 |    30,928 |    99,058 |    67,331 |    31,727 |    97,115 |    65,613 |    31,502 |\5\    94,411
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American Samoa .......|    10,124 |       --- |       --- |    11,055 |    11,248 |    11,764 |    12,258 |    12,463 |    13,365 |    13,994 |    14,484 |    14,445 |    14,576 |    11,207 |     3,369 |    14,766 |    11,346 |     3,420 |    15,214 |    11,764 |     3,450 |\5\    15,666
Guam .................|    26,249 |       --- |    26,043 |    25,676 |    25,936 |    26,041 |    26,493 |    26,391 |    28,334 |    30,077 |    30,920 |    32,185 |    32,960 |    24,877 |     8,083 |    33,393 |    25,217 |     8,176 |    32,444 |    23,976 |     8,468 |\5\    32,821
Northern Marianas ....|     4,499 |     4,841 |       --- |       --- |     5,819 |     6,079 |     6,101 |     6,449 |     7,096 |     8,086 |     8,188 |     8,429 |     8,809 |     6,825 |     1,984 |     9,041 |     7,077 |     1,964 |     9,246 |     7,184 |     2,062 |\5\     9,498
Puerto Rico ..........|   701,925 |   692,923 |   686,914 |   679,489 |   672,837 |   661,693 |   651,225 |   644,734 |   642,392 |   637,034 |   631,460 |   621,121 |   627,620 |   460,585 |   167,035 |   618,861 |   454,132 |   164,729 |   617,322 |   453,126 |   164,196 |\3\   615,787
Virgin Islands .......|    26,126 |    26,122 |    25,448 |    24,435 |    24,020 |    23,492 |    21,193 |    21,750 |    22,346 |    22,887 |    22,752 |    23,126 |    22,737 |    16,342 |     6,395 |    22,385 |    15,703 |     6,682 |    22,136 |    15,835 |     6,301 |       21,983
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\1\Data estimated by state education agencies. Data differ from projections appearing in other tables.
\2\Includes a number of prekindergarten students.
\3\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data.
\4\Beginning in 1983, data include students enrolled in public schools on federal bases and other special arrangements.
\5\Actual data reported by state.
\6\Beginning in 1986, data include state vocational/technical schools.
---Data not available. NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared June 1999.)
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