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Table 208  Residence and migration of all freshmen students\1\ in 4-year colleges graduating from high school in the past 12 months, by state: Fall 1996

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                      |           |  Student residents   | Ratio of students|
                      | Students  |      of state        |  remaining to--  |   Migration of students
                      |enrolled in|______________________|__________________|
                      |institution|Attending | Attending |Students| Student |___________________________________
 State or other area  |located in |college in|college in |enrolled|residents|  Out of  |   Into   |      Net
                      |the juris- |any juris-|home juris-|(col. 4/|(col. 4/ |(column 3-|(column 2-|   (column 8-
                      |diction\2\ |diction\3\|diction\4\ |col. 2) | col. 3) |column 4) |column 4) |   column 7)
______________________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|__________|__________|_____________
          1           |     2     |    3     |     4     |   5    |    6    |    7     |    8     |       9
______________________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|__________|__________|_____________
   United States .....| 1,015,534 |  996,330 |   737,654 |   0.73 |    0.74 |  258,676 |  277,880 |\5\   19,204
                      |___________|__________|___________|________|_________|__________|__________|_____________
Alabama ..............|    16,164 |   13,174 |    10,960 |   0.68 |    0.83 |    2,214 |    5,204 |       2,990
Alaska ...............|     1,207 |    2,333 |     1,016 |   0.84 |    0.44 |    1,317 |      191 |      -1,126
Arizona ..............|    11,614 |    9,055 |     6,979 |   0.60 |    0.77 |    2,076 |    4,635 |       2,559
Arkansas .............|    10,732 |    9,770 |     8,507 |   0.79 |    0.87 |    1,263 |    2,225 |         962
California ...........|    72,130 |   77,482 |    63,264 |   0.88 |    0.82 |   14,218 |    8,866 |      -5,352
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
Colorado .............|    15,653 |   14,910 |    10,761 |   0.69 |    0.72 |    4,149 |    4,892 |         743
Connecticut ..........|    13,024 |   16,772 |     6,644 |   0.51 |    0.40 |   10,128 |    6,380 |      -3,748
Delaware .............|     5,145 |    3,551 |     2,239 |   0.44 |    0.63 |    1,312 |    2,906 |       1,594
District of Columbia .|     7,707 |    2,198 |       973 |   0.13 |    0.44 |    1,225 |    6,734 |       5,509
Florida ..............|    29,148 |   28,947 |    20,721 |   0.71 |    0.72 |    8,226 |    8,427 |         201
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
Georgia ..............|    26,849 |   26,094 |    20,329 |   0.76 |    0.78 |    5,765 |    6,520 |         755
Hawaii ...............|     3,037 |    3,929 |     1,978 |   0.65 |    0.50 |    1,951 |    1,059 |        -892
Idaho ................|     4,177 |    5,029 |     3,403 |   0.81 |    0.68 |    1,626 |      774 |        -852
Illinois .............|    38,478 |   46,615 |    31,459 |   0.82 |    0.67 |   15,156 |    7,019 |      -8,137
Indiana...............|    35,639 |   30,033 |    26,067 |   0.73 |    0.87 |    3,966 |    9,572 |       5,606
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
Iowa .................|    16,157 |   13,355 |    10,499 |   0.65 |    0.79 |    2,856 |    5,658 |       2,802
Kansas ...............|    11,791 |   11,019 |     9,018 |   0.76 |    0.82 |    2,001 |    2,773 |         772
Kentucky .............|    16,085 |   15,127 |    12,619 |   0.78 |    0.83 |    2,508 |    3,466 |         958
Louisiana ............|    22,654 |   21,110 |    18,300 |   0.81 |    0.87 |    2,810 |    4,354 |       1,544
Maine ................|     5,489 |    6,435 |     3,288 |   0.60 |    0.51 |    3,147 |    2,201 |        -946
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
Maryland .............|    14,573 |   18,546 |     8,805 |   0.60 |    0.47 |    9,741 |    5,768 |      -3,973
Massachusetts ........|    39,697 |   31,538 |    19,542 |   0.49 |    0.62 |   11,996 |   20,155 |       8,159
Michigan .............|    40,761 |   40,385 |    34,945 |   0.86 |    0.87 |    5,440 |    5,816 |         376
Minnesota ............|    19,390 |   21,108 |    13,634 |   0.70 |    0.65 |    7,474 |    5,756 |      -1,718
Mississippi ..........|     8,452 |    6,979 |     5,632 |   0.67 |    0.81 |    1,347 |    2,820 |       1,473
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
Missouri..............|    22,791 |   21,253 |    16,684 |   0.73 |    0.79 |    4,569 |    6,107 |       1,538
Montana ..............|     4,734 |    4,706 |     3,370 |   0.71 |    0.72 |    1,336 |    1,364 |          28
Nebraska .............|     9,847 |    9,405 |     7,524 |   0.76 |    0.80 |    1,881 |    2,323 |         442
Nevada ...............|     2,822 |    3,281 |     1,994 |   0.71 |    0.61 |    1,287 |      828 |        -459
New Hampshire ........|     7,120 |    5,661 |     2,527 |   0.35 |    0.45 |    3,134 |    4,593 |       1,459
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
New Jersey ...........|    19,259 |   38,080 |    16,286 |   0.85 |    0.43 |   21,794 |    2,973 |     -18,821
New Mexico ...........|     4,356 |    5,431 |     3,362 |   0.77 |    0.62 |    2,069 |      994 |      -1,075
New York .............|    78,835 |   83,484 |    59,748 |   0.76 |    0.72 |   23,736 |   19,087 |      -4,649
North Carolina .......|    32,526 |   25,111 |    22,309 |   0.69 |    0.89 |    2,802 |   10,217 |       7,415
North Dakota .........|     4,865 |    3,788 |     2,784 |   0.57 |    0.73 |    1,004 |    2,081 |       1,077
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
Ohio .................|    49,413 |   48,326 |    39,542 |   0.80 |    0.82 |    8,784 |    9,871 |       1,087
Oklahoma .............|    10,571 |   10,509 |     8,551 |   0.81 |    0.81 |    1,958 |    2,020 |          62
Oregon ...............|     9,698 |    9,420 |     6,301 |   0.65 |    0.67 |    3,119 |    3,397 |         278
Pennsylvania .........|    62,583 |   57,256 |    44,230 |   0.71 |    0.77 |   13,026 |   18,353 |       5,327
Rhode Island .........|     8,291 |    4,458 |     2,160 |   0.26 |    0.48 |    2,298 |    6,131 |       3,833
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
South Carolina .......|    16,152 |   13,732 |    11,185 |   0.69 |    0.81 |    2,547 |    4,967 |       2,420
South Dakota .........|     4,360 |    4,259 |     3,024 |   0.69 |    0.71 |    1,235 |    1,336 |         101
Tennessee ............|    21,110 |   18,475 |    14,414 |   0.68 |    0.78 |    4,061 |    6,696 |       2,635
Texas ................|    57,103 |   60,083 |    51,040 |   0.89 |    0.85 |    9,043 |    6,063 |      -2,980
Utah .................|    13,342 |    8,696 |     8,069 |   0.60 |    0.93 |      627 |    5,273 |       4,646
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
Vermont ..............|     4,897 |    3,105 |     1,465 |   0.30 |    0.47 |    1,640 |    3,432 |       1,792
Virginia .............|    30,941 |   26,928 |    20,002 |   0.65 |    0.74 |    6,926 |   10,939 |       4,013
Washington ...........|    14,268 |   15,107 |    10,883 |   0.76 |    0.72 |    4,224 |    3,385 |        -839
West Virginia.........|    11,188 |    9,370 |     7,951 |   0.71 |    0.85 |    1,419 |    3,237 |       1,818
Wisconsin ............|    24,516 |   25,136 |    19,695 |   0.80 |    0.78 |    5,441 |    4,821 |        -620
Wyoming ..............|     1,148 |    1,532 |       741 |   0.65 |    0.48 |      791 |      407 |        -384
                      |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
U.S. Service schools .|     3,045 |      --- |       231 |    --- |     --- |     -231 |    2,814 |       3,045
State unknown\6\......|       --- |    4,244 |       --- |    --- |     --- |    4,244 |      --- |      -4,244
                      |===========|==========|===========|========|=========|==========|==========|=============
   Outlying areas ....|    28,358 |   29,614 |    28,308 |   1.00 |    0.96 |    1,306 |       50 |      -1,256
                      |___________|__________|___________|________|_________|__________|__________|_____________
American Samoa .......|       --- |       36 |       --- |    --- |     --- |       36 |      --- |         -36
Federated States of   |           |          |           |        |         |          |          |
  Micronesia .........|       --- |      165 |       --- |    --- |     --- |      165 |      --- |        -165
Guam .................|       306 |      406 |       283 |    --- |     --- |      123 |       23 |        -100
Marshall Islands .....|       --- |        4 |       --- |    --- |     --- |        4 |      --- |          -4
Northern Marianas ....|       --- |       11 |       --- |    --- |     --- |       11 |      --- |         -11
Palau ................|       --- |       39 |       --- |    --- |     --- |       39 |      --- |         -39
Puerto Rico ..........|    27,858 |   28,448 |    27,836 |   1.00 |    0.98 |      612 |       22 |        -590
Virgin Islands .......|       194 |      505 |       189 |   0.97 |    0.37 |      316 |        5 |        -311
                      |===========|==========|===========|========|=========|==========|==========|=============
Foreign countries ....|       --- |   17,948 |       --- |    --- |     --- |   17,948 |      --- |     -17,948
______________________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|__________|__________|_____________

\1\Students who are enrolled at the reporting institution for the first time.
\2\All of the new students reported by the institutions in that state; i.e., all in-migrants and "remaining" students.
\3\All students living in a particular state when first admitted to an institution in any state. Students may be enrolled in any state.
\4\Students who attend institutions in their home state.
\5\Includes students coming to U.S. colleges from foreign countries and the outlying areas.
\6\Students are reported in "state unknown" when an institution is unable to determine the student's home state.
---Data not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting higher education institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs in the 1996-97 academic year.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Residence of First-Time Students" survey, 1996. (This table was prepared January 1998.)


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