Projections of Education Statistics to 2014, Thirty-third Edition, September 2005 - Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1996 to fall 2014

Table 4. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK-12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1996 to fall 2014 - (go to part 2) [In thousands]
Region and state	Actual							Projected
Region and state	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
United States	45,611	46,127	46,539	46,857	47,204	47,672	48,202	48,213	48,270	48,375

Northeast	8,006	8,085	8,145	8,196	8,222	8,250	8,297	8,281	8,247	8,208
Connecticut	527	535	545	554	562	570	570	570	569	567
Maine	214	213	211	209	207	206	204	200	196	193
Massachusetts	934	949	962	971	975	973	983	978	972	966
New Hampshire	198	202	205	207	208	207	208	205	203	201
New Jersey	1,228	1,250	1,269	1,289	1,313	1,342	1,367	1,386	1,394	1,400
New York	2,843	2,862	2,877	2,888	2,882	2,872	2,888	2,872	2,858	2,843
Pennsylvania	1,804	1,815	1,816	1,817	1,814	1,822	1,817	1,812	1,799	1,785
Rhode Island	151	153	155	156	157	158	159	160	160	160
Vermont	106	106	105	105	102	101	100	98	96	94

Midwest	10,638	10,704	10,722	10,726	10,730	10,745	10,835	10,781	10,741	10,720
Illinois	1,973	1,998	2,012	2,028	2,049	2,071	2,084	2,086	2,087	2,091
Indiana	983	987	989	989	989	996	1,004	1,009	1,012	1,016
Iowa	503	501	498	497	495	486	482	476	470	467
Kansas	466	469	472	472	471	470	471	465	462	459
Michigan	1,686	1,703	1,720	1,726	1,721	1,731	1,785	1,786	1,789	1,790
Minnesota	847	854	856	854	854	851	847	836	828	823
Missouri	901	911	913	914	913	910	924	917	913	912
Nebraska	292	293	291	288	286	285	285	282	281	280
North Dakota	120	119	115	113	109	106	104	102	99	98
Ohio	1,845	1,847	1,842	1,837	1,835	1,831	1,838	1,825	1,813	1,804
South Dakota	143	142	132	131	129	128	128	126	124	123
Wisconsin	879	882	880	878	879	879	881	871	864	859

South	16,373	16,563	16,713	16,842	17,007	17,237	17,472	17,490	17,540	17,608
Alabama	748	749	748	741	740	737	740	734	729	725
Arkansas	457	456	452	451	450	450	451	449	448	447
Delaware	111	112	113	113	115	116	116	116	116	116
District of Columbia	79	77	72	77	69	75	76	75	74	74
Florida	2,242	2,294	2,338	2,381	2,435	2,500	2,540	2,567	2,587	2,609
Georgia	1,347	1,376	1,401	1,423	1,445	1,471	1,496	1,508	1,519	1,531
Kentucky	656	669	656	648	666	654	661	650	646	643
Louisiana	793	777	769	757	743	731	730	721	714	709
Maryland	819	831	842	847	853	861	867	866	865	863
Mississippi	504	505	502	501	498	494	493	489	486	484
North Carolina	1,210	1,236	1,255	1,276	1,294	1,315	1,336	1,344	1,349	1,355
Oklahoma	621	624	628	627	623	622	625	615	611	609
South Carolina	653	659	665	667	677	676	695	689	688	689
Tennessee	905	893	905	916	909	925	928	925	924	924
Texas	3,829	3,892	3,945	3,992	4,060	4,163	4,260	4,277	4,318	4,365
Virginia	1,096	1,111	1,124	1,134	1,145	1,163	1,177	1,186	1,190	1,193
West Virginia	304	301	298	292	286	283	282	279	276	273

West	10,594	10,775	10,959	11,094	11,244	11,440	11,598	11,662	11,743	11,839
Alaska	130	132	135	134	133	134	134	134	133	133
Arizona	799	814	848	853	878	922	938	949	957	967
California	5,686	5,804	5,926	6,039	6,141	6,248	6,356	6,399	6,456	6,518
Colorado	673	687	699	708	725	742	752	756	762	769
Hawaii	188	190	188	186	184	185	184	183	182	182
Idaho	245	244	245	245	245	247	249	250	252	254
Montana	165	162	160	158	155	152	150	147	145	143
Nevada	282	297	311	326	341	357	369	385	399	411
New Mexico	333	332	329	324	320	320	320	318	317	316
Oregon	538	541	543	545	546	551	554	555	554	556
Utah	482	483	481	480	481	485	489	489	493	498
Washington	975	991	998	1,004	1,005	1,009	1,015	1,011	1,008	1,008
Wyoming	99	97	95	92	90	88	88	85	84	83
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Includes most nursery school enrollment. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics: Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1996-97 through 2002-2003; and State Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1980-2002. (This table was prepared October 2004.)

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