Projections of Education Statistics to 2014, Thirty-third Edition, September 2005 - Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–8 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1996 to fall 2014

Table 6. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK-8 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	32,764	33,073	33,346	33,488	33,688	33,938	34,135	33,917	33,686	33,528

Northeast	5,729	5,774	5,820	5,841	5,841	5,824	5,810	5,741	5,655	5,582
Connecticut	389	394	399	404	406	410	406	404	399	396
Maine	156	153	151	149	146	144	142	138	134	131
Massachusetts	688	696	705	706	703	699	701	689	678	669
New Hampshire	144	145	147	147	147	144	144	141	138	136
New Jersey	903	921	936	954	968	972	979	979	972	967
New York	2,000	2,011	2,028	2,034	2,029	2,017	2,017	1,987	1,954	1,926
Pennsylvania	1,264	1,266	1,267	1,262	1,258	1,255	1,242	1,227	1,205	1,186
Rhode Island	110	112	112	114	114	113	113	112	110	109
Vermont	75	74	73	72	70	69	68	66	64	62

Midwest	7,504	7,554	7,565	7,551	7,523	7,517	7,551	7,472	7,387	7,319
Illinois	1,412	1,438	1,452	1,462	1,474	1,484	1,488	1,479	1,469	1,460
Indiana	689	693	697	699	703	711	714	714	711	708
Iowa	342	338	337	336	334	330	326	321	316	312
Kansas	328	328	327	326	323	322	322	318	314	313
Michigan	1,212	1,236	1,245	1,245	1,222	1,223	1,254	1,241	1,223	1,207
Minnesota	589	588	587	580	578	573	568	560	552	547
Missouri	643	650	651	649	645	643	653	643	636	629
Nebraska	203	202	200	197	195	195	195	193	191	190
North Dakota	82	80	77	75	72	70	69	67	66	65
Ohio	1,299	1,299	1,301	1,296	1,294	1,287	1,284	1,269	1,252	1,238
South Dakota	99	98	91	90	88	87	87	86	85	84
Wisconsin	605	604	601	596	595	592	592	582	574	568

South	11,911	12,022	12,127	12,191	12,314	12,454	12,574	12,510	12,469	12,444
Alabama	540	541	542	539	539	536	534	528	521	515
Arkansas	324	322	319	318	318	318	319	317	314	312
Delaware	78	79	80	80	81	81	82	81	81	80
District of Columbia	61	60	57	60	54	58	59	57	55	53
Florida	1,653	1,680	1,704	1,725	1,760	1,797	1,809	1,815	1,815	1,818
Georgia	991	1,011	1,029	1,044	1,060	1,075	1,089	1,090	1,089	1,090
Kentucky	466	474	464	459	471	473	477	466	460	455
Louisiana	575	564	558	548	547	537	537	527	521	516
Maryland	597	602	607	607	609	611	610	604	596	589
Mississippi	364	365	365	365	364	362	360	357	353	349
North Carolina	886	906	921	935	945	956	964	963	958	956
Oklahoma	445	445	448	447	445	446	449	440	435	432
South Carolina	468	473	478	484	493	487	501	491	489	484
Tennessee	657	653	665	664	668	675	674	667	661	656
Texas	2,800	2,832	2,868	2,896	2,943	3,016	3,080	3,080	3,100	3,128
Virginia	796	807	815	817	816	826	832	832	826	820
West Virginia	209	207	206	203	201	200	200	197	194	191

West	7,620	7,723	7,834	7,904	8,010	8,143	8,200	8,194	8,175	8,183
Alaska	94	96	97	96	94	95	94	93	92	92
Arizona	588	596	623	624	641	672	660	665	667	671
California	4,129	4,196	4,270	4,337	4,408	4,479	4,529	4,524	4,509	4,508
Colorado	487	494	501	507	517	529	534	535	537	539
Hawaii	136	136	135	133	132	132	131	129	128	126
Idaho	169	169	169	169	170	171	173	174	175	176
Montana	115	112	110	107	105	103	101	99	97	96
Nevada	208	219	229	240	251	262	271	278	284	289
New Mexico	230	236	232	229	225	225	224	222	220	219
Oregon	380	381	380	378	379	382	382	382	380	379
Utah	328	329	329	329	333	338	343	343	346	349
Washington	687	694	696	695	694	696	697	691	684	681
Wyoming	67	66	64	62	60	59	60	58	57	57
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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