Table 4. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK-12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1997 through fall 2015

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Table 4. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK-12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1997 through fall 2015 (Table 4—Continued) [In thousands]
Region and state	Actual							Projected
Region and state	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
United States	46,127	46,539	46,857	47,204	47,672	48,183	48,541	48,560	48,710	48,948

Northeast	8,085	8,145	8,196	8,222	8,250	8,297	8,292	8,252	8,222	8,187
Connecticut	535	545	554	562	570	570	577	575	575	573
Maine	213	211	209	207	206	204	202	199	198	196
Massachusetts	949	962	971	975	973	983	980	972	970	967
New Hampshire	202	205	207	208	207	208	207	205	203	201
New Jersey	1,250	1,269	1,289	1,313	1,342	1,367	1,381	1,393	1,398	1,401
New York	2,862	2,877	2,888	2,882	2,872	2,888	2,865	2,841	2,821	2,804
Pennsylvania	1,815	1,816	1,817	1,814	1,822	1,817	1,821	1,811	1,803	1,793
Rhode Island	153	155	156	157	158	159	159	160	159	158
Vermont	106	105	105	102	101	100	99	97	95	94

Midwest	10,704	10,722	10,726	10,730	10,745	10,819	10,809	10,752	10,774	10,774
Illinois	1,998	2,012	2,028	2,049	2,071	2,084	2,101	2,097	2,100	2,107
Indiana	987	989	989	989	996	1,004	1,011	1,019	1,025	1,030
Iowa	501	498	497	495	486	482	481	478	483	483
Kansas	469	472	472	471	470	471	470	463	464	463
Michigan	1,703	1,720	1,726	1,721	1,731	1,785	1,758	1,753	1,754	1,751
Minnesota	854	856	854	854	851	847	843	831	833	832
Missouri	911	913	914	913	910	906	906	905	908	909
Nebraska	293	291	288	286	285	285	286	283	284	285
North Dakota	119	115	113	109	106	104	102	100	98	96
Ohio	1,847	1,842	1,837	1,835	1,831	1,838	1,845	1,832	1,833	1,828
South Dakota	142	132	131	129	128	130	126	124	123	122
Wisconsin	882	880	878	879	879	881	880	868	869	867

South	16,563	16,713	16,842	17,007	17,237	17,471	17,673	17,734	17,858	18,052
Alabama	749	748	741	740	737	739	731	734	735	736
Arkansas	456	452	451	450	450	451	455	454	457	459
Delaware	112	113	113	115	116	116	118	118	120	121
District of Columbia	77	72	77	69	75	76	78	77	74	74
Florida	2,294	2,338	2,381	2,435	2,500	2,540	2,588	2,618	2,622	2,654
Georgia	1,376	1,401	1,423	1,445	1,471	1,496	1,523	1,537	1,556	1,585
Kentucky	669	656	648	666	654	661	664	659	664	667
Louisiana	777	769	757	743	731	730	728	721	721	721
Maryland	831	842	847	853	861	867	869	870	870	873
Mississippi	505	502	501	498	494	493	494	491	492	494
North Carolina	1,236	1,255	1,276	1,294	1,315	1,336	1,360	1,374	1,385	1,404
Oklahoma	624	628	627	623	622	625	626	617	618	618
South Carolina	659	665	667	677	676	694	699	697	702	707
Tennessee	893	905	916	909	925	928	937	936	947	954
Texas	3,892	3,945	3,992	4,060	4,163	4,260	4,332	4,354	4,409	4,488
Virginia	1,111	1,124	1,134	1,145	1,163	1,177	1,192	1,201	1,208	1,220
West Virginia	301	298	292	286	283	282	281	277	277	277

West	10,775	10,959	11,093	11,244	11,440	11,596	11,766	11,821	11,857	11,934
Alaska	132	135	134	133	134	134	134	133	133	132
Arizona	814	848	853	878	922	938	1,012	1,040	1,061	1,089
California	5,804	5,926	6,039	6,141	6,248	6,354	6,414	6,437	6,428	6,451
Colorado	687	699	708	725	742	752	758	762	766	775
Hawaii	190	188	186	184	185	184	184	182	181	182
Idaho	244	245	245	245	247	249	252	253	257	261
Montana	162	160	158	155	152	150	148	145	145	144
Nevada	297	311	326	341	357	369	385	401	413	424
New Mexico	332	329	324	320	320	320	323	321	319	318
Oregon	541	543	545	546	551	554	551	548	548	547
Utah	483	481	480	481	485	489	496	499	507	514
Washington	991	998	1,004	1,005	1,009	1,015	1,021	1,016	1,015	1,014
Wyoming	97	95	92	90	88	88	87	85	84	83
See notes at end of table.

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