Table 6. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK-8 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1997 through fall 2015

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Table 6. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK-8 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1997 through fall 2015 (Table 6—Continued) [In thousands]
Region and state	Actual							Projected
Region and state	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
United States	33,073	33,346	33,488	33,688	33,938	34,116	34,202	33,925	33,823	33,906

Northeast	5,774	5,820	5,841	5,841	5,824	5,810	5,752	5,659	5,597	5,550
Connecticut	394	399	404	406	410	406	408	401	400	396
Maine	153	151	149	146	144	142	139	137	136	134
Massachusetts	696	705	706	703	699	701	692	678	674	671
New Hampshire	145	147	147	147	144	144	142	138	137	135
New Jersey	921	936	954	968	972	979	979	975	970	968
New York	2,011	2,028	2,034	2,029	2,017	2,017	1,979	1,939	1,906	1,885
Pennsylvania	1,266	1,267	1,262	1,258	1,255	1,242	1,236	1,217	1,203	1,191
Rhode Island	112	112	114	114	113	113	111	110	109	107
Vermont	74	73	72	70	69	68	67	64	64	63

Midwest	7,554	7,565	7,551	7,523	7,517	7,535	7,502	7,401	7,383	7,364
Illinois	1,438	1,452	1,462	1,474	1,484	1,488	1,493	1,476	1,466	1,466
Indiana	693	697	699	703	711	714	717	717	715	717
Iowa	338	337	336	334	330	326	327	322	325	324
Kansas	328	327	326	323	322	322	323	316	317	316
Michigan	1,236	1,245	1,245	1,222	1,223	1,254	1,229	1,209	1,202	1,194
Minnesota	588	587	580	578	573	568	564	554	556	557
Missouri	650	651	649	645	643	635	632	628	627	624
Nebraska	202	200	197	195	195	195	195	192	193	194
North Dakota	80	77	75	72	70	69	68	66	65	63
Ohio	1,299	1,301	1,296	1,294	1,287	1,284	1,278	1,258	1,253	1,248
South Dakota	98	91	90	88	87	89	86	85	85	84
Wisconsin	604	601	596	595	592	592	590	578	579	577

South	12,022	12,127	12,191	12,314	12,454	12,573	12,675	12,640	12,670	12,800
Alabama	541	542	539	539	536	533	525	523	522	523
Arkansas	322	319	318	318	318	319	322	319	320	321
Delaware	79	80	80	81	81	82	83	82	83	84
District of Columbia	60	57	60	54	58	59	59	57	53	52
Florida	1,680	1,704	1,725	1,760	1,797	1,809	1,832	1,844	1,832	1,854
Georgia	1,011	1,029	1,044	1,060	1,075	1,089	1,103	1,105	1,114	1,136
Kentucky	474	464	459	471	473	477	478	472	474	475
Louisiana	564	558	548	547	537	537	536	530	528	526
Maryland	602	607	607	609	611	610	606	600	596	596
Mississippi	365	365	365	364	362	360	361	357	357	357
North Carolina	906	921	935	945	956	964	974	977	980	992
Oklahoma	445	448	447	445	446	449	450	441	442	441
South Carolina	473	478	484	493	487	500	501	499	499	501
Tennessee	653	665	664	668	675	673	675	669	674	678
Texas	2,832	2,868	2,896	2,943	3,016	3,080	3,133	3,134	3,168	3,230
Virginia	807	815	817	816	826	832	837	836	834	839
West Virginia	207	206	203	201	200	200	199	195	194	193

West	7,723	7,834	7,904	8,010	8,143	8,198	8,273	8,226	8,172	8,192
Alaska	96	97	96	94	95	94	94	92	91	91
Arizona	596	623	624	641	672	660	704	716	724	740
California	4,196	4,270	4,337	4,408	4,479	4,526	4,540	4,496	4,432	4,421
Colorado	494	501	507	517	529	534	536	538	539	545
Hawaii	136	135	133	132	132	131	130	127	126	127
Idaho	169	169	169	170	171	173	175	176	179	181
Montana	112	110	107	105	103	101	100	97	98	97
Nevada	219	229	240	251	262	271	281	288	292	298
New Mexico	236	232	229	225	225	224	226	223	220	219
Oregon	381	380	378	379	382	382	378	375	373	372
Utah	329	329	329	333	338	343	349	351	357	363
Washington	694	696	695	694	696	697	699	690	686	682
Wyoming	66	64	62	60	59	60	60	57	57	57
See notes at end of table.

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