Table 8. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades 9–12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1997 through fall 2015

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Table 8. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades 9–12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1997 through fall 2015 (Table 8—Continued) [In thousands]
Region and state	Actual							Projected
Region and state	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
United States	13,054	13,193	13,369	13,515	13,734	14,067	14,338	14,634	14,887	15,042

Northeast	2,311	2,326	2,355	2,381	2,427	2,486	2,540	2,594	2,625	2,637
Connecticut	141	145	150	156	160	164	169	173	175	177
Maine	59	60	60	61	62	63	63	63	62	62
Massachusetts	253	258	265	273	274	282	288	294	296	296
New Hampshire	56	58	60	61	62	64	65	66	66	66
New Jersey	329	333	335	346	370	389	402	419	428	433
New York	851	849	854	853	855	871	886	902	915	918
Pennsylvania	549	549	555	556	567	575	586	595	601	602
Rhode Island	42	42	43	44	45	47	48	50	50	50
Vermont	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31

Midwest	3,151	3,156	3,175	3,207	3,228	3,284	3,307	3,351	3,391	3,410
Illinois	560	560	565	575	587	597	608	621	634	641
Indiana	294	292	289	286	285	290	294	302	310	314
Iowa	163	162	161	161	156	156	154	157	158	159
Kansas	141	145	146	147	148	149	148	147	147	146
Michigan	467	475	481	498	508	531	528	543	553	558
Minnesota	266	270	274	277	278	279	279	277	277	276
Missouri	261	263	265	268	267	272	274	277	281	285
Nebraska	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	91	91	91
North Dakota	38	38	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	33
Ohio	548	541	540	541	544	554	567	573	579	580
South Dakota	45	42	41	41	41	41	40	39	38	38
Wisconsin	278	279	281	285	288	290	290	290	290	290

South	4,541	4,586	4,650	4,693	4,783	4,898	4,998	5,094	5,187	5,253
Alabama	208	206	202	201	202	206	206	211	213	214
Arkansas	134	133	133	132	132	132	133	135	137	138
Delaware	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	36	36	37
District of Columbia	17	15	17	15	17	17	19	20	21	21
Florida	614	634	656	675	703	731	755	774	789	800
Georgia	365	372	379	385	395	407	419	432	443	449
Kentucky	195	191	189	194	181	184	186	188	190	192
Louisiana	213	210	209	197	194	194	191	192	193	195
Maryland	229	235	239	244	250	256	263	269	274	277
Mississippi	140	137	135	134	132	132	133	134	136	137
North Carolina	330	334	341	348	359	372	386	397	405	411
Oklahoma	179	181	180	178	176	176	176	176	177	177
South Carolina	187	187	183	184	189	194	198	198	203	205
Tennessee	240	241	252	241	250	254	261	267	273	276
Texas	1,059	1,077	1,096	1,117	1,147	1,180	1,199	1,220	1,241	1,257
Virginia	304	309	317	329	337	346	355	365	374	381
West Virginia	94	92	88	85	83	82	82	82	83	83

West	3,051	3,125	3,189	3,234	3,297	3,398	3,493	3,595	3,684	3,743
Alaska	36	38	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	42
Arizona	218	226	229	237	251	277	308	323	337	349
California	1,608	1,656	1,702	1,733	1,769	1,828	1,874	1,941	1,996	2,030
Colorado	193	198	202	208	213	217	221	224	227	230
Hawaii	53	53	53	52	53	53	54	55	55	55
Idaho	76	76	76	75	75	75	77	78	79	80
Montana	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	47
Nevada	78	82	86	90	94	99	105	113	121	126
New Mexico	96	96	96	95	95	96	97	98	99	99
Oregon	160	163	167	167	170	172	173	174	175	175
Utah	154	153	151	148	147	147	147	148	150	151
Washington	297	302	309	310	313	318	322	326	329	332
Wyoming	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	27
See notes at end of table.

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