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Table 5. Actual and projected percentage changes in PK–12 enrollment in public schools, by region and state: Selected years, Fall 2000 through fall 2018 [In thousands]
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| Region and state | Actual 2000–2006 | Projected | |||
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| 2006-2012 | 2012-2018 | 2006-2018 | |||
| United States | 4.4 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 9.4 | |
| Northeast | 0.4 | -5.4 | 0.1 | -5.4 | |
| Connecticut | 2.3 | -4.9 | -1.0 | -5.9 | |
| Maine | -6.3 | -6.2 | 1.8 | -4.5 | |
| Massachusetts | -0.7 | -4.9 | -1.3 | -6.2 | |
| New Hampshire | -2.4 | -3.7 | 5.0 | 1.1 | |
| New Jersey | 5.7 | -2.7 | 0.3 | -2.4 | |
| New York | -2.5 | -7.9 | -1.2 | -9.0 | |
| Pennsylvania | 3.1 | -3.6 | 2.0 | -1.7 | |
| Rhode Island | -3.6 | -11.0 | -0.5 | -11.5 | |
| Vermont | -6.5 | -9.5 | 2.3 | -7.4 | |
| Midwest | 0.8 | -1.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | |
| Illinois | 3.4 | -0.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | |
| Indiana | 5.7 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.2 | |
| Iowa | -2.4 | -0.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |
| Kansas | -0.2 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | |
| Michigan | -0.3 | -7.4 | -0.6 | -7.9 | |
| Minnesota | -1.6 | -0.6 | 6.2 | 5.5 | |
| Missouri | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | |
| Nebraska | 0.5 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 7.0 | |
| North Dakota | -11.5 | -7.4 | -1.2 | -8.5 | |
| Ohio | 0.1 | -3.1 | # | -3.1 | |
| South Dakota | -5.8 | -2.3 | 1.8 | -0.5 | |
| Wisconsin | -0.3 | -1.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 | |
| South | 7.5 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 18.0 | |
| Alabama | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.4 | |
| Arkansas | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 9.1 | |
| Delaware | 6.6 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 11.7 | |
| District of Columbia | 5.7 | -3.7 | 7.0 | 3.1 | |
| Florida | 9.7 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 24.0 | |
| Georgia | 12.7 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 25.2 | |
| Kentucky | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 3.6 | |
| Louisiana | -9.0 | -3.2 | -0.4 | -3.6 | |
| Maryland | -0.2 | -3.6 | 6.3 | 2.4 | |
| Mississippi | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -0.8 | |
| North Carolina | 11.7 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 22.9 | |
| Oklahoma | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 7.1 | |
| South Carolina | 3.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 5.8 | |
| Tennessee | 7.6 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 12.9 | |
| Texas | 13.3 | 15.8 | 14.0 | 32.1 | |
| Virginia | 6.6 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 11.5 | |
| West Virginia | -1.5 | -0.7 | -1.7 | -2.4 | |
| West | 6.2 | 5.1 | 9.1 | 14.7 | |
| Alaska | -0.6 | -2.0 | 10.7 | 8.5 | |
| Arizona | 21.3 | 19.8 | 18.8 | 42.2 | |
| California | 4.3 | 1.4 | 7.1 | 8.6 | |
| Colorado | 9.6 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 19.3 | |
| Hawaii | -2.0 | -5.2 | -0.5 | -5.7 | |
| Idaho | 9.1 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 26.1 | |
| Montana | -6.8 | -1.3 | 4.6 | 3.3 | |
| Nevada | 24.5 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 40.2 | |
| New Mexico | 2.5 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 10.5 | |
| Oregon | 3.0 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 11.0 | |
| Utah | 8.7 | 18.0 | 9.9 | 29.7 | |
| Washington | 2.2 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 8.7 | |
| Wyoming | -5.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 10.6 | |
| # Rounds to zero. |
| NOTE: Calculations are based on unrounded numbers. 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," selected years, 1999–2000 through 2005–06; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1980–2005. (This table was prepared December 2008.) |