Table 6. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–8 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 2000 through fall 2018

Projections of Education Statistics to 2018

NCES 2009-062
September 2009

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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 2000 through fall 2018 (Table 6—Continued) [In thousands]

Region and state	Actual							Projected
Region and state	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

United States	33,688	33,938	34,116	34,202	34,179	34,205	34,221	34,383	34,667	34,973

Northeast	5,841	5,824	5,810	5,752	5,690	5,623	5,574	5,487	5,448	5,418
Connecticut	406	410	406	408	404	400	398	393	390	387
Maine	146	144	142	139	136	133	132	131	129	129
Massachusetts	703	699	701	692	682	675	671	664	660	656
New Hampshire	147	144	144	142	140	139	136	135	134	134
New Jersey	968	972	979	979	976	971	964	949	948	946
New York	2,029	2,017	2,017	1,979	1,943	1,909	1,888	1,846	1,825	1,808
Pennsylvania	1,258	1,255	1,242	1,236	1,235	1,228	1,220	1,209	1,204	1,203
Rhode Island	114	113	113	111	107	104	102	99	96	95
Vermont	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	62	61	60

Midwest	7,523	7,517	7,535	7,502	7,439	7,425	7,396	7,352	7,346	7,352
Illinois	1,474	1,484	1,488	1,493	1,484	1,480	1,478	1,476	1,475	1,476
Indiana	703	711	714	717	720	724	730	730	733	736
Iowa	334	330	326	327	324	326	326	326	327	329
Kansas	323	322	322	323	321	321	326	323	325	327
Michigan	1,222	1,223	1,254	1,229	1,212	1,191	1,163	1,143	1,129	1,118
Minnesota	578	573	568	564	558	558	558	557	557	560
Missouri	645	643	635	632	629	635	634	632	637	642
Nebraska	195	195	195	195	195	195	196	197	199	201
North Dakota	72	70	69	68	67	66	64	63	63	62
Ohio	1,294	1,287	1,284	1,278	1,267	1,261	1,253	1,241	1,238	1,235
South Dakota	88	87	89	86	84	84	83	83	83	83
Wisconsin	595	592	592	590	578	584	585	581	581	582

South	12,314	12,454	12,573	12,675	12,780	12,882	12,986	13,196	13,451	13,694
Alabama	539	536	533	525	522	529	529	532	534	536
Arkansas	318	318	319	322	328	336	337	339	344	349
Delaware	81	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	87	88
District of Columbia	54	58	59	59	57	56	52	50	49	51
Florida	1,760	1,797	1,809	1,832	1,858	1,873	1,867	1,901	1,950	1,990
Georgia	1,060	1,075	1,089	1,103	1,118	1,145	1,167	1,199	1,230	1,261
Kentucky	471	473	477	478	486	487	487	489	495	498
Louisiana	547	537	537	536	534	482	492	490	491	491
Maryland	609	611	610	606	597	589	579	573	570	569
Mississippi	364	362	360	361	361	358	356	356	357	358
North Carolina	945	956	964	974	986	1,003	1,027	1,050	1,073	1,098
Oklahoma	445	446	449	450	453	457	460	463	469	474
South Carolina	493	487	500	501	504	498	497	501	504	508
Tennessee	668	675	673	675	671	677	692	698	710	720
Texas	2,943	3,016	3,080	3,133	3,184	3,268	3,320	3,425	3,535	3,638
Virginia	816	826	832	837	840	841	842	847	856	865
West Virginia	201	200	200	199	198	197	198	197	198	199

West	8,010	8,143	8,198	8,273	8,270	8,274	8,266	8,348	8,422	8,509
Alaska	94	95	94	94	92	91	90	90	89	90
Arizona	641	672	660	704	722	740	758	783	810	838
California	4,408	4,479	4,526	4,540	4,508	4,466	4,410	4,421	4,423	4,435
Colorado	517	529	534	536	541	550	559	570	582	594
Hawaii	132	132	131	130	129	127	126	124	123	122
Idaho	170	171	173	175	178	183	187	192	197	201
Montana	105	103	101	100	99	98	97	97	97	98
Nevada	251	262	271	281	289	296	303	312	322	331
New Mexico	225	225	224	226	228	230	230	231	233	236
Oregon	379	382	382	378	377	380	381	383	386	389
Utah	333	338	343	349	355	358	371	389	402	413
Washington	694	696	697	699	695	699	695	697	699	702
Wyoming	60	59	60	60	57	57	58	59	60	61

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