Table 6. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 2002 through fall 2020

Projections of Education Statistics to 2020

NCES 2011-026
September 2011

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Table 6. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 2002 through fall 2020 (Table 6—Continued)

[In thousands]
Region and state	Actual							Projected
Region and state	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011

United States	48,183	48,540	48,795	49,113	49,316	49,293	49,265	49,282	49,306	49,422

Northeast	8,297	8,292	8,271	8,240	8,258	8,122	8,052	7,960	7,887	7,831
Connecticut	570	577	577	575	575	571	567	561	556	552
Maine	204	202	199	195	194	196	193	191	189	189
Massachusetts	983	980	976	972	969	963	959	952	944	938
New Hampshire	208	207	207	206	204	201	198	195	192	190
New Jersey	1,367	1,381	1,393	1,396	1,389	1,382	1,381	1,375	1,374	1,373
New York	2,888	2,865	2,836	2,816	2,810	2,765	2,741	2,700	2,667	2,641
Pennsylvania	1,817	1,821	1,828	1,831	1,871	1,802	1,775	1,752	1,735	1,720
Rhode Island	159	159	156	153	152	148	145	143	141	139
Vermont	100	99	98	97	95	94	92	91	90	89

Midwest	10,819	10,809	10,775	10,819	10,819	10,770	10,743	10,700	10,654	10,622
Illinois	2,084	2,101	2,098	2,112	2,118	2,113	2,120	2,121	2,120	2,115
Indiana	1,004	1,011	1,021	1,035	1,046	1,047	1,046	1,046	1,044	1,044
Iowa	482	481	478	483	483	485	488	487	486	487
Kansas	471	470	469	468	470	468	471	472	474	476
Michigan	1,785	1,758	1,751	1,742	1,723	1,693	1,660	1,631	1,605	1,581
Minnesota	847	843	839	839	841	838	836	840	841	846
Missouri	906	906	905	918	920	917	918	916	912	910
Nebraska	285	286	286	287	288	291	293	294	296	298
North Dakota	104	102	101	98	97	95	95	94	93	93
Ohio	1,838	1,845	1,840	1,840	1,837	1,827	1,817	1,803	1,789	1,778
South Dakota	130	126	123	122	121	122	127	128	129	130
Wisconsin	881	880	865	875	877	875	874	869	866	865

South	17,471	17,673	17,892	18,103	18,294	18,425	18,491	18,600	18,691	18,814
Alabama	739	731	730	742	744	745	746	745	743	741
Arkansas	451	455	463	474	476	479	479	481	482	484
Delaware	116	118	119	121	122	123	125	126	127	128
District of Columbia	76	78	77	77	73	78	69	72	72	72
Florida	2,540	2,588	2,639	2,675	2,672	2,667	2,631	2,606	2,591	2,586
Georgia	1,496	1,523	1,553	1,598	1,629	1,650	1,656	1,667	1,676	1,686
Kentucky	661	663	675	680	683	666	670	671	671	671
Louisiana	730	728	724	655	676	681	685	687	686	686
Maryland	867	869	866	860	852	846	844	840	837	837
Mississippi	493	494	495	495	495	494	492	491	489	487
North Carolina	1,336	1,360	1,386	1,416	1,444	1,489	1,489	1,509	1,526	1,541
Oklahoma	625	626	629	635	639	642	645	648	650	653
South Carolina	694	699	704	702	708	712	718	722	722	725
Tennessee	928	937	941	954	978	964	972	973	975	979
Texas	4,260	4,332	4,405	4,525	4,600	4,675	4,752	4,839	4,920	5,011
Virginia	1,177	1,192	1,205	1,214	1,220	1,231	1,236	1,239	1,241	1,245
West Virginia	282	281	280	281	282	283	283	284	283	282

West	11,596	11,766	11,857	11,951	11,945	11,976	11,979	12,022	12,073	12,155
Alaska	134	134	133	133	133	131	131	131	132	133
Arizona	938	1,012	1,043	1,094	1,068	1,087	1,088	1,100	1,116	1,136
California	6,354	6,414	6,442	6,437	6,407	6,343	6,323	6,319	6,318	6,329
Colorado	752	758	766	780	794	802	818	831	843	856
Hawaii	184	184	183	183	181	180	179	179	180	180
Idaho	249	252	256	262	267	272	275	279	282	286
Montana	150	148	147	145	144	143	142	141	140	141
Nevada	369	385	400	412	425	429	433	442	449	458
New Mexico	320	323	326	327	328	329	330	331	334	336
Oregon	554	551	553	552	563	566	575	574	576	580
Utah	489	496	504	508	523	576	560	563	567	572
Washington	1,015	1,021	1,020	1,032	1,027	1,030	1,037	1,043	1,048	1,057
Wyoming	88	87	85	84	85	86	87	88	90	91

See notes at end of table. (Table 6—Continued)

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