Table 8. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–8 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 8. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–8 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 2002 through fall 2020 (Table 8—Continued)

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

United States	34,114	34,201	34,178	34,204	34,235	34,205	34,285	34,440	34,637	34,892

Northeast	5,810	5,752	5,689	5,623	5,574	5,504	5,476	5,435	5,413	5,403
Connecticut	406	408	404	400	398	394	392	389	387	385
Maine	142	139	136	133	132	131	129	129	129	129
Massachusetts	701	692	682	675	671	667	667	663	660	657
New Hampshire	144	142	140	139	136	134	133	131	130	129
New Jersey	979	978	976	971	963	954	957	954	955	956
New York	2,016	1,978	1,943	1,909	1,887	1,856	1,843	1,823	1,812	1,807
Pennsylvania	1,242	1,236	1,235	1,228	1,220	1,205	1,194	1,186	1,182	1,182
Rhode Island	113	111	107	104	102	99	98	97	97	96
Vermont	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	62	62	62

Midwest	7,535	7,502	7,439	7,425	7,405	7,359	7,374	7,383	7,393	7,414
Illinois	1,488	1,493	1,484	1,480	1,478	1,473	1,479	1,483	1,484	1,488
Indiana	714	717	720	724	730	730	730	731	731	732
Iowa	326	327	324	326	326	330	336	338	340	342
Kansas	322	322	321	321	326	327	331	333	336	340
Michigan	1,254	1,229	1,212	1,191	1,171	1,137	1,119	1,106	1,098	1,091
Minnesota	568	564	558	558	558	558	560	569	576	583
Missouri	635	632	629	635	634	632	635	638	640	642
Nebraska	195	195	195	195	196	200	203	206	209	211
North Dakota	69	68	67	66	64	63	64	64	64	64
Ohio	1,284	1,278	1,267	1,261	1,253	1,241	1,239	1,236	1,234	1,233
South Dakota	89	86	84	84	83	83	88	88	89	90
Wisconsin	592	590	578	584	585	585	590	591	593	597

South	12,573	12,675	12,780	12,882	12,990	13,086	13,167	13,299	13,431	13,573
Alabama	533	525	522	529	529	527	528	529	530	530
Arkansas	319	322	328	336	337	340	342	345	347	349
Delaware	82	83	84	85	85	85	87	88	89	91
District of Columbia	59	59	57	56	52	56	51	54	55	55
Florida	1,809	1,832	1,858	1,873	1,867	1,856	1,849	1,840	1,840	1,843
Georgia	1,089	1,103	1,118	1,145	1,167	1,179	1,186	1,199	1,210	1,223
Kentucky	477	478	486	487	487	469	472	475	477	479
Louisiana	537	536	534	482	492	500	504	507	506	509
Maryland	610	606	597	589	579	576	576	575	578	582
Mississippi	360	361	361	358	356	354	352	352	352	353
North Carolina	964	974	986	1,003	1,027	1,072	1,059	1,074	1,090	1,105
Oklahoma	449	450	453	457	460	463	468	472	476	480
South Carolina	500	501	504	498	501	505	508	513	517	521
Tennessee	673	675	671	677	692	682	685	689	694	698
Texas	3,080	3,133	3,184	3,268	3,320	3,375	3,447	3,524	3,601	3,676
Virginia	832	837	840	841	842	850	855	862	869	878
West Virginia	200	199	198	197	198	199	199	201	202	202

West	8,197	8,272	8,270	8,274	8,267	8,256	8,269	8,324	8,400	8,501
Alaska	94	94	92	91	90	89	89	90	92	94
Arizona	660	704	722	740	760	771	772	788	805	822
California	4,525	4,540	4,507	4,466	4,410	4,329	4,306	4,301	4,315	4,347
Colorado	534	536	541	550	559	566	580	591	602	613
Hawaii	131	130	129	127	126	126	126	127	128	129
Idaho	173	175	178	183	187	191	194	197	200	204
Montana	101	100	99	98	97	96	97	97	98	98
Nevada	271	281	289	296	303	308	308	314	320	327
New Mexico	224	226	228	230	230	230	231	234	238	241
Oregon	382	378	377	380	381	384	395	397	400	404
Utah	343	349	355	358	371	410	404	412	418	424
Washington	697	699	695	699	695	697	705	712	721	731
Wyoming	60	60	57	57	58	59	61	62	64	65

See notes at end of table. (Table 8—Continued)

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