Table 8. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–8 in public schools, by region and state: Fall 2003 through fall 2021

Projections of Education Statistics to 2021

NCES 2013-008
January 2013

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Table 8. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–8 in public schools, by region and state: Fall 2003 through fall 2021 (Table 8—Continued)

[In thousands]
Region and state	Actual								Projected
Region and state	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	34,201	34,178	34,204	34,235	34,205	34,286	34,418	34,625	34,849	35,076

Northeast	5,752	5,689	5,623	5,574	5,504	5,476	5,495	5,540	5,560	5,559
Connecticut	408	404	400	398	394	392	390	387	385	383
Maine	139	136	133	132	131	129	129	129	129	129
Massachusetts	692	682	675	671	667	667	667	666	664	662
New Hampshire	142	140	139	136	134	133	133	132	131	130
New Jersey	978	976	971	963	954	957	968	981	973	972
New York	1,978	1,943	1,909	1,887	1,856	1,843	1,847	1,869	1,895	1,890
Pennsylvania	1,236	1,235	1,228	1,220	1,205	1,194	1,201	1,210	1,219	1,229
Rhode Island	111	107	104	102	99	98	98	98	97	97
Vermont	67	66	65	64	63	63	63	68	68	68

Midwest	7,502	7,439	7,425	7,405	7,359	7,373	7,362	7,349	7,368	7,388
Illinois	1,493	1,484	1,480	1,478	1,473	1,479	1,464	1,455	1,457	1,459
Indiana	717	720	724	730	730	730	731	729	731	733
Iowa	327	324	326	326	330	336	341	348	349	350
Kansas	322	321	321	326	327	331	333	343	344	347
Michigan	1,229	1,212	1,191	1,171	1,137	1,119	1,115	1,076	1,070	1,066
Minnesota	564	558	558	558	558	560	565	570	579	588
Missouri	632	629	635	634	632	635	638	643	645	646
Nebraska	195	195	195	196	200	203	207	210	213	216
North Dakota	68	67	66	64	63	64	65	66	67	68
Ohio	1,278	1,267	1,261	1,253	1,241	1,239	1,225	1,223	1,221	1,219
South Dakota	86	84	84	83	83	87	86	88	88	89
Wisconsin	590	578	584	585	585	590	593	598	602	607

South	12,675	12,780	12,882	12,990	13,086	13,167	13,301	13,435	13,539	13,649
Alabama	525	522	529	529	527	528	529	534	534	535
Arkansas	322	328	336	337	340	342	344	346	347	348
Delaware	83	84	85	85	85	87	88	90	92	93
District of Columbia	59	57	56	52	56	51	52	54	52	51
Florida	1,832	1,858	1,873	1,867	1,856	1,849	1,851	1,858	1,866	1,880
Georgia	1,103	1,118	1,145	1,167	1,179	1,186	1,195	1,202	1,212	1,219
Kentucky	478	486	487	487	469	472	484	480	481	481
Louisiana	536	534	482	492	500	504	510	512	516	517
Maryland	606	597	589	579	576	576	582	588	593	601
Mississippi	361	361	358	356	354	352	352	351	350	350
North Carolina	974	986	1,003	1,027	1,072	1,059	1,054	1,058	1,058	1,058
Oklahoma	450	453	457	460	463	468	477	483	487	490
South Carolina	501	504	498	501	505	508	512	516	519	523
Tennessee	675	671	677	692	682	685	687	702	705	709
Texas	3,133	3,184	3,268	3,320	3,375	3,447	3,520	3,587	3,646	3,707
Virginia	837	840	841	842	850	855	864	871	880	888
West Virginia	199	198	197	198	199	199	200	201	201	200

West	8,272	8,270	8,274	8,267	8,256	8,269	8,261	8,300	8,382	8,480
Alaska	94	92	91	90	89	89	91	92	93	95
Arizona	704	722	740	760	771	772	760	752	767	782
California	4,540	4,507	4,466	4,410	4,329	4,306	4,264	4,300	4,328	4,374
Colorado	536	541	550	559	566	580	591	601	610	619
Hawaii	130	129	127	126	126	126	127	128	128	129
Idaho	175	178	183	187	191	194	195	194	196	198
Montana	100	99	98	97	96	97	98	98	99	100
Nevada	281	289	296	303	308	308	306	307	312	316
New Mexico	226	228	230	230	230	231	235	239	242	246
Oregon	378	377	380	381	384	395	404	393	398	401
Utah	349	355	358	371	410	404	421	419	423	426
Washington	699	695	699	695	697	705	705	714	721	730
Wyoming	60	57	57	58	59	61	62	63	64	64

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

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