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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 11b: Number of first-time entrants into full-time public and private higher education per 100 persons age 18, by location, sex, and state: 1990

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               Counted at location student's                     Counted at
               higher education instititution          locationof student's
                                                          original state of
             -------------------------------------                residence
State        All students        Male       Female
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Alabama              51.5        46.0         57.2             43.4
Alaska               26.4        22.1         31.6             40.0
Arizona              44.7        45.5         43.8             38.4
Arkansas             44.4        39.6         49.2             42.7
California           33.9        31.1         37.2             33.4
Colorado             51.0        48.9         53.3             42.3
Connecticut          39.0        37.1         40.9             44.7
Delaware             57.1        52.5         61.2             47.9
District of Columbia 65.2        57.3         72.7             49.4
Florida              30.5        28.8         32.3             41.3
Georgia              43.1         39.0        47.3             56.9
Hawaii               43.3         37.0        50.8             48.0
Idaho                57.9         61.7        54.7             43.3
Illinois             44.5         42.4        46.7             35.8
Indiana               7.6         45.2        50.0             50.4
Iowa                 66.7         64.5        68.9             56.9
Kansas               54.8         53.7        56.2             48.0
Kentucky             46.5         38.5        55.6             43.3
Louisiana            38.3         33.8        42.7             35.8
Maine                43.4         41.2        45.7             50.4
Maryland             33.8        31.2         36.4             38.5
Massachusetts        60.7        56.1         65.1             51.1
Michigan             40.6        36.4         45.1             41.3
Minnesota            53.2        52.4         54.0             54.3
Mississippi          49.4        44.1         54.8             45.9
Missouri             43.9        40.6         47.3             40.6
Montana              47.8        43.0         53.2             49.7
Nebraska             55.1        54.7         55.4             55.2
Nevada               23.7        23.0         24.5             27.7
New Hampshire        62.4        58.2         66.3             49.7
New Jersey           35.3        33.1         37.7             55.1
New Mexico           35.1        33.8         36.5             36.5
New York             55.6        51.7         59.5             56.9
North Carolina       46.0        41.2         50.9             37.1
North Dakota         74.3        81.6         67.8             57.6
Ohio                 46.2        43.7         48.6             45.1
Oklahoma             50.8        43.9         58.5             50.0
Oregon               45.3        45.2         45.4             41.6
Pennsylvania         53.5        49.2         58.2             49.7
Rhode Island         71.1        74.2         68.2             40.9
South Carolina       45.9        42.6         49.1             43.9
South Dakota         48.8        47.3         50.1             45.0
Tennessee            41.9        37.2         47.1             39.7
Texas                35.5        33.8         37.3             35.1
Utah                 62.2        60.2         64.1             46.4
Vermont              63.0        61.9         64.2             43.3
Virginia             42.4        36.5         49.0             38.2
Washington           59.7        56.9         62.5             56.1
West Virginia        51.0        50.1         52.0             44.3
Wisconsin            53.1        50.4         55.8             51.5
Wyoming              72.7        87.0         59.2             79.8
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1993, Table 177; Digest of Education Statistics, 1994, Table 199.



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