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Public High School Dropouts and Completers from the Common Core of Data: School Years 1991-92 through 1997-98
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A-4a.—Number of high school completers,1 by race/ethnicity and state: School year 1997–98
State Total2 Race/ethnicity
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/
Pacific Islander
Hispanic Black White
Alabama
41,801 515 362 170 13,704 27,050
Alaska
6,496 1,142 308 156 260 4,630
Arizona
Arkansas
26,855 92 270 333 5,962 20,198
California
282,536 2,513 42,711 87,742 21,165 128,405
 
Colorado
36,356 289 1,093 4,788 1,635 28,551
Connecticut
27,885 63 795 2,266 3,154 21,607
Delaware
6,510 13 154 222 1,679 4,442
District of Columbia
2,777 0 198 168 2,320 91
Florida
101,238 198 2,789 14,709 22,362 61,180
 
Georgia
64,388 81 1,496 1,039 22,303 39,469
Hawaii
10,369 28 7,762 519 150 1,910
Idaho
15,587 135 196 779 47 14,430
Illinois
114,611 225 4,816 10,302 17,390 81,878
Indiana
59,387 101 578 1,235 5,001 52,472
 
Iowa
36,094 84 516 536 696 34,262
Kansas
27,856 275 594 1,203 1,699 24,085
Kentucky
37,270 261 224 171 3,007 33,607
Louisiana
39,074 179 584 444 15,561 22,306
Maine
12,195 43 104 73 100 11,875
 
Maryland
45,033 114 2,323 1,460 14,289 26,847
Massachusetts
50,452 75 2,088 3,306 3,824 41,159
Michigan
92,981 837 1,592 1,896 11,694 76,962
Minnesota
Mississippi
26,212 29 145 54 12,804 13,180
 
Missouri
52,031 119 639 533 6,234 44,506
Montana
10,656 626 63 148 30 9,789
Nebraska
19,802 127 232 600 734 18,109
Nevada
13,380 222 776 1,792 1,125 9,465
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey
New Mexico
16,762 1,640 233 7,178 357 7,354
New York
North Carolina
65,861 813 1,130 958 17,254 45,706
North Dakota
8,170 307 55 58 39 7,711
 
Ohio
111,211 116 1,343 1,375 10,952 97,425
Oklahoma
35,213 5,047 540 1,125 3,142 25,359
Oregon
31,369 447 1,230 1,577 582 27,533
Pennsylvania
110,919 86 2,327 2,617 10,801 95,088
Rhode Island
8,075 35 254 600 462 6,724
 
South Carolina
South Dakota
9,164 390 65 59 55 8,595
Tennessee
Texas
197,186 604 6,263 60,362 25,165 104,792
Utah
31,567 286 695 1,091 130 29,365
 
Vermont
Virginia
63,387 124 2,766 1,715 14,636 44,146
Washington
West Virginia
20,171 32 117 70 678 19,274
Wisconsin
57,607 529 1,190 1,284 2,531 52,073
Wyoming
6,463 105 54 344 49 5,911
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
676 0 676 0 0 0
Guam
923 2 876 3 5 37
Northern Marianas
374 0 372 0 0 2
Puerto Rico
29,881 0 0 29,881 0 0
Virgin Islands
1,069 0 0 77 985 7
 
— Data missing.
1 Includes regular and other diplomas as well as other completers but does not include high school equivalency.
2 Total completers exclude those for whom race/ethnicity was not reported.
NOTE: Other Completers is missing in the following states: Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Washington, and Wisconsin.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey, 1998–99."

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