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Table A–2. Percentage distribution of GED passers, by age group: 1998–2004
| Year | Number passed |
Age group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20–24 | 25 or older | |||
| 1998 | 480,947 | 2.8 | 11.8 | 19.1 | 12.2 | 24.1 | 30.0 | |
| 1999 | 498,015 | 3.3 | 12.9 | 16.1 | 12.3 | 24.3 | 31.1 | |
| 2000 | 486,997 | 3.2 | 13.0 | 16.5 | 12.2 | 24.9 | 30.2 | |
| 2001 | 648,022 | 2.9 | 11.5 | 14.7 | 11.5 | 26.4 | 33.0 | |
| 2002 | 329,515 | 4.4 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 11.6 | 24.6 | 26.2 | |
| 2003 | 387,470 | 3.9 | 14.6 | 16.8 | 11.4 | 25.9 | 27.4 | |
| 2004 | 405,724 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.8 | 11.4 | 26.2 | 27.6 | |
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NOTE: Data apply to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The numbers and percentage distributions for 1998–2001 were
reported in the original source as the number receiving a credential.
SOURCE: American Council on Education, GED Testing Service. (2003–2006). Who Passed the GED Tests? Annual Statistical Report. Washington, DC: Author.; and American Council on Education, GED Testing Service. (1991–2002). Who Took the GED? GED Annual Statistical Report. Washington, DC: Author. | ||||||||
