Table 1.4. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by locale, region, and state and District of Columbia: 2003

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Table 1.4.

Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by locale, region, and state and District of Columbia: 2003–04

Region and state	City	Suburban	Town	Rural
Total	30.4	35.4	12.9	21.3
Northeast	27.2	48.9	8.0	15.9
Connecticut	27.4	54.3	4.6	13.7
Maine	11.6	12.6	22.3	53.4
Massachusetts	20.8	66.0	2.5	10.7
New Hampshire	15.0	32.9	18.1	34.0
New Jersey	9.9	78.6	2.1	9.4
New York	43.7	35.5	7.8	13.0
Pennsylvania	21.4	44.4	13.5	20.7
Rhode Island	32.8	51.9	2.6	12.7
Vermont	6.6	10.8	29.8	52.9
Midwest	26.3	32.0	17.1	24.6
Illinois	31.9	44.8	11.5	11.7
Indiana	27.9	24.1	17.7	30.3
Iowa	26.2	9.4	28.1	36.3
Kansas	25.0	13.4	27.7	33.8
Michigan	27.0	37.9	12.5	22.6
Minnesota	22.0	30.5	21.4	26.0
Missouri	19.2	30.7	20.1	30.0
Nebraska	33.6	11.6	23.7	31.2
North Dakota	26.8	7.7	20.5	45.0
Ohio	21.7	39.0	15.0	24.4
South Dakota	24.7	0.9	30.4	43.9
Wisconsin	29.2	22.7	20.2	27.8
South	28.0	30.7	13.6	27.7
Alabama	23.3	16.5	14.7	45.6
Arkansas	25.2	10.0	24.2	40.6
Delaware	16.0	47.8	20.2	15.9
District of Columbia	99.8	0.0	0.0	0.2 ¹
Florida	25.1	55.8	5.6	13.5
Georgia	15.4	39.8	12.8	31.9
Kentucky	13.7	20.4	23.3	42.6
Louisiana	32.0	20.9	18.5	28.7
Maryland	16.1	60.8	6.1	17.0
Mississippi	11.5	11.2	30.4	46.8
North Carolina	25.3	15.7	14.0	45.0
Oklahoma	21.3	19.4	25.2	34.1
South Carolina	12.3	30.5	17.7	39.5
Tennessee	30.5	17.6	16.1	35.8
Texas	45.7	24.1	12.7	17.5
Virginia	25.1	39.3	7.7	27.9
West Virginia	13.4	15.9	26.3	44.4
West	40.0	36.3	11.2	12.6
Alaska	40.3	3.8	23.1	32.9
Arizona	50.8	21.4	10.7	17.2
California	44.8	41.1	6.6	7.5
Colorado	35.6	35.3	11.7	17.4
Hawaii	24.4	33.7	22.0	19.9
Idaho	29.1	15.6	24.5	30.8
Montana	21.9	2.6	35.8	39.8
Nevada	43.7	34.6	8.0	13.6
New Mexico	32.8	12.8	29.0	25.4
Oregon	31.2	23.8	27.7	17.4
Utah	19.2	57.6	14.1	9.1
Washington	27.6	44.0	12.1	16.3
Wyoming	24.0	1.6	42.6	31.8
¹ These students are funded by the District of Columbia public school system, but attend school outside of the District. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04.