Table 1.--Membership in public elementary and secondary schools, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: Fall 1992 to fall 1996
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Reported Reported Reported Reported Estimated
State Fall 1992 Fall 1993 Fall 1994 Fall 1995 fall 1996
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United States 42,739,364 43,379,912 44,016,678 44,742,740 45,228,526 /a/
Alabama 723,410 726,024 727,480 736,825 741,933
Alaska 122,487 125,948 127,057 127,618 126,015
Arizona 673,477 709,453 737,424 743,566 749,759 /a/
Arkansas 441,490 444,271 447,565 453,257 457,076
California 5,195,777 5,267,277 5,341,025 5,467,224 5,535,312
Colorado 612,635 625,062 640,521 656,279 673,438
Connecticut 488,476 496,298 506,824 517,935 523,054
Delaware 104,321 105,547 106,813 108,461 110,549 /b/
District of Columbia 80,937 80,678 80,450 79,802 79,159 /a/
Florida 1,981,407 2,040,763 2,111,188 2,176,222 2,240,283
Georgia 1,207,186 1,235,304 1,270,948 1,311,126 1,321,239
Hawaii 177,448 180,410 183,795 187,180 188,485 /b/
Idaho 231,668 236,774 240,448 243,097 245,252 /b/
Illinois 1,873,567 1,893,078 1,916,172 1,943,623 1,961,299
Indiana 960,630 965,633 969,022 977,263 984,610
Iowa 494,839 498,519 500,440 502,343 504,511
Kansas 451,536 457,614 460,838 463,008 465,140
Kentucky 655,041 655,265 657,642 659,821 663,071
Louisiana 797,985 800,560 797,933 797,366 777,570 /b/
Maine 216,453 216,995 212,601 213,569 218,560 /b/
Maryland 751,850 772,638 790,938 805,544 818,947
Massachusetts 859,948 877,726 893,727 915,007 936,794 /a/
Michigan 1,603,610 1,599,377 1,614,784 1,641,456 1,662,100
Minnesota 793,724 810,233 821,693 835,166 836,700
Mississippi 506,668 505,907 505,962 506,272 504,168 /b/
Missouri 859,357 866,378 878,541 889,881 883,327 /b/
Montana 160,011 163,009 164,341 165,547 166,909
Nebraska 282,414 285,097 287,100 289,744 292,121
Nevada 222,974 235,800 250,747 265,041 282,131
New Hampshire 181,247 185,360 189,319 194,171 194,581 /b/
New Jersey 1,130,560 1,151,307 1,174,206 1,197,381 1,221,013 /a/
New Mexico 315,668 322,292 327,248 329,640 330,522
New York 2,689,686 2,733,813 2,766,208 2,813,230 2,825,000
North Carolina 1,114,083 1,133,231 1,156,767 1,183,090 1,199,962 /b/
North Dakota 118,734 119,127 119,288 119,100 118,427 /b/
Ohio 1,795,199 1,807,319 1,814,290 1,836,015 1,841,095
Oklahoma 597,096 604,076 609,718 616,393 620,379
Oregon 510,122 516,611 521,945 527,914 537,783 /b/
Pennsylvania 1,717,613 1,744,082 1,764,446 1,787,533 1,807,250
Rhode Island 143,798 145,676 147,487 149,799 151,181
South Carolina 633,420 636,452 640,753 637,519 648,980
South Dakota 134,573 142,825 143,482 144,685 142,910 /b/
Tennessee 845,618 857,015 870,594 882,602 891,101
Texas 3,541,769 3,608,262 3,677,171 3,748,167 3,809,186
Utah 463,870 471,365 474,675 477,121 478,085 /b/
Vermont 98,558 102,755 104,533 105,565 106,607 /a/
Virginia 1,031,925 1,045,471 1,060,809 1,079,854 1,096,093 /b/
Washington 896,475 915,952 938,314 956,572 971,903 /b/
West Virginia 318,296 314,383 310,511 307,112 303,441 /b/
Wisconsin 829,415 844,001 860,581 870,175 884,738 /b/
Wyoming 100,313 100,899 100,314 99,859 98,777 /b/
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Outlying Areas
American Samoa 13,994 14,484 14,445 14,576 14,708 /a/
Guam 30,077 30,920 32,185 32,960 33,754 /a/
Northern Marianas 8,086 8,188 8,429 8,809 8,253 /b/
Puerto Rico 637,034 631,460 621,121 627,620 613,009
Virgin Islands 22,887 22,752 23,126 22,737 22,146
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a/ Data estimated by NCES based on previous year's data.NOTE: Data labeled "reported" may differ from data reported in other NCES publications. All fall 1996 data are state estimates, except where noted. Estimates are as of March 1997.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data.
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