Table 14.--Number of children with disabilities served under IDEA-B and Chapter 1 of ESEA (state operated programs), by state: 1976-77 to 1996-97 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percentage change | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |__________________________________ State or | 1976-77 | 1977-78 | 1978-79 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1981-82 | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 |1976-77 |1986-87 |1991-92|1986-87 other area | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | to | to | to | to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1996-97 |1991-92 |1996-97|1996-97 _________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 _________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________ United States .......|3,691,833 |3,755,354 |3,893,611 |4,010,109 |4,146,424 |4,202,831 |4,259,642 |4,303,630 |4,320,458 |4,322,080 |4,379,004 |4,452,206 |4,526,963 |4,647,566 |4,768,739 |4,954,966 |5,182,651 |5,370,501 |5,546,432 |5,753,007 |5,927,959 | 60.6 | 13.2 | 19.6 | 35.4 |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________ Alabama .................| 53,987 | 60,265 | 69,749 | 72,378 | 76,296 | 76,397 | 81,609 | 84,428 | 88,976 | 91,107 | 91,231 | 95,130 | 103,211 | 100,195 | 94,945 | 96,975 | 97,685 | 100,174 | 100,473 | 99,594 | 99,302 | 83.9 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 8.8 Alaska ..................| 9,597 | 9,739 | 9,341 | 10,242 | 10,352 | 11,007 | 12,017 | 11,110 | 11,360 | 11,895 | 12,211 | 12,845 | 13,392 | 14,135 | 14,745 | 16,106 | 17,400 | 18,006 | 17,942 | 18,036 | 18,061 | 88.2 | 31.9 | 12.1 | 47.9 Arizona .................| 43,045 | 41,624 | 45,814 | 48,303 | 51,202 | 52,137 | 51,862 | 51,679 | 52,198 | 51,805 | 53,219 | 54,018 | 55,156 | 56,603 | 57,235 | 61,076 | 66,410 | 70,167 | 73,914 | 77,688 | 81,099 | 88.4 | 14.8 | 32.8 | 52.4 Arkansas ................| 28,487 | 34,741 | 40,345 | 45,027 | 49,096 | 49,863 | 49,004 | 48,723 | 48,043 | 47,322 | 48,222 | 47,031 | 47,659 | 47,376 | 47,835 | 49,018 | 52,407 | 53,985 | 54,279 | 56,055 | 57,475 | 101.8 | 1.7 | 17.3 | 19.2 California ..............| 332,291 | 324,976 | 334,887 | 355,533 | 362,503 | 359,888 | 364,318 | 363,613 | 369,142 | 378,888 | 391,217 | 410,175 | 430,522 | 448,747 | 469,282 | 494,058 | 524,700 | 548,336 | 563,489 | 583,789 | 604,075 | 81.8 | 26.3 | 22.3 | 54.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado ................| 47,943 | 44,770 | 46,676 | 47,228 | 48,677 | 46,147 | 45,126 | 45,634 | 46,805 | 47,953 | 49,515 | 52,042 | 53,017 | 55,022 | 57,102 | 60,357 | 65,730 | 68,720 | 71,496 | 73,633 | 73,992 | 54.3 | 21.9 | 22.6 | 49.4 Connecticut .............| 62,085 | 60,697 | 61,539 | 62,551 | 67,072 | 66,311 | 66,010 | 65,426 | 65,478 | 65,426 | 64,758 | 64,441 | 63,503 | 63,474 | 64,562 | 66,192 | 69,546 | 71,863 | 75,695 | 78,549 | 84,412 | 36.0 | 2.2 | 27.5 | 30.3 Delaware ................| 14,307 | 14,054 | 13,679 | 14,434 | 14,416 | 14,440 | 14,405 | 15,018 | 15,018 | 15,322 | 15,275 | 14,623 | 13,908 | 13,726 | 14,294 | 14,435 | 15,104 | 16,139 | 16,701 | 17,012 | 16,421 | 14.8 | (5.5)| 13.8 | 7.5 District of Columbia ....| 9,261 | 5,722 | 7,312 | 5,217 | 6,308 | 6,129 | 5,809 | 7,009 | 7,394 | 7,069 | 7,114 | 7,161 | 7,213 | 6,153 | 6,290 | 7,104 | 7,563 | 7,740 | 6,831 | 7,398 | 7,059 | (23.8)| (0.1)| (0.6)| (0.8) Florida .................| 117,257 | 125,427 | 128,463 | 136,963 | 144,532 | 149,838 | 155,609 | 158,653 | 165,302 | 172,821 | 181,651 | 194,200 | 207,939 | 221,350 | 236,013 | 253,606 | 266,430 | 286,772 | 301,723 | 320,955 | 334,707 | 185.4 | 39.6 | 32.0 | 84.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia .................| 85,209 | 86,491 | 97,786 | 101,847 | 111,981 | 115,779 | 112,555 | 109,038 | 102,448 | 93,295 | 93,229 | 92,957 | 94,065 | 98,479 | 101,997 | 107,660 | 118,144 | 125,846 | 132,451 | 138,514 | 144,512 | 69.6 | 15.5 | 34.2 | 55.0 Hawaii ..................| 10,544 | 11,005 | 11,002 | 11,382 | 12,018 | 12,678 | 12,876 | 12,738 | 12,394 | 11,947 | 11,658 | 11,835 | 12,255 | 12,825 | 13,169 | 14,163 | 17,123 | 18,101 | 19,020 | 19,903 | 20,350 | 93.0 | 21.5 | 43.7 | 74.6 Idaho ...................| 14,573 | 17,396 | 17,544 | 18,066 | 16,833 | 17,154 | 17,673 | 17,953 | 18,144 | 19,159 | 18,640 | 19,136 | 19,436 | 21,846 | 22,017 | 22,755 | 23,302 | 23,571 | 23,737 | 24,671 | 26,128 | 79.3 | 22.1 | 14.8 | 40.2 Illinois ................| 229,797 | 239,522 | 241,981 | 250,463 | 246,954 | 255,795 | 261,769 | 257,426 | 245,647 | 242,333 | 248,169 | 250,704 | 235,654 | 249,158 | 239,185 | 245,931 | 249,719 | 253,412 | 258,461 | 265,456 | 275,198 | 19.8 | (0.9)| 11.9 | 10.9 Indiana .................| 87,644 | 85,360 | 96,836 | 98,818 | 98,916 | 97,647 | 100,228 | 102,996 | 104,183 | 104,417 | 105,978 | 107,682 | 109,838 | 112,118 | 114,643 | 118,924 | 124,695 | 129,440 | 132,714 | 138,150 | 142,667 | 62.8 | 12.2 | 20.0 | 34.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa ....................| 51,055 | 52,406 | 56,683 | 58,969 | 61,015 | 56,894 | 56,109 | 56,534 | 57,500 | 56,476 | 56,205 | 56,415 | 57,563 | 58,580 | 60,695 | 61,510 | 62,531 | 63,373 | 65,034 | 66,914 | 69,060 | 35.3 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 22.9 Kansas ..................| 37,623 | 35,363 | 37,088 | 38,733 | 40,637 | 42,544 | 44,159 | 42,907 | 41,419 | 41,176 | 42,373 | 42,930 | 43,416 | 43,708 | 45,212 | 47,063 | 49,013 | 50,567 | 52,861 | 55,031 | 56,845 | 51.1 | 11.1 | 20.8 | 34.2 Kentucky ................| 57,057 | 59,350 | 62,975 | 67,087 | 70,628 | 72,057 | 73,170 | 74,492 | 74,901 | 73,560 | 73,711 | 76,573 | 76,500 | 78,618 | 79,421 | 81,681 | 81,524 | 80,539 | 82,021 | 84,524 | 87,137 | 52.7 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 18.2 Louisiana ...............| 86,989 | 87,995 | 93,369 | 85,640 | 82,723 | 81,879 | 86,009 | 85,732 | 81,379 | 76,628 | 73,852 | 68,782 | 69,365 | 71,082 | 73,663 | 78,760 | 82,388 | 87,236 | 91,344 | 93,304 | 94,727 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 20.3 | 28.3 Maine ...................| 23,701 | 21,410 | 24,283 | 24,307 | 25,638 | 25,947 | 26,485 | 27,069 | 27,452 | 27,845 | 26,841 | 28,193 | 27,908 | 28,190 | 27,987 | 27,891 | 29,761 | 30,106 | 31,037 | 32,719 | 33,678 | 42.1 | 3.9 | 20.7 | 25.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland ................| 84,184 | 87,636 | 88,571 | 93,763 | 98,682 | 93,296 | 90,879 | 90,668 | 90,462 | 89,041 | 90,294 | 89,892 | 87,019 | 87,905 | 91,940 | 92,520 | 94,922 | 97,998 | 100,565 | 104,558 | 108,453 | 28.8 | 2.5 | 17.2 | 20.1 Massachusetts ...........| 131,992 | 136,873 | 140,576 | 141,869 | 141,580 | 139,747 | 138,480 | 139,338 | 140,890 | 141,448 | 143,636 | 145,681 | 149,770 | 152,325 | 154,616 | 156,633 | 164,197 | 160,275 | 164,784 | 165,680 | 168,082 | 27.3 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 17.0 Michigan ................| 153,113 | 154,448 | 155,363 | 155,385 | 155,988 | 154,061 | 155,771 | 158,293 | 162,317 | 161,862 | 161,446 | 161,128 | 160,917 | 163,204 | 166,927 | 172,238 | 177,053 | 181,709 | 186,431 | 193,152 | 198,772 | 29.8 | 6.7 | 15.4 | 23.1 Minnesota ...............| 72,136 | 74,087 | 79,329 | 82,346 | 80,744 | 77,916 | 77,658 | 78,916 | 80,640 | 81,488 | 82,407 | 82,967 | 81,565 | 79,980 | 80,896 | 83,028 | 86,323 | 90,850 | 96,539 | 100,888 | 103,929 | 44.1 | 0.8 | 25.2 | 26.1 Mississippi .............| 29,219 | 32,374 | 39,240 | 42,430 | 46,495 | 49,456 | 50,883 | 51,688 | 52,068 | 53,084 | 55,683 | 58,589 | 59,180 | 59,900 | 60,934 | 61,197 | 63,280 | 64,287 | 65,912 | 67,520 | 66,161 | 126.4 | 9.9 | 8.1 | 18.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri ................| 94,387 | 90,580 | 99,542 | 98,134 | 101,076 | 100,931 | 99,984 | 99,141 | 98,570 | 99,378 | 99,692 | 99,721 | 100,665 | 100,667 | 101,955 | 105,521 | 110,603 | 114,008 | 119,148 | 123,811 | 127,864 | 35.5 | 5.8 | 21.2 | 28.3 Montana .................| 8,610 | 10,444 | 12,549 | 12,781 | 13,424 | 14,279 | 15,215 | 15,480 | 15,930 | 15,376 | 15,369 | 15,343 | 15,830 | 16,491 | 17,204 | 18,038 | 18,725 | 18,401 | 18,161 | 18,876 | 19,119 | 122.1 | 17.4 | 6.0 | 24.4 Nebraska ................| 25,270 | 27,443 | 31,252 | 30,386 | 30,740 | 31,812 | 30,448 | 30,375 | 30,273 | 30,453 | 30,171 | 30,450 | 31,458 | 31,384 | 32,761 | 35,975 | 35,704 | 37,203 | 38,763 | 39,926 | 40,578 | 60.6 | 19.2 | 12.8 | 34.5 Nevada ..................| 11,133 | 10,619 | 11,405 | 11,207 | 11,786 | 12,456 | 13,326 | 13,557 | 14,087 | 14,178 | 14,743 | 15,122 | 16,070 | 17,047 | 18,440 | 20,530 | 23,074 | 25,242 | 27,091 | 29,043 | 30,913 | 177.7 | 39.3 | 50.6 | 109.7 New Hampshire ...........| 9,916 | 10,302 | 10,850 | 12,627 | 12,525 | 14,179 | 14,143 | 15,233 | 15,561 | 16,071 | 16,323 | 16,755 | 17,685 | 19,242 | 19,658 | 21,047 | 22,992 | 23,373 | 24,546 | 26,163 | 27,592 | 178.3 | 28.9 | 31.1 | 69.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ..............| 145,077 | 150,046 | 151,992 | 149,578 | 158,469 | 163,686 | 161,481 | 165,622 | 166,982 | 170,512 | 172,018 | 172,829 | 174,982 | 177,158 | 181,319 | 184,621 | 188,511 | 190,407 | 194,940 | 200,469 | 206,252 | 42.2 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 19.9 New Mexico ..............| 15,149 | 16,727 | 19,239 | 20,479 | 24,030 | 24,454 | 26,334 | 27,125 | 28,188 | 29,556 | 29,816 | 31,265 | 31,605 | 33,216 | 36,037 | 38,207 | 41,961 | 44,424 | 46,844 | 49,325 | 51,280 | 238.5 | 28.1 | 34.2 | 72.0 New York ................| 240,250 | 233,264 | 208,906 | 218,587 | 230,093 | 250,404 | 264,835 | 280,857 | 289,320 | 289,583 | 292,981 | 288,363 | 294,675 | 295,692 | 307,458 | 324,677 | 339,686 | 365,697 | 383,822 | 407,421 | 427,907 | 78.1 | 10.8 | 31.8 | 46.1 North Carolina ..........| 98,035 | 97,807 | 108,197 | 114,894 | 119,018 | 120,041 | 120,586 | 121,755 | 119,688 | 112,934 | 109,214 | 109,276 | 113,922 | 119,573 | 123,126 | 127,867 | 139,153 | 142,735 | 145,510 | 151,414 | 158,272 | 61.4 | 17.1 | 23.8 | 44.9 North Dakota ............| 8,976 | 9,124 | 9,660 | 9,776 | 9,426 | 10,212 | 10,802 | 11,569 | 11,941 | 11,850 | 12,279 | 12,483 | 12,729 | 12,905 | 12,504 | 12,679 | 12,714 | 12,440 | 12,386 | 12,581 | 12,991 | 44.7 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 5.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio ....................| 168,314 | 176,453 | 190,989 | 201,352 | 207,875 | 210,445 | 202,234 | 201,150 | 201,169 | 198,956 | 199,211 | 198,240 | 200,527 | 200,623 | 205,440 | 210,268 | 228,139 | 233,820 | 239,696 | 242,734 | 243,312 | 44.6 | 5.6 | 15.7 | 22.1 Oklahoma ................| 44,181 | 50,004 | 57,809 | 60,997 | 63,547 | 65,479 | 65,819 | 65,401 | 65,093 | 65,081 | 65,285 | 63,735 | 64,247 | 65,417 | 65,653 | 68,576 | 71,603 | 73,130 | 72,496 | 73,495 | 75,601 | 71.1 | 5.0 | 10.2 | 15.8 Oregon ..................| 37,258 | 36,316 | 41,260 | 44,145 | 44,809 | 45,278 | 46,201 | 46,872 | 48,153 | 46,575 | 47,487 | 48,382 | 49,079 | 55,919 | 55,149 | 56,702 | 58,016 | 63,212 | 60,619 | 66,156 | 65,543 | 75.9 | 19.4 | 15.6 | 38.0 Pennsylvania ............| 206,792 | 182,840 | 186,522 | 190,244 | 198,108 | 190,919 | 196,277 | 196,442 | 196,779 | 202,357 | 203,258 | 208,518 | 213,606 | 217,868 | 219,428 | 214,035 | 209,578 | 211,422 | 213,785 | 218,556 | 222,494 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 9.5 Rhode Island ............| 15,971 | 14,092 | 14,328 | 16,071 | 17,577 | 18,435 | 18,589 | 18,354 | 19,045 | 19,152 | 19,527 | 19,855 | 20,172 | 20,468 | 21,076 | 21,588 | 22,942 | 23,582 | 24,494 | 26,048 | 27,354 | 71.3 | 10.6 | 26.7 | 40.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina ..........| 72,357 | 71,144 | 70,336 | 71,466 | 69,973 | 69,476 | 71,705 | 72,452 | 72,610 | 72,157 | 73,299 | 74,968 | 76,148 | 76,965 | 77,765 | 79,872 | 81,103 | 81,930 | 84,217 | 88,419 | 92,787 | 28.2 | 9.0 | 16.2 | 26.6 South Dakota ............| 9,936 | 9,098 | 9,479 | 9,850 | 10,138 | 11,522 | 11,841 | 11,870 | 13,008 | 13,629 | 14,034 | 14,420 | 14,414 | 14,625 | 14,987 | 15,284 | 15,557 | 15,923 | 16,114 | 15,888 | 15,485 | 55.8 | 8.9 | 1.3 | 10.3 Tennessee ...............| 99,251 | 96,378 | 93,054 | 93,004 | 95,168 | 102,459 | 106,091 | 103,867 | 98,954 | 95,380 | 96,433 | 98,289 | 100,171 | 101,194 | 104,898 | 111,315 | 116,577 | 120,524 | 126,909 | 129,617 | 128,672 | 29.6 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 33.4 Texas ...................| 233,552 | 281,468 | 273,499 | 267,612 | 275,921 | 281,873 | 289,343 | 295,637 | 294,830 | 293,418 | 301,222 | 311,459 | 324,056 | 335,481 | 350,636 | 367,860 | 390,073 | 412,039 | 430,010 | 451,590 | 472,661 | 102.4 | 22.1 | 28.5 | 56.9 Utah ....................| 37,204 | 36,169 | 35,265 | 36,127 | 35,898 | 37,584 | 38,968 | 41,144 | 41,809 | 41,791 | 42,811 | 44,824 | 43,763 | 44,777 | 47,747 | 50,009 | 52,045 | 52,338 | 52,778 | 54,527 | 55,848 | 50.1 | 16.8 | 11.7 | 30.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont .................| 6,382 | 7,632 | 12,130 | 12,424 | 12,059 | 11,563 | 9,309 | 9,880 | 10,256 | 10,665 | 11,405 | 11,930 | 12,685 | 13,748 | 12,263 | 11,101 | 10,584 | 10,526 | 11,034 | 11,587 | 12,076 | 89.2 | (2.7)| 8.8 | 5.9 Virginia ................| 77,616 | 81,329 | 87,173 | 91,051 | 97,972 | 99,571 | 100,713 | 102,556 | 103,374 | 102,814 | 103,727 | 105,641 | 105,766 | 106,221 | 113,971 | 122,647 | 127,484 | 131,879 | 138,252 | 143,985 | 146,840 | 89.2 | 18.2 | 19.7 | 41.6 Washington ..............| 57,705 | 51,088 | 51,876 | 54,049 | 63,509 | 63,916 | 64,295 | 66,855 | 67,859 | 68,451 | 70,282 | 73,613 | 77,041 | 82,189 | 85,395 | 91,286 | 96,650 | 101,534 | 106,725 | 108,851 | 109,227 | 89.3 | 29.9 | 19.7 | 55.4 West Virginia ...........| 30,135 | 29,874 | 31,293 | 33,964 | 36,573 | 39,554 | 42,418 | 42,796 | 44,153 | 46,409 | 47,556 | 46,422 | 45,034 | 43,840 | 43,135 | 44,338 | 45,469 | 44,730 | 46,853 | 48,151 | 49,092 | 62.9 | (6.8)| 10.7 | 3.2 Wisconsin ...............| 58,019 | 59,316 | 60,483 | 65,611 | 69,957 | 71,593 | 72,219 | 73,823 | 74,861 | 75,945 | 76,067 | 77,968 | 79,743 | 82,695 | 86,930 | 91,742 | 97,952 | 102,412 | 105,536 | 110,029 | 114,407 | 97.2 | 20.6 | 24.7 | 50.4 Wyoming .................| 7,261 | 8,068 | 9,542 | 9,873 | 10,837 | 10,844 | 11,144 | 11,511 | 11,041 | 10,654 | 10,893 | 10,894 | 10,919 | 10,865 | 11,202 | 11,935 | 12,228 | 12,480 | 12,573 | 12,983 | 13,298 | 83.1 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 22.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bureau of Indian Affairs.| --- | 3,998 | 4,550 | 4,839 | 4,630 | 4,859 | 4,849 | 5,225 | 5,364 | 5,388 | 5,366 | 6,311 | --- | 6,597 | 6,997 | 6,365 | 6,578 | 5,878 | 7,676 | 7,669 | 8,192 | --- | 18.6 | 28.7 | 52.7 |==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|========|========|=======|======== Outlying areas ........| 16,768 | 21,946 | 25,462 | 26,110 | 31,265 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 41,155 | --- | 39,445 | 39,203 | 43,580 | 52,830 | 49,139 | 51,823 | 55,243 | 229.5 | --- | 40.9 | --- |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________ American Samoa ..........| 139 | 208 | 240 | 167 | 220 | 204 | 244 | 428 | 116 | 201 | 178 | 248 | 334 | 397 | 363 | 322 | 433 | 418 | 479 | 400 | 415 | 198.6 | 80.9 | 28.9 | 133.1 Guam ....................| 2,597 | 4,016 | 2,619 | 1,790 | 2,085 | 2,123 | 2,031 | 2,065 | 1,995 | 1,929 | 1,852 | 1,883 | 1,847 | 1,793 | 1,750 | 1,619 | 1,710 | 1,918 | 1,909 | 1,980 | 2,099 | (19.2)| (12.6)| 29.6 | 13.3 Northern Marianas .......| --- | 17 | 65 | 58 | 154 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 585 | 804 | 890 | 212 | 411 | 426 | 401 | 496 | 256 | 331 | 379 | --- | (27.2)| (11.0)| (35.2) Palau ...................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 459 | 456 | 390 | 447 | 152 | 120 | 116 | --- | --- | (74.6)| --- Puerto Rico .............| 11,200 | 15,330 | 19,968 | 21,035 | 25,333 | 27,852 | 35,173 | 35,153 | 40,327 | 44,620 | 39,858 | 37,694 | 36,243 | 36,197 | 35,129 | 34,981 | 39,118 | 48,105 | 44,693 | 47,230 | 50,726 | 352.9 | (12.2)| 45.0 | 27.3 Trust Territories .......| 1,120 | 1,243 | 1,480 | 1,742 | 1,917 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 421 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Virgin Islands ..........| 1,712 | 1,132 | 1,090 | 1,318 | 1,556 | 272 | 1,237 | 123 | 135 | 1,414 | 124 | 1,445 | 1,420 | 1,438 | 1,333 | 1,399 | 1,528 | 1,446 | 1,650 | 1,762 | 1,508 | (11.9)|1,028.2 | 7.8 |1,116.1 _________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________ ---Data not available or not applicable. NOTE.--IDEA-B is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (formerly known as EHA-B). IDEA-B child count includes children ages 3-21 from 1976-77 to 1984-85 and ages 3-22+ from 1985-86 to 1996-97. Chapter 1 of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (state operated programs) child count includes children ages 0-20 from 1976-77 to 1987-88 and ages 0-21 from 1988-89 to 1996-97. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, "Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Education of the Handicapped Act," various years. (This table was prepared March 1998.)