Table 19.--Public high school graduates, by state: 1970-71 to 1996-97 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percentage change | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_______________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Estimated | 1970-71 | 1986-87 | 1991-92 | 1986-87 State | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | 1975-76 | 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 | to | to | to | to or other area | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 _________________________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|_____________| __________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________ United States .........|2,637,642 |2,699,553 |2,728,822 | 2,763,317 | 2,822,502 | 2,837,129 | 2,837,340 |2,824,636 |2,801,152 |2,747,678 |2,725,254 |2,704,758 |2,597,604 |\1\2,494,797 |2,413,917 |2,382,616 |\1\2,428,803 | 2,500,191 |2,458,800 |\1\2,320,337 |2,234,893 |2,226,016 |2,233,241 |2,220,849 |2,273,541 |\1\2,281,317 |\1\2,359,572 | -10.5 | -8.3 | 6.0 | -2.9 |__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|_____________| __________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Alabama .................| 44,722 | 44,806 | 44,441 | 45,502 | 46,633 | 46,695 | 46,763 | 46,509 | 47,137 | 45,190 | 44,894 | 45,409 | 44,352 | 42,021 | 40,002 | 39,620 | 42,463 | 43,799 | 43,437 | 40,485 | 39,042 | 38,680 | 36,007 | 34,447 | 36,268 | 35,043 |\2\ 34,726 | -22.4 | -8.9 | -10.2 | -18.2 Alaska ..................| 3,534 | 3,760 | 3,970 | 4,248 | 4,220 | 4,223 | 4,526 | 4,832 | 5,038 | 5,223 | 5,343 | 5,477 | 5,622 | 5,457 | 5,184 | 5,464 | 5,692 | 5,907 | 5,631 | 5,386 | 5,458 | 5,535 | 5,535 | 5,747 | 5,765 | 5,945 | 5,984 | 69.3 | -2.8 | 8.1 | 5.1 Arizona .................| 23,407 | 23,953 | 24,012 | 24,924 | 25,665 | 26,019 | 29,855 | 30,814 | 30,059 | 28,633 | 28,416 | 28,049 | 26,530 | 28,332 | 27,877 | 27,533 | 29,549 | 29,777 | 31,919 | 32,103 | 31,282 | 31,264 | 31,747 | 31,799 | 30,989 | 30,008 |\3\ 32,886 | 40.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 11.3 Arkansas ................| 25,965 | 25,892 | 25,705 | 24,384 | 26,836 | 27,029 | 27,628 | 28,064 | 28,302 | 29,052 | 29,577 | 29,710 | 28,447 | 27,049 | 26,342 | 26,227 | 27,101 | 27,776 | 27,920 | 26,475 | 25,668 | 25,845 | 25,655 | 24,990 | 24,636 | 25,094 | 25,069 | -3.5 | -4.6 | -3.0 | -7.5 California ..............| 262,661 | 270,518 | 268,021 | 268,493 | 273,411 | 272,500 | 266,143 | 261,698 | 250,708 | 249,217 | 242,172 | 241,343 | 236,897 | 232,199 | 225,448 | 229,026 | 237,414 | 249,617 | 244,629 | 236,291 | 234,164 | 244,594 | 249,320 | 253,083 | 255,200 | 259,071 | 269,294 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 10.1 | 13.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado ................| 31,910 | 33,454 | 33,358 | 34,353 | 34,963 | 35,555 | 36,647 | 37,373 | 37,234 | 36,804 | 35,993 | 35,494 | 34,875 | 32,954 | 32,255 | 32,621 | 34,200 | 35,977 | 35,520 | 32,967 | 31,293 | 31,059 | 31,839 | 31,867 | 32,409 | 32,608 |\2\ 34,221 | 7.2 | -9.2 | 10.2 | 0.1 Connecticut .............| 35,155 | 37,804 | 37,871 | 39,171 |\2\ 42,792 | 40,612 | 39,485 | 38,860 | 38,369 | 37,683 | 38,369 | 37,706 | 36,204 | 33,679 | 32,126 | 33,571 | 31,141 | 32,383 | 30,862 | 27,878 | 27,290 | 27,079 | 26,799 | 26,330 | 26,445 | 26,319 | 26,850 | -23.6 | -13.0 | -0.8 | -13.8 Delaware ................| 7,342 | 7,666 | 7,733 | 8,165 | 8,235 | 8,212 | 8,164 | 8,166 | 8,090 | 7,582 | 7,349 | 7,144 | 6,924 | 6,410 | 5,893 | 5,791 | 5,895 | 5,963 | 6,104 | 5,550 | 5,223 | 5,325 | 5,492 | 5,230 | 5,234 | 5,609 |\2\ 5,623 | -23.4 | -9.7 | 5.6 | -4.6 District of Columbia\4\ .| 4,760 | 4,965 | 5,213 | 5,540 | 5,367 | 5,106 | 5,335 | 5,186 | 5,812 | 4,959 | 4,848 | 4,871 | 4,909 | 4,073 | 3,940 | 3,875 | 3,842 | 3,882 | 3,565 | 3,626 | 3,369 | 3,385 | 3,136 | 3,207 | 2,974 | 2,696 |\3\ 2,709 | -43.1 | -11.9 | -20.0 | -29.5 Florida .................| 73,150 | 78,574 | 81,773 | 74,830 | 86,481 |\2\ 89,444 | 88,137 | 91,613 | 87,633 | 87,324 | 88,755 | 90,736 | 86,871 | 85,908 | 81,140 | 83,029 | 82,184 | 89,206 | 90,759 | 88,934 | 87,419 | 93,674 | 89,428 | 88,032 | 89,827 | 89,242 |\2\ 92,267 | 26.1 | 14.0 | -1.5 | 12.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia .................| 57,082 | 58,358 | 57,755 | 58,026 | 59,803 | 61,059 | 62,234 | 61,095 | 62,179 | 61,621 | 62,963 | 64,489 | 63,293 | 60,718 | 58,654 | 59,082 | 60,018 | 61,765 | 61,937 | 56,605 | 60,088 | 57,742 | 57,602 | 56,356 | 56,660 | 56,271 | 61,004 | 6.9 | -3.8 | 5.6 | 1.6 Hawaii ..................| 10,471 | 11,185 | 11,147 | 11,426 | 11,283 | 11,284 | 11,637 | 11,190 | 11,637 | 11,493 | 11,472 | 11,563 | 10,757 | 10,454 | 10,092 | 9,958 | 10,371 | 10,575 | 10,404 | 10,325 | 8,974 | 9,160 | 8,854 | 9,369 | 9,407 | 9,387 |\3\ 9,595 | -8.4 | -11.7 | 4.7 | -7.5 Idaho ...................| 12,360 | 12,829 | 12,714 | 12,776 | 12,631 | 11,940 | 13,029 | 13,301 | 13,432 | 13,187 | 12,679 | 12,560 | 12,126 | 11,732 | 12,148 | 12,059 | 12,243 | 12,425 | 12,520 | 11,971 | 11,961 | 12,734 | 12,974 | 13,281 | 14,198 | 14,667 | 14,900 | 20.6 | 4.0 | 17.0 | 21.7 Illinois ................| 128,843 | 128,843 | 135,735 | 139,104 |\2\ 141,316 | 146,612 | 142,040 | 140,690 | 139,230 | 135,579 | 136,795 | 136,534 | 128,814 | 122,561 | 117,027 | 114,319 | 116,075 | 119,090 | 116,660 | 108,119 | 103,329 | 102,742 | 103,628 | 102,126 | 105,164 | 110,486 |\2\ 110,186 | -14.5 | -11.5 | 7.2 | -5.1 Indiana .................| 70,596 | 72,501 | 73,155 | 73,377 | 74,104 | 77,712 | 76,406 | 74,336 | 75,182 | 73,143 | 73,381 | 73,984 | 70,549 | 65,710 | 63,308 | 59,817 | 60,364 | 64,037 | 63,571 | 60,012 | 57,892 | 56,630 | 57,559 | 54,650 | 56,058 | 56,368 | 56,569 | -19.9 | -6.2 | -0.1 | -6.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa ....................| 43,546 | 44,426 | 44,521 | 43,508 | 43,005 |\2\ 42,318 | 43,720 | 44,168 | 44,488 | 43,445 | 42,635 | 41,509 | 39,569 | 37,248 | 36,087 | 34,279 | 34,580 | 35,218 | 34,294 | 31,796 | 28,593 | 29,224 | 30,677 | 30,247 | 31,268 | 31,689 | 32,735 | -24.8 | -15.5 | 12.0 | -5.3 Kansas ..................| 33,442 | 34,163 | 33,941 | 33,374 | 32,458 |\2\ 32,212 | 33,216 | 32,763 | 32,132 | 30,890 | 29,397 | 28,298 | 28,316 | 26,730 | 25,983 | 25,587 | 26,933 | 27,036 | 26,848 | 25,367 | 24,414 | 24,129 | 24,720 | 25,319 | 26,125 | 25,786 | 26,726 | -20.1 | -10.4 | 10.8 | -0.8 Kentucky ................| 38,486 | 40,707 | 40,607 | 41,351 | 42,368 |\2\ 41,761 | 41,755 | 41,611 | 41,402 | 41,203 | 41,714 | 42,531 | 40,478 | 39,645 | 37,999 | 37,288 | 36,948 | 39,484 | 38,883 | 38,005 | 35,835 | 33,896 | 36,361 | 38,454 | 37,626 | 36,641 |\3\ 37,146 | -3.5 | -8.3 | 9.6 | 0.5 Louisiana ...............| 44,446 | 45,563 | 45,704 | 46,808 | 47,691 | 47,446 |\2\ 48,219 | 47,183 | 46,861 | 46,297 | 46,199 | 39,895 | 39,539 | 39,400 | 39,742 | 39,965 | 39,084 | 39,058 | 37,198 | 36,053 | 33,489 | 32,247 | 33,682 | 34,822 | 36,480 | 36,467 |\2\ 36,727 | -17.4 | -17.5 | 13.9 | -6.0 Maine ...................| 13,857 | 14,356 | 14,377 | 14,491 | 14,830 | 15,200 | 15,205 | 15,364 | 15,402 | 15,445 | 15,554 | 14,764 | 14,600 | 13,935 | 13,924 | 13,006 | 13,692 | 13,808 | 13,857 | 13,839 | 13,151 | 13,177 | 12,103 | 11,384 | 11,501 | 11,795 |\2\ 12,405 | -10.5 | -3.8 | -5.9 | -9.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland ................| 48,219 | 50,370 | 52,813 | 54,128 | 55,408 | 56,063 | 55,503 | 55,455 | 55,114 | 54,270 | 54,050 | 54,621 | 52,446 | 50,684 | 48,299 | 46,700 | 46,107 | 47,175 | 45,791 | 41,566 | 39,014 | 39,720 | 39,523 | 39,091 | 41,387 | 41,785 |\2\ 43,365 | -10.1 | -13.9 | 9.2 | -5.9 Massachusetts ...........| 62,153 | 67,487 | 72,696 |\2\ 78,000 |\2\ 79,000 | 81,207 |\2\ 75,386 | 78,348 | 76,097 | 73,802 | 74,831 | 73,414 | 71,219 | 65,885 | 63,411 | 60,360 | 61,010 | 59,515 | 57,328 |\5\ 55,941 | 50,216 | 50,317 | 48,321 | 47,453 | 47,679 | 47,993 | 48,933 | -21.3 | -17.5 | -2.8 | -19.8 Michigan ................| 131,598 | 126,409 | 130,286 | 134,336 | 135,509 | 130,872 | 135,337 | 132,759 | 130,586 | 124,316 | 124,372 | 121,030 | 112,950 |\3\ 108,926 | 105,908 | 101,042 | 102,725 | 106,151 | 101,784 | 93,807 | 88,234 | 87,756 | 85,302 | 83,385 | 84,628 | 85,530 | 88,000 | -33.1 | -14.6 | 0.3 | -14.3 Minnesota ...............| 60,966 | 63,135 | 63,394 | 63,981 | 66,535 | 66,424 | 68,166 | 67,475 | 66,096 | 64,908 | 64,166 | 62,145 | 59,015 | 55,376 | 53,352 | 51,988 | 53,533 | 54,645 | 53,122 | 49,087 | 46,474 | 46,228 | 48,002 | 47,514 | 49,354 | 50,481 | 52,340 | -14.1 | -13.6 | 13.2 | -2.2 Mississippi .............| 26,729 | 26,529 | 26,128 | 25,664 | 27,243 | 27,617 | 27,639 | 28,186 | 28,168 | 27,586 | 28,083 | 28,023 | 27,271 | 26,324 | 25,315 | 25,134 | 26,201 | 27,896 | 24,241 | 25,182 | 23,665 | 22,912 | 23,597 | 23,379 | 23,837 | 23,032 | 23,255 | -13.0 | -12.6 | 1.5 | -11.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri ................| 57,422 | 58,876 | 60,068 | 62,183 | 62,375 | 63,942 | 64,471 | 64,564 | 64,163 | 62,265 | 60,359 | 59,872 | 56,420 | 53,388 | 51,290 | 49,204 | 50,840 | 51,316 | 51,968 | 48,957 | 46,928 | 46,556 | 46,864 | 46,566 | 48,862 | 48,870 |\2\ 50,223 | -12.5 | -8.4 | 7.9 | -1.2 Montana .................| 11,500 | 10,652 | 10,504 | 12,135 | 12,293 | 12,136 | 12,328 | 12,184 | 12,068 | 12,135 | 11,634 | 11,162 | 10,689 | 10,224 | 10,016 | 9,761 | 10,073 | 10,311 | 10,490 | 9,370 | 9,013 | 9,046 | 9,389 | 9,601 | 10,134 | 10,139 | 10,320 | -10.3 | -10.2 | 14.1 | 2.5 Nebraska ................| 21,410 | 21,720 | 22,459 | 22,276 | 22,249 | 22,237 |\2\ 23,067 | 23,322 | 23,147 | 22,410 | 21,411 | 21,027 | 19,986 | 18,674 | 18,036 | 17,845 | 18,129 | 18,300 | 18,690 | 17,664 | 16,500 | 17,057 | 17,569 | 17,072 | 17,969 | 18,014 | 19,183 | -10.4 | -5.9 | 12.5 | 5.8 Nevada ..................| 5,899 | 6,206 | 6,414 | 6,960 | 7,232 | 7,566 | 7,992 | 8,233 | 8,319 | 8,473 | 9,069 | 9,240 | 8,979 | 8,726 | 8,572 | 8,784 |\2\ 9,506 | 9,404 | 9,464 | 9,477 | 9,370 | 8,811 | 9,042 | 9,485 | 10,038 | 10,374 |\2\ 11,299 | 91.5 | -7.3 | 28.2 | 18.9 New Hampshire ...........| 9,119 | 9,290 | 9,849 | 9,932 | 11,050 | 10,663 | 11,477 | 11,360 | 11,853 | 11,722 | 11,552 | 11,669 | 11,470 | 11,478 | 11,052 | 10,648 | 10,796 | 11,685 | 11,340 | 10,766 | 10,059 | 10,329 | 10,065 | 9,933 | 10,145 | 10,094 | 9,398 | 3.1 | -4.3 | -9.0 | -12.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ..............| 87,718 | 88,106 | 91,629 | 93,918 |\2\ 96,000 |\2\ 97,985 | 97,494 | 97,079 | 97,643 | 94,564 | 93,168 | 93,750 | 90,048 | 85,569 | 81,547 | 78,781 | 79,376 | 80,863 | 76,263 | 69,824 | 67,003 | 66,669 | 67,134 | 66,125 | 67,403 |\3\ 67,516 |\3\ 69,715 | -20.5 | -16.0 | 4.6 | -12.2 New Mexico ..............| 16,261 | 16,999 | 17,248 | 17,364 | 18,438 | 17,843 | 17,988 | 18,444 | 18,762 | 18,424 | 17,915 | 17,635 | 16,530 | 15,914 | 15,622 | 15,468 | 15,701 | 15,868 | 15,481 | 14,884 | 15,157 | 14,824 | 15,172 | 14,892 | 14,928 | 15,402 | 15,700 | -3.4 | -5.6 | 5.9 | (\6\) New York ................| 192,807 | 199,771 | 204,037 | 207,413 | 210,780 | 214,234 | 212,907 | 210,720 | 208,335 | 204,064 | 198,465 | 194,605 | 184,022 | 174,762 | 166,752 | 162,165 | 163,765 | 165,379 | 154,580 | 143,318 | 133,562 | 134,573 | 132,963 | 132,708 | 132,401 | 135,569 | 137,600 | -28.6 | -17.8 | 2.2 | -16.0 North Carolina ..........| 68,821 | 70,242 | 69,322 | 69,062 | 70,094 | 70,498 | 71,146 | 70,953 | 72,464 | 70,862 | 69,395 | 71,210 | 68,783 | 66,803 | 67,245 | 65,865 | 65,421 | 67,836 | 69,970 | 64,782 | 62,792 | 61,157 | 60,460 | 57,738 | 59,540 | 57,014 |\2\ 57,886 | -15.9 | -6.5 | -5.3 | -11.5 North Dakota ............| 11,003 | 10,515 | 10,563 | 10,824 | 10,690 | 10,771 | 10,839 | 10,526 | 10,385 | 9,928 | 9,924 | 9,504 | 8,886 | 8,569 | 8,146 | 7,610 | 7,821 | 8,432 | 8,077 | 7,690 | 7,573 | 7,438 | 7,310 | 7,522 | 7,817 | 8,027 |\2\ 7,990 | -27.4 | -4.9 | 7.4 | 2.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio ....................| 145,076 | 149,472 | 152,428 | 153,874 | 158,179 | 157,583 | 156,220 | 152,002 | 150,651 | 144,169 | 143,503 | 139,899 | 133,524 | 127,837 | 122,281 | 119,561 | 121,121 | 124,503 | 125,036 | 114,513 | 107,484 | 104,522 | 109,200 | 107,700 | 109,418 | 103,435 | 106,924 | -26.3 | -13.7 | 2.3 | -11.7 Oklahoma ................| 38,062 | 38,409 | 37,349 | 36,770 | 37,809 | 37,663 | 38,577 | 39,005 | 39,225 | 39,305 | 38,875 | 38,347 | 36,799 | 35,254 | 34,626 | 34,452 | 35,514 | 36,145 | 36,773 | 35,606 | 33,007 | 32,670 | 30,542 | 31,872 | 33,319 | 33,060 | 33,224 | -12.7 | -8.0 | 1.7 | -6.4 Oregon ..................| 32,757 | 31,882 | 31,221 | 30,806 | 30,668 | 30,561 | 30,258 | 29,998 | 30,228 | 29,939 | 28,729 | 28,780 | 28,099 | 27,214 | 26,870 | 26,286 | 27,165 | 28,058 | 26,903 | 25,473 | 24,597 | 25,305 | 26,301 | 26,338 | 26,713 | 26,570 |\2\ 27,799 | -15.1 | -6.8 | 9.9 | 2.3 Pennsylvania ............| 153,568 | 157,415 | 154,045 | 159,934 | 163,124 | 163,812 | 160,665 | 156,918 | 155,442 | 146,458 | 144,518 | 143,356 | 137,494 | 132,412 | 127,226 | 122,871 | 121,219 | 124,376 | 118,921 | 110,527 | 104,770 | 103,881 | 103,715 | 101,958 | 104,146 | 105,981 | 109,160 | -28.9 | -14.3 | 5.1 | -9.9 Rhode Island ............| 10,435 | 10,909 | 10,802 | 11,117 | 11,042 | 10,831 | 10,796 | 10,884 | 11,243 | 10,864 | 10,719 | 10,545 | 10,533 | 9,820 | 9,382 | 8,908 | 8,771 | 8,855 | 8,554 | 7,825 | 7,744 | 7,859 | 7,640 | 7,450 | 7,826 | 7,689 | 7,734 | -25.9 | -10.4 | -1.6 | -11.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina ..........| 35,992 | 37,071 | 36,150 | 38,837 | 38,312 | 38,073 | 37,780 | 38,735 | 38,079 | 38,697 | 38,347 | 38,647 | 37,570 | 36,800 | 34,500 | 34,500 | 36,000 | 36,113 | 37,020 | 32,483 | 32,999 | 30,698 | 31,297 | 30,603 | 30,680 | 30,313 | 32,800 | -8.9 | -14.7 | 6.8 | -8.9 South Dakota ............| 11,875 | 11,945 | 12,164 | 11,894 | 11,725 | 11,340 | 11,293 | 11,349 | 11,092 | 10,689 | 10,385 | 9,864 | 9,206 | 8,638 | 8,206 | 7,870 | 8,074 | 8,415 | 8,181 | 7,650 | 7,127 | 7,261 | 7,952 | 8,442 | 8,355 | 8,532 | 9,108 | -23.3 | -10.1 | 25.4 | 12.8 Tennessee ...............| 50,500 | 51,622 | 52,115 | 49,641 | 49,363 | 50,118 | 49,290 | 47,515 | 47,403 | 49,845 | 50,648 | 51,447 | 46,704 | 44,711 | 43,293 | 43,263 | 44,731 | 47,904 | 48,553 | 46,094 | 44,847 | 45,138 | 44,166 | 40,643 | 43,556 | 43,792 |\2\ 45,962 | -9.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 Texas ...................| 148,105 | 153,653 | 153,529 | 156,984 | 159,487 | 159,855 | 163,574 | 167,983 | 168,518 | 171,449 | 171,665 | 172,085 | 168,897 | 161,580 | 159,234 | 161,150 | 168,430 | 171,436 | 176,951 | 172,480 | 174,306 | 162,270 | 160,546 | 163,191 | 170,322 | 171,844 | 180,369 | 21.8 | -3.7 | 11.2 | 7.1 Utah ....................| 19,097 | 18,971 | 18,993 | 18,901 | 19,532 | 19,673 | 19,743 | 20,324 | 20,045 | 20,035 | 19,886 | 19,400 | 19,210 | 19,350 | 19,606 | 19,774 | 20,930 | 22,226 | 22,934 | 21,196 | 22,219 | 23,513 | 24,197 | 26,407 | 27,670 | 26,293 |\2\ 31,032 | 62.5 | 12.3 | 32.0 | 48.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont .................| 5,939 | 5,885 | 6,303 | 6,316 | 6,455 | 6,559 | 6,699 | 6,773 | 6,721 | 6,733 | 6,424 | 6,513 | 6,011 | 6,002 | 5,769 | 5,794 | 5,968 | 6,177 | 5,963 | 6,127 | 5,212 | 5,231 | 5,215 | 5,414 | 5,871 | 5,870 |\2\ 6,102 | 2.7 | -12.3 | 16.7 | 2.2 Virginia ................| 59,672 | 62,372 | 62,589 | 63,846 | 65,570 | 66,061 | 66,738 | 66,270 | 67,027 | 66,621 | 67,126 | 67,809 | 65,571 | 62,177 | 60,959 | 63,113 | 65,008 | 65,688 | 65,004 | 60,605 | 58,441 | 57,338 | 56,948 | 56,140 | 58,260 | 58,166 |\2\ 62,258 | 4.3 | -11.8 | 8.6 | -4.2 Washington ..............| 50,902 | 51,563 | 50,988 | 51,868 | 50,990 | 51,012 | 50,876 | 51,101 | 51,108 | 50,402 | 50,046 | 50,148 | 45,809 | 44,919 | 45,431 | 45,805 | 49,873 | 51,754 | 48,941 | 45,941 | 42,514 | 44,381 | 45,262 | 47,235 | 49,294 | 49,862 | 52,900 | 3.9 | -11.0 | 19.2 | 6.1 West Virginia ...........| 25,485 | 22,159 | 24,541 | 25,401 | 24,631 | 24,879 | 24,719 | 23,986 | 23,570 | 23,369 | 23,580 | 23,589 | 23,561 | 22,613 | 22,262 | 21,870 | 22,401 | 22,406 | 22,886 | 21,854 | 21,064 | 20,054 | 20,228 | 19,884 | 20,131 | 20,335 |\2\ 19,547 | -23.3 | -10.5 | -2.5 | -12.7 Wisconsin ...............| 67,182 | 69,817 | 70,789 | 69,341 | 70,979 | 70,355 | 72,367 | 71,295 | 71,291 | 69,332 | 67,743 | 67,357 | 64,321 | 62,189 | 58,851 | 58,340 | 56,872 | 58,428 | 54,994 | 52,038 | 49,340 | 48,563 | 50,027 | 48,371 | 51,735 | 52,651 | 55,500 | -17.4 | -14.6 | 14.3 | -2.4 Wyoming .................| 5,635 | 5,778 | 5,653 | 5,760 | 5,648 | 5,757 | 5,861 | 6,074 | 5,982 | 6,072 | 6,161 | 5,999 | 5,909 | 5,764 | 5,687 | 5,587 | 5,933 | 6,148 | 6,079 | 5,823 | 5,728 | 5,818 | 6,174 | 5,997 | 5,889 | 5,892 |\2\ 6,324 | 12.2 | -1.9 | 8.7 | 6.6 |==========|==========|==========|=============|=============|=============|=============|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=============|==========|==========|=============| ==========|==========|=============|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=============|=============|=========|=========|=========|========= Outlying Areas ........| 24,847 | 26,868 | 26,152 | 26,145 | 29,277 | 28,058 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 34,429 | 33,626 | 34,089 | 33,141 | 34,674 | 34,347 | 32,272 | 32,194 | 32,274 | 31,860 | 30,655 | 32,743 | --- | 31,743 | 27.8 | -2.6 | -1.6 | -4.2 |__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|_____________| __________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________ American Samoa ..........| 367 | 406 | 446 | 448 | 448 | 394 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 608 | 647 | 633 | 569 | 703 | 597 | 680 | 712 | 738 | 695 | 719 |\2\ 705 | 92.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 9.0 Guam ....................| 1,022 | 1,031 | 1,056 | 1,002 | 1,117 | 1,206 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1,099 | 840 | 898 | 898 | 936 | 1,033 | 1,014 | 1,018 | 912 | 985 | 987 | --- |\2\ 1,076 | 5.3 | 13.4 | 5.7 | 19.8 Northern Marianas .......| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 265 | --- | --- | 289 | 285 | 200 | 227 | 273 | 264 | 245 | 328 | 319 | 325 |\2\ 310 | --- | -8.7 | 17.4 | 7.3 Puerto Rico .............| 23,026 | 24,901 | 24,081 | 24,081 | 27,071 | 25,788 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 33,166 | 31,519 | 31,597 | 30,137 | 31,832 | 31,617 | 29,049 | 29,329 | 29,396 | 29,064 | 27,718 | 29,747 | 29,499 | 28,740 | 24.8 | -2.5 | -2.2 | -4.6 Virgin Islands ..........| 432 | 530 | 569 | 614 | 641 | 670 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 998 | 1,008 | 1,044 | 1,170 | 1,026 | 1,025 | 1,260 | 981 | 916 | 927 | 886 | 995 | 937 |\2\ 912 | 111.1 | -21.7 | -0.4 | -22.1 _________________________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|_____________| __________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________ \1\National total includes estimates for nonreporting states. Table 19.--Public high school graduates, by state: 1970-71 to 1996-97 \2\Actual preliminary count by state. \3\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data. \3\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data. \4\Beginning in 1983-84, graduates from adult programs are excluded. \5\Data from Projections of Education Statistics to 2002 published by the National Center for Education Statistics. \6\Less than 0.05 percent. \6\Less than 0.05 percent. ---Data not available or not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools," various years; and Common Core of Data and "Early Estimates" surveys. (This table was prepared February 1998.)