The number of public high school graduates in the Northeast is expected to increase 23 percent between 1995-96 and 2007-08 (table 52 and figure 70). Large increases are expected in Connecticut (33 percent), Massachusetts (30 percent), New Hampshire (30 percent), New Jersey (26 percent), New York (21 percent), Pennsylvania (20 percent), Rhode Island (22 percent), and Vermont (20 percent). Maine is projected to increase by 6 percent.
The number of public high school graduates in the Midwest is expected to increase by 13 percent between 1995-96 and 2007-08. Increases are expected in Illinois (14 percent), Minnesota (22 percent), Missouri (15 percent), South Dakota (18 percent), and Wisconsin (20 percent). Smaller increases are projected for Indiana (8 percent), Iowa (8 percent), Kansas (9 percent), Michigan (13 percent), Nebraska (10 percent), and Ohio (11 percent). A decrease of 2 percent is projected for North Dakota.
Between 1995-96 and 2007-08, the number of public high school graduates in the South will increase by 20 percent. The largest increases are expected in Delaware (20 percent), Florida (45 percent), Georgia (33 percent), Maryland (30 percent), North Carolina (27 percent), Tennessee (18 percent), Texas (23 percent), and Virginia (21 percent). Other increases are projected for Alabama (7 percent), Arkansas (12 percent), Louisiana (2 percent), Oklahoma (10 percent) and South Carolina (7 percent). Despite an overall increase in the region, four Southern locales are expected to have declines in the number of graduates. Decreases are expected in the District of Columbia (6 percent), Kentucky (0.5 percent), Mississippi (1 percent), and West Virginia (13 percent).
The number of high school graduates in the West is expected to increase, rising by 26 percent. The largest increases are expected in Arizona (35 percent), California (26 percent), Colorado (33 percent), Hawaii (34 percent), Nevada (97 percent), New Mexico (22 percent), and Washington (30 percent). Other increases are projected in Alaska (17 percent), Idaho (18 percent), Montana (11 percent), Oregon (18 percent), and Utah (4 percent). Wyoming is expected to decrease by 7 percent.
