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Table 52.--Percent change in number of high school graduates, by region and stat 1989-90 to 2007-08
                                                                                 
                          Actual                          Projected             
Region and State        1989-90 to     1995-96 to    2001-02 to         1995-96
                           1995-96        2001-02       2007-08         2007-08
 
United States                 -0.6           12.2            7.2           20.2
 
Northeast                     -7.2           11.6           10.4           23.1
    Connecticut               -3.5           15.6           15.1           33.1
    Maine                    -21.7            9.4           -2.6            6.5
    Massachusetts            -15.3           13.0           15.2           30.2
    New Hampshire             -4.0           22.7            5.6           29.6
    New Jersey                -5.6            8.3           16.6           26.3
    New York                  -6.8            9.6           10.3           20.9
    Pennsylvania              -5.3           13.1            5.8           19.6
    Rhode Island               1.1           10.8           10.1           21.9
    Vermont                    0.3           21.6           -1.5           19.7
 
Midwest                       -2.9            9.0            3.9           13.3
    Illinois                  -1.6            1.6           12.2           13.9
    Indiana                   -5.0            4.3            3.9            8.3
    Iowa                       0.7           12.5           -4.5            7.5
    Kansas                     6.9           13.4           -4.0            8.9
    Michigan                 -11.3            6.0            6.9           13.3
    Minnesota                  2.3           18.9            3.0           22.4
    Missouri                   1.6           11.3            3.5           15.2
    Nebraska                   2.1           12.4           -2.5            9.6
    North Dakota               4.0           10.3          -11.6           -2.4
    Ohio                      -7.7            7.6            2.8           10.7
    South Dakota              12.6           20.2           -1.8           18.1
    Wisconsin                  1.5           17.0            2.7           20.1
 
South                         -2.3           12.2            7.1           20.2
    Alabama                   -8.6            4.8            2.2            7.1
    Arkansas                  -6.4            8.8            2.6           11.6
    Delaware                  -6.9           23.1           -2.4           20.1
    District of              -19.5          -13.2            8.4           -5.9
         Columbia
    Florida                    1.8           27.1           14.3           45.2
    Georgia                    3.7           16.4           14.0           32.8
    Kentucky                   2.2            1.1           -1.6           -0.5
    Louisiana                  1.2            7.3           -4.9            2.0
    Maryland                   2.2           16.7           11.0           29.5
    Mississippi               -5.8            1.0           -2.2           -1.2
    North Carolina            -9.0            7.5           17.8           26.7
    Oklahoma                  -6.1           14.5           -4.3            9.6
    South Carolina            -2.4            4.3            3.0            7.4
    Tennessee                 -5.0            6.9           10.6           18.3
    Texas                     -1.5           16.6            5.4           22.9
    Virginia                  -2.3            9.4           10.6           21.0
    West Virginia             -6.3           -8.5           -4.9          -13.0
 
West                          11.8           16.3            8.2           25.9
    Alaska                     9.7           16.8           -0.3           16.5
    Arizona                    6.3           19.2           13.4           35.1
    California                13.3           13.9           10.2           25.5
    Colorado                   0.0           24.2            6.8           32.7
    Hawaii                    -1.8           20.6           10.9           33.8
    Idaho                     22.5           14.5            2.6           17.6
    Montana                    9.7           16.1           -4.7           10.7
    Nevada                    14.1           42.6           37.9           96.6
    New Mexico                 4.5           22.5           -0.3           22.2
    Oregon                     8.4           13.0            4.1           17.7
    Utah                      39.6            5.7           -2.0            3.6
    Washington                 9.6           23.0            6.0           30.3
    Wyoming                    4.2           10.9          -16.5           -7.4
 
NOTE:  Calculations are based on unrounded numbers.
 
SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
(This table was prepared October 1997.)


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