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Regular Other 12th- 9th- High school Other
high school diploma grade grade equivalency high school
graduates recipients membership membership recipients completers
State 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1992-93 1995-96a 1995-96
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United Statesb 2,281,317 58,818 2,487,135 3,351,831 144,417 23,972
Alabama 35,043 0 40,981 60,590 2,840 3,911
Alaska 5,945 0 7,111 9,187 983 20
Arizona 30,008 0 39,197 51,426 -- 55
Arkansas 25,094 -- 27,083 33,518 4,045 180
California 259,071 44,967 287,428 396,482 4,727 --
Colorado 32,608 0 35,480 45,363 5,194 599
Connecticut 26,319 80 28,282 35,796 1,574 0
Delaware 5,609 251 6,211 8,519 427 67
District of Columbia 2,696 0 2,972 5,068 851 107
Florida 89,242 2,321 99,519 154,379 23,277 1,747
Georgia 56,271 1,556 63,736 102,292 -- 1,617
Hawaii 9,387 17 10,478 12,553 1 588
Idaho 14,667 62 16,093 18,426 276 47
Illinois 110,486 0 107,244 138,154 -- 0
Indiana 56,368 514 62,659 80,394 1,898 363
Iowa 31,689 154 34,565 37,151 2,379 115
Kansas 25,786 0 28,491 34,006 -- 0
Kentucky 36,641 0 38,797 53,819 -- 0
Louisiana 36,467 0 40,663 62,947 9,840 0
Maine 11,795 212 12,670 16,282 379 19
Maryland 41,785 0 42,974 56,567 -- 496
Massachusetts 47,993 0 51,911 63,334 -- 0
Michigan 85,530 1,604 87,840 122,875 1,071 773
Minnesotaa 50,481 0 57,793 59,208 -- 0
Mississippi 23,032 4 25,741 40,580 547 1,565
Missouri 48,870 0 52,939 68,595 8,651 0
Montana 10,139 0 10,897 12,252 1,164 0
Nebraska 18,014 44 19,275 21,718 394 139
Nevada 10,374 987 14,143 15,854 2,009 243
New Hampshire 10,094 0 10,996 13,477 1,717 0
New Jerseyb 67,516 0 65,647 81,465 -- 0
New Mexico 15,402 0 17,078 24,285 2,458 177
New York 135,569 3,687 142,841 218,802 9,030 175
North Carolina 57,014 41 59,653 91,379 6,270 1,357
North Dakota 8,027 0 8,513 9,017 462 0
Ohio 103,435 0 114,879 146,420 6,051 0
Oklahoma 33,060 0 35,733 45,278 7,896 0
Oregon 26,570 106 33,202 39,891 3,749 3,510
Pennsylvania 105,981 0 111,050 138,987 8,540 0
Rhode Island 7,689 4 8,263 10,774 714 0
South Carolina 30,313 0 34,800 55,755 2,178 1,787
South Dakota 8,532 149 9,116 9,856 -- 20
Tennessee 43,792 0 49,319 69,086 8,296 2,170
Texas 171,844 0 186,229 294,147 -- --
Utah 26,293 1,526 32,006 33,524 1,154 544
Vermont 5,870 153 6,507 6,528 -- 28
Virginia 58,166 -- 62,204 77,033 -- 1,497
Washington 49,862 86 59,612 69,018 4,543 0
West Virginia 20,335 214 21,844 26,714 1,578 0
Wisconsin 52,651 0 57,791 65,491 7,254 0
Wyoming 5,892 79 6,679 7,569 -- 56
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Outlying Areas and Dependent Schools
DOD Dependents Schools 2,674 0 -- -- -- 0
American Samoa 719 0 756 912 20 11
Guam -- 0 1,433 2,733 -- 0
Northern Marianas 325 0 467 544 0 0
Puerto Rico 29,499 14,551 32,535 46,610 9,046 0
Virgin Islands 937 139 1,102 1,894 102 0
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-- Data missing or not available.
a/ Includes recipients ages 19 or younger, except in Minnnesota where they are ages 20 or younger.
b/ All SY 1995-96 data for New Jersey were imputed based on prior (Fall 1994) data.
Note: National totals for some items may be undercounts due to missing data in some states. Regular high school
graduates may include summer graduates not included in 12th grade membership.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Common Core of Data,
State Nonfiscal Survey.
