Number of public school students, by 2003 Rural-Urban Continuum (Beale) county code and state: Fall 2003

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Table 2. Number of public school students, by 2003 Rural-Urban Continuum (Beale) county code and state: Fall 2003


State	Total	Counties in metro areas of 1 million population or more	Counties in metro areas of 250,000 to 1 million population	Counties in metro areas of fewer than 250,000 population	Urban population of 20,000 or more, adjacent to a metro area	Urban population of 20,000 or more, not adjacent to a metro area	Urban population of 2,500 to 19,999, adjacent to a metro area	Urban population of 2,500 to 19,999, not adjacent to a metro area	Completely rural or less than 2,500 urban population, adjacent to a metro area	Completely rural or less than 2,500 urban population, not adjacent to a metro area
United States	48,506,317	26,168,569	9,436,588	4,700,989	2,430,167	871,053	2,590,540	1,443,464	403,046	461,901
Alabama	731,251	172,285	187,120	151,936	68,078	0	92,813	20,492	30,026	8,501
Alaska	133,933	780	64,094	14,810	0	5,475	0	29,529	9,616	9,629
Arizona	1,012,068	700,934	130,427	74,231	82,455	0	22,335	1,686	0	0
Arkansas	454,523	12,013	191,908	55,406	21,838	17,509	68,853	66,070	6,648	14,278
California	6,298,928	4,743,571	1,131,494	288,303	61,778	19,772	28,602	20,041	5,337	30
Colorado	756,912	379,634	193,513	79,817	6,308	14,755	26,510	41,399	3,898	11,078
Connecticut	577,203	214,961	316,558	0	45,684	0	0	0	0	0
Delaware	117,777	74,302	0	19,225	24,250	0	0	0	0	0
District of Columbia	78,057	78,057	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florida	2,600,203	1,703,688	613,306	125,412	78,928	0	70,221	0	8,648	0
Georgia	1,522,611	807,532	175,639	234,439	58,696	0	159,150	48,586	24,038	14,531
Hawaii	183,609	183,609	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Idaho	252,120	83	92,503	66,979	9,427	11,892	39,093	23,245	5,750	3,148
Illinois	2,100,403	1,545,886	150,540	135,861	78,897	44,126	78,860	56,644	1,948	7,641
Indiana	1,011,130	437,341	143,422	191,753	68,956	11,152	122,939	25,373	10,194	0
Iowa	481,226	0	134,049	123,536	22,305	31,660	77,617	59,350	19,539	13,170
Kansas	470,500	134,430	103,103	52,138	23,026	52,778	27,206	47,960	4,052	25,807
Kentucky	663,886	203,299	85,274	66,139	26,286	20,111	76,979	119,370	25,456	40,972
Louisiana	727,709	190,279	174,122	164,045	93,122	0	84,769	14,476	1,841	5,055
Maine	201,549	493	79,267	39,971	20,201	0	32,325	23,142	6,150	0
Maryland	869,113	776,415	0	47,617	23,044	0	22,037	0	0	0
Massachusetts	980,459	695,072	233,876	48,040	0	0	0	3,471	0	0
Michigan	1,757,604	835,218	385,463	228,381	78,505	49,945	65,404	81,701	8,931	24,056
Minnesota	842,915	511,538	33,186	75,879	33,996	28,469	63,313	63,994	14,749	17,791
Mississippi	493,540	37,932	84,290	90,352	19,888	83,231	55,012	84,128	20,766	17,941
Missouri	918,038	511,281	63,977	88,026	24,858	37,240	78,873	61,856	17,258	34,669
Montana	148,356	188	0	49,690	0	37,623	12,943	27,725	7,968	12,219
Nebraska	285,542	1,372	149,713	5,518	6,173	44,093	11,992	34,061	3,551	29,069
Nevada	385,414	270,529	62,570	8,798	7,190	9,582	17,702	6,901	1,853	289
New Hampshire	207,417	65,928	67,118	0	41,775	13,077	0	12,304	7,215	0
New Jersey	1,451,180	1,284,590	125,012	41,578	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Mexico	323,066	0	125,924	77,422	23,720	42,459	29,001	22,134	816	1,590
New York	2,882,218	2,107,835	445,542	76,341	134,897	37,558	71,298	8,124	623	0
North Carolina	1,360,209	237,560	584,241	113,971	232,902	19,401	107,134	18,761	20,948	25,291
North Dakota	102,233	344	0	43,928	0	9,264	8,517	12,490	7,166	20,524
Ohio	1,845,428	879,466	482,580	106,601	230,912	0	105,412	35,060	2,764	2,633
Oklahoma	626,160	191,922	173,076	21,928	52,563	41,406	78,491	52,141	1,279	13,354
Oregon	550,762	253,356	107,151	60,081	57,386	32,380	25,512	11,905	0	2,991
Pennsylvania	1,821,146	940,319	495,588	88,501	190,351	0	75,462	23,960	3,247	3,718
Rhode Island	159,342	159,342	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Carolina	699,198	36,112	371,870	114,822	59,465	18,328	94,779	2,790	1,032	0
South Dakota	125,538	382	0	55,121	0	4,926	8,188	27,474	5,176	24,271
Tennessee	911,636	385,415	138,076	135,929	66,552	6,760	123,060	31,253	17,512	7,079
Texas	4,331,751	2,676,878	635,277	461,231	126,889	71,506	243,834	76,502	23,636	15,998
Utah	491,206	3,895	387,988	39,376	17,955	0	14,314	21,295	619	5,764
Vermont	99,103	5,732	0	31,649	9,378	9,582	16,877	16,724	3,878	5,283
Virginia	1,192,094	845,767	44,758	139,020	27,206	0	67,498	27,311	23,043	17,491
Washington	1,021,349	566,170	71,533	258,492	65,971	9,677	39,228	3,244	4,232	2,802
West Virginia	281,209	8,062	67,259	74,753	20,125	20,978	43,253	29,196	11,018	6,565
Wisconsin	880,031	296,235	134,181	207,711	84,496	0	100,746	14,556	30,625	11,481
Wyoming	87,462	537	0	26,232	3,735	14,338	2,388	35,040	0	5,192
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) survey, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003-04; and U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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