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Table 1. Number of public school districts, by 2007 urban-centric locale types and state: 2005-06


State Total City Suburban Town Rural
Large Midsize Small Large Midsize Small Fringe Distant Remote Fringe Distant Remote
United States 14166 183 166 418 2266 333 234 612 963 953 1690 3130 3218
Alabama 165 0 11 14 10 4 5 11 17 3 27 43 20
Alaska 54 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 0 42
Arizona 218 23 4 6 11 0 6 4 9 24 27 36 68
Arkansas 253 0 1 15 5 2 1 6 26 22 41 71 63
California 987 50 46 61 194 51 31 55 75 35 149 152 88
Colorado 179 8 2 3 13 0 2 6 3 26 6 25 85
Connecticut 166 0 4 9 66 13 0 12 0 0 43 19 0
Delaware 19 0 0 1 5 0 3 5 2 0 1 2 0
District of Columbia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 67 1 4 2 15 6 1 2 9 3 13 9 2
Georgia 180 1 4 8 15 0 3 9 22 11 48 38 21
Hawaii 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 122 0 1 5 6 0 4 3 12 14 13 24 40
Illinois 875 1 9 21 268 38 16 35 67 71 77 218 54
Indiana 294 7 3 15 40 4 5 20 52 5 48 89 6
Iowa 365 0 3 10 6 1 0 7 26 44 25 112 131
Kansas 300 1 4 2 8 1 0 9 17 39 17 55 147
Kentucky 176 2 0 6 14 4 1 4 21 28 33 35 28
Louisiana 68 1 3 5 6 2 1 8 8 4 6 17 7
Maine 285 0 0 7 1 8 9 8 7 17 36 71 121
Maryland 24 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 4 5 1
Massachusetts 350 2 3 9 171 25 4 15 11 0 66 44 0
Michigan 552 1 8 26 107 19 14 29 26 30 67 141 84
Minnesota 343 2 0 8 27 2 3 12 27 34 27 59 142
Mississippi 152 0 1 4 3 3 1 2 10 42 17 41 28
Missouri 524 6 1 5 38 2 2 12 33 48 38 171 168
Montana 430 0 0 7 1 1 3 2 0 53 19 63 281
Nebraska 474 4 1 0 3 1 0 2 9 40 41 94 279
Nevada 17 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 1 4
New Hampshire 179 0 1 1 7 10 10 8 8 13 34 52 35
New Jersey 615 2 0 12 427 18 14 24 0 0 95 23 0
New Mexico 89 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 3 24 2 6 45
New York 697 2 2 21 238 12 10 48 48 17 74 167 58
North Carolina 115 2 4 5 1 7 0 5 12 1 30 34 14
North Dakota 204 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 12 7 22 157
Ohio 614 5 2 14 157 11 20 53 61 5 113 169 4
Oklahoma 540 6 0 1 17 1 1 11 46 41 62 179 175
Oregon 200 3 4 5 14 4 1 18 13 24 16 27 71
Pennsylvania 501 2 2 12 167 20 21 56 32 10 79 83 17
Rhode Island 32 0 1 2 21 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0
South Carolina 85 0 2 5 10 5 1 4 12 5 17 23 1
South Dakota 168 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 15 5 16 124
Tennessee 136 2 2 8 7 3 3 8 18 7 27 38 13
Texas 1,035 29 15 26 66 10 10 35 95 89 102 303 255
Utah 40 0 2 3 6 0 1 2 3 8 1 1 13
Vermont 302 0 0 2 0 10 0 3 26 16 26 124 95
Virginia 134 1 7 8 16 2 1 2 18 2 24 38 15
Washington 296 1 5 14 31 14 6 19 15 20 27 65 79
West Virginia 55 0 0 5 0 2 2 2 8 7 5 13 11
Wisconsin 440 14 2 13 39 13 13 30 47 15 44 108 102
Wyoming 48 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 2 24
NOTE: Excludes districts not reporting enrollment.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) Survey, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2005-06.