Number of public school students, by locale code (CCD) and state: Fall 2003

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Table 6. Number of public school students, by locale code (CCD) and state: Fall 2003


State	Total	Central city of a CBSA¹ with 250,000 or more	Central city of a CBSA¹ not designated as a large central city	Place within a CBSA¹ of a large central city	Place within a CBSA¹ of a city not designated as a large central city	Place not within a CBSA¹ but with 25,000 or more and defined as urban	Place not within a CBSA¹ with 2,500 but less than 25,000	Place not within a CBSA¹ and designated as rural	Place within a CBSA¹ and designated as rural	Locale unknown
United States	48,506,317	7,529,262	7,213,602	14,839,712	6,186,161	518,161	3,694,676	4,116,296	4,408,188	259
Alabama	731,251	34,450	108,038	92,207	113,002	0	97,854	122,446	163,254	0
Alaska	133,933	49,722	3,990	14,372	16,287	5,919	10,799	32,844	0	0
Arizona	1,012,068	432,170	107,479	269,361	31,029	20,778	68,877	34,606	47,768	0
Arkansas	454,523	0	120,114	9,579	52,268	5,116	98,489	92,776	76,181	0
California	6,298,928	1,671,565	1,494,957	2,270,917	519,398	5,487	73,947	61,518	201,139	0
Colorado	756,912	179,995	75,271	288,078	78,831	0	62,556	41,529	30,652	0
Connecticut	577,203	0	146,295	0	339,030	16,371	13,226	9,621	52,660	0
Delaware	117,777	0	9,570	66,614	11,178	0	9,250	16,518	4,647	0
District of Columbia	78,057	78,057	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florida	2,600,203	129,557	185,561	1,121,145	926,140	9,140	40,765	108,320	79,575	0
Georgia	1,522,611	52,103	227,937	601,816	63,678	0	174,345	130,843	271,889	0
Hawaii	183,609	0	0	183,609	0	0	0	0	0	0
Idaho	252,120	0	76,935	0	57,855	7,052	52,144	33,452	24,682	0
Illinois	2,100,403	434,419	200,305	979,013	88,775	19,336	136,181	126,015	116,359	0
Indiana	1,011,130	107,047	203,478	235,237	85,919	11,526	111,635	114,477	141,811	0
Iowa	481,226	0	128,981	2,952	54,597	22,170	92,187	108,458	71,881	0
Kansas	470,500	48,894	68,135	105,214	6,524	36,679	67,759	75,556	61,739	0
Kentucky	663,886	0	58,980	169,902	39,807	20,243	101,723	187,208	86,023	0
Louisiana	727,709	69,461	151,260	116,062	111,965	14,201	84,784	101,948	78,028	0
Maine	201,549	0	19,822	0	35,612	0	38,996	60,074	47,045	0
Maryland	869,113	94,049	0	664,943	34,740	0	11,242	33,839	30,300	0
Massachusetts	980,459	64,385	211,321	449,337	145,399	3,503	9,521	9,435	87,558	0
Michigan	1,757,604	174,371	326,852	450,249	312,637	14,800	126,067	177,719	174,909	0
Minnesota	842,915	94,650	85,489	325,265	39,243	11,434	106,397	112,082	68,355	0
Mississippi	493,540	0	56,594	29,469	46,116	26,621	106,315	148,748	79,677	0
Missouri	918,038	117,049	74,334	335,868	38,121	4,049	126,577	124,941	97,099	0
Montana	148,356	0	37,253	0	3,917	18,279	33,201	47,121	8,585	0
Nebraska	285,542	71,732	32,203	30,601	4,800	17,765	47,115	65,901	15,425	0
Nevada	385,414	0	70,901	270,529	0	0	35,904	7,613	467	0
New Hampshire	207,417	0	38,517	50,504	15,887	8,244	25,779	38,913	29,573	0
New Jersey	1,451,180	51,748	103,540	1,092,718	91,722	0	387	0	111,065	0
New Mexico	323,066	90,537	48,726	28,616	13,355	38,376	66,432	14,912	22,112	0
New York	2,882,218	1,092,166	184,058	738,696	383,378	16,820	95,260	145,664	226,176	0
North Carolina	1,360,209	116,756	184,754	152,224	163,127	615	140,920	295,995	305,818	0
North Dakota	102,233	0	29,623	0	9,049	6,858	14,612	36,462	5,629	0
Ohio	1,845,428	242,086	157,348	564,376	273,119	16,381	161,043	207,078	223,997	0
Oklahoma	626,160	120,337	17,069	169,457	5,699	35,769	82,370	122,468	72,991	0
Oregon	550,762	61,565	126,117	158,863	50,292	8,446	78,989	42,589	23,642	259
Pennsylvania	1,821,146	247,586	150,292	575,482	358,493	7,992	153,237	139,996	188,068	0
Rhode Island	159,342	0	57,905	0	85,990	0	0	0	15,447	0
South Carolina	699,198	0	102,356	22,688	264,346	0	122,784	54,853	132,171	0
South Dakota	125,538	0	33,302	0	7,161	0	30,765	39,214	15,096	0
Tennessee	911,636	184,875	74,952	137,116	155,988	21,013	87,178	144,037	106,477	0
Texas	4,331,751	1,193,201	830,169	1,185,380	201,111	51,840	313,927	193,485	362,638	0
Utah	491,206	0	78,009	0	347,910	0	36,735	23,681	4,871	0
Vermont	99,103	0	3,818	0	16,926	0	26,633	45,472	6,254	0
Virginia	1,192,094	76,304	217,512	352,285	142,561	0	36,486	126,191	240,755	0
Washington	1,021,349	47,588	264,835	370,524	157,114	6,274	67,505	50,389	57,120	0
West Virginia	281,209	0	33,692	0	55,980	0	59,544	72,072	59,921	0
Wisconsin	880,031	100,837	169,560	158,444	130,085	5,329	119,052	116,925	79,799	0
Wyoming	87,462	0	25,393	0	0	3,735	37,182	20,292	860	0
¹Core Based Statistical Area (collectively metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas).
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.

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