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(20 KB)| Table 102. | Public high school graduates, by state: 1969-70 to 1999-2000 |
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State | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1985-86 | 1990-91 | 1995-96 |1996-97\1\|1997-98\1\| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |1990-91 to
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United States .......| 2,588,639 |2,747,678 |2,725,285 |2,382,616 |2,234,893 |2,273,109 |2,358,403 |2,440,288 |\2\2,485,024 |\2\2,545,317 | 13.9
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Alabama ................| 45,286 | 45,190 | 44,894 | 39,620 | 39,042 | 35,043 | 35,611 | 38,089 | 39,133 | 37,893 | -2.9
Alaska .................| 3,297 | 5,223 | 5,343 | 5,464 | 5,458 | 5,945 | 6,133 | 6,462 | 6,450 | 6,975 | 27.8
Arizona ................| 22,040 | 28,633 | 28,416 | 27,533 | 31,282 | 30,008 | 34,082 | 36,361 |\3\ 38,285 | 42,369 | 35.4
Arkansas ...............| 26,068 | 29,052 | 29,577 | 26,227 | 25,668 | 25,094 | 25,146 | 26,855 | 27,719 |\3\ 26,622 | 3.7
California .............| 260,908 | 249,217 | 242,172 | 229,026 | 234,164 | 259,071 | 269,071 | 282,897 |\3\ 291,888 |\3\ 303,169 | 29.5
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Colorado ...............| 30,312 | 36,804 | 35,897 | 32,621 | 31,293 | 32,608 | 34,231 | 35,794 |\4\ 36,958 |\3\ 38,078 | 21.7
Connecticut ............| 34,755 | 37,683 | 38,369 | 33,571 | 27,290 | 26,319 | 27,029 | 27,885 | 28,587 | 29,858 | 9.4
Delaware ...............| 6,985 | 7,582 | 7,349 | 5,791 | 5,223 | 5,609 | 5,953 | 6,439 |\4\ 6,322 | 6,356 | 21.7
District of Columbia\5\ | 4,980 | 4,959 | 4,848 | 3,875 | 3,369 | 2,696 | 2,853 | 2,777 |\4\ 2,675 |\3\ 2,530 | -24.9
Florida ................| 70,478 | 87,324 | 88,755 | 83,029 | 87,419 | 89,242 | 95,082 | 98,498 |\4\ 98,933 | 99,930 | 14.3
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Georgia ................| 56,859 | 61,621 | 62,963 | 59,082 | 60,088 | 56,271 | 58,996 | 58,525 | 60,229 | 66,635 | 10.9
Hawaii .................| 10,407 | 11,493 | 11,472 | 9,958 | 8,974 | 9,387 | 8,929 | 9,670 |\3\ 10,418 | 10,152 | 13.1
Idaho ..................| 12,296 | 13,187 | 12,679 | 12,059 | 11,961 | 14,667 | 15,407 | 15,523 |\4\ 15,704 | 15,700 | 31.3
Illinois ...............| 126,864 | 135,579 | 136,795 | 114,319 | 103,329 | 104,626 | 110,170 | 114,611 | 112,557 | 111,230 | 7.6
Indiana.................| 69,984 | 73,143 | 73,381 | 59,817 | 57,892 | 56,330 | 57,463 | 58,899 | 58,341 | 58,364 | 0.8
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Iowa ...................| 44,063 | 43,445 | 42,635 | 34,279 | 28,593 | 31,689 | 32,986 | 36,008 | 34,447 | 34,149 | 19.4
Kansas .................| 33,394 | 30,890 | 29,397 | 25,587 | 24,414 | 25,786 | 26,648 | 27,856 | 28,621 | 28,964 | 18.6
Kentucky ...............| 37,473 | 41,203 | 41,714 | 37,288 | 35,835 | 36,641 | 36,941 | 37,270 | 36,956 | 36,956 | 3.1
Louisiana ..............| 43,641 | 46,297 | 46,199 | 39,965 | 33,489 | 36,467 | 36,495 | 38,030 | 37,440 |\3\ 35,184 | 5.1
Maine ..................| 14,003 | 15,445 | 15,554 | 13,006 | 13,151 | 11,795 | 12,019 | 12,171 |\4\ 12,671 | 12,871 | -2.1
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Maryland ...............| 46,462 | 54,270 | 54,050 | 46,700 | 39,014 | 41,785 | 42,856 | 44,555 |\4\ 46,821 | 48,106 | 23.3
Massachusetts ..........| 63,865 | 73,802 | 74,831 | 60,360 | 50,216 | 47,993 | 49,008 | 50,452 |\3\ 50,452 |\3\ 50,537 | 0.6
Michigan ...............| 121,000 | 124,316 | 124,372 | 101,042 | 88,234 | 85,530 | 89,695 | 92,732 | 94,200 | 100,600 | 14.0
Minnesota ..............| 60,480 | 64,908 | 64,166 | 51,988 | 46,474 | 50,481 | 48,193 | 54,494 |\4\ 57,048 | 57,603 | 23.9
Mississippi ............| 29,653 | 27,586 | 28,083 | 25,134 | 23,665 | 23,032 | 23,388 | 24,502 | 24,022 | 26,375 | 11.5
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Missouri................| 55,315 | 62,265 | 60,359 | 49,204 | 46,928 | 49,011 | 50,543 | 52,031 |\3\ 51,796 |\3\ 53,500 | 14.0
Montana ................| 11,520 | 12,135 | 11,634 | 9,761 | 9,013 | 10,139 | 10,322 | 10,656 | 10,877 | 10,893 | 20.9
Nebraska ...............| 21,280 | 22,410 | 21,411 | 17,845 | 16,500 | 18,014 | 18,636 | 19,719 | 20,173 |\3\ 22,093 | 33.9
Nevada .................| 5,449 | 8,473 | 9,069 | 8,784 | 9,370 | 10,374 | 12,425 | 13,052 |\4\ 13,259 | 13,922 | 48.6
New Hampshire ..........| 8,516 | 11,722 | 11,552 | 10,648 | 10,059 | 10,094 | 10,487 | 10,843 | 10,211 | 10,383 | 3.2
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New Jersey .............| 86,498 | 94,564 | 93,168 | 78,781 | 67,003 | 67,704 | 70,028 | 65,106 |\3\ 66,777 |\3\ 68,946 | 2.9
New Mexico .............| 16,060 | 18,424 | 17,915 | 15,468 | 15,157 | 15,402 | 15,700 | 16,529 |\4\ 17,317 | 17,254 | 13.8
New York ...............| 190,000 | 204,064 | 198,465 | 162,165 | 133,562 | 134,401 | 140,861 | 138,531 | 140,200 | 141,800 | 6.2
North Carolina .........| 68,886 | 70,862 | 69,395 | 65,865 | 62,792 | 57,014 | 57,886 | 59,292 |\4\ 59,776 | 61,463 | -2.1
North Dakota ...........| 11,150 | 9,928 | 9,924 | 7,610 | 7,573 | 8,027 | 8,025 | 8,170 |\4\ 8,422 | 8,635 | 14.0
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Ohio ...................| 142,248 | 144,169 | 143,503 | 119,561 | 107,484 | 102,098 | 107,422 | 111,211 |\3\ 115,000 |\3\ 115,000 | 7.0
Oklahoma ...............| 36,293 | 39,305 | 38,875 | 34,452 | 33,007 | 33,060 | 33,536 | 35,213 | 35,858 | 36,759 | 11.4
Oregon .................| 32,236 | 29,939 | 28,729 | 26,286 | 24,597 | 26,570 | 27,720 | 27,754 |\4\ 28,678 | 28,700 | 16.7
Pennsylvania ...........| 151,014 | 146,458 | 144,645 | 122,871 | 104,770 | 105,981 | 108,817 | 110,919 | 112,310 | 114,160 | 9.0
Rhode Island ...........| 10,146 | 10,864 | 10,719 | 8,908 | 7,744 | 7,689 | 7,850 | 8,074 | 8,088 | 7,498 | -3.2
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South Carolina .........| 34,940 | 38,697 | 38,347 | 34,500 | 32,999 | 30,182 | 30,829 | 31,951 | 34,000 | 34,500 | 4.5
South Dakota ...........| 11,757 | 10,689 | 10,385 | 7,870 | 7,127 | 8,532 | 9,247 | 9,140 | 8,991 | 9,420 | 32.2
Tennessee ..............| 49,000 | 49,845 | 50,648 | 43,263 | 44,847 | 43,792 | 41,617 | 39,866 |\4\ 40,823 |\3\ 41,719 | -7.0
Texas ..................| 139,046 | 171,449 | 171,665 | 161,150 | 174,306 | 171,844 | 181,794 | 197,186 | 203,541 | 212,966 | 22.2
Utah ...................| 18,395 | 20,035 | 19,886 | 19,774 | 22,219 | 26,293 | 30,753 | 31,567 |\4\ 31,574 | 32,303 | 45.4
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Vermont ................| 6,095 | 6,733 | 6,424 | 5,794 | 5,212 | 5,867 | 6,181 | 6,469 |\4\ 6,482 | 6,763 | 29.8
Virginia ...............| 58,562 | 66,621 | 67,126 | 63,113 | 58,441 | 58,166 | 60,587 | 61,777 |\3\ 65,345 |\3\ 66,868 | 14.4
Washington .............| 50,425 | 50,402 | 50,046 | 45,805 | 42,514 | 49,862 | 51,609 | 53,679 | 54,473 | 57,246 | 34.7
West Virginia...........| 26,139 | 23,369 | 23,580 | 21,870 | 21,064 | 20,335 | 19,573 | 20,164 |\4\ 19,498 | 19,582 | -7.0
Wisconsin ..............| 66,753 | 69,332 | 67,743 | 58,340 | 49,340 | 52,651 | 55,189 | 57,607 | 58,330 | 59,438 | 20.5
Wyoming ................| 5,363 | 6,072 | 6,161 | 5,587 | 5,728 | 5,892 | 6,381 | 6,427 |\4\ 6,348 | 6,300 | 10.0
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Outlying areas | | | | | | | | | | |
American Samoa .........|\6\ 367 | --- | --- | 608 | 597 | 719 | 710 | 665 |\3\ 679 |\3\ 698 | 16.9
Guam ...................| 972 | --- | --- | 840 | 1,014 | --- | 1,103 | 923 |\3\ 926 |\3\ 936 | -7.7
Northern Marianas ......| --- | --- | --- | --- | 273 | 325 | 309 | 374 |\3\ 388 |\3\ 403 | 47.6
Puerto Rico ............| 24,917 | --- | --- | 31,597 | 29,329 | 29,499 | 29,692 | 29,881 |\3\ 30,026 |\3\ 30,373 | 3.6
Virgin Islands .........|\6\ 432 | --- | --- | 1,044 | 981 | 937 | 1,076 | 1,069 |\3\ 1,024 |\3\ 988 | 0.7
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---Not available. NOTE: Data include graduates of regular day school programs, but exclude graduates of other programs and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. All 1998-99 and 1999-2000 data are state estimates unless otherwise indicated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared April 2000.)
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