Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and state: Fall 1987 to fall 2001

Table 37.
Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and state: Fall 1987 to fall 2001
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                      | Fall 1987 | Fall 1988 | Fall 1989 | Fall 1990 | Fall 1991 | Fall 1992 | Fall 1993 | Fall 1994 | Fall 1995 | Fall 1996 | Fall 1997
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 State or other area  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
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   United States .....|40,008,213 |40,188,690 |40,542,707 |41,216,683 |42,046,878 |42,823,312 |43,464,916 |44,111,482 |44,840,481 |45,611,046 |46,126,897
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Alabama ..............|   729,234 |   724,751 |   723,743 |   721,806 |   722,004 |   731,634 |   734,288 |   736,531 |   746,149 |   747,932 |   749,207
Alaska ...............|   106,869 |   106,481 |   109,280 |   113,903 |   118,680 |   122,487 |   125,948 |   127,057 |   127,618 |   129,919 |   132,123
Arizona ..............|   572,421 |   574,890 |   607,615 |   639,853 |   656,980 |   673,477 |   709,453 |   737,424 |   743,566 |   799,250 |   814,113
Arkansas .............|   437,036 |   436,387 |   434,960 |   436,286 |   438,518 |   441,490 |   444,271 |   447,565 |   453,257 |   457,349 |   456,497
California ...........| 4,488,398 | 4,618,120 | 4,771,978 | 4,950,474 | 5,107,145 | 5,254,844 | 5,327,231 | 5,407,475 | 5,536,406 | 5,686,198 | 5,803,887
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Colorado .............|   560,236 |   560,081 |   562,755 |   574,213 |   593,030 |   612,635 |   625,062 |   640,521 |   656,279 |   673,438 |   687,167
Connecticut\5\ .......|   465,465 |   460,637 |   461,560 |   469,123 |   481,050 |   488,476 |   496,298 |   506,824 |   517,935 |   527,129 |   535,164
Delaware .............|    95,659 |    96,678 |    97,808 |    99,658 |   102,196 |   104,321 |   105,547 |   106,813 |   108,461 |   110,549 |   111,960
District of Columbia .|    86,435 |    84,792 |    81,301 |    80,694 |    80,618 |    80,937 |    80,678 |    80,450 |    79,802 |    78,648 |    77,111
Florida ..............| 1,664,774 | 1,720,930 | 1,789,925 | 1,861,592 | 1,932,131 | 1,981,407 | 2,040,763 | 2,111,188 | 2,176,222 | 2,242,212 | 2,294,077
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Georgia ..............| 1,110,947 | 1,107,994 | 1,126,535 | 1,151,687 | 1,177,569 | 1,207,186 | 1,235,304 | 1,270,948 | 1,311,126 | 1,346,761 | 1,375,980
Hawaii ...............|   166,160 |   167,488 |   169,493 |   171,708 |   174,747 |   177,448 |   180,410 |   183,795 |   187,180 |   187,653 |   189,887
Idaho ................|   212,444 |   214,615 |   214,932 |   220,840 |   225,680 |   231,668 |   236,774 |   240,448 |   243,097 |   245,252 |   244,403
Illinois .............| 1,811,446 | 1,794,916 | 1,797,355 | 1,821,407 | 1,848,166 | 1,873,567 | 1,893,078 | 1,916,172 | 1,943,623 | 1,973,040 | 1,998,289
Indiana...............|   964,129 |   960,994 |   954,165 |   954,525 |   956,988 |   960,630 |   965,633 |   969,022 |   977,263 |   982,876 |   986,836
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Iowa .................|   480,826 |   478,200 |   478,486 |   483,652 |   491,363 |   494,839 |   498,519 |   500,440 |   502,343 |   502,941 |   501,054
Kansas ...............|   421,112 |   426,596 |   430,864 |   437,034 |   445,390 |   451,536 |   457,614 |   460,838 |   463,008 |   466,293 |   468,687
Kentucky .............|   642,696 |   637,627 |   630,688 |   636,401 |   646,024 |   655,041 |   655,265 |   657,642 |   659,821 |   656,089 |   669,322
Louisiana ............|   793,093 |   786,683 |   783,025 |   784,757 |   794,128 |   797,985 |   800,560 |   797,933 |   797,366 |   793,296 |   776,813
Maine ................|   211,817 |   212,902 |   213,775 |   215,149 |   216,400 |   216,453 |   216,995 |   212,601 |   213,569 |   213,593 |   212,579
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Maryland .............|   683,797 |   688,947 |   698,806 |   715,176 |   736,238 |   751,850 |   772,638 |   790,938 |   805,544 |   818,583 |   830,744
Massachusetts ........|   825,320 |   823,428 |   825,588 |   834,314 |   846,155 |   859,948 |   877,726 |   893,727 |   915,007 |   933,898 |   949,006
Michigan .............| 1,589,287 | 1,582,785 | 1,576,785 | 1,584,431 | 1,593,561 | 1,603,610 | 1,599,377 | 1,614,784 | 1,641,456 | 1,685,714 | 1,702,717
Minnesota ............|   721,481 |   726,950 |   739,553 |   756,374 |   773,571 |   793,724 |   810,233 |   821,693 |   835,166 |   847,204 |   853,621
Mississippi ..........|   505,550 |   503,326 |   502,020 |   502,417 |   504,127 |   506,668 |   505,907 |   505,962 |   506,272 |   503,967 |   504,792
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Missouri..............|   802,060 |   806,639 |   807,934 |   816,558 |   842,965 |   859,357 |   866,378 |   878,541 |   889,881 |   900,517 |   910,613
Montana ..............|   152,207 |   152,191 |   151,265 |   152,974 |   155,779 |   160,011 |   163,009 |   164,341 |   165,547 |   164,627 |   162,335
Nebraska .............|   268,100 |   269,434 |   270,920 |   274,081 |   279,552 |   282,414 |   285,097 |   287,100 |   289,744 |   291,967 |   292,681
Nevada ...............|   168,353 |   176,474 |   186,834 |   201,316 |   211,810 |   222,974 |   235,800 |   250,747 |   265,041 |   282,131 |   296,621
New Hampshire ........|   166,045 |   169,413 |   171,696 |   172,785 |   177,138 |   181,247 |   185,360 |   189,319 |   194,171 |   198,308 |   201,629
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New Jersey ...........| 1,092,982 | 1,080,871 | 1,076,005 | 1,089,646 | 1,109,796 | 1,130,560 | 1,151,307 | 1,174,206 | 1,197,381 | 1,227,832 | 1,250,276
New Mexico ...........|   287,229 |   292,425 |   296,057 |   301,881 |   308,667 |   315,668 |   322,292 |   327,248 |   329,640 |   332,632 |   331,673
New York .............| 2,594,070 | 2,573,715 | 2,565,841 | 2,598,337 | 2,643,993 | 2,689,686 | 2,733,813 | 2,766,208 | 2,813,230 | 2,843,131 | 2,861,823
North Carolina .......| 1,085,976 | 1,083,156 | 1,080,744 | 1,086,871 | 1,097,598 | 1,114,083 | 1,133,231 | 1,156,767 | 1,183,090 | 1,210,108 | 1,236,083
North Dakota .........|   119,004 |   118,809 |   117,816 |   117,825 |   118,376 |   118,734 |   119,127 |   119,288 |   119,100 |   120,123 |   118,572
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Ohio .................| 1,793,431 | 1,778,544 | 1,764,410 | 1,771,089 | 1,783,767 | 1,795,199 | 1,807,319 | 1,814,290 | 1,836,015 | 1,844,698 | 1,847,114
Oklahoma .............|   584,212 |   580,426 |   578,580 |   579,087 |   588,263 |   597,096 |   604,076 |   609,718 |   616,393 |   620,695 |   623,681
Oregon ...............|   455,895 |   461,752 |   472,394 |   472,394 |   498,614 |   510,122 |   516,611 |   521,945 |   527,914 |   537,854 |   541,346
Pennsylvania .........| 1,668,542 | 1,659,714 | 1,655,279 | 1,667,834 | 1,692,797 | 1,717,613 | 1,744,082 | 1,764,946 | 1,787,533 | 1,804,256 | 1,815,151
Rhode Island .........|   134,800 |   133,585 |   135,729 |   138,813 |   142,144 |   143,798 |   145,676 |   147,487 |   149,799 |   151,324 |   153,321
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South Carolina .......|   614,921 |   615,774 |   616,177 |   622,112 |   627,470 |   640,464 |   643,696 |   648,725 |   645,586 |   652,816 |   659,273
South Dakota .........|   126,817 |   126,910 |   127,329 |   129,164 |   131,576 |   134,573 |   142,825 |   143,482 |   144,685 |   143,331 |   142,443
Tennessee ............|   823,783 |   821,580 |   819,660 |   824,595 |   833,651 |   855,231 |   866,557 |   881,425 |   893,770 |   904,818 |   893,044
Texas ................| 3,236,787 | 3,283,707 | 3,328,514 | 3,382,887 | 3,464,371 | 3,541,769 | 3,608,262 | 3,677,171 | 3,748,167 | 3,828,975 | 3,891,877
Utah .................|   423,386 |   431,119 |   438,554 |   446,652 |   456,430 |   463,870 |   471,365 |   474,675 |   477,121 |   481,812 |   482,957
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Vermont ..............|    92,755 |    93,381 |    94,779 |    95,762 |    97,137 |    98,558 |   102,755 |   104,533 |   105,565 |   106,341 |   105,984
Virginia .............|   979,417 |   982,393 |   985,346 |   998,601 | 1,016,204 | 1,031,925 | 1,045,471 | 1,060,809 | 1,079,854 | 1,096,093 | 1,110,815
Washington ...........|   775,755 |   790,918 |   810,232 |   839,709 |   869,327 |   896,475 |   915,952 |   938,314 |   956,572 |   974,504 |   991,235
West Virginia.........|   344,236 |   335,912 |   327,540 |   322,389 |   320,249 |   318,296 |   314,383 |   310,511 |   307,112 |   304,052 |   301,419
Wisconsin ............|   772,363 |   774,857 |   782,905 |   797,621 |   814,671 |   829,415 |   844,001 |   860,581 |   870,175 |   879,259 |   881,780
Wyoming ..............|    98,455 |    97,793 |    97,172 |    98,226 |   102,074 |   100,313 |   100,899 |   100,314 |    99,859 |    99,058 |    97,115
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Bureau of Indian      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   Affairs ...........|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
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Department of Defense |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   dependents schools:|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   Overseas schools\6\|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |    80,715 |    78,254
   Domestic schools ..|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
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    Outlying areas    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
American Samoa .......|    11,248 |    11,764 |    12,258 |    12,463 |    13,365 |    13,994 |    14,484 |    14,445 |    14,576 |    14,766 |    15,214
Guam .................|    25,936 |    26,041 |    26,493 |    26,391 |    28,334 |    30,077 |    30,920 |    32,185 |    32,960 |    33,393 |    32,444
Northern Marianas ....|     5,819 |     6,079 |     6,101 |     6,449 |     7,096 |     8,086 |     8,188 |     8,429 |     8,809 |     9,041 |     9,246
Puerto Rico ..........|   672,837 |   661,693 |   651,225 |   644,734 |   642,392 |   637,034 |   631,460 |   621,121 |   627,620 |   618,861 |   617,157
Virgin Islands .......|    24,020 |    23,492 |    21,193 |    21,750 |    22,346 |    22,887 |    22,752 |    23,126 |    22,737 |    22,385 |    22,136
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\1\Data estimated by state education agencies. Data differ from projections appearing in other tables.
\2\Includes a number of prekindergarten students.
\3\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data.
\4\Actual data reported by state.
\5\Data beginning in 1986, include state vocational/technical schools.
\6\The Department of Defense dependents schools include only overseas schools through 1998. Data for 1999 include both overseas and domestic schools. Data for 2000 includes only overseas schools. Domestic schools reported separately, beginning in 2000.
NOTE: Allocation of ungraded students to elementary and secondary levels based on proportions derived from prior years. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared April 2002.)
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