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Table 370.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services allocations for Head Start and enrollment in Head Start, by state or otherarea: Fiscal years 1993 to 1996

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                           |           1993             |           1994             |           1995            |           1996
                           |____________________________|____________________________|___________________________|___________________________
    State or other area    |  Head Start  | Head Start  |  Head Start  | Head Start  | Head Start  | Head Start  | Head Start  | Head Start
                           | allocations  |enrollment\1\| allocations  |enrollment\2\| allocations |enrollment\3\| allocations |enrollment\4\
                           |(in thousands)|             |(in thousands)|             |(in thousands|             |(in thousands|
___________________________|______________|_____________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________
             1             |      2       |      3      |      4       |      5      |      6      |      7      |      8      |      9
___________________________|______________|_____________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________
   Total ..................|   $2,683,158 |     713,943 |   $3,215,946 |     740,493 |  $3,402,946 |     750,696 |  $3,438,268 |     752,077
                           |______________|_____________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________
Alabama ...................|       46,937 |      14,106 |       54,282 |      14,525 |      57,542 |      14,552 |      58,265 |      14,429
Alaska ....................|        5,316 |       1,143 |        6,295 |       1,209 |       6,534 |       1,209 |       6,748 |       1,299
Arizona ...................|       35,503 |       9,189 |       44,416 |       9,846 |      47,208 |      10,029 |      47,617 |       9,818
Arkansas ..................|       26,337 |       8,792 |       30,719 |       9,065 |      32,681 |       9,244 |      33,153 |       9,193
California ................|      305,180 |      67,684 |      371,227 |      70,995 |     392,331 |      72,650 |     392,965 |      72,606
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
Colorado ..................|       25,505 |       7,672 |       31,787 |       8,118 |      35,757 |       8,576 |      36,364 |       8,647
Connecticut ...............|       22,066 |       5,561 |       26,061 |       5,660 |      27,022 |       5,625 |      27,382 |       5,567
Delaware ..................|        5,265 |       1,455 |        5,815 |       1,455 |       6,027 |       1,574 |       6,239 |       1,455
District of Columbia ......|       11,631 |       2,841 |       12,854 |       2,841 |      14,329 |       2,913 |      14,530 |       3,339
Florida ...................|       92,741 |      25,333 |      118,976 |      27,398 |     125,508 |      27,623 |     127,325 |      27,535
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
Georgia ...................|       66,499 |      18,594 |       81,974 |      19,445 |      85,792 |      19,523 |      86,596 |      19,563
Hawaii ....................|        8,882 |       2,183 |        9,939 |       2,260 |      10,312 |       2,226 |      10,981 |       2,517
Idaho .....................|        8,329 |       1,850 |        9,574 |       1,912 |      10,009 |       1,841 |      10,043 |       1,869
Illinois ..................|      117,770 |      30,268 |      139,137 |      30,537 |     148,120 |      31,579 |     148,915 |      31,817
Indiana....................|       37,979 |      11,107 |       46,558 |      11,730 |      48,871 |      11,739 |      49,804 |      11,847
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
Iowa ......................|       20,111 |       5,758 |       23,430 |       5,946 |      25,539 |       6,199 |      25,968 |       6,178
Kansas ....................|       17,885 |       5,389 |       22,095 |       5,793 |      24,772 |       6,158 |      25,129 |       6,074
Kentucky ..................|       45,318 |      13,791 |       54,364 |      14,071 |      58,383 |      14,267 |      58,935 |      14,447
Louisiana .................|       62,996 |      18,677 |       75,876 |      19,344 |      78,691 |      19,344 |      79,596 |      19,344
Maine .....................|       11,011 |       3,361 |       12,610 |       3,439 |      13,118 |       3,439 |      13,734 |      10,816
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
Maryland ..................|       32,073 |       8,338 |       38,810 |       8,509 |      42,023 |       8,874 |      42,461 |       8,915
Massachusetts .............|       49,615 |      10,929 |       57,264 |      10,794 |      61,129 |      10,990 |      61,742 |       3,466
Michigan ..................|      107,451 |      29,960 |      126,686 |      30,701 |     132,990 |      30,936 |     135,349 |      31,198
Minnesota .................|       30,823 |       8,167 |       36,930 |       8,576 |      38,281 |       8,576 |      38,812 |       8,641
Mississippi ...............|       83,560 |      24,036 |       92,012 |      24,110 |      95,493 |      24,150 |      97,001 |      24,081
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
Missouri...................|       45,641 |      13,592 |       55,979 |      14,063 |      58,752 |      14,064 |      59,241 |      14,035
Montana ...................|        8,211 |       2,226 |        9,563 |       2,304 |       9,772 |       2,304 |      10,048 |       2,304
Nebraska ..................|       12,322 |       3,465 |       14,342 |       3,644 |      15,456 |       3,764 |      15,890 |       3,800
Nevada ....................|        6,341 |       1,593 |        8,017 |       1,793 |       8,315 |       1,793 |       8,213 |       1,823
New Hampshire .............|        4,895 |       1,131 |        5,699 |       1,156 |       6,379 |       1,232 |       6,558 |       1,235
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
New Jersey ................|       63,902 |      12,773 |       71,189 |      12,898 |      74,610 |      13,016 |      75,151 |      13,085
New Mexico ................|       18,954 |       6,055 |       24,241 |       6,397 |      27,269 |       6,821 |      27,731 |       6,587
New York ..................|      181,968 |      37,829 |      215,678 |      39,062 |     226,840 |      39,491 |     228,243 |      40,365
North Carolina ............|       54,263 |      15,296 |       66,643 |      15,695 |      71,603 |      16,161 |      72,594 |      16,002
North Dakota ..............|        5,666 |       1,653 |        6,723 |       1,738 |       6,966 |       1,738 |       7,206 |       1,874
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
Ohio ......................|      110,420 |      32,567 |      133,913 |      33,919 |     139,497 |      34,215 |     141,607 |      33,919
Oklahoma ..................|       32,274 |      10,625 |       39,073 |      11,165 |      40,705 |      11,165 |      41,397 |      11,165
Oregon ....................|       21,782 |       4,431 |       27,080 |       4,638 |      29,086 |       4,698 |      29,460 |       4,695
Pennsylvania ..............|       99,688 |      24,866 |      119,354 |      25,672 |     126,251 |      26,149 |     127,086 |      26,198
Rhode Island ..............|        8,328 |       2,380 |       10,060 |       2,476 |      10,453 |       2,434 |      10,549 |       2,567
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
South Carolina ............|       33,063 |       9,709 |       40,772 |      10,142 |      44,021 |      10,415 |      44,540 |      10,164
South Dakota ..............|        6,629 |       1,894 |        7,985 |       2,025 |       8,258 |       2,025 |       8,480 |       2,258
Tennessee .................|       47,993 |      13,859 |       58,610 |      14,380 |      61,630 |      14,213 |      62,163 |      14,291
Texas .....................|      172,536 |      49,110 |      213,394 |      51,521 |     223,309 |      51,925 |     224,923 |      52,107
Utah ......................|       13,208 |       3,822 |       15,832 |       4,028 |      18,145 |       4,334 |      18,219 |       4,201
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
Vermont ...................|        5,339 |       1,260 |        5,957 |       1,271 |       7,636 |       1,486 |       7,811 |       1,531
Virginia ..................|       39,440 |      10,650 |       46,411 |      10,993 |      48,896 |      11,147 |      49,706 |      11,028
Washington ................|       37,558 |       7,799 |       45,968 |       8,260 |      53,385 |       8,803 |      52,311 |       8,878
West Virginia..............|       22,303 |       6,317 |       26,014 |       6,402 |      27,626 |       6,522 |      28,125 |       6,515
Wisconsin .................|       40,956 |      11,247 |       49,461 |      11,953 |      52,633 |      12,171 |      54,013 |      12,283
Wyoming ...................|        4,149 |       1,245 |        4,925 |       1,323 |       5,099 |       1,313 |       5,195 |       1,279
                           |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
Migrant programs ..........|      108,011 |      33,886 |      130,409 |      35,063 |     138,802 |      35,243 |     139,438 |      35,117
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American Indian/Alaskan    |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
  Native programs .........|       74,800 |      17,973 |       90,793 |      18,738 |      95,130 |      18,821 |      96,836 |      19,071
Special projects ..........|           ---|          ---|           76 |          ---|          ---|          ---|          ---|          ---
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    Outlying areas         |              |             |              |             |             |             |             |
Puerto Rico ...............|      113,047 |      31,306 |      127,066 |      32,145 |     132,423 |      32,118 |     134,072 |      31,744
Pacific Territories .......|        7,613 |       5,779 |        9,019 |       5,849 |       9,309 |       5,849 |       9,541 |       5,849
Virgin Islands ............|        5,074 |       1,421 |        6,009 |       1,501 |       6,228 |       1,430 |       6,267 |       1,446
___________________________|______________|_____________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________

\1\The distribution of enrollment by age was: 6 percent were 5 years old and over; 64 percent were 4-year-olds; 27 percent were 3-year-olds; and 3 percent were under 3 years of age. Handicapped children accounted for 13.2 percent in Head Start programs. The racial/ethnic composition was: American Indian/Alaskan Native, 4 percent; Hispanic, 24 percent; black, 36 percent; white, 33 percent; and Asian, 3 percent.

\2\The distribution of enrollment by age was: 6 percent were 5 years old and over; 64 percent were 4-year-olds; 27 percent were 3-year-olds; and 3 percent were under 3 years of age. Handicapped children accounted for 13.0 percent in Head Start programs. The racial/ethnic composition was: American Indian/Alaskan Native, 4 percent; Hispanic, 24 percent; black, 36 percent; white, 33 percent; and Asian, 3 percent.

\3\The distribution of enrollment by age was: 7 percent were 5 years old and over; 61 percent were 4-year-olds; 28 percent were 3-year-olds; and 4 percent were under 3 years of age. Handicapped children accounted for 13.1 percent in Head Start programs. The racial/ethnic composition was: American Indian/Alaskan Native, 4 percent; Hispanic, 25 percent; black, 36 percent; white, 33 percent; and Asian, 3 percent.

\4\The distribution of enrollment by age was: 6 percent were 5 years old and over; 62 percent were 4-year-olds; 29 percent were 3-year-olds; and 4 percent were under 3 years of age. Handicapped children accounted for 12.8 percent in Head Start programs. The racial/ethnic composition was: American Indian/Alaskan Native, 3.5 percent; Hispanic, 25.2 percent; black, 36 percent; white, 32.3 percent; and Asian, 3 percent.

---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Development Services. (This table was prepared March 1997.)



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