Table 1.  Number of rural school districts identified by metro-centric and urban-centric locale code systems: School year 2003-04

Regions and states	Total districts	Metro-centric rural	Urban-centric rural	Rural added	Rural unchanged	Rural dropped	Net change
U.S. Total	16,763	8,221	8,315	579	7,736	485	94
Northeast	3,483	1,303	1,304	99	1,205	98	1
Connecticut	192	66	69	6	63	3	3
Maine	237	179	178	8	170	9	-1
Massachusetts	381	92	88	11	77	15	-4
New Hampshire	165	107	108	7	101	6	1
New Jersey	645	109	116	16	100	9	7
New York	816	325	314	16	298	27	-11
Pennsylvania	694	191	186	20	166	25	-5
Rhode Island	48	10	12	2	10	0	2
Vermont	305	224	233	13	220	4	9
South	3,792	2,019	2,119	248	1,871	148	100
Alabama	133	63	66	6	60	3	3
Arkansas	330	224	234	18	216	8	10
Delaware	33	9	6	1	5	4	-3
District of Columbia	39	†	†	†	†	†	†
Florida	74	26	23	4	19	7	-3
Georgia	198	88	102	25	77	11	14
Kentucky	178	94	92	15	77	17	-2
Louisiana	89	37	36	5	31	6	-1
Maryland	24	8	8	2	6	2	0
Mississippi	163	89	91	13	78	11	2
North Carolina	214	99	106	16	90	9	7
Oklahoma	544	423	420	22	398	25	-3
South Carolina	102	37	43	11	32	5	6
Tennessee	137	71	74	9	65	6	3
Texas	1,255	636	680	65	615	21	44
Virginia	222	79	107	34	73	6	28
West Virginia	57	36	31	2	29	7	-5
Midwest	6,303	3,335	3,295	123	3,172	163	-40
Illinois	1,040	389	351	16	335	54	-38
Indiana	329	147	145	9	136	11	-2
Iowa	370	273	263	1	262	11	-10
Kansas	308	221	224	7	217	4	3
Michigan	804	355	353	16	337	18	-2
Minnesota	513	244	255	14	241	3	11
Missouri	533	377	378	11	367	10	1
Nebraska	535	446	439	12	427	19	-7
North Dakota	253	194	195	1	194	0	1
Ohio	988	287	292	23	269	18	5
South Dakota	185	151	149	0	149	2	-2
Wisconsin	445	251	251	13	238	13	0
West	3,185	1,564	1,597	109	1,488	76	33
Alaska	55	40	42	2	40	0	2
Arizona	583	156	193	44	149	7	37
California	1,059	403	402	27	375	28	-1
Colorado	186	117	116	5	111	6	-1
Hawaii	1	†	†	†	†	†	†
Idaho	115	75	74	2	72	3	-1
Montana	447	378	373	7	366	12	-5
Nevada	18	6	9	4	5	1	3
New Mexico	89	49	54	5	49	0	5
Oregon	205	115	107	1	106	9	-8
Utah	67	20	19	1	18	2	-1
Washington	301	170	173	11	162	8	3
Wyoming	59	35	35	0	35	0	0
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Locale Code File," 2003-04.