| Table 41. | Average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 to 2000-01 |
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jurisdiction | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1995-96 | 1998-99 |1999-2000 | 2000-01
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United States .......|41,934,376|38,288,911|37,703,744|37,799,296|38,426,543|41,501,596|43,186,715|43,806,726|44,085,912
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Alabama ................| 777,123| 711,432| 701,925| 683,833| 682,524| 687,076| 704,001| 725,212| 719,562
Alaska .................| 72,489| 79,945| 83,745| 98,213| 102,585| 115,958| 123,535| 122,412| 122,932
Arizona ................| 391,526| 481,905| 476,149| 557,252| 573,140| 684,740| 757,150| 782,851| 803,453
Arkansas ...............| 414,158| 423,610| 417,080| 403,025| 408,145| 423,520| 431,609| 422,958| 421,625
California\1\ ..........| 4,418,423| 4,044,736| 4,014,917| 4,893,341| 5,065,647| 5,351,475| 5,687,118| 5,957,216| 6,075,001
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Colorado ...............| 500,388| 513,475| 508,750| 519,419| 521,899| 608,633| 648,378| 656,700| 671,909
Connecticut ............| 618,881| 507,362| 501,085| 439,524| 450,808| 495,188| 527,623| 533,779| 540,946
Delaware ...............| 120,819| 94,058| 89,609| 89,838| 91,052| 99,941| 104,699| 106,444| 105,681
District of Columbia ...| 138,600| 91,576| 85,773| 71,468| 69,092| 71,001| 65,378| 65,371| 68,925
Florida ................| 1,312,693| 1,464,461| 1,389,487| 1,646,583| 1,714,394| 1,947,777| 2,100,655| 2,175,453| 2,269,372
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Georgia ................| 1,019,427| 989,433| 988,612| 1,054,097| 1,075,728| 1,232,852| 1,306,564| 1,326,713| 1,347,218
Hawaii .................| 168,140| 151,563| 151,713| 157,360| 160,193| 171,977| 172,038| 171,180| 171,117
Idaho ..................| 170,920| 189,199| 190,144| 203,987| 209,085| 228,371| 230,481| 230,828| 230,890
Illinois ...............| 2,084,844| 1,770,435| 1,765,357| 1,587,733| 1,618,101| 1,750,417| 1,772,237| 1,789,089| 1,805,582
Indiana.................| 1,111,043| 983,444| 944,424| 884,568| 888,177| 909,553| 923,945| 929,281| 928,703
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Iowa ...................| 624,403| 510,081| 501,403| 450,224| 456,614| 477,053| 475,034| 471,384| 467,404
Kansas .................| 470,296| 382,019| 374,451| 388,986| 397,609| 416,674| 423,568| 426,853| 424,744
Kentucky ...............| 647,970| 619,868| 614,676| 569,795| 569,713| 571,934| 568,603| 565,693| 564,198
Louisiana ..............| 776,555| 727,601| 715,844| 727,125| 720,551| 710,925| 708,576| 701,957| 684,566
Maine ..................| 225,146| 211,400| 207,554| 195,089| 196,229| 200,700| 196,403| 194,554| 191,963
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Maryland ...............| 785,989| 686,336| 664,866| 620,617| 637,370| 719,433| 783,944| 791,133| 797,522
Massachusetts ..........| 1,056,207| 935,960| 950,675| 763,231| 770,802| 845,270| 908,354| 913,502| 920,522
Michigan ...............| 1,991,235| 1,758,427| 1,711,139| 1,446,996| 1,452,700| 1,554,358| 1,570,283| 1,574,894| 1,577,260
Minnesota ..............| 864,595| 748,606| 710,836| 699,001| 714,072| 786,241| 812,482| 818,819| 820,457
Mississippi ............| 524,623| 454,401| 446,515| 476,048| 474,029| 470,657| 470,765| 468,746| 465,505
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Missouri................| 906,132| 777,269| 756,536| 729,693| 733,680| 805,404| 836,555| 836,105| 836,411
Montana ................| 162,664| 144,608| 141,641| 135,406| 138,341| 148,616| 141,198| 142,313| 139,198
Nebraska ...............| 314,516| 270,524| 263,797| 254,754| 257,587| 270,938| 265,653| 261,767| 268,897
Nevada .................| 113,421| 134,995| 138,481| 173,149| 185,755| 243,718| 292,885| 305,067| 321,679
New Hampshire ..........| 140,203| 154,187| 150,316| 154,915| 156,579| 187,067| 194,250| 200,283| 198,389
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New Jersey .............| 1,322,124| 1,140,111| 1,121,272| 997,561| 1,016,159| 1,125,877| 1,197,828| 1,222,438| 1,257,124
New Mexico .............| 259,997| 253,453| 240,496| 290,245| 291,215| 330,851| 333,439| 323,963| 324,169
New York ...............| 3,099,192| 2,530,289| 2,475,055| 2,244,110| 2,278,531| 2,463,349| 2,557,030| 2,595,070| 2,598,176
North Carolina .........| 1,104,295| 1,072,150| 1,055,651| 1,012,274| 1,012,613| 1,096,812| 1,165,885| 1,185,737| 1,203,143
North Dakota ...........| 141,961| 118,986| 111,759| 109,659| 109,691| 111,870| 107,458| 105,123| 103,420
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Ohio ...................| 2,246,282| 1,849,283| 1,801,914| 1,584,735| 1,603,025| 1,661,014| 1,673,309| 1,659,903| 1,653,316
Oklahoma ...............| 560,993| 548,065| 542,800| 543,170| 548,387| 574,538| 586,310| 586,266| 580,754
Oregon .................| 436,736| 418,593| 417,009| 419,771| 431,806| 462,108| 475,898| 479,321| 481,223
Pennsylvania ...........| 2,169,225| 1,808,630| 1,754,782| 1,524,839| 1,542,077| 1,651,741| 1,686,098| 1,684,913| 1,683,637
Rhode Island ...........| 163,205| 139,195| 135,096| 125,934| 129,856| 137,870| 141,881| 144,422| 144,895
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South Carolina .........| 600,292| 569,612| 580,132| 569,029| 573,138| 605,526| 626,199| 624,456| 623,008
South Dakota ...........| 158,543| 124,934| 121,663| 119,823| 121,403| 127,754| 124,129| 122,252| 120,966
Tennessee ..............| 836,010| 806,696| 797,237| 761,766| 767,738| 819,831| 840,188| 844,878| 846,551
Texas ..................| 2,432,420| 2,608,817| 2,647,288| 3,075,333| 3,085,648| 3,435,010| 3,640,540| 3,706,550| 3,771,568
Utah ...................| 287,405| 312,813| 323,048| 408,917| 417,609| 444,679| 452,379| 448,096| 447,450
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Vermont ................| 97,772| 95,045| 90,884| 87,832| 88,901| 100,166| 99,282| 98,894| 97,717
Virginia ...............| 995,580| 955,105| 938,794| 989,197| 1,011,513| 1,098,862| 1,164,595| 1,195,123| 1,087,591
Washington .............| 764,735| 710,929| 704,655| 755,141| 781,371| 888,142| 924,636| 925,696| 927,530
West Virginia...........| 372,278| 353,264| 351,823| 301,947| 300,067| 285,548| 276,352| 273,277| 264,798
Wisconsin ..............| 880,609| 770,554| 743,505| 711,466| 731,088| 799,391| 821,176| 825,699| 824,002
Wyoming ................| 81,293| 89,471| 91,381| 91,277| 92,506| 93,190| 88,139| 86,092| 83,243
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Outlying areas | | | | | | | | |
American Samoa .........| --- | --- | --- | 11,448| 12,272| 14,074| 14,905| 15,102| 14,818
Guam ...................| 20,315| --- | 22,343| 23,883| 25,330| 31,998| ---| ---| ---
Northern Marianas ......| --- | --- | --- | 6,809| 6,062| 7,511| 8,446| 8,712| 8,968
Puerto Rico ............| --- | 656,709| 671,661| 597,436| 597,418| 548,788| 536,875| 540,676| 538,738
Virgin Islands .........| --- | --- | 23,312| 18,924| 19,984| 19,867| 18,988| 18,676| 16,069
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| ---Not available. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80 and 1980-81; Statistics of State School Systems, 1969-70; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2000-01. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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