High school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: 2001-02

Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
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High school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: 2001-02
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                        |       High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 2001-02  |    Percent of 9th to 12th graders who dropped out
                        |                                                          |         during 2001-02, by race/ethnicity\1\
State or other          |__________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________
other jurisdiction      |    Total |   White, | Black, |Hispanic| Asian/ |American |Total| White, | Black, |Hispanic| Asian/ |American
                        |          |     non- |   non- |        |Pacific | Indian/ |     |   non- |   non- |        |Pacific | Indian/
                        |          | Hispanic |Hispanic|        |Islander|  Alaska |     |Hispanic|Hispanic|        |Islander|  Alaska
                        |          |          |        |        |        |  Native |     |        |        |        |        |  Native
________________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
1                       |        2 |        3 |      4 |      5 |      6 |       7 |   8 |      9 |     10 |     11 |     12 |      13
________________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
   United States\2,3\ ..| 2,632,684| 1,810,335| 347,857| 314,849| 132,409|   27,234| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
                        |__________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
Alabama ................|    35,887|    23,462|  11,374|     245|     347|      459|  3.7|     3.6|     3.9|     4.5|     1.6|      2.1
Alaska .................|     6,945|     4,734|     252|     197|     422|    1,340|  8.1|     6.2|    11.4|     8.9|     6.7|     13.4
Arizona ................|    47,175|    28,640|   2,008|  12,479|   1,286|    2,762| 10.5|     6.8|    13.4|    15.2|     3.9|     19.0
Arkansas ...............|    26,984|    20,138|   5,779|     626|     323|      118|  5.3|     4.6|     7.0|     7.7|     4.3|      6.9
California .............|   324,152|   140,421|  23,451| 109,038|  48,206|    3,036| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Colorado ...............|    40,760|    31,506|   1,798|   5,700|   1,442|      314| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Connecticut ............|    32,327|    24,721|   3,617|   2,886|   1,029|       74|  2.6|     1.9|     4.0|     5.3|     2.4|      4.9
Delaware\3\ ............|     6,482|     4,358|   1,683|     241|     185|       15|  6.2|     4.6|     9.0|    11.6|     3.5|      5.1
District of Columbia ...|     3,090|       128|   2,684|     209|      66|        3| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Florida ................|   119,537|    70,862|  24,960|  20,067|   3,345|      303|  3.7|     3.0|     4.9|     4.5|     1.9|      3.6
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Georgia ................|    65,983|    40,801|  21,357|   1,593|   2,151|       81|  6.5|     5.8|     7.6|     9.8|     3.6|      7.5
Hawaii .................|    10,452|     2,013|     167|     467|   7,771|       34|  5.1|     5.5|     5.5|     6.4|     4.9|      6.6
Idaho ..................|    15,874|    14,296|      76|   1,063|     248|      191|  3.9|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Illinois ...............|   116,657|    82,454|  16,294|  12,242|   5,234|      433|  6.4|     3.7|    13.6|    10.4|     2.6|      5.7
Indiana ................|    56,722|    49,846|   4,650|   1,428|     657|      141|  2.3|     2.1|     3.1|     4.0|     1.1|      2.8
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Iowa ...................|    33,789|    31,608|     756|     660|     657|      108|  2.4|     2.1|     6.8|     7.1|     2.7|      6.6
Kansas .................|    29,541|    25,219|   1,856|   1,498|     685|      283|  3.1|     2.6|     5.3|     5.9|     2.4|      5.4
Kentucky ...............|    36,337|    32,556|   3,151|     249|     350|       31|  3.9|     3.8|     5.3|     4.0|     1.7|      0.0
Louisiana ..............|    37,905|    21,252|  15,322|     484|     622|      225|  7.0|     5.0|     9.5|     6.9|     5.1|      7.3
Maine ..................|    12,596|    12,201|     110|      61|     144|       80|  2.8|     2.8|     4.4|     3.7|     2.7|      5.0
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Maryland ...............|    50,881|    29,363|  16,745|   1,890|   2,725|      158|  3.9|     3.0|     5.5|     3.7|     1.4|      4.1
Massachusetts ..........|    55,272|    44,973|   3,944|   3,526|   2,693|      136| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Michigan ...............|    95,001|    77,947|  11,619|   2,284|   2,250|      901| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Minnesota ..............|    57,440|    51,052|   2,122|   1,032|   2,573|      661|  3.8|     2.7|     9.9|    14.5|     4.4|     14.2
Mississippi ............|    23,740|    12,174|  11,195|     120|     219|       32|  3.9|     3.1|     4.7|     4.1|     2.2|      2.2
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Missouri ...............|    54,487|    45,627|   7,195|     696|     821|      148|  3.6|     3.2|     5.8|     5.8|     1.6|      4.8
Montana ................|    10,554|     9,537|      34|     158|     112|      713|  3.9|     3.2|     6.7|     5.2|     2.0|     10.3
Nebraska ...............|    19,910|    17,851|     796|     756|     357|      150|  4.2|     3.1|    11.3|    11.7|     3.3|     11.9
Nevada .................|    16,270|    10,879|   1,285|   2,728|   1,123|      255|  6.4|     5.0|     8.9|     9.3|     5.2|      5.6
New Hampshire ..........|    12,452|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  4.0|     3.9|     6.5|     7.8|     3.2|      7.5
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
New Jersey .............|    77,664|    50,347|  11,909|   9,657|   5,619|      132|  2.5|     1.5|     4.9|     4.7|     0.9|      2.2
New Mexico .............|    18,094|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  5.2|     3.5|     2.6|     6.4|     3.4|      5.8
New York ...............|   153,879|   104,673|  22,046|  16,280|  10,315|      565|  7.1|     3.3|    12.9|    14.2|     5.9|      9.4
North Carolina .........|    65,955|    44,888|  17,385|   1,559|   1,410|      713|  5.7|     4.9|     7.0|     9.4|     3.7|      9.9
North Dakota ...........|     8,114|     7,564|      58|      68|      62|      362|  2.0|     1.5|     2.7|     3.4|     1.9|      8.0
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Ohio\3\ ................|   110,090|    95,036|  11,945|   1,441|   1,568|      100|  3.1|     2.4|     7.2|     6.6|     2.0|      7.1
Oklahoma ...............|    36,852|    25,385|   3,299|   1,562|     650|    5,956|  4.4|     3.8|     6.7|     9.4|     3.2|      3.8
Oregon\3\ ..............|    30,821|    26,464|     594|   1,990|   1,283|      490|  4.6|     4.0|     9.9|    10.5|     3.6|      0.0
Pennsylvania ...........|   114,943|    97,397|  11,655|   3,093|   2,696|      102|  3.3|     2.4|     7.0|     8.9|     2.9|      3.3
Rhode Island ...........|     9,006|     7,132|     657|     857|     317|       43|  4.3|     3.3|     6.9|     8.2|     4.6|      5.9
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
South Carolina .........|    31,302|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  3.3|     3.1|     3.7|     3.9|     1.7|      3.1
South Dakota ...........|     8,796|     8,232|      49|      62|      99|      354|  2.8|     2.0|     7.3|     6.1|     1.9|     13.0
Tennessee ..............|    40,894|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  3.8|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
Texas ..................|   225,167|   112,386|  30,030|  74,466|   7,707|      578|  3.8|     2.2|     4.9|     5.5|     1.6|      4.1
Utah ...................|    30,183|    27,307|     172|   1,574|     817|      313|  3.7|     3.1|     8.8|     8.2|     5.2|      8.1
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Vermont ................|     7,083|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---|  4.0|     3.9|     7.3|     9.0|     2.2|      5.9
Virginia ...............|    66,519|    45,485|  15,084|   2,454|   3,353|      143|  2.9|     2.3|     4.0|     5.8|     2.0|      4.1
Washington .............|    58,311|    45,918|   2,306|   3,937|   5,030|    1,120|  7.1|     5.6|    16.8|    12.3|     6.6|     15.2
West Virginia ..........|    17,128|    16,281|     600|      70|     148|       29|  3.7|     3.7|     3.9|     1.8|     1.8|      8.9
Wisconsin ..............|    60,575|    53,255|   3,148|   1,792|   1,757|      623|  1.9|     1.2|     8.3|     5.6|     1.8|      4.1
Wyoming ................|     6,106|     5,569|      60|     324|      51|      102|  5.8|     5.2|     9.9|    12.3|     2.7|     13.0
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Bureau of Indian        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
 Affairs schools .......|      --- |       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Department of Defense   |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
   dependents schools   |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
  Overseas schools\3\ ..|     2,052|     1,130|     417|     163|     342|        0| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
  Domestic schools\3\ ..|       498|       193|     101|     187|      17|        0| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
                        |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
Other jurisdictions     |          |          |        |        |        |         |     |        |        |        |        |
  American Samoa .......|       823|         0|       0|       0|     823|        0|  1.1|    --- |    --- |    --- |     1.1|     ---
  Guam\3\ ..............|       ---|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|      ---| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
  Northern Marianas ....|       416|         1|       0|       0|     415|        0|  7.1|     0.0|    16.7|    --- |     7.2|     ---
  Puerto Rico ..........|    30,278|         0|       0|  30,278|       0|        0|  1.2|    --- |    --- |     1.2|    --- |     ---
  Virgin Islands .......|       883|         3|     811|      68|       0|        1| --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     ---
________________________|__________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_____|________|________|________|________|_________
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\1\Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Vermont, and Puerto Rico reported data on an alternative July through June cycle, rather than the specified October through September cycle for dropout data.
\2\U.S. total includes estimates for nonreporting states, based on 2001 12th-grade enrollment racial/ethnic distribution reported by state.
\3\Data differ slightly from figures reported in other tables due to varying reporting practices for racial/ethnic survey data.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2002-03 and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Data File," 2001-02; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 2005.)
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