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Table 181. Total first-time freshmen enrolled in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex, control of institution, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1997 to fall 2002

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                        |         |         |         |         |         |                                       Fall 2002
                        |  Total, |  Total, |  Total, |  Total, |  Total, |________________________________________________________________________________
State or jurisdiction   |    fall |    fall |    fall |    fall |    fall |    Total |         Full-time         |        Part-time      |  Public |Private
                        |    1997 |    1998 | 1999\1\ |     2000|     2001|          |___________________________|_______________________|  insti- |insti-
                        |         |         |         |         |         |          |   Total | Males | Females | Total | Males |Females| tutions |tutions
________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______
1                       |        2|        3|       4 |       5 |       6 |        7 |       8 |     9 |      10 |    11 |    12 |    13 |      14 |    15
________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______
   United States .......|2,219,255|2,212,593|2,351,932|2,427,551|2,497,078| 2,570,611|2,053,065|945,938|1,107,127|517,546|224,671|292,875|1,923,564|647,047
                        |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______
Alabama ................|   37,511|   37,821|   39,013|   43,411|   43,674|    43,065|   36,175| 16,233|   19,942|  6,890|  3,111|  3,779|   37,041|  6,024
Alaska .................|    2,404|    2,511|    2,217|    2,432|    2,585|     2,661|    2,094|956.00 |    1,138|    567|    187|    380|    2,562| 99.00
Arizona ................|   38,936|   41,253|   38,235|   46,646|   42,725|    46,879|   36,537| 18,044|   18,493| 10,342|  5,182|  5,160|   30,809| 16,070
Arkansas ...............|   20,030|   20,865|   21,474|   22,695|   22,030|    23,021|   19,825|  8,724|   11,101|  3,196|  1,294|  1,902|   19,776|  3,245
California .............|  210,363|  213,243|  284,667|  246,128|  264,689|   274,436|  193,463| 87,908|  105,555| 80,973| 38,841| 42,132|  220,014| 54,422
                        |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |       |         |       |       |       |         |
Colorado ...............|   34,871|   37,992|   38,080|   43,201|   42,834|    44,525|   33,975| 16,362|   17,613| 10,550|  4,820|  5,730|   34,603|  9,922
Connecticut ............|   20,796|   21,970|   23,173|   24,212|   24,688|    26,408|   22,097| 10,058|   12,039|  4,311|  1,597|  2,714|   16,308| 10,100
Delaware ...............|    8,079|    7,812|    8,292|    7,636|    8,509|     9,299|    7,241|  3,051|    4,190|  2,058|    707|  1,351|    7,551|  1,748
District of Columbia ...|    8,256|    8,843|    8,878|    9,150|   10,825|    10,462|    8,343|  3,262|    5,081|  2,119|    796|  1,323|    1,223|  9,239
Florida ................|   87,159|   90,794|   91,068|  109,931|  121,508|   125,322|   93,991| 43,174|   50,817| 31,331| 13,034| 18,297|   96,068| 29,254
                        |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |       |         |       |       |       |         |
Georgia ................|   51,905|   53,673|   56,139|   67,616|   67,134|    75,130|   56,775| 25,232|   31,543| 18,355|  7,603| 10,752|   60,799| 14,331
Hawaii .................|   10,150|    9,519|    8,957|    8,931|    9,560|     9,211|    6,877|  3,001|    3,876|  2,334|  1,046|  1,288|    7,047|  2,164
Idaho ..................|   10,837|   11,078|   11,202|   10,669|   11,498|    12,950|   10,777|  4,686|    6,091|  2,173|    873|  1,300|    9,817|  3,133
Illinois ...............|  107,579|  108,933|  110,246|  107,592|  107,995|   110,013|   81,674| 38,140|   43,534| 28,339| 12,432| 15,907|   80,623| 29,390
Indiana ................|   53,433|   55,003|   56,950|   59,320|   65,582|    62,691|   52,895| 24,573|   28,322|  9,796|  4,066|  5,730|   42,972| 19,719
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Iowa ...................|   38,985|   37,709|   40,071|   39,564|   41,141|    43,860|   32,548| 16,016|   16,532| 11,312|  4,810|  6,502|   33,486| 10,374
Kansas .................|   27,056|   27,313|   29,809|   31,424|   32,670|    29,271|   23,208| 11,465|   11,743|  6,063|  2,848|  3,215|   26,303|  2,968
Kentucky ...............|   29,222|   30,299|   30,831|   34,140|   36,579|    37,998|   31,980| 13,864|   18,116|  6,018|  2,433|  3,585|   29,667|  8,331
Louisiana ..............|   38,727|   40,654|   41,212|   45,383|   47,167|    43,149|   36,390| 15,261|   21,129|  6,759|  3,341|  3,418|   35,381|  7,768
Maine ..................|    8,226|    8,643|    8,983|    9,231|    9,768|    10,287|    8,947|  4,327|    4,620|  1,340|    482|    858|    7,183|  3,104
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Maryland ...............|   33,875|   35,545|   39,082|   35,552|   38,548|    40,346|   30,653| 13,810|   16,843|  9,693|  3,905|  5,788|   33,492|  6,854
Massachusetts ..........|   62,493|   63,300|   65,051|   66,044|   66,774|    67,654|   58,886| 26,467|   32,419|  8,768|  3,417|  5,351|   31,190| 36,464
Michigan ...............|   77,755|   80,293|   83,746|   84,998|   89,327|    88,325|   67,070| 30,287|   36,783| 21,255|  8,623| 12,632|   70,986| 17,339
Minnesota ..............|   44,926|   45,399|   59,964|   63,893|   64,361|    64,246|   48,731| 23,344|   25,387| 15,515|  6,574|  8,941|   49,880| 14,366
Mississippi ............|   28,393|   28,775|   28,657|   30,356|   32,406|    37,841|   32,384| 13,500|   18,884|  5,457|  1,972|  3,485|   35,207|  2,634
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Missouri ...............|   41,417|   44,320|   45,975|   48,639|   48,446|    49,730|   43,156| 19,422|   23,734|  6,574|  2,746|  3,828|   33,069| 16,661
Montana ................|    8,047|    7,904|    8,012|    7,771|    7,786|     7,868|    7,052|  3,521|    3,531|    816|    348|    468|    7,166|702.00
Nebraska ...............|   18,075|   17,648|   19,970|   19,027|   19,280|    19,928|   17,259|  8,055|    9,204|  2,669|  1,068|  1,601|   15,131|  4,797
Nevada .................|   10,113|   11,312|    9,758|   10,490|   11,052|    10,236|    7,272|  3,059|    4,213|  2,964|  1,287|  1,677|    8,815|  1,421
New Hampshire ..........|   11,039|   10,505|   11,168|   13,143|   12,553|    12,408|   10,952|  5,175|    5,777|  1,456|    502|    954|    7,209|  5,199
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New Jersey .............|   47,327|   48,577|   53,197|   52,233|   53,797|    55,624|   46,468| 21,742|   24,726|  9,156|  3,507|  5,649|   45,212| 10,412
New Mexico .............|   15,102|   15,391|   14,996|   15,261|   15,785|    15,834|   12,602|  5,717|    6,885|  3,232|  1,526|  1,706|   14,452|  1,382
New York ...............|  154,024|  157,476|  162,406|  168,181|  167,849|   171,246|  158,259| 72,941|   85,318| 12,987|  5,398|  7,589|   97,949| 73,297
North Carolina .........|   61,065|   66,609|   67,381|   69,343|   74,731|    78,576|   60,366| 27,141|   33,225| 18,210|  7,576| 10,634|   63,706| 14,870
North Dakota ...........|    7,936|    8,293|    8,620|    8,929|    9,332|     9,149|    8,178|  4,325|    3,853|    971|    425|    546|    8,090|  1,059
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Ohio ...................|   92,730|   96,062|   93,898|   98,823|   95,580|   100,076|   84,591| 38,752|   45,839| 15,485|  6,656|  8,829|   71,415| 28,661
Oklahoma ...............|   29,411|   32,009|   34,028|   35,094|   36,552|    34,659|   27,495| 13,003|   14,492|  7,164|  2,872|  4,292|   29,737|  4,922
Oregon .................|   22,450|   22,523|   24,530|   26,946|   27,119|    27,112|   20,215|  9,547|   10,668|  6,897|  3,192|  3,705|   22,678|  4,434
Pennsylvania ...........|  111,864|  112,170|  119,899|  125,578|  127,255|   131,518|  112,092| 53,603|   58,489| 19,426|  7,747| 11,679|   74,687| 56,831
Rhode Island ...........|   13,848|   14,372|   14,071|   13,789|   14,421|    14,819|   13,227|  6,126|    7,101|  1,592|    609|    983|    6,477|  8,342
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South Carolina .........|   31,187|   32,026|   31,517|   32,353|   34,503|    37,589|   31,531| 13,536|   17,995|  6,058|  2,206|  3,852|   30,644|  6,945
South Dakota ...........|    7,783|    8,504|    9,542|    8,597|    8,588|     9,124|    8,056|  3,936|    4,120|  1,068|    438|    630|    7,191|  1,933
Tennessee ..............|   38,262|   38,626|   39,410|   43,327|   43,411|    44,876|   40,457| 17,994|   22,463|  4,419|  1,808|  2,611|   29,911| 14,965
Texas ..................|  145,218|  157,878|  163,120|  181,813|  178,185|   188,647|  132,844| 62,000|   70,844| 55,803| 25,892| 29,911|  162,995| 25,652
Utah ...................|   28,101|   25,893|   25,695|   24,953|   28,211|    28,866|   20,988|  9,705|   11,283|  7,878|  3,981|  3,897|   21,537|  7,329
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Vermont ................|    7,169|    6,812|    6,914|    6,810|    6,941|     6,583|    6,006|  3,064|    2,942|    577|    181|    396|    3,631|  2,952
Virginia ...............|   48,385|   51,131|   50,830|   52,661|   51,416|    56,031|   48,749| 21,635|   27,114|  7,282|  3,024|  4,258|   42,057| 13,974
Washington .............|   96,017|   32,910|   33,484|   36,287|   38,417|    36,549|   31,661| 15,083|   16,578|  4,888|  2,232|  2,656|   29,303|  7,246
West Virginia ..........|   15,356|   16,164|   15,797|   15,659|   16,136|    16,826|   15,653|  7,351|    8,302|  1,173|    471|    702|   13,466|  3,360
Wisconsin ..............|   50,925|   49,859|   54,017|   53,662|   55,800|    57,559|   44,886| 20,872|   24,014| 12,673|  4,743|  7,930|   48,859|  8,700
Wyoming ................|    4,695|    4,421|    3,912|    4,209|    5,310|     6,230|    5,616|  3,659|    1,957|    614|    242|    372|    4,291|  1,939
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U.S. Service Schools ...|    9,742|    3,958|    3,788|    3,818|    4,045|     3,898|    3,898|  3,229|      669|      0|      0|      0|    3,898|     †
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   Other jurisdictions .|   36,163|   34,572|   36,540|   39,609|   38,182|    40,931|   37,923| 15,147|   22,776|  3,008|  1,295|  1,713|   17,334| 23,597
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American Samoa .........|      954|      435|      723|      297|      440|       477|      255|    126|      129|    222|     94|    128|      477|     †
Federated States of     |         |         |         |         |         |          |         |       |         |       |       |       |         |
   Micronesia ..........|      365|      366|      616|      786|    1,002|       952|      819|    421|      398|    133|     64|     69|      952|     †
Guam ...................|      616|      562|      607|      770|      729|       756|      515|    185|      330|    241|    104|    137|      729|     27
Marshall Islands .......|      159|      190|      236|      199|      220|       224|      216|    105|      111|      8|      6|      2|      224|     †
Northern Marianas ......|      163|      117|      333|      333|      178|       241|      112|     45|       67|    129|     72|     57|      241|     †
Palau ..................|       83|      140|      115|      147|      147|       103|       95|     50|       45|      8|      3|      5|      103|     †
Puerto Rico ............|   33,522|   32,448|   33,489|   36,773|   34,908|    37,547|   35,475| 14,105|   21,370|  2,072|    904|  1,168|   13,977| 23,570
Virgin Islands .........|      301|      314|      421|      304|      558|       631|      436|    110|      326|    195|     48|    147|      631|     †
________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______

†Not applicable.
\1\Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1997 through 2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:97-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003. (This table was prepared October 2004.)