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Table 203. Residence and migration of all freshmen students in degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2002

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                       |  Students | Student residents of | Ratio of students|   Migration of students
State or jurisdiction  |  enrolled |        state         |   remaining to-- |
                       | in insti- |______________________|__________________|__________________________
                       |   tutions | Attending| Attending |Students| Student | Out of |   Into |    Net
                       |located in |college in|college in |enrolled|residents|  state | state\4|(col. 8-
                       |the juris- |any juris-|home juris-|(col. 4/|(col. 4/ |(col. 3-|(col. 2-|col. 7)
                       |diction\1\ |diction\2\|diction\3\ |col. 2) | col. 3) |col. 4) |col. 4) |
_______________________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
1                      |         2 |        3 |         4 |      5 |       6 |      7 |      8 |      9
_______________________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
   United States ......|  2,570,611| 2,510,718|  2,097,547|    0.82|     0.84| 413,171| 473,064|  59,893
                       |___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
Alabama ...............|     43,065|    38,541|     34,845|    0.81|     0.90|   3,696|   8,220|   4,524
Alaska ................|      2,661|     4,412|      2,440|    0.92|     0.55|   1,972|     221|  -1,751
Arizona ...............|     46,879|    37,375|     34,007|    0.73|     0.91|   3,368|  12,872|   9,504
Arkansas ..............|     23,021|    22,290|     19,565|    0.85|     0.88|   2,725|   3,456|     731
California ............|    274,436|   270,392|    250,826|    0.91|     0.93|  19,566|  23,610|   4,044
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Colorado ..............|     44,525|    42,376|     35,646|    0.80|     0.84|   6,730|   8,879|   2,149
Connecticut ...........|     26,408|    30,910|     17,879|    0.68|     0.58|  13,031|   8,529|  -4,502
Delaware ..............|      9,299|     7,046|      5,126|    0.55|     0.73|   1,920|   4,173|   2,253
District of Columbia ..|     10,462|     3,481|      1,126|    0.11|     0.32|   2,355|   9,336|   6,981
Florida ...............|    125,322|   111,902|    100,953|    0.81|     0.90|  10,949|  24,369|  13,420
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Georgia ...............|     75,130|    74,177|     64,023|    0.85|     0.86|  10,154|  11,107|     953
Hawaii ................|      9,211|     8,975|      6,249|    0.68|     0.70|   2,726|   2,962|     236
Idaho .................|     12,950|    12,115|      9,577|    0.74|     0.79|   2,538|   3,373|     835
Illinois ..............|    110,013|   121,365|     98,429|    0.89|     0.81|  22,936|  11,584| -11,352
Indiana ...............|     62,691|    55,296|     49,029|    0.78|     0.89|   6,267|  13,662|   7,395
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Iowa ..................|     43,860|    36,368|     32,412|    0.74|     0.89|   3,956|  11,448|   7,492
Kansas ................|     29,271|    27,921|     24,215|    0.83|     0.87|   3,706|   5,056|   1,350
Kentucky ..............|     37,998|    35,632|     31,614|    0.83|     0.89|   4,018|   6,384|   2,366
Louisiana .............|     43,149|    41,441|     37,724|    0.87|     0.91|   3,717|   5,425|   1,708
Maine .................|     10,287|    11,628|      7,603|    0.74|     0.65|   4,025|   2,684|  -1,341
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Maryland ..............|     40,346|    46,276|     31,415|    0.78|     0.68|  14,861|   8,931|  -5,930
Massachusetts .........|     67,654|    58,293|     41,651|    0.62|     0.71|  16,642|  26,003|   9,361
Michigan ..............|     88,325|    87,455|     79,221|    0.90|     0.91|   8,234|   9,104|     870
Minnesota .............|     64,246|    64,654|     53,262|    0.83|     0.82|  11,392|  10,984|    -408
Mississippi ...........|     37,841|    32,648|     30,702|    0.81|     0.94|   1,946|   7,139|   5,193
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Missouri...............|     49,730|    47,387|     40,100|    0.81|     0.85|   7,287|   9,630|   2,343
Montana ...............|      7,868|     8,369|      6,146|    0.78|     0.73|   2,223|   1,722|    -501
Nebraska ..............|     19,928|    19,833|     16,740|    0.84|     0.84|   3,093|   3,188|      95
Nevada ................|     10,236|    10,645|      8,657|    0.85|     0.81|   1,988|   1,579|    -409
New Hampshire .........|     12,408|    11,131|      6,045|    0.49|     0.54|   5,086|   6,363|   1,277
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
New Jersey ............|     55,624|    79,381|     50,960|    0.92|     0.64|  28,421|   4,664| -23,757
New Mexico ............|     15,834|    16,029|     12,983|    0.82|     0.81|   3,046|   2,851|    -195
New York ..............|    171,246|   166,213|    138,390|    0.81|     0.83|  27,823|  32,856|   5,033
North Carolina ........|     78,576|    69,176|     63,235|    0.80|     0.91|   5,941|  15,341|   9,400
North Dakota ..........|      9,149|     8,167|      5,830|    0.64|     0.71|   2,337|   3,319|     982
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Ohio ..................|    100,076|   100,381|     86,241|    0.86|     0.86|  14,140|  13,835|    -305
Oklahoma ..............|     34,659|    32,632|     29,391|    0.85|     0.90|   3,241|   5,268|   2,027
Oregon ................|     27,112|    25,869|     21,160|    0.78|     0.82|   4,709|   5,952|   1,243
Pennsylvania ..........|    131,518|   118,962|    101,306|    0.77|     0.85|  17,656|  30,212|  12,556
Rhode Island ..........|     14,819|     8,969|      6,022|    0.41|     0.67|   2,947|   8,797|   5,850
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
South Carolina ........|     37,589|    34,488|     30,958|    0.82|     0.90|   3,530|   6,631|   3,101
South Dakota ..........|      9,124|     8,728|      6,411|    0.70|     0.73|   2,317|   2,713|     396
Tennessee .............|     44,876|    41,582|     34,662|    0.77|     0.83|   6,920|  10,214|   3,294
Texas .................|    188,647|   187,625|    171,141|    0.91|     0.91|  16,484|  17,506|   1,022
Utah ..................|     28,866|    23,478|     21,816|    0.76|     0.93|   1,662|   7,050|   5,388
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Vermont ...............|      6,583|     5,214|      2,442|    0.37|     0.47|   2,772|   4,141|   1,369
Virginia ..............|     56,031|    52,058|     41,262|    0.74|     0.79|  10,796|  14,769|   3,973
Washington ............|     36,549|    39,319|     31,433|    0.86|     0.80|   7,886|   5,116|  -2,770
West Virginia .........|     16,826|    14,465|     12,206|    0.73|     0.84|   2,259|   4,620|   2,361
Wisconsin .............|     57,559|    57,587|     48,893|    0.85|     0.85|   8,694|   8,666|     -28
Wyoming ...............|      6,230|     4,671|      3,272|    0.53|     0.70|   1,399|   2,958|   1,559
                       |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
U.S. Service Schools ..|      3,898|         †|        306|       †|        †|    -306|   3,592|   3,898
State unknown\5\ ......|          †|    35,390|          †|       †|        †|  35,390|       †| -35,390
                       |===========|==========|===========|========|=========|========|========|========
   Other jurisdictions |     40,931|    41,396|     39,549|    0.97|     0.96|   1,847|   1,382|    -465
                       |___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
American Samoa ........|        477|       537|        477|    1.00|     0.89|      60|       0|     -60
Federated States of    |           |          |           |        |         |        |        |
   Micronesia .........|        952|     1,089|        951|    1.00|     0.87|     138|       1|    -137
Guam ..................|        756|       557|        374|    0.49|     0.67|     183|     382|     199
Marshall Islands ......|        224|        75|       --- |    --- |     --- |      75|     224|     149
Northern Marianas .....|        241|       177|        144|    0.60|     0.81|      33|      97|      64
Palau .................|        103|       125|         85|    0.83|     0.68|      40|      18|     -22
Puerto Rico ...........|     37,547|    37,702|      36943|    0.98|     0.98|     759|     604|    -155
Virgin Islands ........|        631|     1,134|        575|    0.91|     0.51|     559|      56|    -503
                       |===========|==========|===========|========|=========|========|========|========
Foreign countries .....|          †|    35,418|          †|       †|        †|  35,418|       †| -35,418
Residence unknown .....|          †|    24,010|          †|       †|        †|  24,010|       †| -24,010
_______________________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________

---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\1\All of the new students reported by the institutions in that state; i.e., all in-migrants and "remaining" students.
\2\All students living in a particular state when admitted to an institution in any state. Students may be enrolled in any state.
\3\Students who attend institutions in their home state.
\4\Includes students coming to U.S. colleges from foreign countries and other jurisdictions.
\5\Students are reported in "state unknown" when an institution is unable to determine the student's home state.

NOTE: Includes all students who are enrolled at the reporting institution for the first time. Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2003. (This table was prepared November 2004.)