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Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005


Table 204. Residence and migration of all freshmen students in degree-granting institutions who graduated from high school in the previous 12 months, 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 ......| 1,680,426| 1,659,810|  1,346,818|    0.80|     0.81| 312,992| 333,608|  20,616
                       |__________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
Alabama ...............|    25,609|    22,894|     20,215|    0.79|     0.88|   2,679|   5,394|   2,715
Alaska ................|     2,033|     3,333|      1,848|    0.91|     0.55|   1,485|     185|  -1,300
Arizona ...............|    26,028|    21,915|     19,427|    0.75|     0.89|   2,488|   6,601|   4,113
Arkansas ..............|    17,255|    16,101|     14,291|    0.83|     0.89|   1,810|   2,964|   1,154
California ............|   180,900|   182,266|    166,943|    0.92|     0.92|  15,323|  13,957|  -1,366
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Colorado ..............|    25,812|    24,976|     19,693|    0.76|     0.79|   5,283|   6,119|     836
Connecticut ...........|    20,774|    23,528|     12,784|    0.62|     0.54|  10,744|   7,990|  -2,754
Delaware ..............|     4,860|     3,322|      1,780|    0.37|     0.54|   1,542|   3,080|   1,538
District of Columbia ..|     8,044|     2,364|        686|    0.09|     0.29|   1,678|   7,358|   5,680
Florida ...............|    79,934|    74,218|     66,042|    0.83|     0.89|   8,176|  13,892|   5,716
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Georgia ...............|    42,165|    42,870|     35,149|    0.83|     0.82|   7,721|   7,016|    -705
Hawaii ................|     6,076|     6,733|      4,462|    0.73|     0.66|   2,271|   1,614|    -657
Idaho .................|     7,907|     7,439|      5,487|    0.69|     0.74|   1,952|   2,420|     468
Illinois ..............|    65,455|    76,378|     57,252|    0.87|     0.75|  19,126|   8,203| -10,923
Indiana ...............|    44,991|    38,023|     33,388|    0.74|     0.88|   4,635|  11,603|   6,968
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Iowa ..................|    27,622|    23,314|     20,271|    0.73|     0.87|   3,043|   7,351|   4,308
Kansas ................|    18,004|    17,342|     14,636|    0.81|     0.84|   2,706|   3,368|     662
Kentucky ..............|    25,987|    24,050|     21,481|    0.83|     0.89|   2,569|   4,506|   1,937
Louisiana .............|    28,382|    26,677|     23,924|    0.84|     0.90|   2,753|   4,458|   1,705
Maine .................|     6,560|     7,524|      4,341|    0.66|     0.58|   3,183|   2,219|    -964
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Maryland ..............|    27,234|    32,851|     20,858|    0.77|     0.63|  11,993|   6,376|  -5,617
Massachusetts .........|    48,668|    42,482|     28,982|    0.60|     0.68|  13,500|  19,686|   6,186
Michigan ..............|    56,179|    58,102|     51,675|    0.92|     0.89|   6,427|   4,504|  -1,923
Minnesota .............|    37,421|    40,062|     30,088|    0.80|     0.75|   9,974|   7,333|  -2,641
Mississippi ...........|    19,316|    17,556|     16,379|    0.85|     0.93|   1,177|   2,937|   1,760
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Missouri ..............|    33,770|    32,463|     26,757|    0.79|     0.82|   5,706|   7,013|   1,307
Montana ...............|     5,830|     6,115|      4,328|    0.74|     0.71|   1,787|   1,502|    -285
Nebraska ..............|    13,152|    13,340|     10,834|    0.82|     0.81|   2,506|   2,318|    -188
Nevada ................|     6,042|     6,626|      5,045|    0.83|     0.76|   1,581|     997|    -584
New Hampshire .........|     8,728|     8,279|      4,321|    0.50|     0.52|   3,958|   4,407|     449
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
New Jersey ............|    35,450|    56,795|     32,200|    0.91|     0.57|  24,595|   3,250| -21,345
New Mexico ............|    10,304|    11,081|      8,786|    0.85|     0.79|   2,295|   1,518|    -777
New York ..............|   116,439|   117,743|     94,172|    0.81|     0.80|  23,571|  22,267|  -1,304
North Carolina ........|    51,908|    44,795|     40,658|    0.78|     0.91|   4,137|  11,250|   7,113
North Dakota ..........|     7,427|     6,213|      4,581|    0.62|     0.74|   1,632|   2,846|   1,214
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Ohio ..................|    70,511|    70,804|     59,696|    0.85|     0.84|  11,108|  10,815|    -293
Oklahoma ..............|    20,605|    19,491|     17,096|    0.83|     0.88|   2,395|   3,509|   1,114
Oregon ................|    16,493|    16,017|     12,271|    0.74|     0.77|   3,746|   4,222|     476
Pennsylvania ..........|    92,473|    80,264|     66,132|    0.72|     0.82|  14,132|  26,341|  12,209
Rhode Island ..........|     9,979|     5,612|      3,269|    0.33|     0.58|   2,343|   6,710|   4,367
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
South Carolina ........|    23,274|    20,474|     17,905|    0.77|     0.87|   2,569|   5,369|   2,800
South Dakota ..........|     5,657|     5,757|      3,906|    0.69|     0.68|   1,851|   1,751|    -100
Tennessee .............|    31,319|    29,494|     24,166|    0.77|     0.82|   5,328|   7,153|   1,825
Texas .................|   119,005|   122,713|    109,858|    0.92|     0.90|  12,855|   9,147|  -3,708
Utah ..................|    18,253|    14,537|     13,299|    0.73|     0.91|   1,238|   4,954|   3,716
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Vermont ...............|     5,425|     3,809|      1,633|    0.30|     0.43|   2,176|   3,792|   1,616
Virginia ..............|    42,577|    39,207|     30,921|    0.73|     0.79|   8,286|  11,656|   3,370
Washington ............|    25,376|    26,792|     21,058|    0.83|     0.79|   5,734|   4,318|  -1,416
West Virginia .........|    11,884|     9,678|      8,338|    0.70|     0.86|   1,340|   3,546|   2,206
Wisconsin .............|    38,340|    38,017|     30,978|    0.81|     0.81|   7,039|   7,362|     323
Wyoming ...............|     4,942|     3,424|      2,380|    0.48|     0.70|   1,044|   2,562|   1,518
                       |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
U.S. Service Schools ..|     2,047|         †|        148|       †|        †|    -148|   1,899|   2,047
State unknown\5\ ......|         †|    13,950|          †|       †|        †|  13,950|       †| -13,950
                       |==========|==========|===========|========|=========|========|========|========
   Other jurisdictions |    20,540|    21,683|     20,462|    1.00|     0.94|   1,221|      78|  -1,143
                       |__________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
American Samoa ........|       ---|        54|        ---|     ---|      ---|      54|     ---|     -54
Federated States of    |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
   Micronesia .........|       951|     1,015|        951|    1.00|     0.94|      64|     ---|     -64
Guam ..................|        98|       226|         73|    0.74|     0.32|     153|      25|    -128
Marshall Islands ......|       ---|        20|        ---|     ---|      ---|      20|     ---|     -20
Northern Marianas .....|        71|        77|         55|    0.77|     0.71|      22|      16|      -6
Palau .................|        57|        65|         46|    0.81|     0.71|      19|      11|      -8
Puerto Rico ...........|    19,363|    19,848|     19,337|    1.00|     0.97|     511|      26|    -485
Virgin Islands ........|       ---|       378|        ---|     ---|      ---|     378|     ---|    -378
                       |==========|==========|===========|========|=========|========|========|========
Foreign countries .....|         †|    19,473|          †|       †|        †|  19,473|       †| -19,473
_______________________|__________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________

†Not applicable.
---Not available.
\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. St 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.)