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Table 205. Residence and migration of all freshmen students in 4-year 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
                       | enrolled |        state         |   remaining to-- |
                       |in insti- |______________________|__________________|_________________________
State or jurisdiction  |  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 ......| 1,155,167| 1,136,883|    853,635|    0.74|     0.75|283,248| 301,532|  18,284
                       |__________|__________|___________|________|_________|_______|________|________
Alabama ...............|    16,759|    14,258|     11,805|    0.70|     0.83|  2,453|   4,954|   2,501
Alaska ................|     2,014|     3,218|      1,830|    0.91|     0.57|  1,388|     184|  -1,204
Arizona ...............|    15,226|    12,588|     10,345|    0.68|     0.82|  2,243|   4,881|   2,638
Arkansas ..............|    12,772|    11,486|      9,989|    0.78|     0.87|  1,497|   2,783|   1,286
California ............|    91,048|    95,062|     80,780|    0.89|     0.85| 14,282|  10,268|  -4,014
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
Colorado ..............|    19,970|    19,081|     14,285|    0.72|     0.75|  4,796|   5,685|     889
Connecticut ...........|    16,685|    19,318|      8,747|    0.52|     0.45| 10,571|   7,938|  -2,633
Delaware ..............|     4,807|     3,220|      1,753|    0.36|     0.54|  1,467|   3,054|   1,587
District of Columbia ..|     8,044|     2,198|        686|    0.09|     0.31|  1,512|   7,358|   5,846
Florida ...............|    44,591|    43,005|     35,347|    0.79|     0.82|  7,658|   9,244|   1,586
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
Georgia ...............|    30,465|    31,487|     24,214|    0.79|     0.77|  7,273|   6,251|  -1,022
Hawaii ................|     3,168|     4,424|      2,260|    0.71|     0.51|  2,164|     908|  -1,256
Idaho .................|     6,501|     5,989|      4,263|    0.66|     0.71|  1,726|   2,238|     512
Illinois ..............|    41,068|    51,693|     33,441|    0.81|     0.65| 18,252|   7,627| -10,625
Indiana ...............|    40,033|    32,767|     28,725|    0.72|     0.88|  4,042|  11,308|   7,266
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
Iowa ..................|    17,696|    13,877|     11,100|    0.63|     0.80|  2,777|   6,596|   3,819
Kansas ................|     9,824|     9,976|      7,471|    0.76|     0.75|  2,505|   2,353|    -152
Kentucky ..............|    19,461|    17,423|     15,063|    0.77|     0.86|  2,360|   4,398|   2,038
Louisiana .............|    24,473|    22,393|     20,063|    0.82|     0.90|  2,330|   4,410|   2,080
Maine .................|     5,261|     6,173|      3,093|    0.59|     0.50|  3,080|   2,168|    -912
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
Maryland ..............|    16,034|    21,895|     10,401|    0.65|     0.48| 11,494|   5,633|  -5,861
Massachusetts .........|    38,491|    32,409|     19,267|    0.50|     0.59| 13,142|  19,224|   6,082
Michigan ..............|    40,546|    42,393|     36,392|    0.90|     0.86|  6,001|   4,154|  -1,847
Minnesota .............|    23,477|    26,694|     17,199|    0.73|     0.64|  9,495|   6,278|  -3,217
Mississippi ...........|     7,786|     6,335|      5,283|    0.68|     0.83|  1,052|   2,503|   1,451
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
Missouri ..............|    22,992|    21,374|     16,429|    0.71|     0.77|  4,945|   6,563|   1,618
Montana ...............|     5,103|     5,092|      3,638|    0.71|     0.71|  1,454|   1,465|      11
Nebraska ..............|     9,840|     9,813|      7,687|    0.78|     0.78|  2,126|   2,153|      27
Nevada ................|     4,441|     4,889|      3,472|    0.78|     0.71|  1,417|     969|    -448
New Hampshire .........|     7,249|     6,662|      3,000|    0.41|     0.45|  3,662|   4,249|     587
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
New Jersey ............|    21,428|    42,439|     18,387|    0.86|     0.43| 24,052|   3,041| -21,011
New Mexico ............|     6,090|     6,855|      5,094|    0.84|     0.74|  1,761|     996|    -765
New York ..............|    84,474|    86,409|     63,422|    0.75|     0.73| 22,987|  21,052|  -1,935
North Carolina ........|    37,620|    30,593|     26,800|    0.71|     0.88|  3,793|  10,820|   7,027
North Dakota ..........|     5,446|     4,173|      2,906|    0.53|     0.70|  1,267|   2,540|   1,273
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
Ohio ..................|    56,428|    56,465|     46,036|    0.82|     0.82| 10,429|  10,392|     -37
Oklahoma ..............|    14,447|    13,164|     11,343|    0.79|     0.86|  1,821|   3,104|   1,283
Oregon ................|    11,914|    11,488|      8,058|    0.68|     0.70|  3,430|   3,856|     426
Pennsylvania ..........|    76,119|    64,302|     50,962|    0.67|     0.79| 13,340|  25,157|  11,817
Rhode Island ..........|     8,221|     3,876|      1,665|    0.20|     0.43|  2,211|   6,556|   4,345
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
South Carolina ........|    17,662|    14,784|     12,456|    0.71|     0.84|  2,328|   5,206|   2,878
South Dakota ..........|     5,156|     4,986|      3,449|    0.67|     0.69|  1,537|   1,707|     170
Tennessee .............|    22,490|    20,696|     15,612|    0.69|     0.75|  5,084|   6,878|   1,794
Texas .................|    67,400|    73,476|     61,377|    0.91|     0.84| 12,099|   6,023|  -6,076
Utah ..................|    13,709|    10,207|      9,113|    0.66|     0.89|  1,094|   4,596|   3,502
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
Vermont ...............|     5,305|     3,642|      1,611|    0.30|     0.44|  2,031|   3,694|   1,663
Virginia ..............|    35,090|    31,809|     23,923|    0.68|     0.75|  7,886|  11,167|   3,281
Washington ............|    17,309|    18,520|     13,272|    0.77|     0.72|  5,248|   4,037|  -1,211
West Virginia .........|    10,772|     8,531|      7,424|    0.69|     0.87|  1,107|   3,348|   2,241
Wisconsin .............|    28,868|    28,006|     21,661|    0.75|     0.77|  6,345|   7,207|     862
Wyoming ...............|     1,347|     1,851|        888|    0.66|     0.48|    963|     459|    -504
                       |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
U.S. Service Schools ..|     2,047|         †|        148|       †|        †|   -148|   1,899|   2,047
State unknown\5\ ......|         †|     3,419|          †|       †|        †|  3,419|       †|  -3,419
                       |==========|==========|===========|========|=========|=======|========|========
   Other jurisdictions |    16,603|    17,623|     16,544|    1.00|     0.94|  1,079|      59|  -1,020
                       |__________|__________|___________|________|_________|_______|________|__________
American Samoa ........|         †|        35|          †|       †|        †|     35|       †|     -35
Federated States of    |          |          |           |        |         |       |        |
   Micronesia .........|         †|        44|          †|       †|        †|     44|       †|     -44
Guam ..................|        18|       146|          1|    0.06|     0.01|    145|      17|    -128
Marshall Islands ......|         †|         9|          †|       †|        †|      9|       †|      -9
Northern Marianas .....|        71|        77|         55|       †|        †|     22|      16|      -6
Palau .................|         †|        18|          †|       †|        †|     18|       †|     -18
Puerto Rico ...........|    16,514|    16,934|     16,488|    1.00|     0.97|    446|      26|    -420
Virgin Islands ........|         †|       360|          †|       †|        †|    360|       †|    -360
                       |==========|==========|===========|========|=========|=======|========|========
Foreign countries .....|         †|    17,264|          †|       †|        †| 17,264|       †| -17,264
_______________________|__________|__________|___________|________|_________|_______|________|________

†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 degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

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