Table 100.

Public high school graduates, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980–81 through 2004–05

State or jurisdiction	1980–81	1985–86	1990–91	1995–96	1999–2000	2000–011	2001–02	2002–031	2003–04		Projected 2004–05 graduates	Percent change, 1990–91 to 2004–05
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12
United States	2,725,285	2,382,616	2,234,893	2,273,109	2,553,844	2,569,200	2,621,534	2,719,947	2,753,438	1	2,801,190	25.3
Alabama	44,894	39,620	39,042	35,043	37,819	37,082	35,887	36,741	36,464		36,920	-5.4
Alaska	5,343	5,464	5,458	5,945	6,615	6,812	6,945	7,297	7,236		7,190	31.7
Arizona	28,416	27,533	31,282	30,008	38,304	46,733	47,175	49,986	45,508		62,400	99.5
Arkansas	29,577	26,227	25,668	25,094	27,335	27,100	26,984	27,555	27,181		26,630	3.7
California	242,172	229,026	234,164	259,071	309,866	315,189	325,895	341,097	343,480		355,720	51.9
Colorado	35,897	32,621	31,293	32,608	38,924	39,241	40,760	42,379	44,777		44,070	40.8
Connecticut	38,369	33,571	27,290	26,319	31,562	30,388	32,327	33,667	34,573		35,750	31.0
Delaware	7,349	5,791	5,223	5,609	6,108	6,614	6,482	6,817	6,951		6,830	30.8
District of Columbia2	4,848	3,875	3,369	2,696	2,695	2,808	3,090	2,725	3,031		2,900	-13.9
Florida	88,755	83,029	87,419	89,242	106,708	111,112	119,537	127,484	131,418		136,520	56.2
Georgia	62,963	59,082	60,088	56,271	62,563	62,499	65,983	66,890	68,550		71,110	18.3
Hawaii	11,472	9,958	8,974	9,387	10,437	10,102	10,452	10,013	10,324		10,450	16.4
Idaho	12,679	12,059	11,961	14,667	16,170	15,941	15,874	15,858	15,547		16,050	34.2
Illinois	136,795	114,319	103,329	104,626	111,835	110,624	116,657	117,507	124,763		120,950	17.1
Indiana	73,381	59,817	57,892	56,330	57,012	56,172	56,722	57,897	56,008		57,420	-0.8
Iowa	42,635	34,279	28,593	31,689	33,926	33,774	33,789	34,860	34,339		33,160	16.0
Kansas	29,397	25,587	24,414	25,786	29,102	29,360	29,541	29,963	30,155		29,700	21.7
Kentucky	41,714	37,288	35,835	36,641	36,830	36,957	36,337	37,654	37,787		36,850	2.8
Louisiana	46,199	39,965	33,489	36,467	38,430	38,314	37,905	37,610	37,019		35,870	7.1
Maine	15,554	13,006	13,151	11,795	12,211	12,654	12,593	12,947	13,278		13,330	1.4
Maryland	54,050	46,700	39,014	41,785	47,849	49,222	50,881	51,864	52,870		54,180	38.9
Massachusetts	74,831	60,360	50,216	47,993	52,950	54,393	55,272	55,987	58,326		59,140	17.8
Michigan	124,372	101,042	88,234	85,530	97,679	96,515	95,001	100,301	98,823		103,340	17.1
Minnesota	64,166	51,988	46,474	50,481	57,372	56,581	57,440	59,432	59,096		58,380	25.6
Mississippi	28,083	25,134	23,665	23,032	24,232	23,748	23,740	23,810	23,735		23,360	-1.3
Missouri	60,359	49,204	46,928	49,011	52,848	54,138	54,487	56,925	57,983		57,030	21.5
Montana	11,634	9,761	9,013	10,139	10,903	10,628	10,554	10,657	10,500		10,330	14.6
Nebraska	21,411	17,845	16,500	18,014	20,149	19,658	19,910	20,161	20,309		19,710	19.5
Nevada	9,069	8,784	9,370	10,374	14,551	15,127	16,270	16,378	15,201		17,870	90.7
New Hampshire	11,552	10,648	10,059	10,094	11,829	12,294	12,452	13,210	13,309		13,770	36.9
New Jersey	93,168	78,781	67,003	67,704	74,420	76,130	77,664	81,391	83,826		89,310	33.3
New Mexico	17,915	15,468	15,157	15,402	18,031	18,199	18,094	16,923	17,892		17,830	17.6
New York	198,465	162,165	133,562	134,401	141,731	141,884	140,139	143,818	142,526	3	149,180	11.7
North Carolina	69,395	65,865	62,792	57,014	62,140	63,288	65,955	69,696	72,126		73,990	17.8
North Dakota	9,924	7,610	7,573	8,027	8,606	8,445	8,114	8,169	7,888		7,600	0.4
Ohio	143,503	119,561	107,484	102,098	111,668	111,281	110,608	115,762	119,029		118,350	10.1
Oklahoma	38,875	34,452	33,007	33,060	37,646	37,458	36,852	36,694	36,799		36,290	9.9
Oregon	28,729	26,286	24,597	26,570	30,151	29,939	31,153	32,587	32,958		32,270	31.2
Pennsylvania	144,645	122,871	104,770	105,981	113,959	114,436	114,943	119,933	123,474		124,660	19.0
Rhode Island	10,719	8,908	7,744	7,689	8,477	8,603	9,006	9,318	9,258		9,900	27.8
South Carolina	38,347	34,500	32,999	30,182	31,617	30,026	31,302	32,482	33,235		32,640	-1.1
South Dakota	10,385	7,870	7,127	8,532	9,278	8,881	8,796	8,999	9,001		8,580	20.4
Tennessee	50,648	43,263	44,847	43,792	41,568	40,642	40,894	44,113	46,096		44,570	-0.6
Texas	171,665	161,150	174,306	171,844	212,925	215,316	225,167	238,111	244,165		240,990	38.3
Utah	19,886	19,774	22,219	26,293	32,501	31,036	30,183	29,527	30,252		29,210	31.5
Vermont	6,424	5,794	5,212	5,867	6,675	6,856	7,083	6,970	7,100		7,160	37.4
Virginia	67,126	63,113	58,441	58,166	65,596	66,067	66,519	72,943	72,042		74,510	27.5
Washington	50,046	45,805	42,514	49,862	57,597	55,081	58,311	60,435	61,274		61,140	43.8
West Virginia	23,580	21,870	21,064	20,335	19,437	18,440	17,128	17,287	17,339		17,040	-19.1
Wisconsin	67,743	58,340	49,340	52,651	58,545	59,341	60,575	63,272	62,784	3	63,550	28.8
Wyoming	6,161	5,587	5,728	5,892	6,462	6,071	6,106	5,845	5,833		5,540	-3.3
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—
DoDDS, overseas	—	—	—	2,674	2,642	2,621	2,554	2,641	2,766		—	—
DoDDS, domestic	—	—	—	—	560	568	565	590	584		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	608	597	719	698	722	823	832	852		—	—
Guam	—	840	1,014	987	1,406	1,371	—	1,502	1,346		—	—
Northern Marianas	—	—	273	325	360	361	416	422	575		—	—
Puerto Rico	—	31,597	29,329	29,499	30,856	30,154	30,278	31,408	30,083		—	—
Virgin Islands	—	1,044	981	937	1,060	966	883	884	816		—	—

—Not available. 1 Revised from previously published figures. 2 Beginning in 1985–86, graduates from adult programs are excluded. 3 Estimated high school graduates from NCES 2006-606rev, The Averaged Freshman Grad­uation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04. NOTE: Data include graduates of regular day school programs, but exclude graduates of other programs and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. DoDDS = Department of Defense dependents schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Educa­tion," 1981–82 through 2004–05; and The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04. (This table was prepared March 2007.)