Table 369. | Participants in adult basic and secondary education programs, by type of program and state or jurisdiction: Selected fiscal years, 1990 through 2005 |
State or jurisdiction | 1990 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||
Total | Adult basic education | English literacy | Adult secondary education | Total | Adult basic education | English literacy | Adult secondary education | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
United States | 3,535,970 | 3,306,687 | 2,679,927 | 2,627,618 | 1,044,111 | 1,168,897 | 414,610 | 2,543,953 | 1,009,706 | 1,139,965 | 394,282 |
Alabama | 40,177 | 22,430 | 22,019 | 21,555 | 17,423 | 1,576 | 2,556 | 19,827 | 15,691 | 1,626 | 2,510 |
Alaska | 5,067 | 5,396 | 4,723 | 3,588 | 2,206 | 502 | 880 | 3,791 | 2,434 | 600 | 757 |
Arizona | 33,805 | 55,274 | 32,492 | 27,699 | 10,340 | 16,140 | 1,219 | 26,881 | 11,205 | 14,544 | 1,132 |
Arkansas | 29,065 | 39,102 | 38,336 | 35,512 | 22,425 | 5,149 | 7,938 | 37,102 | 22,570 | 5,868 | 8,664 |
California | 1,021,227 | 456,125 | 565,311 | 591,574 | 89,320 | 435,777 | 66,477 | 591,893 | 96,986 | 429,024 | 65,883 |
Colorado | 12,183 | 13,743 | 15,137 | 15,097 | 4,406 | 9,295 | 1,396 | 15,011 | 4,244 | 9,427 | 1,340 |
Connecticut | 46,434 | 27,698 | 33,062 | 32,878 | 5,576 | 14,675 | 12,627 | 31,958 | 4,852 | 13,891 | 13,215 |
Delaware | 2,662 | 3,278 | 5,953 | 6,119 | 3,549 | 1,698 | 872 | 6,329 | 3,221 | 1,968 | 1,140 |
District of Columbia | 19,586 | 2,828 | 3,226 | 3,170 | 1,165 | 1,502 | 503 | 3,646 | 1,382 | 1,845 | 419 |
Florida | 419,429 | 399,772 | 387,710 | 370,985 | 145,141 | 125,891 | 99,953 | 348,119 | 130,805 | 114,310 | 103,004 |
Georgia | 69,580 | 107,980 | 114,008 | 118,458 | 64,728 | 41,598 | 12,132 | 95,434 | 54,240 | 31,659 | 9,535 |
Hawaii | 52,012 | 16,176 | 10,687 | 9,089 | 1,296 | 3,919 | 3,874 | 7,461 | 1,895 | 3,061 | 2,505 |
Idaho | 11,171 | 10,542 | 8,780 | 7,261 | 3,795 | 2,400 | 1,066 | 7,744 | 4,250 | 2,475 | 1,019 |
Illinois | 87,121 | 120,752 | 130,492 | 124,404 | 40,592 | 68,253 | 15,559 | 118,296 | 30,897 | 72,311 | 15,088 |
Indiana | 44,166 | 41,760 | 41,397 | 41,148 | 21,678 | 8,315 | 11,155 | 43,498 | 24,181 | 8,197 | 11,120 |
Iowa | 41,507 | 31,757 | 16,338 | 12,242 | 6,053 | 3,844 | 2,345 | 11,989 | 5,482 | 3,915 | 2,592 |
Kansas | 10,274 | 11,410 | 10,386 | 9,788 | 4,906 | 3,873 | 1,009 | 9,475 | 4,567 | 3,830 | 1,078 |
Kentucky | 28,090 | 37,061 | 34,700 | 32,235 | 23,030 | 3,113 | 6,092 | 30,931 | 22,488 | 2,768 | 5,675 |
Louisiana | 40,039 | 38,873 | 31,998 | 32,502 | 24,856 | 1,910 | 5,736 | 29,367 | 22,621 | 1,917 | 4,829 |
Maine | 14,964 | 9,807 | 10,485 | 8,814 | 3,758 | 1,469 | 3,587 | 8,151 | 3,645 | 1,765 | 2,741 |
Maryland | 41,230 | 27,556 | 30,082 | 30,304 | 12,712 | 12,020 | 5,572 | 27,055 | 11,414 | 10,347 | 5,294 |
Massachusetts | 34,220 | 24,565 | 21,337 | 21,578 | 7,471 | 11,888 | 2,219 | 21,448 | 7,317 | 12,013 | 2,118 |
Michigan | 194,178 | 86,218 | 70,893 | 48,273 | 24,281 | 13,301 | 10,691 | 34,768 | 20,560 | 10,843 | 3,365 |
Minnesota | 45,648 | 517,693 | 43,864 | 44,220 | 12,196 | 25,729 | 6,295 | 47,174 | 13,081 | 27,507 | 6,586 |
Mississippi | 18,957 | 40,370 | 36,614 | 26,467 | 21,304 | 834 | 4,329 | 25,675 | 21,437 | 781 | 3,457 |
Missouri | 31,815 | 38,773 | 41,928 | 37,729 | 24,186 | 8,036 | 5,507 | 37,052 | 23,518 | 7,955 | 5,579 |
Montana | 6,071 | 4,995 | 4,437 | 3,864 | 2,641 | 198 | 1,025 | 3,291 | 2,266 | 199 | 826 |
Nebraska | 6,158 | 9,095 | 10,200 | 10,267 | 4,842 | 4,237 | 1,188 | 10,226 | 4,795 | 4,217 | 1,214 |
Nevada | 17,262 | 22,346 | 7,601 | 8,732 | 1,148 | 7,015 | 569 | 9,981 | 1,400 | 8,163 | 418 |
New Hampshire | 7,198 | 5,519 | 6,444 | 5,866 | 1,833 | 1,866 | 2,167 | 5,804 | 1,916 | 1,925 | 1,963 |
New Jersey | 64,080 | 44,712 | 42,465 | 41,803 | 12,918 | 24,497 | 4,388 | 40,889 | 12,235 | 25,265 | 3,389 |
New Mexico | 30,236 | 29,197 | 21,587 | 22,842 | 12,383 | 8,466 | 1,993 | 24,132 | 13,409 | 8,299 | 2,424 |
New York | 156,611 | 194,028 | 138,184 | 165,618 | 63,755 | 90,305 | 11,558 | 157,486 | 59,929 | 86,111 | 11,446 |
North Carolina | 109,740 | 154,786 | 108,431 | 110,185 | 60,695 | 29,646 | 19,844 | 109,047 | 60,673 | 29,711 | 18,663 |
North Dakota | 3,587 | 1,964 | 2,145 | 2,154 | 1,321 | 263 | 570 | 2,063 | 1,225 | 273 | 565 |
Ohio | 95,476 | 81,010 | 59,761 | 56,607 | 37,335 | 9,040 | 10,232 | 50,869 | 33,893 | 8,031 | 8,945 |
Oklahoma | 24,307 | 20,534 | 21,620 | 21,164 | 13,699 | 4,580 | 2,885 | 20,447 | 13,338 | 4,480 | 2,629 |
Oregon | 37,075 | 27,981 | 24,863 | 21,701 | 9,404 | 11,023 | 1,274 | 21,668 | 9,753 | 10,436 | 1,479 |
Pennsylvania | 52,444 | 46,836 | 52,823 | 53,706 | 26,222 | 15,912 | 11,572 | 54,274 | 27,652 | 16,195 | 10,427 |
Rhode Island | 7,347 | 7,950 | 4,567 | 5,166 | 1,995 | 1,950 | 1,221 | 6,697 | 2,442 | 3,138 | 1,117 |
South Carolina | 81,200 | 132,497 | 69,284 | 67,408 | 44,713 | 7,524 | 15,171 | 65,901 | 45,497 | 7,534 | 12,870 |
South Dakota | 3,184 | 5,431 | 3,446 | 3,607 | 2,356 | 598 | 653 | 3,517 | 2,218 | 545 | 754 |
Tennessee | 41,721 | 49,386 | 46,166 | 47,755 | 34,564 | 6,600 | 6,591 | 48,924 | 35,770 | 6,738 | 6,416 |
Texas | 218,747 | 106,516 | 128,363 | 122,773 | 49,283 | 66,667 | 6,823 | 119,867 | 49,237 | 64,726 | 5,904 |
Utah | 24,841 | 28,987 | 32,883 | 31,429 | 13,213 | 11,690 | 6,526 | 29,320 | 14,170 | 10,218 | 4,932 |
Vermont | 4,808 | 4,436 | 1,937 | 2,283 | 1,289 | 254 | 740 | 2,015 | 1,099 | 273 | 643 |
Virginia | 31,649 | 31,211 | 31,574 | 28,037 | 12,462 | 12,068 | 3,507 | 29,222 | 12,260 | 13,020 | 3,942 |
Washington | 31,776 | 57,999 | 55,363 | 40,193 | 14,157 | 23,495 | 2,541 | 50,386 | 18,488 | 28,296 | 3,602 |
West Virginia | 21,186 | 22,403 | 10,717 | 10,213 | 8,048 | 275 | 1,890 | 9,444 | 7,049 | 287 | 2,108 |
Wisconsin | 61,081 | 27,297 | 30,437 | 29,132 | 13,986 | 7,618 | 7,528 | 26,029 | 12,748 | 7,034 | 6,247 |
Wyoming | 3,578 | 2,632 | 2,671 | 2,424 | 1,456 | 403 | 565 | 2,379 | 1,261 | 404 | 714 |
Other jurisdictions | 31,400 | 53,799 | 54,259 | 49,410 | 17,661 | 3,672 | 28,077 | 37,328 | 7,525 | 2,784 | 27,019 |
American Samoa | — | — | 824 | 833 | 373 | 380 | 80 | 838 | 343 | 410 | 85 |
Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Guam | 1,311 | 902 | 989 | 900 | 572 | 71 | 257 | 1062 | 552 | 132 | 378 |
Marshall Islands | — | 2,963 | 302 | 311 | 112 | 129 | 70 | — | — | — | — |
Northern Marianas | — | 527 | 475 | 436 | 27 | 189 | 220 | 740 | 59 | 274 | 407 |
Palau | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | 206 | 66 | 56 | 84 |
Puerto Rico | 28,436 | 47,974 | 50,301 | 45,796 | 16,079 | 2,674 | 27,043 | 33,463 | 6,186 | 1,482 | 25,795 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1,653 | 1,433 | 1,279 | 1,134 | 498 | 229 | 407 | 1,019 | 319 | 430 | 270 |
— Not available. NOTE: Adult basic education provides instruction in basic skills for adults 16 and over functioning at literacy levels below the secondary level. Adult secondary education provides instruction at the high school level for adults who are seeking to pass the GED or obtain an adult high school credential. English literacy instruction is for adults who lack proficiency in English and who seek to improve their literacy and competence in English. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, "Adult Education Program Facts, Program Year 1990–1991," Enrollment and Participation in the State-Administered Adult Education Program, selected years, 2000 through 2005, retrieved on August 11, 2005, from http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/aedatatables.html. (This table was prepared September 2006.) |