Table 104.

Public high school graduates, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2007-08

State or jurisdiction	1980-81	1989-90		1999-2000	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04		2004-05	2005-06		2006-07	Projected 2007-08 graduates	Percent change, 1999-2000 to 2007-08
1	2	3		4	5	6	7		8	9		10	11	12
United States	2,725,285	2,320,337	1	2,553,844	2,621,534	2,719,947	2,753,438	1	2,799,250	2,815,544	1	2,892,351	3,010,890	17.9
Alabama	44,894	40,485		37,819	35,887	36,741	36,464		37,453	37,918		38,912	39,440	4.3
Alaska	5,343	5,386		6,615	6,945	7,297	7,236		6,909	7,361		7,666	7,980	20.6
Arizona	28,416	32,103		38,304	47,175	49,986	45,508		59,498	54,091		55,954	52,060	35.9
Arkansas	29,577	26,475		27,335	26,984	27,555	27,181		26,621	28,790		27,166	29,480	7.8
California	242,172	236,291		309,866	325,895	341,097	343,480		355,217	343,515		356,641	385,290	24.3
Colorado	35,897	32,967		38,924	40,760	42,379	44,777		44,532	44,424		45,628	48,040	23.4
Connecticut	38,369	27,878		31,562	32,327	33,667	34,573		35,515	36,222		37,541	38,400	21.7
Delaware	7,349	5,550		6,108	6,482	6,817	6,951		6,934	7,275		7,205	7,480	22.5
District of Columbia2	4,848	3,626		2,695	3,090	2,725	3,031		2,781	3,150	3	2,944	3,320	23.2
Florida	88,755	88,934		106,708	119,537	127,484	131,418		133,318	134,686		142,284	148,170	38.9
Georgia	62,963	56,605		62,563	65,983	66,890	68,550		70,834	73,498		77,829	79,740	27.5
Hawaii	11,472	10,325		10,437	10,452	10,013	10,324		10,813	10,922		11,063	11,000	5.4
Idaho	12,679	11,971		16,170	15,874	15,858	15,547		15,768	16,096		16,242	16,760	3.6
Illinois	136,795	108,119		111,835	116,657	117,507	124,763		123,615	126,817		130,220	133,060	19.0
Indiana	73,381	60,012		57,012	56,722	57,897	56,008		55,444	57,920		59,887	62,960	10.4
Iowa	42,635	31,796		33,926	33,789	34,860	34,339		33,547	33,693		34,127	35,280	4.0
Kansas	29,397	25,367		29,102	29,541	29,963	30,155		30,355	29,818		30,139	29,990	3.1
Kentucky	41,714	38,005		36,830	36,337	37,654	37,787		38,399	38,449		39,099	40,650	10.4
Louisiana	46,199	36,053		38,430	37,905	37,610	37,019		36,009	33,275		34,274	34,130	-11.2
Maine	15,554	13,839		12,211	12,593	12,947	13,278		13,077	12,950		13,151	13,210	8.2
Maryland	54,050	41,566		47,849	50,881	51,864	52,870		54,170	55,536		57,564	58,270	21.8
Massachusetts	74,831	55,941	4	52,950	55,272	55,987	58,326		59,665	61,272		63,903	63,850	20.6
Michigan	124,372	93,807		97,679	95,001	100,301	98,823		101,582	102,582		111,838	109,390	12.0
Minnesota	64,166	49,087		57,372	57,440	59,432	59,096		58,391	58,898		59,497	60,900	6.1
Mississippi	28,083	25,182		24,232	23,740	23,810	23,735		23,523	23,848		24,186	24,890	2.7
Missouri	60,359	48,957		52,848	54,487	56,925	57,983		57,841	58,417		60,275	60,460	14.4
Montana	11,634	9,370		10,903	10,554	10,657	10,500		10,335	10,283		10,122	10,320	-5.3
Nebraska	21,411	17,664		20,149	19,910	20,161	20,309		19,940	19,764		19,873	20,740	2.9
Nevada	9,069	9,477		14,551	16,270	16,378	15,201		15,740	16,455		16,455	18,230	25.3
New Hampshire	11,552	10,766		11,829	12,452	13,210	13,309		13,775	13,988		14,452	14,590	23.3
New Jersey	93,168	69,824		74,420	77,664	81,391	83,826		86,502	90,049		93,013	95,110	27.8
New Mexico	17,915	14,884		18,031	18,094	16,923	17,892		17,353	17,822		16,131	17,750	-1.6
New York	198,465	143,318		141,731	140,139	143,818	142,526	5	153,203	161,817		168,333	169,690	19.7
North Carolina	69,395	64,782		62,140	65,955	69,696	72,126		75,010	76,710		76,031	81,210	30.7
North Dakota	9,924	7,690		8,606	8,114	8,169	7,888		7,555	7,192		7,159	7,150	-16.9
Ohio	143,503	114,513		111,668	110,608	115,762	119,029		116,702	117,356		117,658	122,580	9.8
Oklahoma	38,875	35,606		37,646	36,852	36,694	36,799		36,227	36,497		37,100	37,340	-0.8
Oregon	28,729	25,473		30,151	31,153	32,587	32,958		32,602	32,394		33,446	36,400	20.7
Pennsylvania	144,645	110,527		113,959	114,943	119,933	123,474		124,758	127,830	3	128,603	151,670	33.1
Rhode Island	10,719	7,825		8,477	9,006	9,318	9,258		9,881	10,108		10,384	10,340	22.0
South Carolina	38,347	32,483		31,617	31,302	32,482	33,235		33,439	34,970	3	35,108	35,140	11.1
South Dakota	10,385	7,650		9,278	8,796	8,999	9,001		8,585	8,589		8,346	8,210	-11.5
Tennessee	50,648	46,094		41,568	40,894	44,113	46,096		47,967	50,880		54,502	54,220	30.4
Texas	171,665	172,480		212,925	225,167	238,111	244,165		239,717	240,485		241,193	259,500	21.9
Utah	19,886	21,196		32,501	30,183	29,527	30,252		30,253	29,050		28,276	30,840	-5.1
Vermont	6,424	6,127		6,675	7,083	6,970	7,100		7,152	6,779		7,317	7,080	6.1
Virginia	67,126	60,605		65,596	66,519	72,943	72,042		73,667	69,597		73,997	77,080	17.5
Washington	50,046	45,941		57,597	58,311	60,435	61,274		61,094	60,213		62,801	62,590	8.7
West Virginia	23,580	21,854		19,437	17,128	17,287	17,339		17,137	16,763		17,407	17,500	-10.0
Wisconsin	67,743	52,038		58,545	60,575	63,272	62,784	5	63,229	63,003		63,968	66,020	12.8
Wyoming	6,161	5,823		6,462	6,106	5,845	5,833		5,616	5,527		5,441	5,420	-16.1
Bureau of Indian    Education	—	—		—	—	—	—		—	—		—	—	—
DoD, overseas	—	—		2,642	2,554	2,641	2,766		—	—		—	—	—
DoD, domestic	—	—		560	565	590	584		—	—		—	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	703		698	823	832	852		905	879		954	—	—
Guam	—	1,033		1,406	—	1,502	1,346		1,179	—		—	—	—
Northern Marianas	—	227		360	416	422	575		614	670		643	—	—
Puerto Rico	—	29,049		30,856	30,278	31,408	30,083		29,071	31,896		31,718	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	1,260		1,060	883	886	816		940	—		820	—	—

—Not available.

1 U.S. total includes estimates for nonreporting states.

2 Beginning in 1989-90, graduates from adult programs are excluded.

3 Data from NCES 2009-062, Projections of Education Statistics to 2018.

4 Projected data from NCES 91-490, Projections of Education Statistics to 2002.

5 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 regular diploma recipients, but exclude students receiving a certificate of attendance and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. DoD = Department of Defense. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2018; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981-82 through 2007-08; 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 September 2009.)