Table 111.

Public high school graduates, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2008-09

State or jurisdiction	1980-81	1989-90		1999-2000	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04		2004-05	2005-06		2006-07	2007-08		Projected 2008-09 graduates	Percent change, 1999-2000 to 2008-09
1	2	3		4	5	6	7		8	9		10	11		12	13
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	2,999,508		3,004,570	17.6
Alabama	44,894	40,485		37,819	35,887	36,741	36,464		37,453	37,918		38,912	41,346		40,190	6.3
Alaska	5,343	5,386		6,615	6,945	7,297	7,236		6,909	7,361		7,666	7,855		8,160	23.4
Arizona	28,416	32,103		38,304	47,175	49,986	45,508		59,498	54,091		55,954	61,667		57,230	49.4
Arkansas	29,577	26,475		27,335	26,984	27,555	27,181		26,621	28,790		27,166	28,725		28,720	5.1
California	242,172	236,291		309,866	325,895	341,097	343,480		355,217	343,515		356,641	374,561		383,320	23.7
Colorado	35,897	32,967		38,924	40,760	42,379	44,777		44,532	44,424		45,628	46,082		48,220	23.9
Connecticut	38,369	27,878		31,562	32,327	33,667	34,573		35,515	36,222		37,541	38,419		37,730	19.5
Delaware	7,349	5,550		6,108	6,482	6,817	6,951		6,934	7,275		7,205	7,388		7,590	24.3
District of Columbia2	4,848	3,626		2,695	3,090	2,725	3,031		2,781	3,150	3	2,944	3,352		3,470	28.8
Florida	88,755	88,934		106,708	119,537	127,484	131,418		133,318	134,686		142,284	149,046		152,710	43.1
Georgia	62,963	56,605		62,563	65,983	66,890	68,550		70,834	73,498		77,829	83,505		81,030	29.5
Hawaii	11,472	10,325		10,437	10,452	10,013	10,324		10,813	10,922		11,063	11,613		11,210	7.4
Idaho	12,679	11,971		16,170	15,874	15,858	15,547		15,768	16,096		16,242	16,567		16,670	3.1
Illinois	136,795	108,119		111,835	116,657	117,507	124,763		123,615	126,817		130,220	135,143		131,680	17.7
Indiana	73,381	60,012		57,012	56,722	57,897	56,008		55,444	57,920		59,887	61,901		63,990	12.2
Iowa	42,635	31,796		33,926	33,789	34,860	34,339		33,547	33,693		34,127	34,573		34,560	1.9
Kansas	29,397	25,367		29,102	29,541	29,963	30,155		30,355	29,818		30,139	30,737		29,580	1.6
Kentucky	41,714	38,005		36,830	36,337	37,654	37,787		38,399	38,449		39,099	39,339		41,670	13.1
Louisiana	46,199	36,053		38,430	37,905	37,610	37,019		36,009	33,275		34,274	34,401		34,230	-10.9
Maine	15,554	13,839		12,211	12,593	12,947	13,278		13,077	12,950		13,151	14,350		14,620	19.7
Maryland	54,050	41,566		47,849	50,881	51,864	52,870		54,170	55,536		57,564	59,171		57,250	19.6
Massachusetts	74,831	55,941	4	52,950	55,272	55,987	58,326		59,665	61,272		63,903	65,197		64,010	20.9
Michigan	124,372	93,807		97,679	95,001	100,301	98,823		101,582	102,582		111,838	115,183		115,870	18.6
Minnesota	64,166	49,087		57,372	57,440	59,432	59,096		58,391	58,898		59,497	60,409		59,290	3.3
Mississippi	28,083	25,182		24,232	23,740	23,810	23,735		23,523	23,848		24,186	24,795		25,670	5.9
Missouri	60,359	48,957		52,848	54,487	56,925	57,983		57,841	58,417		60,275	61,717		61,400	16.2
Montana	11,634	9,370		10,903	10,554	10,657	10,500		10,335	10,283		10,122	10,396		10,020	-8.1
Nebraska	21,411	17,664		20,149	19,910	20,161	20,309		19,940	19,764		19,873	20,035		20,310	0.8
Nevada	9,069	9,477		14,551	16,270	16,378	15,201		15,740	16,455		16,455	17,149		18,230	25.3
New Hampshire	11,552	10,766		11,829	12,452	13,210	13,309		13,775	13,988		14,452	14,982		14,110	19.3
New Jersey	93,168	69,824		74,420	77,664	81,391	83,826		86,502	90,049		93,013	94,994		96,110	29.1
New Mexico	17,915	14,884		18,031	18,094	16,923	17,892		17,353	17,822		16,131	18,264		17,690	-1.9
New York	198,465	143,318		141,731	140,139	143,818	142,526	5	153,203	161,817		168,333	176,310		170,820	20.5
North Carolina	69,395	64,782		62,140	65,955	69,696	72,126		75,010	76,710		76,031	83,307		80,630	29.8
North Dakota	9,924	7,690		8,606	8,114	8,169	7,888		7,555	7,192		7,159	6,999		6,960	-19.1
Ohio	143,503	114,513		111,668	110,608	115,762	119,029		116,702	117,356		117,658	120,758		122,920	10.1
Oklahoma	38,875	35,606		37,646	36,852	36,694	36,799		36,227	36,497		37,100	37,630		37,630	0.0
Oregon	28,729	25,473		30,151	31,153	32,587	32,958		32,602	32,394		33,446	34,949		35,760	18.6
Pennsylvania	144,645	110,527		113,959	114,943	119,933	123,474		124,758	127,830	3	128,603	130,298		122,840	7.8
Rhode Island	10,719	7,825		8,477	9,006	9,318	9,258		9,881	10,108		10,384	10,347		9,960	17.5
South Carolina	38,347	32,483		31,617	31,302	32,482	33,235		33,439	34,970	3	35,108	35,140	6	37,010	17.1
South Dakota	10,385	7,650		9,278	8,796	8,999	9,001		8,585	8,589		8,346	8,582		8,120	-12.5
Tennessee	50,648	46,094		41,568	40,894	44,113	46,096		47,967	50,880		54,502	57,486		54,360	30.8
Texas	171,665	172,480		212,925	225,167	238,111	244,165		239,717	240,485		241,193	252,121		260,140	22.2
Utah	19,886	21,196		32,501	30,183	29,527	30,252		30,253	29,050		28,276	28,167		34,040	4.7
Vermont	6,424	6,127		6,675	7,083	6,970	7,100		7,152	6,779		7,317	7,392		6,960	4.3
Virginia	67,126	60,605		65,596	66,519	72,943	72,042		73,667	69,597		73,997	77,369		78,390	19.5
Washington	50,046	45,941		57,597	58,311	60,435	61,274		61,094	60,213		62,801	61,625		63,400	10.1
West Virginia	23,580	21,854		19,437	17,128	17,287	17,339		17,137	16,763		17,407	17,489		17,840	-8.2
Wisconsin	67,743	52,038		58,545	60,575	63,272	62,784	5	63,229	63,003		63,968	65,183		64,790	10.7
Wyoming	6,161	5,823		6,462	6,106	5,845	5,833		5,616	5,527		5,441	5,494		5,510	-14.7
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	30,016		—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	1,260		1,060	883	886	816		940	—		820	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.

6 Projected data from NCES 2010-069, Projections of Education Statistics to 2019.

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 2019; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981-82 through 2008-09; and Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08. (This table was prepared August 2010.)