Table 113.

Public high school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: 2007-08

State or other jurisdiction	High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 2007-081							Event dropout rates (percent of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out) during 2007-08, by race/ethnicity
	Total		White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States2	2,974,336		1,902,000	432,241	448,555	159,394	32,146	4.1	2.8	6.7	6.0	2.4	7.3
Alabama	41,313		26,375	13,343	684	474	437	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	1.1	1.8
Alaska	7,491		4,742	262	389	575	1,523	7.3	5.1	9.6	7.5	6.9	12.2
Arizona	61,667		32,490	3,398	20,276	1,878	3,625	6.7	5.6	7.1	7.3	3.8	11.4
Arkansas	28,725		20,474	6,132	1,421	513	185	4.7	4.0	6.7	5.1	2.8	4.9
California	366,503		141,011	25,911	142,491	54,019	3,071	5.0	3.1	9.0	6.0	2.3	6.6
Colorado	46,082		33,075	2,498	8,454	1,617	438	6.4	3.9	10.6	12.1	3.8	11.3
Connecticut	38,419		27,782	4,775	4,451	1,307	104	2.8	1.6	5.6	6.1	1.5	2.5
Delaware	7,388		—	—	—	—	—	6.0	4.9	7.7	8.2	—	9.4
District of Columbia	3,353		144	2,871	277	58	3	5.5	—	—	—	—	—
Florida	146,254		79,596	30,239	31,721	4,255	443	3.3	2.1	4.7	3.7	1.1	2.5
Georgia	82,033		45,701	29,010	4,309	2,868	145	4.3	3.6	4.6	4.8	1.3	3.6
Hawaii	11,613		2,157	217	468	8,718	53	5.4	5.9	7.3	6.7	5.1	7.2
Idaho	16,567		14,321	133	1,632	279	202	2.0	1.8	1.9	3.5	1.2	2.3
Illinois	133,554		87,097	21,728	18,411	6,000	318	5.2	2.2	9.1	7.3	1.7	3.8
Indiana	60,792		51,810	5,564	2,433	844	141	1.7	1.6	2.8	2.4	0.7	3.6
Iowa	34,573		31,250	1,266	1,267	631	159	2.9	2.5	6.2	6.1	2.6	9.1
Kansas	30,132		24,349	2,217	2,474	710	382	2.5	2.1	3.6	3.9	1.5	3.9
Kentucky	38,982		34,185	3,769	585	390	53	2.8	2.4	4.8	4.6	1.6	2.5
Louisiana	34,401		19,616	13,253	672	622	238	7.5	4.8	10.9	7.8	3.4	7.2
Maine	14,350		13,629	285	129	234	73	4.4	4.3	5.4	7.0	3.7	5.8
Maryland	59,171		31,429	20,602	3,555	3,392	193	3.6	—	—	—	—	—
Massachusetts	64,337		49,566	5,161	6,377	3,072	161	3.4	2.3	5.9	8.3	2.1	7.5
Michigan	114,657		88,225	19,158	3,500	2,807	967	6.2	4.3	12.6	10.3	3.6	8.3
Minnesota	60,409		50,762	3,678	1,788	3,351	830	2.8	1.8	7.1	7.5	3.1	11.6
Mississippi	24,795		12,544	11,660	271	280	40	4.6	3.6	5.6	3.9	2.0	3.0
Missouri	61,717		49,744	9,178	1,498	1,024	273	4.9	3.2	12.9	7.2	2.7	3.7
Montana	10,396		9,115	53	191	133	904	5.2	4.4	6.3	6.5	4.1	11.7
Nebraska	20,035		16,969	1,049	1,434	355	228	2.5	1.8	6.0	4.8	1.4	7.6
Nevada	17,149		10,150	1,449	3,620	1,678	252	5.1	3.9	6.3	6.7	3.4	4.9
New Hampshire	14,982		14,174	320	201	257	30	3.0	2.9	9.6	3.1	1.4	8.3
New Jersey	94,799		57,702	14,776	14,593	7,501	227	1.7	1.0	2.8	3.1	0.5	2.7
New Mexico	18,264		6,583	467	8,740	297	2,177	5.2	3.5	5.9	5.3	3.2	9.2
New York	176,050		106,219	28,814	26,698	13,720	599	3.9	2.4	6.2	6.1	2.4	5.7
North Carolina	81,766		51,582	23,002	4,228	1,944	1,010	5.2	4.4	6.2	7.6	2.0	7.7
North Dakota	6,999		6,410	98	79	55	357	2.4	1.8	3.9	4.4	4.5	7.3
Ohio	118,847		99,936	14,956	2,046	1,749	160	4.3	2.9	10.1	8.5	1.8	8.2
Oklahoma	37,630		23,591	3,926	2,476	867	6,770	3.1	2.8	3.5	5.2	2.3	3.3
Oregon	34,061		26,846	830	3,849	1,811	725	3.8	3.1	7.9	6.7	2.7	6.1
Pennsylvania	130,029		104,355	16,111	5,978	3,439	146	2.6	1.7	5.7	6.9	1.6	4.1
Rhode Island	10,347		7,474	890	1,605	314	64	5.3	4.3	7.8	8.2	4.8	10.3
South Carolina	35,140	3	—	—	—	—	—	3.9	3.5	4.3	5.3	1.8	—
South Dakota	8,587		7,707	129	125	111	515	2.3	1.4	2.4	4.0	2.0	9.9
Tennessee	57,485		41,700	13,207	1,567	906	105	3.9	2.5	7.7	5.3	2.1	4.7
Texas	252,121		112,983	33,873	94,571	9,750	944	4.0	1.8	6.3	5.3	1.3	3.2
Utah	28,091		24,549	229	2,063	868	382	4.2	3.4	6.6	8.0	3.9	7.5
Vermont	6,719		6,408	93	72	99	47	—	—	—	—	—	—
Virginia	76,398		49,155	17,960	4,394	4,689	200	2.7	1.9	4.0	5.4	1.3	3.8
Washington	60,997		45,905	2,699	5,678	5,496	1,219	5.7	5.0	8.9	8.0	4.0	11.3
West Virginia	17,489		16,489	724	115	147	14	4.4	4.4	5.0	3.8	1.3	6.5
Wisconsin	65,183		54,288	4,827	2,840	2,428	800	2.3	1.4	7.8	5.4	2.0	5.8
Wyoming	5,494		4,891	55	381	67	100	5.0	4.5	8.1	8.0	2.0	11.0
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, overseas	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, domestic	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	30,016		0	0	30,016	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	820		7	720	88	1	4	7.8	8.3	7.8	8.5	—	—

—Not available.

1 Data differ slightly from figures reported in other tables due to varying reporting practices for racial/ethnic survey data.

2 High school graduate counts include estimates for nonreporting states, based on 2007 12th-grade enrollment racial/ethnic distribution reported by state. Event dropout rate totals are totals for reporting states only.

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

NOTE: Includes only graduates for whom race/ethnicity was reported. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Event dropout rates measure the percentage of public school students in grades 9 through 12 who dropped out of school between one October and the next. DoD = Department of Defense.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2007-08 and 2008-09, and "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2007-08; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2010.)