Table 433.

Participants in state-administered adult basic education, secondary education, and English as a second language programs, by type of program and state or jurisdiction: Selected fiscal years, 1990 through 2008

State or jurisdiction	1990	2000	2005	2006	2007				2008
					Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English as a second language	Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English as a second language
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	3,535,970	2,629,643	2,543,953	2,308,380	2,302,827	941,659	297,838	1,063,330	2,364,051	1,004,660	307,825	1,051,566
Alabama	40,177	23,666	19,827	18,742	19,809	13,590	4,301	1,918	23,815	17,006	4,648	2,161
Alaska	5,067	5,312	3,791	3,244	2,877	2,043	299	535	3,179	2,044	460	675
Arizona	33,805	31,136	26,881	24,861	18,704	10,702	1,378	6,624	21,760	12,763	1,506	7,491
Arkansas	29,065	38,867	37,102	31,912	31,010	19,275	6,841	4,894	32,610	21,180	6,416	5,014
California	1,021,227	473,050	591,893	586,632	602,837	122,601	71,579	408,657	618,767	134,422	77,501	406,844
Colorado	12,183	13,818	15,011	14,530	14,683	3,770	1,180	9,733	14,203	3,775	1,264	9,164
Connecticut	46,434	30,844	31,958	26,686	27,549	7,312	7,593	12,644	27,859	7,503	7,568	12,788
Delaware	2,662	4,342	6,329	4,863	4,399	2,635	514	1,250	5,155	3,210	644	1,301
District of Columbia	19,586	3,667	3,646	3,384	3,694	1,908	428	1,358	3,956	2,184	218	1,554
Florida	419,429	404,912	348,119	239,648	264,670	107,093	33,098	124,479	260,931	112,229	31,608	117,094
Georgia	69,580	108,004	95,434	68,557	72,390	45,839	6,253	20,298	75,487	47,580	6,560	21,347
Hawaii	52,012	10,525	7,461	7,772	8,135	3,452	1,573	3,110	8,944	3,901	1,912	3,131
Idaho	11,171	10,506	7,744	7,961	6,953	3,795	537	2,621	7,535	4,160	581	2,794
Illinois	87,121	122,043	118,296	109,743	107,120	26,803	13,739	66,578	108,024	28,702	15,379	63,943
Indiana	44,166	42,135	43,498	40,771	38,468	22,737	8,766	6,965	40,226	24,927	8,121	7,178
Iowa	41,507	20,161	11,989	9,664	9,271	3,951	2,210	3,110	9,918	3,993	2,222	3,703
Kansas	10,274	11,248	9,475	9,323	8,611	4,009	1,092	3,510	8,916	4,305	1,026	3,585
Kentucky	28,090	31,050	30,931	31,458	31,456	22,728	5,338	3,390	40,235	27,941	8,276	4,018
Louisiana	40,039	30,929	29,367	23,601	23,642	17,896	3,603	2,143	26,633	21,255	3,486	1,892
Maine	14,964	12,430	8,151	8,215	7,878	3,689	2,643	1,546	9,270	4,754	2,958	1,558
Maryland	41,230	22,702	27,055	32,535	30,882	13,622	4,192	13,068	33,673	15,321	4,110	14,242
Massachusetts	34,220	24,053	21,448	23,957	21,706	4,917	3,525	13,264	21,491	4,864	3,526	13,101
Michigan	194,178	56,096	34,768	32,856	30,571	18,102	3,389	9,080	28,243	15,485	3,482	9,276
Minnesota	45,648	42,039	47,174	45,407	45,805	14,610	7,206	23,989	46,109	16,481	5,271	24,357
Mississippi	18,957	37,947	25,675	21,775	20,372	16,825	2,982	565	20,480	17,309	2,801	370
Missouri	31,815	41,089	37,052	34,374	33,497	22,061	4,775	6,661	36,161	24,720	4,584	6,857
Montana	6,071	4,892	3,291	2,697	2,930	2,176	539	215	3,151	2,298	639	214
Nebraska	6,158	7,917	10,226	8,699	8,503	3,801	1,096	3,606	8,435	4,022	1,024	3,389
Nevada	17,262	22,992	9,981	9,483	9,526	1,140	466	7,920	8,571	1,067	443	7,061
New Hampshire	7,198	5,962	5,804	5,797	5,592	1,662	2,217	1,713	5,806	1,805	1,995	2,006
New Jersey	64,080	44,317	40,889	35,374	34,198	11,372	2,152	20,674	32,823	11,660	1,747	19,416
New Mexico	30,236	23,243	24,132	20,040	20,063	10,623	2,015	7,425	22,920	12,444	2,195	8,281
New York	156,611	176,239	157,486	147,631	133,852	51,463	8,666	73,723	133,255	52,844	8,887	71,524
North Carolina	109,740	107,504	109,047	108,745	110,126	60,450	18,785	30,891	121,708	67,917	22,261	31,530
North Dakota	3,587	2,124	2,063	1,776	1,693	956	497	240	1,822	968	452	402
Ohio	95,476	65,579	50,869	47,462	48,209	32,526	8,479	7,204	50,537	34,834	8,434	7,269
Oklahoma	24,307	20,101	20,447	19,146	17,672	12,208	2,033	3,431	18,411	13,028	1,916	3,467
Oregon	37,075	25,228	21,668	21,713	21,690	9,507	1,631	10,552	23,600	10,901	2,046	10,653
Pennsylvania	52,444	49,369	54,274	53,557	50,996	26,860	10,238	13,898	52,795	27,958	10,672	14,165
Rhode Island	7,347	5,592	6,697	6,787	6,697	3,017	646	3,034	6,580	3,024	748	2,808
South Carolina	81,200	94,452	65,901	58,916	59,077	44,687	8,585	5,805	54,538	40,149	8,307	6,082
South Dakota	3,184	5,637	3,517	2,977	2,629	1,674	578	377	3,025	1,906	725	394
Tennessee	41,721	40,615	48,924	43,179	41,439	29,629	5,333	6,477	37,048	27,207	4,904	4,937
Texas	218,747	111,585	119,867	102,365	93,242	36,358	4,308	52,576	84,514	32,947	3,524	48,043
Utah	24,841	30,714	29,320	24,869	21,764	11,347	2,561	7,856	25,978	14,192	3,004	8,782
Vermont	4,808	1,146	2,015	2,404	1,756	1,189	446	121	2,505	1,890	437	178
Virginia	31,649	35,261	29,222	32,502	30,940	11,354	4,574	15,012	31,106	12,341	4,570	14,195
Washington	31,776	53,460	50,386	52,810	57,474	21,624	4,011	31,839	64,982	26,231	4,393	34,358
West Virginia	21,186	13,072	9,444	8,872	9,083	6,931	1,983	169	9,628	7,499	1,909	220
Wisconsin	61,081	27,304	26,029	25,792	24,302	11,938	6,257	6,107	23,856	12,057	5,668	6,131
Wyoming	3,578	2,767	2,379	2,316	2,385	1,202	708	475	2,877	1,457	797	623
Other jurisdictions	31,400	44,785	37,328	38,333	34,079	6,664	26,040	1,375	36,071	6,709	28,696	666
American Samoa	—	662	838	772	226	116	34	76	264	118	35	111
Federated States of    Micronesia	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1,311	1,092	1,062	1,113	1,079	593	365	121	1,154	724	306	124
Marshall Islands	—	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	—	680	740	530	613	82	304	227	583	270	121	192
Palau	—	132	206	73	55	0	55	0	51	0	51	0
Puerto Rico	28,436	41,043	33,463	34,903	31,924	5,756	25,276	892	34,019	5,597	28,183	239
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,653	841	1,019	942	182	117	6	59	0	0	0	0

—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 as a second language instruction is for adults who lack proficiency in English and who seek to improve their literacy and competence in English. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy, "Adult Education Program Facts, Program Year 1990-1991"; and OVAE National Reporting System, retrieved May 27, 2010, from http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OVAE/NRS/. (This table was prepared May 2010.)