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Table 48. Number and percentage of children served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B, by age group and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1990–91 through 2009–10
State or jurisdiction 3- to 21-year-olds served 3- to 5-year-olds served  
1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 As a percent of public school enroll-ment,
2009-101
Percent change in number served, 2000-01 to
2009-10
1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 4,710,089 6,295,816 6,712,605 6,605,695 6,483,372 6,480,540 13.1 2.9 389,751 592,087 698,608 699,841 699,966 716,175
Alabama 94,601 99,828 92,635 84,772 82,861 82,997 11.1 -16.9 7,154 7,554 8,218 7,111 7,079 7,258
Alaska 14,390 17,691 17,997 17,535 17,662 17,893 13.6 1.1 1,458 1,637 2,082 1,954 1,941 1,987
Arizona 56,629 96,442 124,504 131,136 124,793 125,866 11.7 30.5 4,330 9,144 14,062 14,097 14,028 14,340
Arkansas 47,187 62,222 67,314 65,965 64,719 65,039 13.5 4.5 4,626 9,376 10,286 11,795 12,288 12,865
California 468,420 645,287 676,318 670,904 671,095 673,428 10.8 4.4 39,627 57,651 66,653 68,002 70,497 71,783
                             
Colorado 56,336 78,715 83,498 83,077 83,577 83,765 10.1 6.4 4,128 8,202 10,540 10,802 11,255 11,327
Connecticut 63,886 73,886 71,968 68,987 68,853 68,738 12.2 -7.0 5,466 7,172 7,881 7,660 7,911 8,019
Delaware 14,208 16,760 18,857 19,435 19,084 19,348 15.3 15.4 1,493 1,652 2,073 2,264 2,237 2,572
District of Columbia 6,290 10,559 11,738 10,863 10,671 11,371 16.4 7.7 411 374 507 567 543 683
Florida 234,509 367,335 398,916 391,092 384,975 376,576 14.3 2.5 14,883 30,660 34,350 32,819 33,796 34,944
                             
Georgia 101,762 171,292 197,596 189,424 179,707 177,070 10.6 3.4 7,098 16,560 20,728 18,454 16,185 16,491
Hawaii 12,705 23,951 21,963 20,441 20,130 19,957 11.1 -16.7 809 1,919 2,423 2,477 2,501 2,455
Idaho 21,703 29,174 29,021 27,989 27,930 27,787 10.1 -4.8 2,815 3,591 4,043 3,976 3,981 3,932
Illinois 236,060 297,316 323,444 321,668 318,529 313,583 14.9 5.5 22,997 28,787 35,454 36,957 36,997 36,962
Indiana 112,949 156,320 177,826 179,076 176,114 172,095 16.4 10.1 7,243 15,101 19,228 19,530 18,834 18,602
                             
Iowa 59,787 72,461 72,457 69,204 67,362 66,636 13.5 -8.0 5,421 5,580 6,118 5,872 5,944 6,267
Kansas 44,785 61,267 65,595 65,712 65,730 66,219 14.0 8.1 3,881 7,728 9,267 9,608 9,896 10,354
Kentucky 78,853 94,572 108,798 109,187 107,732 106,045 15.6 12.1 10,440 16,372 21,317 20,591 19,755 18,865
Louisiana 72,825 97,938 90,453 88,153 86,022 85,119 12.3 -13.1 6,703 9,957 10,597 10,151 9,860 9,952
Maine 27,987 35,633 36,522 34,425 33,284 32,766 17.3 -8.0 2,895 3,978 4,348 3,889 3,700 3,843
                             
Maryland 88,017 112,077 110,959 104,585 103,451 103,018 12.1 -8.1 7,163 10,003 12,148 11,752 12,203 12,532
Massachusetts 149,743 162,216 162,654 166,747 168,497 167,297 17.5 3.1 12,141 14,328 15,195 15,920 16,317 16,271
Michigan 166,511 221,456 243,607 236,576 232,444 227,973 13.8 2.9 14,547 19,937 24,290 24,097 24,488 24,245
Minnesota 79,013 109,880 116,511 119,332 119,991 121,359 14.5 10.4 8,646 11,522 13,402 14,286 14,361 14,706
Mississippi 60,872 62,281 68,099 65,717 64,407 63,988 13.0 2.7 5,642 6,944 8,319 8,422 8,968 9,649
                             
Missouri 101,166 137,381 143,204 138,292 132,946 129,886 14.1 -5.5 4,100 11,307 15,268 15,629 15,245 15,720
Montana 16,955 19,313 19,259 18,158 17,645 17,213 12.1 -10.9 1,751 1,635 1,925 1,971 1,954 1,722
Nebraska 32,312 42,793 45,239 45,687 44,038 43,470 14.7 1.6 2,512 3,724 4,665 5,179 4,522 3,712
Nevada 18,099 38,160 47,794 48,332 48,328 48,115 11.2 26.1 1,401 3,676 5,492 5,715 6,170 6,872
New Hampshire 19,049 30,077 31,782 32,274 30,156 30,210 15.3 0.4 1,468 2,387 2,902 2,523 2,891 3,090
                             
New Jersey 178,870 221,715 249,385 250,099 223,910 229,066 16.4 3.3 14,741 16,361 19,329 19,580 15,379 16,451
New Mexico 36,000 52,256 50,322 46,384 45,957 45,782 13.7 -12.4 2,210 4,970 6,441 6,337 6,487 6,585
New York 307,366 441,333 447,422 453,715 444,339 461,470 16.7 4.6 26,266 51,665 58,297 63,040 61,799 64,903
North Carolina 122,942 173,067 192,820 191,668 187,728 184,893 12.5 6.8 10,516 17,361 20,543 19,914 18,682 18,144
North Dakota 12,294 13,652 13,883 13,616 13,278 13,262 13.9 -2.9 1,164 1,247 1,520 1,560 1,576 1,660
                             
Ohio 205,440 237,643 266,447 269,742 264,878 263,396 14.9 10.8 12,487 18,664 22,702 23,137 23,209 23,336
Oklahoma 65,457 85,577 96,601 95,323 93,936 95,186 14.5 11.2 5,163 6,393 8,149 7,617 7,431 7,808
Oregon 54,422 75,204 77,376 78,264 79,404 80,062 13.7 6.5 2,854 6,926 8,167 8,572 9,008 8,946
Pennsylvania 214,254 242,655 288,733 293,865 294,958 294,595 16.5 21.4 17,982 21,477 25,964 28,145 29,496 30,186
Rhode Island 20,646 30,727 30,681 29,033 27,596 26,332 18.1 -14.3 1,682 2,614 2,815 2,967 2,930 2,903
                             
South Carolina 77,367 105,922 110,219 103,731 101,896 101,039 14.0 -4.6 7,948 11,775 11,603 10,472 10,763 10,878
South Dakota 14,726 16,825 17,631 17,971 17,867 17,907 14.5 6.4 2,105 2,286 2,747 2,683 2,734 2,688
Tennessee 104,853 125,863 120,122 120,925 118,425 119,016 12.2 -5.4 7,487 10,699 12,008 12,264 12,325 12,858
Texas 344,529 491,642 507,405 472,749 452,311 444,198 9.2 -9.7 24,848 36,442 40,236 37,528 38,169 40,706
Utah 46,606 53,921 60,526 63,066 65,084 67,781 11.6 25.7 3,424 5,785 7,462 8,023 8,366 8,679
                             
Vermont 12,160 13,623 13,917 14,163 15.3 4.0 1,097 1,237 1,556 1,750
Virginia 112,072 162,212 174,640 168,496 166,689 164,771 13.2 1.6 9,892 14,444 17,480 16,845 17,124 17,057
Washington 83,545 118,851 124,498 123,698 125,334 126,024 12.2 6.0 9,558 11,760 13,429 13,529 14,006 13,858
West Virginia 42,428 50,333 49,677 47,855 46,978 46,169 16.3 -8.3 2,923 5,445 5,833 5,849 5,899 5,754
Wisconsin 85,651 125,358 130,076 126,496 125,304 125,503 14.4 0.1 10,934 14,383 16,077 14,867 15,153 15,729
Wyoming 10,852 13,154 13,696 14,254 14,767 15,098 17.1 14.8 1,221 1,695 2,469 2,842 3,083 3,276
                             
Bureau of Indian
   Education
6,997 8,448 7,795 7,057 6,730 6,747 16.3 -20.1 1,092 338 330 325 330 394
                             
Other jurisdictions 38,986 70,670 93,256 105,451 108,751 126,702 79.3 3,892 8,168 5,149 10,205 8,708 15,263
American Samoa 363 697 1,211 1,171 1,087 1,106 58.7 48 48 80 169 106 177
Guam 1,750 2,267 2,480 2,259 2,189 2,088 -7.9 198 205 171 162 201 182
Northern Marianas 411 569 750 784 816 870 7.9 52.9 211 53 70 78 80 78
Palau 131 10
Puerto Rico 35,129 65,504 87,125 99,680 103,118 121,159 24.6 85.0 3,345 7,746 4,677 9,644 8,185 14,681
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,333 1,502 1,690 1,557 1,541 1,479 9.5 -1.5 90 106 151 152 136 145
—Not available.
1 Percentage of students with disabilities is based on the total enrollment in public schools, prekindergarten through 12th grade.
NOTE: Prior to October 1994, children and youth with disabilities were served under Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as well as under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B. Data reported in this table for 1990-91 include children ages 0-21 served under Chapter 1. U.S. totals for 2007-08 and 2008-09 do not include data for Vermont.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, selected years, 1992 through 2006, and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database, retrieved September 14, 2011, from http://www.ideadata.org/PartBdata.asp. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2009-10. (This table was prepared September 2011.)

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