Table 112.

Public high school graduates, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2009-10

State or jurisdiction	1980-81	1989-90		1999-2000	2002-03	2003-04		2004-05	2005-06		2006-07	2007-08		2008-09		Projected 2009-10 graduates	Percent change, 1999-2000 to 2009-10
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	2,719,947	2,753,438	1	2,799,250	2,815,544	1	2,893,045	3,001,337		3,039,015	1	3,013,400	18.0
Alabama	44,894	40,485		37,819	36,741	36,464		37,453	37,918		38,912	41,346		42,082		40,630	7.4
Alaska	5,343	5,386		6,615	7,297	7,236		6,909	7,361		7,666	7,855		8,008		8,360	26.4
Arizona	28,416	32,103		38,304	49,986	45,508		59,498	54,091		55,954	61,667		62,374		60,610	58.2
Arkansas	29,577	26,475		27,335	27,555	27,181		26,621	28,790		27,166	28,725		28,057		28,510	4.3
California	242,172	236,291		309,866	341,097	343,480		355,217	343,515		356,641	374,561		372,310	2	383,680	23.8
Colorado	35,897	32,967		38,924	42,379	44,777		44,532	44,424		45,628	46,082		47,459		47,740	22.6
Connecticut	38,369	27,878		31,562	33,667	34,573		35,515	36,222		37,541	38,419		34,968		37,750	19.6
Delaware	7,349	5,550		6,108	6,817	6,951		6,934	7,275		7,205	7,388		7,839		8,140	33.3
District of Columbia3	4,848	3,626		2,695	2,725	3,031		2,781	3,150	4	2,944	3,352		3,517		3,010	11.7
Florida	88,755	88,934		106,708	127,484	131,418		133,318	134,686		142,284	149,046		153,461		144,250	35.2
Georgia	62,963	56,605		62,563	66,890	68,550		70,834	73,498		77,829	83,505		88,003		85,370	36.5
Hawaii	11,472	10,325		10,437	10,013	10,324		10,813	10,922		11,063	11,613		11,508		10,700	2.5
Idaho	12,679	11,971		16,170	15,858	15,547		15,768	16,096		16,242	16,567		16,807		17,220	6.5
Illinois	136,795	108,119		111,835	117,507	124,763		123,615	126,817		130,220	135,143		131,670		133,710	19.6
Indiana	73,381	60,012		57,012	57,897	56,008		55,444	57,920		59,887	61,901		63,663		62,440	9.5
Iowa	42,635	31,796		33,926	34,860	34,339		33,547	33,693		34,127	34,573		33,926		33,510	-1.2
Kansas	29,397	25,367		29,102	29,963	30,155		30,355	29,818		30,139	30,737		30,368		30,060	3.3
Kentucky	41,714	38,005		36,830	37,654	37,787		38,399	38,449		39,099	39,339		41,851		40,980	11.3
Louisiana	46,199	36,053		38,430	37,610	37,019		36,009	33,275		34,274	34,401		35,622		34,570	-10.0
Maine	15,554	13,839		12,211	12,947	13,278		13,077	12,950		13,151	14,350	5	14,093	5	13,970	14.4
Maryland	54,050	41,566		47,849	51,864	52,870		54,170	55,536		57,564	59,171		58,304		58,150	21.5
Massachusetts	74,831	55,941	6	52,950	55,987	58,326		59,665	61,272		63,903	65,197		65,258		63,650	20.2
Michigan	124,372	93,807		97,679	100,301	98,823		101,582	102,582		111,838	115,183		112,742		112,740	15.4
Minnesota	64,166	49,087		57,372	59,432	59,096		58,391	58,898		59,497	60,409		59,729		59,700	4.1
Mississippi	28,083	25,182		24,232	23,810	23,735		23,523	23,848		24,186	24,795		24,505		25,970	7.2
Missouri	60,359	48,957		52,848	56,925	57,983		57,841	58,417		60,275	61,717		62,969		63,720	20.6
Montana	11,634	9,370		10,903	10,657	10,500		10,335	10,283		10,122	10,396		10,077		9,940	-8.8
Nebraska	21,411	17,664		20,149	20,161	20,309		19,940	19,764		19,873	20,035		19,501		20,070	-0.4
Nevada	9,069	9,477		14,551	16,378	15,201		15,740	16,455		17,149	18,815		19,904	2	18,540	27.4
New Hampshire	11,552	10,766		11,829	13,210	13,309		13,775	13,988		14,452	14,982		14,757		14,480	22.4
New Jersey	93,168	69,824		74,420	81,391	83,826		86,502	90,049		93,013	94,994		95,085		94,660	27.2
New Mexico	17,915	14,884		18,031	16,923	17,892		17,353	17,822		16,131	18,264		17,931		18,130	0.5
New York	198,465	143,318		141,731	143,818	142,526	7	153,203	161,817		168,333	176,310		180,917		177,260	25.1
North Carolina	69,395	64,782		62,140	69,696	72,126		75,010	76,710		76,031	83,307		86,712		85,490	37.6
North Dakota	9,924	7,690		8,606	8,169	7,888		7,555	7,192		7,159	6,999		7,232		6,780	-21.2
Ohio	143,503	114,513		111,668	115,762	119,029		116,702	117,356		117,658	120,758		122,203		120,180	7.6
Oklahoma	38,875	35,606		37,646	36,694	36,799		36,227	36,497		37,100	37,630		37,219		38,110	1.2
Oregon	28,729	25,473		30,151	32,587	32,958		32,602	32,394		33,446	34,949		35,138		34,860	15.6
Pennsylvania	144,645	110,527		113,959	119,933	123,474		124,758	127,830	4	128,603	130,298		130,658		121,890	7.0
Rhode Island	10,719	7,825		8,477	9,318	9,258		9,881	10,108		10,384	10,347		10,028		9,480	11.8
South Carolina	38,347	32,483		31,617	32,482	33,235		33,439	34,970	4	35,108	35,303		39,114		38,590	22.1
South Dakota	10,385	7,650		9,278	8,999	9,001		8,585	8,589		8,346	8,582		8,123		8,640	-6.9
Tennessee	50,648	46,094		41,568	44,113	46,096		47,967	50,880		54,502	57,486		60,368		58,180	40.0
Texas	171,665	172,480		212,925	238,111	244,165		239,717	240,485		241,193	252,121		264,275		265,660	24.8
Utah	19,886	21,196		32,501	29,527	30,252		30,253	29,050		28,276	28,167		30,463		26,390	-18.8
Vermont	6,424	6,127		6,675	6,970	7,100		7,152	6,779		7,317	7,392		7,209		7,070	5.9
Virginia	67,126	60,605		65,596	72,943	72,042		73,667	69,597		73,997	77,369		79,651		78,440	19.6
Washington	50,046	45,941		57,597	60,435	61,274		61,094	60,213		62,801	61,625		62,764		64,510	12.0
West Virginia	23,580	21,854		19,437	17,287	17,339		17,137	16,763		17,407	17,489		17,690		17,520	-9.9
Wisconsin	67,743	52,038		58,545	63,272	62,784	7	63,229	63,003		63,968	65,183		65,410		64,040	9.4
Wyoming	6,161	5,823		6,462	5,845	5,833		5,616	5,527		5,441	5,494		5,493		5,390	-16.6
Bureau of Indian    Education	—	—		—	—	—		—	—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	—	—		2,642	2,641	2,766		—	—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, domestic	—	—		560	590	584		—	—		—	—		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	703		698	832	852		905	879		954	—		—		—	—
Guam	—	1,033		1,406	1,502	1,346		1,179	—		—	—		—		—	—
Northern Marianas	—	227		360	422	575		614	670		643	—		—		—	—
Puerto Rico	—	29,049		30,856	31,408	30,083		29,071	31,896		31,718	30,016		29,286		—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	1,260		1,060	886	816		940	—		820	820		940		—	—

—Not available.

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

2 Estimated high school graduates from NCES 2011-312, Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008–09.

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

4 Projected data from NCES 2009-062, Projections of Education Statistics to 2018.

5 Includes 1,161 graduates in 2007-08 and 1,169 graduates in 2008-09 from private high schools that received a majority of their funding from public sources.

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

7 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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 2020; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981-82 through 2009-10; and Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data, 2007-08 and 2008-09. (This table was prepared August 2011.)