Table 437.

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, 2000 through 2009

State or jurisdiction	Total			2008				2009
	2000	2005	2007	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
United States	2,629,643	2,543,953	2,302,827	2,364,051	1,004,660	307,825	1,051,566	2,157,155	979,604	256,323	921,228
Alabama	23,666	19,827	19,809	23,815	17,006	4,648	2,161	25,153	17,967	4,952	2,234
Alaska	5,312	3,791	2,877	3,179	2,044	460	675	3,326	2,129	476	721
Arizona	31,136	26,881	18,704	21,760	12,763	1,506	7,491	19,789	11,791	1,506	6,492
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	31,010	32,610	21,180	6,416	5,014	31,551	20,515	6,105	4,931
California	473,050	591,893	602,837	618,767	134,422	77,501	406,844	434,428	97,976	37,192	299,260
Colorado	13,818	15,011	14,683	14,203	3,775	1,264	9,164	14,298	3,929	1,331	9,038
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	27,549	27,859	7,503	7,568	12,788	28,255	7,472	7,502	13,281
Delaware	4,342	6,329	4,399	5,155	3,210	644	1,301	5,059	3,151	588	1,320
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	3,694	3,956	2,184	218	1,554	4,247	2,362	223	1,662
Florida	404,912	348,119	264,670	260,931	112,229	31,608	117,094	256,498	113,430	30,288	112,780
Georgia	108,004	95,434	72,390	75,487	47,580	6,560	21,347	72,657	48,584	6,135	17,938
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	8,135	8,944	3,901	1,912	3,131	9,196	3,867	2,149	3,180
Idaho	10,506	7,744	6,953	7,535	4,160	581	2,794	7,429	4,541	546	2,342
Illinois	122,043	118,296	107,120	108,024	28,702	15,379	63,943	108,383	29,922	15,835	62,626
Indiana	42,135	43,498	38,468	40,226	24,927	8,121	7,178	35,995	22,939	6,791	6,265
Iowa	20,161	11,989	9,271	9,918	3,993	2,222	3,703	10,752	5,095	2,061	3,596
Kansas	11,248	9,475	8,611	8,916	4,305	1,026	3,585	9,024	4,381	902	3,741
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	31,456	40,235	27,941	8,276	4,018	39,218	26,972	8,207	4,039
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	23,642	26,633	21,255	3,486	1,892	30,559	24,588	3,696	2,275
Maine	12,430	8,151	7,878	9,270	4,754	2,958	1,558	8,604	4,448	2,400	1,756
Maryland	22,702	27,055	30,882	33,673	15,321	4,110	14,242	33,942	15,865	3,667	14,410
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	21,706	21,491	4,864	3,526	13,101	20,372	4,813	3,295	12,264
Michigan	56,096	34,768	30,571	28,243	15,485	3,482	9,276	31,106	18,391	3,786	8,929
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	45,805	46,109	16,481	5,271	24,357	47,612	17,658	5,948	24,006
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	20,372	20,480	17,309	2,801	370	17,782	14,410	3,067	305
Missouri	41,089	37,052	33,497	36,161	24,720	4,584	6,857	35,542	24,217	4,244	7,081
Montana	4,892	3,291	2,930	3,151	2,298	639	214	3,735	2,753	772	210
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,503	8,435	4,022	1,024	3,389	8,588	4,213	906	3,469
Nevada	22,992	9,981	9,526	8,571	1,067	443	7,061	9,193	1,195	502	7,496
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,592	5,806	1,805	1,995	2,006	5,589	1,770	1,671	2,148
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	34,198	32,823	11,660	1,747	19,416	33,901	11,626	1,400	20,875
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	20,063	22,920	12,444	2,195	8,281	23,248	12,941	2,069	8,238
New York	176,239	157,486	133,852	133,255	52,844	8,887	71,524	129,636	50,261	7,868	71,507
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	110,126	121,708	67,917	22,261	31,530	123,030	69,472	24,396	29,162
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,693	1,822	968	452	402	1,783	973	409	401
Ohio	65,579	50,869	48,209	50,537	34,834	8,434	7,269	46,042	32,588	6,729	6,725
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	17,672	18,411	13,028	1,916	3,467	19,711	13,634	2,164	3,913
Oregon	25,228	21,668	21,690	23,600	10,901	2,046	10,653	22,976	10,310	2,924	9,742
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	50,996	52,795	27,958	10,672	14,165	34,975	21,407	5,257	8,311
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,697	6,580	3,024	748	2,808	6,497	2,748	685	3,064
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	59,077	54,538	40,149	8,307	6,082	53,645	40,310	8,019	5,316
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	2,629	3,025	1,906	725	394	2,773	1,730	566	477
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	41,439	37,048	27,207	4,904	4,937	32,177	23,959	4,055	4,163
Texas	111,585	119,867	93,242	84,514	32,947	3,524	48,043	98,063	46,427	3,591	48,045
Utah	30,714	29,320	21,764	25,978	14,192	3,004	8,782	26,337	15,383	2,809	8,145
Vermont	1,146	2,015	1,756	2,505	1,890	437	178	2,461	1,841	379	241
Virginia	35,261	29,222	30,940	31,106	12,341	4,570	14,195	29,802	12,512	4,632	12,658
Washington	53,460	50,386	57,474	64,982	26,231	4,393	34,358	65,606	27,120	4,546	33,940
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,083	9,628	7,499	1,909	220	9,780	7,609	1,912	259
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	24,302	23,856	12,057	5,668	6,131	23,694	13,791	4,324	5,579
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	2,385	2,877	1,457	797	623	3,136	1,618	846	672
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	34,079	36,071	6,709	28,696	666	24,098	4,044	19,437	617
American Samoa	662	838	226	264	118	35	111	169	123	24	22
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1,092	1,062	1,079	1,154	724	306	124	633	382	166	85
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	680	740	613	583	270	121	192	607	387	77	143
Palau	132	206	55	51	0	51	0	63	0	63	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	31,924	34,019	5,597	28,183	239	22,626	3,152	19,107	367
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	182	0	0	0	0	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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), OVAE National Reporting System, retrieved June 12, 2011, from http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OVAE/NRS/. (This table was prepared June 2011.)