Table 204.20.

Number and percentage of public school students participating in programs for English language learners, by state: Selected years, 2003-04 through 2013-14

State	Number of public school students participating in programs for English language learners													Percent of students participating in programs for English language learners
	2003-04		2008-09		2009-10		2010-11		2011-12	2012-13		2013-14		2003-04		2008-09		2009-10		2010-11		2011-12	2012-13		2013-14
1	2		3		4		5		6	7		8		9		10		11		12		13	14		15
United States	4,217,026	1	4,439,514	1	4,364,510	1	4,370,004	1	4,389,325	4,397,318	1	4,460,956	1	8.8	1	9.2	1	9.1	1	9.1	1	9.1	9.2	1	9.3	1
Alabama	10,825		19,523		19,497		17,559		17,895	17,837	2	17,457		1.5		2.6		2.6		2.4		2.4	2.4	2	2.3
Alaska	19,877		11,937		14,581		14,894		14,538	14,824		14,923		14.9		9.2		11.1		11.3		11.1	11.3		11.4
Arizona	152,447		118,868		78,793		70,716		70,527	58,512		63,242		16.5		12.1		8.2		7.5		7.5	6.2		6.7
Arkansas	17,174		27,629		29,735		31,457		32,671	33,745		35,814		3.8		5.8		6.3		6.6		6.9	7.1		7.5
California	1,586,970		1,498,660		1,468,815	3	1,445,496	2	1,415,623	1,391,913		1,392,871		25.5		24.3		24.1	3	23.6	2	23.2	22.8		22.7
Colorado	97,024		88,254		94,391		98,809		101,262	101,913		105,856		12.8		10.9		11.4		11.8		12.0	12.0		12.2
Connecticut	24,892		28,886		29,266		29,671		29,318	30,077		30,261		4.5		5.4		5.4		5.6		5.6	5.8		5.9
Delaware	3,947		7,111		7,615		6,766		6,972	7,280		7,927		3.5		6.1		6.5		5.6		5.9	6.1		6.6
District of Columbia	5,201		4,370		4,203		3,741		3,745	4,530		4,716		8.0		9.9		9.6		8.4		8.4	10.3		10.5
Florida	195,944		226,037		230,440		229,659		234,347	242,133		250,296		7.6		8.6		8.8		8.7		8.8	9.0		9.2
Georgia	65,876		82,000		86,668		80,965		83,400	87,104		90,481		4.3		5.0		5.2		4.9		5.0	5.2		5.3
Hawaii	12,850		18,564		18,097		19,092		24,750	16,474		15,949		7.0		10.3		10.0		10.6		13.5	8.9		8.5
Idaho	19,649		17,657		15,931		15,361		15,143	16,615		13,147		7.8		6.6		6.0		5.8		5.7	6.1		4.7
Illinois	170,219	2	204,737		179,850		174,335		170,626	191,738		191,057		8.2	2	9.7		8.6		8.4		8.2	9.4		9.3
Indiana	42,563		45,527		48,364		48,574		50,082	50,750		54,364		4.2		4.4		4.7		4.7		5.0	5.0		5.4
Iowa	15,238		20,334		20,867		21,733		22,503	21,839		23,137		3.2		4.2		4.2		4.4		4.5	4.4		4.6
Kansas	22,399		34,095		38,011		39,323		41,052	42,590		45,530		4.8		7.2		8.0		8.1		8.5	8.7		9.4
Kentucky	8,446		14,589		14,244		16,351		16,878	18,761		19,594		1.3		2.2		2.1		2.4		2.5	2.7		2.9
Louisiana	12,106		12,223		12,499		11,617		12,348	13,105		14,438		1.7		1.9		1.9		1.7		1.9	2.0		2.2
Maine	2,796		4,128	2	4,467		4,792		5,104	4,980		5,194		1.4		2.2	2	2.4		2.5		2.7	2.7		2.8
Maryland	27,695		39,919	2	43,179		45,500		51,574	55,343		56,047		3.2		4.7	2	5.1		5.3		6.0	6.4		6.5
Massachusetts	47,880		47,198		49,612		52,610		62,354	63,917		66,640		5.8		5.9		6.3		6.7		7.9	8.1		8.5
Michigan	57,374		55,593		53,565		50,773		52,811	56,865		63,322		3.5		3.6		3.5		3.5		3.7	4.1		4.6
Minnesota	51,257		55,738		54,349		40,778		54,034	50,837		55,875		6.2		7.0		6.8		5.1		6.8	6.3		6.9
Mississippi	2,916		6,543		6,061		5,617		6,175	8,485		6,574		0.6		1.3		1.2		1.1		1.3	1.7		1.3
Missouri	14,855		15,468		19,393		20,411		23,169	24,455		25,149		1.6		1.7		2.2		2.3		2.6	2.7		2.8
Montana	6,668		4,549		3,806		3,299		3,318	3,750		3,311		4.5		3.2		2.7		2.3		2.3	2.6		2.3
Nebraska	15,586		18,388		19,323		20,062		17,532	16,895		15,416		5.5		6.3		6.6		6.7		5.8	5.6		5.0
Nevada	69,896		75,952		67,868		83,351		84,125	67,970		67,640		18.1		17.6		16.0		19.4		19.6	15.7		15.5
New Hampshire	2,755		3,496		3,821		3,965		3,892	3,709		3,506		1.3		1.8		1.9		2.0		2.0	2.0		1.9
New Jersey	58,349		53,960		55,450		52,580		53,543	57,838		60,655		4.1		4.0		4.1		3.8		4.0	4.3		4.5
New Mexico	54,528		55,978	2	51,257		52,029		53,071	51,554		49,917		16.9		17.0	2	15.5		15.7		16.1	15.8		15.3
New York	183,539	2	183,736		200,433		207,708		204,898	197,594		184,562	4	6.4	2	6.8		7.4		7.8		7.8	7.5		7.0	4
North Carolina	60,658		113,155		105,651		102,397		98,264	97,338		93,726		4.5		7.8		7.3		7.1		6.7	6.6		6.5
North Dakota	1,638		3,540		3,031		2,788		2,589	2,667		2,749		1.6		3.7		3.3		3.0		2.7	2.7		2.7
Ohio	23,101		35,362		36,527		35,170		35,729	37,207		40,195		1.3		2.0		2.2		2.1		2.2	2.3		2.5
Oklahoma	40,041		38,314	2	39,259		41,431		44,593	46,155		46,736		6.4		5.9	2	6.0		6.3		6.7	6.9		7.0
Oregon	69,899		62,857		61,625		58,662		63,790	50,181		49,543		12.7		11.2		11.0		10.5		11.3	8.9		8.8
Pennsylvania	33,664	2	44,853		44,359		44,729		44,242	44,017		44,777		1.9	2	2.7		2.6		2.7		2.7	2.7		2.8
Rhode Island	9,558		6,466	2	6,340		7,161		7,724	7,856		8,562		6.1		4.9	2	4.9		5.5		6.1	6.2		6.8
South Carolina	10,653		31,422		34,661		36,360		38,986	40,876		40,087		1.5		4.4		4.8		5.1		5.4	5.7		5.5
South Dakota	4,468		3,580		4,005		4,383		4,736	4,999		4,251		3.6		2.8		3.2		3.5		3.7	3.8		3.3
Tennessee	27,002	2	27,433		27,550		29,680		30,996	32,331		34,397		3.0	2	2.8		2.8		3.0		3.1	3.3		3.5
Texas	655,210		704,142		708,615		718,350		722,043	739,639		765,952		15.4		15.2		15.0		15.0		14.9	15.1		15.5
Utah	49,436		43,957		46,591		41,805		32,423	31,810		32,775		10.1		8.3		8.5		7.7		5.9	5.7		5.7
Vermont	1,992		1,645	2	1,525		1,510		1,447	1,427		1,348	5	2.0		1.9	2	1.7		1.6		1.6	1.6		1.5	5
Virginia	60,101		86,745		86,475		87,752		91,431	92,937		93,995		5.1		7.1		7.0		7.1		7.4	7.4		7.5
Washington	58,523		82,711		65,101		90,282		82,070	93,940		99,650		5.7		8.0		6.3		8.7		7.9	8.9		9.4
West Virginia	1,477		1,617		1,605		1,786		1,914	2,084		1,878		0.5		0.6		0.6		0.6		0.7	0.7		0.7
Wisconsin	26,424		47,798		45,041		43,562		44,362	43,189		42,711		3.0		5.5		5.2		5.0		5.1	5.0		4.9
Wyoming	3,440		2,271		2,098		2,602		2,706	2,733		2,756		4.0		2.6		2.4		2.9		3.0	3.0		3.0

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

2 Imputation for survey nonresponse. State-level imputations were based on the percentages reported by the state for other years applied to the enrollment for the given year.

3 Based on data reported by the California Education Agency (http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/cefelfacts.asp).

4 For 2013-14, New York data on participation in programs for English language learners are from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 046, Data Group 123, extracted December 2, 2015, from the EDFacts Data Warehouse (internal U.S. Department of Education source).

5 Includes students enrolled in all types of school districts.

NOTE: Includes students served in regular school districts, excluding regional education service agencies and supervisory union administrative centers, state-operated agencies, federally operated agencies, and other types of local education agencies, such as independent charter schools.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003-04 through 2013-14. (This table was prepared December 2015.)