Table 507.20.

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 2014

State or jurisdiction	2000, total	2005, total	2010, total	2013				2014
				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	1,990,118	1,584,037	735,601	181,182	667,254	1,518,550	679,313	171,722	667,515
Alabama	23,666	19,827	24,339	22,016	16,212	3,632	2,172	19,721	13,775	3,791	2,155
Alaska	5,312	3,791	3,176	2,423	1,454	180	789	1,975	981	180	814
Arizona	31,136	26,881	18,552	16,059	8,742	1,161	6,156	13,500	7,322	917	5,261
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	27,603	20,274	12,529	3,700	4,045	16,946	9,882	3,400	3,664
California	473,050	591,893	392,918	305,182	84,049	39,731	181,402	304,831	79,741	43,164	181,926
Colorado	13,818	15,011	12,873	10,457	3,808	903	5,746	9,249	3,310	841	5,098
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	25,924	22,565	6,194	5,047	11,324	20,212	5,193	4,525	10,494
Delaware	4,342	6,329	4,961	4,678	2,806	608	1,264	4,124	2,433	387	1,304
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	3,808	3,286	1,441	163	1,682	2,914	1,388	201	1,325
Florida	404,912	348,119	239,653	151,384	68,227	14,939	68,218	171,116	69,982	15,031	86,103
Georgia	108,004	95,434	64,668	47,197	34,508	3,560	9,129	44,225	31,111	3,206	9,908
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	9,058	6,289	2,739	1,484	2,066	6,066	2,900	1,332	1,834
Idaho	10,506	7,744	6,675	5,086	2,948	392	1,746	5,053	2,752	480	1,821
Illinois	122,043	118,296	96,620	78,741	26,245	8,445	44,051	74,313	25,859	6,446	42,008
Indiana	42,135	43,498	28,571	29,738	21,019	4,430	4,289	28,107	18,872	4,182	5,053
Iowa	20,161	11,989	11,167	9,991	4,739	1,272	3,980	12,203	5,859	1,445	4,899
Kansas	11,248	9,475	8,100	8,609	4,423	1,094	3,092	7,183	3,373	844	2,966
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	38,654	32,831	20,838	7,825	4,168	28,676	17,363	7,158	4,155
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	27,270	22,266	17,530	2,640	2,096	22,405	17,223	2,276	2,906
Maine	12,430	8,151	6,776	6,340	3,395	1,252	1,693	5,730	3,031	1,078	1,621
Maryland	22,702	27,055	32,833	30,054	12,834	2,602	14,618	27,997	11,318	2,764	13,915
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	20,314	19,244	4,659	3,241	11,344	19,235	4,521	3,094	11,620
Michigan	56,096	34,768	25,745	28,625	17,898	2,425	8,302	27,443	16,644	2,235	8,564
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	46,009	39,135	16,074	4,942	18,119	38,612	14,804	6,185	17,623
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	16,854	13,269	11,294	1,734	241	10,785	9,464	1,088	233
Missouri	41,089	37,052	31,397	22,243	15,528	1,879	4,836	19,565	12,994	1,548	5,023
Montana	4,892	3,291	3,494	2,437	1,783	495	159	2,023	1,490	378	155
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,485	7,007	3,368	629	3,010	6,344	2,903	514	2,927
Nevada	22,992	9,981	8,673	9,297	1,966	526	6,805	8,838	2,063	177	6,598
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,740	4,664	1,307	1,139	2,218	4,258	1,119	1,013	2,126
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	30,976	33,488	12,038	1,311	20,139	21,694	8,507	1,126	12,061
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	21,466	16,796	9,136	1,215	6,445	15,353	8,422	1,089	5,842
New York	176,239	157,486	122,833	106,616	42,065	5,487	59,064	102,784	38,893	4,736	59,155
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	115,312	91,061	52,156	14,880	24,025	77,092	43,169	12,006	21,917
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,581	1,553	813	379	361	1,597	765	303	529
Ohio	65,579	50,869	41,692	32,650	22,588	3,571	6,491	29,751	19,658	3,194	6,899
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	18,329	15,493	10,167	1,408	3,918	14,557	9,083	1,193	4,281
Oregon	25,228	21,668	20,851	16,204	7,833	1,811	6,560	13,807	6,000	2,040	5,767
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	30,577	22,468	13,249	2,541	6,678	21,884	12,618	2,316	6,950
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,012	5,587	2,434	337	2,816	4,927	1,794	272	2,861
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	49,484	39,350	26,454	7,316	5,580	31,641	20,403	6,335	4,903
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	2,423	2,060	1,178	306	576	2,062	1,086	304	672
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	28,170	24,203	17,678	2,504	4,021	22,711	15,845	2,207	4,659
Texas	111,585	119,867	99,333	71,676	26,385	2,290	43,001	83,534	40,674	2,612	40,248
Utah	30,714	29,320	24,686	20,390	12,309	2,224	5,857	19,374	11,386	2,164	5,824
Vermont	1,146	2,015	1,590	2,650	1,493	804	353	2,073	911	809	353
Virginia	35,261	29,222	28,220	22,902	9,085	2,274	11,543	20,598	7,563	1,503	11,532
Washington	53,460	50,386	61,392	49,811	20,658	3,350	25,803	45,562	18,706	3,183	23,673
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,785	8,620	6,505	1,840	275	7,789	5,735	1,797	257
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	21,523	16,614	9,483	2,751	4,380	14,211	7,473	2,277	4,461
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	2,973	2,458	1,337	513	608	1,900	952	376	572
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	22,045	14,719	3,225	10,422	1,072	16,090	3,226	9,992	3,369
American Samoa	662	838	225	188	0	48	140	199	0	55	144
Federated States of       Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1,092	1,062	539	524	392	73	59	503	419	25	59
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	680	740	607	262	47	188	27	241	150	71	20
Palau	132	206	56	55	0	55	0	41	0	41	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	20,464	13,135	2,252	10,044	839	15,106	2,160	9,800	3,146
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	154	555	534	14	7	‡	497	‡	0

‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

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 February 25, 2016, from http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OVAE/NRS/reports/index.cfm. (This table was prepared February 2016.)