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 2015

State or jurisdiction	2000, total	2005, total	2010, total	2014				2015
				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	1,518,550	679,313	171,722	667,515	1,506,955	649,350	168,613	688,992
Alabama	23,666	19,827	24,339	19,721	13,775	3,791	2,155	19,413	12,810	4,337	2,266
Alaska	5,312	3,791	3,176	1,975	981	180	814	2,006	1,109	212	685
Arizona	31,136	26,881	18,552	13,500	7,322	917	5,261	12,620	6,840	780	5,000
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	27,603	16,946	9,882	3,400	3,664	17,194	9,872	3,678	3,644
California	473,050	591,893	392,918	304,831	79,741	43,164	181,926	308,288	79,573	43,787	184,928
Colorado	13,818	15,011	12,873	9,249	3,310	841	5,098	8,749	3,481	682	4,586
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	25,924	20,212	5,193	4,525	10,494	19,495	4,647	4,448	10,400
Delaware	4,342	6,329	4,961	4,124	2,433	387	1,304	4,156	2,433	413	1,310
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	3,808	2,914	1,388	201	1,325	2,978	1,617	156	1,205
Florida	404,912	348,119	239,653	171,116	69,982	15,031	86,103	173,901	64,952	13,877	95,072
Georgia	108,004	95,434	64,668	44,225	31,111	3,206	9,908	42,939	29,684	3,498	9,757
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	9,058	6,066	2,900	1,332	1,834	5,959	2,824	1,407	1,728
Idaho	10,506	7,744	6,675	5,053	2,752	480	1,821	4,931	2,826	438	1,667
Illinois	122,043	118,296	96,620	74,313	25,859	6,446	42,008	67,349	22,797	5,717	38,835
Indiana	42,135	43,498	28,571	28,107	18,872	4,182	5,053	28,168	17,737	4,644	5,787
Iowa	20,161	11,989	11,167	12,203	5,859	1,445	4,899	12,378	5,860	1,473	5,045
Kansas	11,248	9,475	8,100	7,183	3,373	844	2,966	7,281	3,375	917	2,989
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	38,654	28,676	17,363	7,158	4,155	23,244	14,453	5,236	3,555
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	27,270	22,405	17,223	2,276	2,906	23,061	17,005	2,284	3,772
Maine	12,430	8,151	6,776	5,730	3,031	1,078	1,621	6,317	3,320	1,123	1,874
Maryland	22,702	27,055	32,833	27,997	11,318	2,764	13,915	28,689	11,223	2,882	14,584
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	20,314	19,235	4,521	3,094	11,620	19,021	4,344	3,034	11,643
Michigan	56,096	34,768	25,745	27,443	16,644	2,235	8,564	27,483	16,886	2,054	8,543
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	46,009	38,612	14,804	6,185	17,623	38,213	14,383	6,346	17,484
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	16,854	10,785	9,464	1,088	233	10,275	8,808	1,195	272
Missouri	41,089	37,052	31,397	19,565	12,994	1,548	5,023	18,780	12,244	1,525	5,011
Montana	4,892	3,291	3,494	2,023	1,490	378	155	2,025	1,497	347	181
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,485	6,344	2,903	514	2,927	6,096	2,718	518	2,860
Nevada	22,992	9,981	8,673	8,838	2,063	177	6,598	9,142	2,059	181	6,902
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,740	4,258	1,119	1,013	2,126	4,147	1,042	978	2,127
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	30,976	21,694	8,507	1,126	12,061	19,474	8,040	986	10,448
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	21,466	15,353	8,422	1,089	5,842	14,564	8,242	1,228	5,094
New York	176,239	157,486	122,833	102,784	38,893	4,736	59,155	103,883	36,788	4,491	62,604
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	115,312	77,092	43,169	12,006	21,917	70,710	37,941	11,012	21,757
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,581	1,597	765	303	529	2,075	1,025	381	669
Ohio	65,579	50,869	41,692	29,751	19,658	3,194	6,899	29,548	18,747	3,076	7,725
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	18,329	14,557	9,083	1,193	4,281	14,522	8,727	1,212	4,583
Oregon	25,228	21,668	20,851	13,807	6,000	2,040	5,767	13,378	5,986	1,675	5,717
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	30,577	21,884	12,618	2,316	6,950	20,607	11,596	2,417	6,594
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,012	4,927	1,794	272	2,861	5,245	1,752	347	3,146
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	49,484	31,641	20,403	6,335	4,903	27,171	16,563	6,383	4,225
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	2,423	2,062	1,086	304	672	2,067	1,049	302	716
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	28,170	22,711	15,845	2,207	4,659	21,497	15,290	1,974	4,233
Texas	111,585	119,867	99,333	83,534	40,674	2,612	40,248	102,083	48,209	3,468	50,406
Utah	30,714	29,320	24,686	19,374	11,386	2,164	5,824	16,269	8,499	1,914	5,856
Vermont	1,146	2,015	1,590	2,073	911	809	353	2,051	847	785	419
Virginia	35,261	29,222	28,220	20,598	7,563	1,503	11,532	20,221	7,185	1,545	11,491
Washington	53,460	50,386	61,392	45,562	18,706	3,183	23,673	46,848	18,968	3,589	24,291
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,785	7,789	5,735	1,797	257	4,350	3,231	907	212
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	21,523	14,211	7,473	2,277	4,461	14,256	7,259	2,319	4,678
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	2,973	1,900	952	376	572	1,838	987	435	416
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	22,045	16,587	3,226	9,992	3,369	18,920	3,459	8,523	6,938
American Samoa	662	838	225	199	0	55	144	206	0	50	156
Federated States of
Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1,092	1,062	539	503	419	25	59	718	580	42	96
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	680	740	607	241	150	71	20	176	96	58	22
Palau	132	206	56	41	0	41	0	49	29	20	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	20,464	15,106	2,160	9,800	3,146	17,532	2,557	8,353	6,622
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	154	‡	497	‡	0	‡	197	‡	42

‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

NOTE: Adult basic education provides instruction in basic skills for adults age 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 Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), OCTAE National Reporting System, retrieved April 19, 2017, from http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OVAE/NRS/reports/index.cfm. (This table was prepared April 2017.)