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 2016

State or jurisdiction	2000, total	2005, total	2010, total	2015				2016
				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	1,506,955	649,350	168,613	688,992	1,334,613	592,653	148,764	593,196
Alabama	23,666	19,827	24,339	19,413	12,810	4,337	2,266	18,619	12,615	4,281	1,723
Alaska	5,312	3,791	3,176	2,006	1,109	212	685	2,074	1,186	216	672
Arizona	31,136	26,881	18,552	12,620	6,840	780	5,000	13,112	6,798	704	5,610
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	27,603	17,194	9,872	3,678	3,644	16,372	9,132	3,482	3,758
California	473,050	591,893	392,918	308,288	79,573	43,787	184,928	236,580	79,292	34,073	123,215
Colorado	13,818	15,011	12,873	8,749	3,481	682	4,586	7,621	3,301	683	3,637
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	25,924	19,495	4,647	4,448	10,400	17,175	4,868	3,633	8,674
Delaware	4,342	6,329	4,961	4,156	2,433	413	1,310	3,855	2,104	389	1,362
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	3,808	2,978	1,617	156	1,205	2,972	1,487	151	1,334
Florida	404,912	348,119	239,653	173,901	64,952	13,877	95,072	169,819	56,167	11,675	101,977
Georgia	108,004	95,434	64,668	42,939	29,684	3,498	9,757	36,349	27,886	3,177	5,286
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	9,058	5,959	2,824	1,407	1,728	5,267	2,698	1,154	1,415
Idaho	10,506	7,744	6,675	4,931	2,826	438	1,667	5,223	3,019	529	1,675
Illinois	122,043	118,296	96,620	67,349	22,797	5,717	38,835	64,005	20,144	5,388	38,473
Indiana	42,135	43,498	28,571	28,168	17,737	4,644	5,787	26,579	16,080	4,640	5,859
Iowa	20,161	11,989	11,167	12,378	5,860	1,473	5,045	11,057	5,501	1,334	4,222
Kansas	11,248	9,475	8,100	7,281	3,375	917	2,989	5,837	3,441	874	1,522
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	38,654	23,244	14,453	5,236	3,555	21,377	13,914	4,827	2,636
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	27,270	23,061	17,005	2,284	3,772	19,328	15,458	2,010	1,860
Maine	12,430	8,151	6,776	6,317	3,320	1,123	1,874	5,679	2,995	983	1,701
Maryland	22,702	27,055	32,833	28,689	11,223	2,882	14,584	25,207	10,816	1,825	12,566
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	20,314	19,021	4,344	3,034	11,643	17,918	4,133	2,870	10,915
Michigan	56,096	34,768	25,745	27,483	16,886	2,054	8,543	19,813	15,125	1,812	2,876
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	46,009	38,213	14,383	6,346	17,484	35,103	12,664	4,559	17,880
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	16,854	10,275	8,808	1,195	272	10,264	8,775	1,133	356
Missouri	41,089	37,052	31,397	18,780	12,244	1,525	5,011	16,492	10,895	1,322	4,275
Montana	4,892	3,291	3,494	2,025	1,497	347	181	1,802	1,398	204	200
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,485	6,096	2,718	518	2,860	5,209	2,492	434	2,283
Nevada	22,992	9,981	8,673	9,142	2,059	181	6,902	8,365	1,854	197	6,314
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,740	4,147	1,042	978	2,127	3,422	985	981	1,456
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	30,976	19,474	8,040	986	10,448	15,690	7,486	878	7,326
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	21,466	14,564	8,242	1,228	5,094	12,483	7,105	1,167	4,211
New York	176,239	157,486	122,833	103,883	36,788	4,491	62,604	105,410	34,581	3,984	66,845
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	115,312	70,710	37,941	11,012	21,757	64,223	33,777	10,872	19,574
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,581	2,075	1,025	381	669	1,983	1,106	344	533
Ohio	65,579	50,869	41,692	29,548	18,747	3,076	7,725	29,472	18,297	2,987	8,188
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	18,329	14,522	8,727	1,212	4,583	13,043	8,493	1,201	3,349
Oregon	25,228	21,668	20,851	13,378	5,986	1,675	5,717	12,709	6,068	1,529	5,112
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	30,577	20,607	11,596	2,417	6,594	19,074	11,466	2,420	5,188
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,012	5,245	1,752	347	3,146	5,304	1,836	397	3,071
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	49,484	27,171	16,563	6,383	4,225	25,153	15,073	6,075	4,005
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	2,423	2,067	1,049	302	716	1,954	1,107	310	537
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	28,170	21,497	15,290	1,974	4,233	15,552	12,664	1,903	985
Texas	111,585	119,867	99,333	102,083	48,209	3,468	50,406	81,676	34,001	2,761	44,914
Utah	30,714	29,320	24,686	16,269	8,499	1,914	5,856	15,814	8,621	1,944	5,249
Vermont	1,146	2,015	1,590	2,051	847	785	419	1,117	595	467	55
Virginia	35,261	29,222	28,220	20,221	7,185	1,545	11,491	19,208	6,643	1,451	11,114
Washington	53,460	50,386	61,392	46,848	18,968	3,589	24,291	44,027	16,489	5,058	22,480
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,785	4,350	3,231	907	212	3,932	2,781	984	167
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	21,523	14,256	7,259	2,319	4,678	12,561	6,342	2,035	4,184
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	2,973	1,838	987	435	416	1,733	899	457	377
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	22,045	18,920	3,459	8,523	6,938	17,530	2,125	7,305	8,100
American Samoa	662	838	225	206	0	50	156	159	0	69	90
Federated States of
Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1,092	1,062	539	718	580	42	96	527	417	10	100
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	680	740	607	176	96	58	22	213	135	78	0
Palau	132	206	56	49	29	20	0	68	56	12	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	20,464	17,532	2,557	8,353	6,622	16,441	1,418	7,136	7,887
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	154	‡	197	‡	42	122	99	0	23

‡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 June 28, 2018, from http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OVAE/NRS/reports/index.cfm. (This table was prepared June 2018.)