Table 219.20.

Public high school graduates, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2029-30

Region, state, and jurisdiction	Actual data							Projected data
	1980-81	1989-90		1999-2000	2009-10	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	Percent change, 2012-13 to 2029-30
1	2	3		4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
United States	2,725,285	2,320,337	1	2,553,844	3,128,022	3,149,185	3,169,257	3,168,450	3,187,000	3,224,140	3,255,320	3,310,020	3,316,970	3,294,660	3,302,430	3,323,040	3,337,740	3,404,190	3,463,190	3,458,860	3,384,860	3,314,690	3,290,850	3,265,340	3.0
Region
Northeast	593,727	446,045		453,814	556,400	554,705	555,202	546,910	543,080	545,820	551,480	553,700	550,610	545,780	546,720	547,000	543,310	549,940	559,110	554,400	544,550	532,560	530,600	525,610	-5.3
Midwest	784,071	616,700		648,020	726,844	716,072	713,662	705,550	708,240	714,040	719,240	728,420	728,250	715,220	715,460	727,280	721,220	731,350	746,070	741,560	726,570	709,840	698,670	694,010	-2.8
South	868,068	796,385		861,498	1,104,770	1,121,400	1,138,965	1,145,570	1,162,950	1,189,220	1,211,650	1,247,860	1,260,960	1,255,600	1,250,440	1,255,270	1,272,010	1,302,070	1,339,300	1,346,460	1,323,500	1,280,680	1,270,240	1,262,520	10.8
West	479,419	461,207		590,512	740,008	757,008	761,428	770,420	772,720	775,060	772,950	780,030	777,150	778,050	789,810	793,490	801,200	820,840	818,720	816,440	790,240	791,620	791,350	783,210	2.9
State
Alabama	44,894	40,485		37,819	43,166	45,394	44,233	44,540	45,420	46,070	47,560	48,030	47,610	45,440	44,150	44,470	44,640	44,970	46,610	46,950	46,080	44,370	44,160	43,750	-1.1
Alaska	5,343	5,386		6,615	8,245	7,989	7,860	7,720	7,860	7,840	7,910	8,030	7,910	7,710	7,700	7,740	7,860	8,060	8,230	8,450	8,460	8,400	8,270	8,210	4.4
Arizona	28,416	32,103		38,304	61,145	63,208	62,208	66,700	67,200	67,120	68,770	66,670	66,370	67,510	67,700	67,890	67,580	69,090	71,250	71,800	70,290	68,130	67,090	66,470	6.9
Arkansas	29,577	26,475		27,335	28,276	28,419	28,928	29,610	30,350	30,290	30,750	30,940	31,260	31,640	31,140	31,290	31,160	31,380	33,640	33,580	32,800	31,940	31,580	31,160	7.7
California	242,172	236,291		309,866	404,987	418,664	422,125	424,080	422,830	419,190	411,710	415,890	411,260	410,090	416,980	418,020	421,720	431,060	417,610	412,760	396,860	405,510	406,210	400,550	-5.1
Colorado	35,897	32,967		38,924	49,321	50,087	50,968	51,310	51,450	53,310	54,060	55,560	56,330	57,010	58,350	58,360	58,680	60,270	61,040	61,290	60,170	58,470	58,190	57,450	12.7
Connecticut	38,369	27,878		31,562	34,495	38,681	38,722	37,860	37,160	37,420	37,890	37,850	37,310	36,670	36,510	35,750	35,710	35,400	35,790	34,580	33,770	32,820	32,760	32,100	-17.1
Delaware	7,349	5,550		6,108	8,133	8,247	8,070	8,240	8,390	8,480	8,690	8,780	8,940	8,930	9,130	9,050	9,130	9,260	9,690	9,910	9,770	9,530	9,380	9,320	15.4
District of Columbia2	4,848	3,626		2,695	3,602	3,860	3,961	3,880	3,990	4,510	4,430	4,780	4,660	4,750	4,390	4,590	4,890	5,140	5,760	5,830	5,840	5,830	5,970	6,220	57.0
Florida	88,755	88,934		106,708	156,130	151,964	158,029	158,440	163,740	166,540	170,820	175,140	177,240	174,180	174,830	176,640	179,000	188,030	186,200	192,520	187,610	182,600	184,380	184,370	16.7
Georgia	62,963	56,605		62,563	91,561	90,582	92,416	94,380	97,420	100,070	102,050	105,810	107,740	107,290	105,750	106,870	107,910	110,690	113,680	113,570	111,590	107,580	106,390	104,890	13.5
Hawaii	11,472	10,325		10,437	10,998	11,360	10,790	11,050	10,760	10,860	10,690	11,180	10,550	10,820	10,840	10,930	11,070	11,150	11,410	11,400	8,750	10,850	10,600	10,580	-2.0
Idaho	12,679	11,971		16,170	17,793	17,568	17,198	19,120	18,050	18,230	19,130	19,510	19,780	19,960	19,940	20,410	21,160	21,290	22,100	22,250	21,790	21,410	21,440	21,390	24.3
Illinois	136,795	108,119		111,835	139,035	139,575	139,228	137,640	140,520	140,850	141,250	142,720	142,810	140,130	139,520	145,620	144,750	144,650	150,190	149,490	144,900	141,730	136,270	135,930	-2.4
Indiana	73,381	60,012		57,012	64,551	65,667	66,595	67,560	66,750	66,720	68,970	71,590	74,270	72,010	70,760	72,520	71,730	73,170	74,570	76,020	72,880	71,890	71,250	70,600	6.0
Iowa	42,635	31,796		33,926	34,462	33,230	32,548	32,590	32,450	32,700	32,850	33,280	33,050	33,300	33,780	33,660	34,460	35,300	35,980	36,020	34,960	34,490	33,520	33,090	1.7
Kansas	29,397	25,367		29,102	31,642	31,898	31,922	32,150	31,900	32,790	32,900	33,530	33,270	33,250	33,560	33,760	33,740	34,380	35,030	34,930	34,220	33,810	32,790	32,270	1.1
Kentucky	41,714	38,005		36,830	42,664	42,642	42,888	42,400	42,530	43,280	43,280	44,160	44,240	43,510	43,670	43,730	43,700	44,490	45,800	45,400	44,570	42,730	42,320	42,020	-2.0
Louisiana	46,199	36,053		38,430	36,573	36,675	37,508	38,180	37,720	38,790	39,380	41,860	41,730	41,500	39,860	40,290	40,330	40,760	42,750	42,100	41,430	39,400	39,020	38,690	3.2
Maine	15,554	13,839		12,211	14,069	13,473	13,170	12,730	12,560	12,790	12,640	12,690	12,600	12,310	12,190	12,420	12,490	12,350	12,590	12,340	12,280	11,830	11,760	11,590	-12.0
Maryland	54,050	41,566		47,849	59,078	58,811	58,896	58,120	57,650	57,490	57,290	59,120	58,430	60,940	61,140	61,920	62,350	64,270	66,460	67,230	65,980	64,730	64,490	63,770	8.3
Massachusetts	74,831	55,941	3	52,950	64,462	65,157	66,360	65,200	65,790	68,630	68,610	69,250	69,610	69,390	69,720	69,840	69,170	69,930	71,090	70,870	69,120	67,430	67,330	67,270	1.4
Michigan	124,372	93,807		97,679	110,682	105,446	104,210	102,520	102,020	100,800	101,570	102,940	101,830	97,340	97,200	97,780	94,520	95,430	96,050	92,160	89,790	88,410	89,440	88,440	-15.1
Minnesota	64,166	49,087		57,372	59,667	57,501	58,255	56,370	56,800	56,640	57,250	57,740	58,850	58,170	59,290	61,150	61,270	62,660	64,450	64,510	63,740	63,050	62,390	62,410	7.1
Mississippi	28,083	25,182		24,232	25,478	26,158	26,502	26,650	26,260	26,770	26,900	28,000	27,360	26,620	25,880	26,230	25,950	25,830	27,810	27,500	26,080	24,590	23,900	23,470	-11.4
Missouri	60,359	48,957		52,848	63,994	61,313	61,407	60,900	60,590	61,600	60,890	61,380	60,990	60,180	60,340	60,580	60,920	61,860	63,380	63,220	61,880	60,610	59,880	59,120	-3.7
Montana	11,634	9,370		10,903	10,075	9,750	9,369	9,470	9,390	9,320	9,380	9,480	9,850	10,110	10,310	10,420	10,460	11,030	10,980	11,240	10,860	10,480	10,740	10,630	13.5
Nebraska	21,411	17,664		20,149	19,370	20,464	20,442	20,580	20,650	21,090	21,130	21,800	21,900	22,390	22,880	23,350	23,120	23,640	22,600	24,330	24,460	23,980	23,490	23,690	15.9
Nevada	9,069	9,477		14,551	20,956	21,891	23,038	22,720	23,040	23,190	23,780	24,140	24,610	25,080	25,340	25,590	26,510	27,540	29,000	29,020	28,190	28,200	28,630	28,620	24.2
New Hampshire	11,552	10,766		11,829	15,034	14,426	14,262	13,790	13,520	13,600	13,160	13,100	12,910	13,010	12,740	12,780	12,490	12,520	12,450	12,260	11,930	11,490	11,770	11,650	-18.3
New Jersey	93,168	69,824		74,420	96,225	93,819	96,490	95,220	95,250	97,130	97,990	98,320	97,940	96,730	97,140	98,150	96,730	98,320	99,260	98,050	96,830	94,110	93,630	92,680	-3.9
New Mexico	17,915	14,884		18,031	18,595	20,315	19,232	18,590	19,530	19,480	19,770	19,900	19,730	19,540	19,430	19,380	19,710	19,730	20,150	20,240	19,840	18,430	18,050	17,630	-8.3
New York	198,465	143,318		141,731	183,826	180,806	180,351	178,810	179,110	178,260	181,790	182,400	181,210	182,650	182,770	181,350	181,310	183,920	187,960	186,630	184,630	181,070	178,810	177,180	-1.8
North Carolina	69,395	64,782		62,140	88,704	93,977	94,339	96,210	97,020	98,970	101,710	104,850	106,870	104,980	104,950	97,800	104,330	107,290	110,360	110,710	109,090	105,350	103,470	102,970	9.2
North Dakota	9,924	7,690		8,606	7,155	6,942	6,900	6,960	7,040	7,020	6,940	6,940	7,120	7,070	7,260	7,540	7,640	8,090	8,380	8,450	8,560	8,400	8,390	8,570	24.2
Ohio	143,503	114,513		111,668	123,437	123,135	122,491	119,520	120,940	125,050	126,590	126,900	125,270	123,090	122,280	121,570	119,450	122,070	123,670	121,360	121,300	115,910	114,420	113,900	-7.0
Oklahoma	38,875	35,606		37,646	38,503	37,305	37,033	37,260	38,420	39,690	40,230	41,030	41,350	41,390	42,270	42,160	40,930	43,180	44,880	44,840	44,530	43,390	42,170	42,060	13.6
Oregon	28,729	25,473		30,151	34,671	34,261	33,899	34,440	34,800	35,650	34,700	34,540	34,920	34,500	35,000	35,340	35,370	36,760	37,880	38,160	37,020	36,230	36,320	35,980	6.1
Pennsylvania	144,645	110,527		113,959	131,182	131,733	129,777	127,200	123,560	121,840	123,990	124,750	123,070	118,860	119,840	120,690	119,480	121,600	123,690	123,520	120,490	118,390	119,080	117,900	-9.2
Rhode Island	10,719	7,825		8,477	9,908	9,751	9,579	9,730	9,900	10,050	9,390	9,620	10,250	10,500	10,280	10,490	10,300	10,410	10,580	10,490	10,170	10,040	10,110	9,940	3.7
South Carolina	38,347	32,483		31,617	40,438	41,442	42,246	41,720	42,650	43,840	45,090	46,790	47,060	47,100	46,220	46,980	47,850	49,410	52,020	51,900	51,650	49,050	49,110	48,770	15.4
South Dakota	10,385	7,650		9,278	8,162	8,196	8,239	7,960	8,140	8,080	8,160	8,230	8,200	8,230	8,520	8,800	9,140	9,310	9,610	9,650	9,440	9,300	9,240	9,250	12.3
Tennessee	50,648	46,094		41,568	62,408	62,454	61,323	60,970	62,010	63,480	63,710	64,290	65,110	63,860	62,930	63,270	63,910	65,630	66,960	66,380	63,660	63,020	63,090	62,560	2.0
Texas	171,665	172,480		212,925	280,894	292,531	301,390	304,360	309,280	318,660	327,690	339,670	346,980	349,340	350,570	355,170	361,120	365,740	378,180	379,960	377,200	363,850	357,810	356,220	18.2
Utah	19,886	21,196		32,501	31,481	31,157	33,186	33,400	34,070	35,400	36,560	37,550	38,160	39,000	40,170	40,920	41,400	42,780	44,110	43,880	43,050	42,330	42,080	42,190	27.1
Vermont	6,424	6,127		6,675	7,199	6,859	6,491	6,360	6,240	6,090	6,010	5,740	5,700	5,670	5,530	5,540	5,640	5,490	5,700	5,670	5,330	5,380	5,360	5,290	-18.5
Virginia	67,126	60,605		65,596	81,511	83,336	83,279	83,100	82,680	84,640	84,720	87,150	87,260	87,080	87,070	88,330	88,640	90,150	92,180	91,980	89,990	87,630	88,000	87,480	5.0
Washington	50,046	45,941		57,597	66,046	65,205	66,066	66,240	68,200	69,770	70,840	71,790	71,850	70,920	72,030	72,530	73,490	75,810	78,550	79,670	78,850	77,280	77,980	77,960	18.0
West Virginia	23,580	21,854		19,437	17,651	17,603	17,924	17,510	17,460	17,640	17,370	17,480	17,140	17,070	16,500	16,500	16,180	15,860	16,320	16,070	15,660	15,090	14,980	14,820	-17.3
Wisconsin	67,743	52,038		58,545	64,687	62,705	61,425	60,810	60,460	60,710	60,740	61,380	60,700	60,060	60,090	60,970	60,490	60,800	62,160	61,430	60,440	58,260	57,590	56,710	-7.7
Wyoming	6,161	5,823		6,462	5,695	5,553	5,489	5,590	5,550	5,700	5,660	5,790	5,840	5,810	6,020	5,960	6,210	6,280	6,400	6,290	6,110	5,900	5,740	5,560	1.4
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian     Education	---	---		---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
DoDEA4	---	---		3,202	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	---	703		698	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Guam	---	1,033		1,406	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Northern Marianas	---	227		360	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Puerto Rico	---	29,049		30,856	25,514	25,720	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
U.S. Virgin Islands	---	1,260		1,060	958	1,046	897	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

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

2 Beginning in 1989-90, graduates from adult programs are excluded.

3 Projected data from NCES 91-490, Projections of Education Statistics to 2002.

4 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.

NOTE: Data include regular diploma recipients, but exclude students receiving a certificate of attendance and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981-82 through 2005-06; "State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2005-06 through 2012-13; and State High School Graduates Projection Model, 1980-81 through 2029-30. (This table was prepared December 2019.)