Table 203.20.

Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2029

Region, state, and jurisdiction	Actual total enrollment													Percent change in total enroll-ment, 2013 to 2018	Projected enrollment					Percent change in total enroll-ment, 2018 to 2029
	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Fall 2016	Fall 2017	Fall 2018		Fall 2019	Fall 2020	Fall 2021	Fall 2022	Fall 2029
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
United States	41,216,683	47,203,539	49,265,572	49,360,982	49,484,181	49,521,669	49,771,118	50,044,522	50,312,581	50,438,043	50,615,189	50,685,567	50,694,061	1.3	50,634,000	50,654,200	50,643,100	50,721,200	51,068,100	0.7
Region
Northeast	7,281,763	8,222,127	8,052,985	8,092,029	8,071,335	7,953,981	7,959,128	7,961,243	7,979,856	7,933,762	7,959,304	7,946,536	7,910,076	-0.6	7,889,500	7,866,800	7,838,300	7,824,100	7,705,000	-2.6
Midwest	9,943,761	10,729,987	10,742,973	10,672,171	10,609,604	10,573,792	10,559,230	10,572,920	10,560,539	10,555,579	10,538,947	10,523,753	10,491,845	-0.8	10,455,400	10,437,400	10,413,800	10,400,300	10,300,900	-1.8
South	14,807,016	17,007,261	18,490,770	18,651,889	18,805,000	18,955,932	19,128,376	19,298,714	19,506,193	19,641,472	19,749,816	19,824,469	19,863,988	2.9	19,878,600	19,926,300	19,975,000	20,065,800	20,519,200	3.3
West	9,184,143	11,244,164	11,978,844	11,944,893	11,998,242	12,037,964	12,124,384	12,211,645	12,265,993	12,307,230	12,367,122	12,390,809	12,428,152	1.8	12,410,500	12,423,700	12,416,000	12,431,000	12,543,100	0.9
State
Alabama	721,806	739,992	745,668	748,889	755,552	744,621	744,637	746,204	744,164	743,789	744,930	742,444	739,716	-0.9	733,500	732,900	733,500	735,200	743,900	0.6
Alaska	113,903	133,356	130,662	131,661	132,104	131,167	131,489	130,944	131,176	132,477	132,737	132,872	130,963	0.0	133,500	134,100	134,600	135,500	138,100	5.5
Arizona	639,853	877,696	1,087,817	1,077,831	1,071,751	1,080,319	1,089,384	1,102,445	1,111,695	1,109,040	1,123,137	1,110,851	1,141,511	3.5	1,112,600	1,113,200	1,113,400	1,115,400	1,139,300	-0.2
Arkansas	436,286	449,959	478,965	480,559	482,114	483,114	486,157	489,979	490,917	492,132	493,447	496,085	495,291	1.1	496,300	496,600	497,400	499,400	510,900	3.2
California	4,950,474	6,140,814	6,322,528	6,263,438	6,289,578	6,287,834	6,299,451	6,312,623	6,312,161	6,305,347	6,309,138	6,304,266	6,272,734	-0.6	6,269,700	6,251,900	6,220,500	6,200,300	6,112,700	-2.6
Colorado	574,213	724,508	818,443	832,368	843,316	854,265	863,561	876,999	889,006	899,112	905,019	910,280	911,536	3.9	915,000	917,600	918,300	921,800	951,100	4.3
Connecticut	469,123	562,179	567,198	563,968	560,546	554,437	550,954	546,200	542,678	537,933	535,118	531,288	526,634	-3.6	517,900	511,900	505,600	501,100	478,000	-9.2
Delaware	99,658	114,676	125,430	126,801	129,403	128,946	129,026	131,687	134,042	134,847	136,264	136,293	138,405	5.1	137,500	138,000	138,200	138,800	138,800	0.3
District of Columbia	80,694	68,925	68,681	69,433	71,284	73,911	76,140	78,153	80,958	84,024	85,850	87,315	88,493	13.2	89,700	91,800	94,000	96,100	99,800	12.8
Florida	1,861,592	2,434,821	2,631,020	2,634,522	2,643,347	2,668,156	2,692,162	2,720,744	2,756,944	2,792,234	2,816,791	2,832,424	2,846,444	4.6	2,865,200	2,887,200	2,908,600	2,935,700	3,109,900	9.3
Georgia	1,151,687	1,444,937	1,655,792	1,667,685	1,677,067	1,685,016	1,703,332	1,723,909	1,744,437	1,757,237	1,764,346	1,768,642	1,767,202	2.5	1,765,600	1,765,900	1,767,200	1,770,700	1,785,300	1.0
Hawaii	171,708	184,360	179,478	180,196	179,601	182,706	184,760	186,825	182,384	181,995	181,550	180,837	181,278	-3.0	180,300	179,500	178,500	177,400	168,600	-7.0
Idaho	220,840	245,117	275,051	276,299	275,859	279,873	284,834	296,476	290,885	292,277	297,200	301,186	310,522	4.7	305,900	308,100	310,300	312,600	326,200	5.1
Illinois	1,821,407	2,048,792	2,119,707	2,104,175	2,091,654	2,083,097	2,072,880	2,066,990	2,050,239	2,041,779	2,026,718	2,005,153	1,982,327	-4.1	1,991,600	1,984,800	1,976,800	1,966,000	1,872,000	-5.6
Indiana	954,525	989,267	1,046,147	1,046,661	1,047,232	1,040,765	1,041,369	1,047,385	1,046,269	1,046,757	1,049,547	1,054,187	1,055,706	0.8	1,050,400	1,050,200	1,051,100	1,052,500	1,065,700	0.9
Iowa	483,652	495,080	487,559	491,842	495,775	495,870	499,825	502,964	505,311	508,014	509,831	511,850	514,833	2.4	512,600	513,800	514,100	516,400	521,800	1.3
Kansas	437,034	470,610	471,060	474,489	483,701	486,108	489,043	496,440	497,275	495,884	494,347	497,088	497,733	0.3	493,700	492,400	490,300	489,200	478,900	-3.8
Kentucky	636,401	665,850	670,030	680,089	673,128	681,987	685,167	677,389	688,640	686,598	684,017	680,978	677,821	0.1	677,000	676,000	674,800	675,300	683,100	0.8
Louisiana	784,757	743,089	684,873	690,915	696,558	703,390	710,903	711,491	716,800	718,711	716,293	715,135	711,783	0.0	706,800	703,900	702,800	702,700	700,900	-1.5
Maine	215,149	207,037	192,935	189,225	189,077	188,969	185,739	183,995	182,470	181,613	180,512	180,473	180,461	-1.9	178,100	177,300	176,700	176,100	174,500	-3.3
Maryland	715,176	852,920	843,861	848,412	852,211	854,086	859,638	866,169	874,514	879,601	886,221	893,684	896,827	3.5	904,800	908,300	911,000	914,600	910,500	1.5
Massachusetts	834,314	975,150	958,910	957,053	955,563	953,369	954,773	955,739	955,844	964,026	964,514	964,791	962,297	0.7	960,800	958,400	955,100	953,600	945,400	-1.8
Michigan	1,584,431	1,720,626	1,659,921	1,649,082	1,587,067	1,573,537	1,555,370	1,548,841	1,537,922	1,536,231	1,528,666	1,516,398	1,504,194	-2.9	1,484,200	1,473,200	1,461,600	1,452,300	1,421,500	-5.5
Minnesota	756,374	854,340	836,048	837,053	838,037	839,738	845,404	850,973	857,235	864,384	875,021	884,944	889,304	4.5	897,200	903,300	907,800	912,200	929,300	4.5
Mississippi	502,417	497,871	491,962	492,481	490,526	490,619	493,650	492,586	490,917	487,200	483,150	478,321	471,298	-4.3	465,500	460,600	456,400	452,500	427,100	-9.4
Missouri	816,558	912,744	917,871	917,982	918,710	916,584	917,900	918,288	917,785	919,234	915,040	915,472	913,441	-0.5	911,800	911,700	911,100	912,600	918,100	0.5
Montana	152,974	154,875	141,899	141,807	141,693	142,349	142,908	144,129	144,532	145,319	146,375	149,474	148,844	3.3	151,500	152,400	153,100	154,100	159,500	7.2
Nebraska	274,081	286,199	292,590	295,368	298,500	301,296	303,505	307,677	312,635	316,014	319,194	323,766	326,392	6.1	328,300	330,400	331,900	333,800	345,700	5.9
Nevada	201,316	340,706	433,371	428,947	437,149	439,634	445,707	451,831	459,189	467,527	473,744	485,785	492,640	9.0	499,300	506,200	512,600	519,700	554,000	12.5
New Hampshire	172,785	208,461	197,934	197,140	194,711	191,900	188,974	186,310	184,670	182,425	180,888	179,433	178,515	-4.2	176,400	174,600	173,000	171,600	166,100	-6.9
New Jersey	1,089,646	1,313,405	1,381,420	1,396,029	1,402,548	1,356,431	1,372,203	1,370,295	1,400,579	1,408,845	1,410,421	1,408,102	1,400,069	2.2	1,396,800	1,392,000	1,385,600	1,381,300	1,353,100	-3.4
New Mexico	301,881	320,306	330,245	334,419	338,122	337,225	338,220	339,244	340,365	335,694	336,263	334,345	333,537	-1.7	327,200	323,700	320,100	317,000	294,200	-11.8
New York	2,598,337	2,882,188	2,740,592	2,766,052	2,734,955	2,704,718	2,710,703	2,732,770	2,741,185	2,711,626	2,729,776	2,724,663	2,700,833	-1.2	2,715,500	2,710,800	2,704,500	2,704,400	2,661,500	-1.5
North Carolina	1,086,871	1,293,638	1,488,645	1,483,397	1,490,605	1,507,864	1,518,465	1,530,857	1,548,895	1,544,934	1,550,062	1,553,513	1,552,497	1.4	1,548,600	1,550,200	1,551,800	1,563,200	1,598,400	3.0
North Dakota	117,825	109,201	94,728	95,073	96,323	97,646	101,111	103,947	106,586	108,644	109,706	111,920	113,845	9.5	113,000	115,100	117,000	119,000	130,300	14.5
Ohio	1,771,089	1,835,049	1,817,163	1,764,297	1,754,191	1,740,030	1,729,916	1,724,111	1,724,810	1,716,585	1,710,143	1,704,399	1,695,762	-1.6	1,679,900	1,671,100	1,662,400	1,657,200	1,631,400	-3.8
Oklahoma	579,087	623,110	645,108	654,802	659,911	666,120	673,483	681,848	688,511	692,878	693,903	695,092	698,891	2.5	698,500	699,900	700,100	702,500	709,900	1.6
Oregon	472,394	546,231	575,393	582,839	570,720	568,208	587,564	593,000	601,318	608,825	606,277	608,014	609,507	2.8	612,600	616,200	619,000	623,000	637,100	4.5
Pennsylvania	1,667,834	1,814,311	1,775,029	1,785,993	1,793,284	1,771,395	1,763,677	1,755,236	1,743,160	1,717,414	1,727,497	1,726,809	1,730,757	-1.4	1,714,700	1,713,800	1,711,000	1,709,800	1,704,500	-1.5
Rhode Island	138,813	157,347	145,342	145,118	143,793	142,854	142,481	142,008	141,959	142,014	142,150	142,949	143,436	1.0	142,800	142,100	141,600	141,200	139,900	-2.5
South Carolina	622,112	677,411	718,113	723,143	725,838	727,186	735,998	745,657	756,523	763,533	771,250	777,507	780,882	4.7	783,800	787,900	792,500	797,700	812,500	4.1
South Dakota	129,164	128,603	126,429	123,713	126,128	128,016	130,471	130,890	133,040	134,253	136,302	137,823	138,975	6.2	140,500	142,000	143,200	144,500	149,800	7.8
Tennessee	824,595	909,161	971,950	972,549	987,422	999,693	993,496	993,556	995,475	1,001,235	1,001,562	1,001,967	1,007,624	1.4	999,000	1,000,200	1,002,300	1,006,800	1,043,600	3.6
Texas	3,382,887	4,059,619	4,752,148	4,850,210	4,935,715	5,000,470	5,077,659	5,153,702	5,233,765	5,301,477	5,360,849	5,401,341	5,433,471	5.4	5,447,000	5,468,800	5,488,000	5,517,300	5,674,500	4.4
Utah	446,652	481,485	559,778	571,586	585,552	598,832	613,279	625,461	635,577	647,870	659,801	668,274	677,031	8.2	681,700	687,800	692,300	697,700	736,700	8.8
Vermont	95,762	102,049	93,625	91,451	96,858	89,908	89,624	88,690	87,311	87,866	88,428	88,028	87,074	-1.8	86,500	85,900	85,300	85,000	82,000	-5.8
Virginia	998,601	1,144,915	1,235,795	1,245,340	1,251,440	1,257,883	1,265,419	1,273,825	1,280,381	1,283,590	1,287,026	1,291,462	1,289,367	1.2	1,293,900	1,295,600	1,297,000	1,299,900	1,323,800	2.7
Washington	839,709	1,004,770	1,037,018	1,035,347	1,043,788	1,045,453	1,051,694	1,058,936	1,073,638	1,087,030	1,101,711	1,110,367	1,123,736	6.1	1,127,800	1,139,700	1,150,600	1,163,700	1,234,000	9.8
West Virginia	322,389	286,367	282,729	282,662	282,879	282,870	283,044	280,958	280,310	277,452	273,855	272,266	267,976	-4.6	265,900	262,500	259,600	257,400	246,200	-8.1
Wisconsin	797,621	879,476	873,750	872,436	872,286	871,105	872,436	874,414	871,432	867,800	864,432	860,753	859,333	-1.7	852,100	849,500	846,300	844,700	836,200	-2.7
Wyoming	98,226	89,940	87,161	88,155	89,009	90,099	91,533	92,732	94,067	94,717	94,170	94,258	94,313	1.7	93,400	93,200	92,800	92,700	91,500	-3.0
Bureau of Indian     Education	---	46,938	40,927	41,351	41,962	---	---	---	---	---	45,399	46,330	43,706	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
DoDEA1	---	107,755	84,781	---	---	---	---	---	---	74,970	72,226	71,134	71,406	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	12,463	15,702	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	12,620	12,106	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Guam	26,391	32,473	---	---	31,618	31,243	31,186	33,414	31,144	30,821	30,758	30,112	29,719	-11.1	---	---	---	---	---	---
Northern Marianas	6,449	10,004	10,913	10,961	11,105	11,011	10,646	10,638	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Puerto Rico	644,734	612,725	503,635	493,393	473,735	452,740	434,609	423,934	410,950	379,818	365,181	346,096	307,282	-27.5	---	---	---	---	---	---
U.S. Virgin Islands	21,750	19,459	15,768	15,493	15,495	15,711	15,192	14,953	14,241	13,805	13,194	10,868	10,718	-28.3	---	---	---	---	---	---

---Not available.

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

NOTE: Projections in this table were calculated prior to the coronavirus pandemic and therefore do not take into account the actual or potential impacts of the pandemic. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1990-91 through 2018-19; Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, 2016, 2017, and 2018, retrieved August 11, 2020, from https://www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment.cfm; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1980 through 2029. (This table was prepared August 2020.)