Table 507.20.

Participants in state-administered adult basic education, adult secondary education, and English language acquisition programs, by type of program and state or jurisdiction: Selected fiscal years, 2000 through 2020

State or jurisdiction	2000, total	2005, total	2010, total	2015, total	2018				2019				2020
					Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English language acquisi- tion	Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English language acquisi- tion	Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English language acquisi- tion
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
United States	2,629,643	2,543,953	1,990,118	1,506,955	1,106,949	522,367	107,750	476,832	948,934	447,000	79,957	421,977	581,878	331,707	73,267	176,904
Alabama	23,666	19,827	24,339	19,413	17,124	14,149	2,279	696	14,562	13,171	760	631	10,440	9,694	624	122
Alaska	5,312	3,791	3,176	2,006	1,333	1,043	20	270	901	605	23	273	727	535	26	166
Arizona	31,136	26,881	18,552	12,620	8,418	7,027	141	1,250	7,102	5,892	103	1,107	4,738	3,802	141	795
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	27,603	17,194	12,239	8,828	574	2,837	10,335	7,306	447	2,582	6,749	5,142	321	1,286
California	473,050	591,893	392,918	308,288	197,291	77,457	27,747	92,087	169,434	63,881	25,787	79,766	98,172	46,630	21,661	29,881
Colorado	13,818	15,011	12,873	8,749	7,252	3,355	286	3,611	6,298	2,512	230	3,556	2,647	1,057	111	1,479
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	25,924	19,495	16,486	3,871	3,235	9,380	14,300	2,796	3,212	8,292	8,912	2,166	3,186	3,560
Delaware	4,342	6,329	4,961	4,156	3,471	2,015	352	1,104	2,635	1,453	19	1,163	1,633	1,025	11	597
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	3,808	2,978	958	820	124	14	713	529	157	27	940	565	231	144
Florida	404,912	348,119	239,653	173,901	141,755	45,971	8,812	86,972	113,335	36,805	5,934	70,596	35,581	29,547	6,020	14
Georgia	108,004	95,434	64,668	42,939	33,972	25,163	2,237	6,572	28,183	22,051	164	5,968	17,297	13,959	163	3,175
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	9,058	5,959	4,555	2,488	883	1,184	3,683	1,906	734	1,043	2,789	1,830	570	389
Idaho	10,506	7,744	6,675	4,931	4,839	2,842	378	1,619	3,956	2,122	535	1,299	1,009	680	95	234
Illinois	122,043	118,296	96,620	67,349	51,983	17,109	3,697	31,177	46,972	16,574	1,239	29,159	25,832	10,813	2,447	12,572
Indiana	42,135	43,498	28,571	28,168	24,657	18,162	785	5,710	21,317	15,174	551	5,592	16,961	12,880	610	3,471
Iowa	20,161	11,989	11,167	12,378	10,685	5,290	1,217	4,178	9,316	3,817	1,502	3,997	7,411	3,566	1,376	2,469
Kansas	11,248	9,475	8,100	7,281	5,497	3,998	114	1,385	5,534	3,548	92	1,894	3,890	2,747	70	1,073
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	38,654	23,244	15,057	11,786	1,051	2,220	13,231	10,744	237	2,250	5,749	5,001	159	589
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	27,270	23,061	16,073	13,316	991	1,766	13,539	11,733	213	1,593	8,536	7,831	154	551
Maine	12,430	8,151	6,776	6,317	5,830	2,901	851	2,078	4,776	1,923	999	1,854	3,967	1,723	944	1,300
Maryland	22,702	27,055	32,833	28,689	23,849	9,911	1,020	12,918	20,014	7,773	788	11,453	11,652	5,375	586	5,691
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	20,314	19,021	17,769	3,667	2,067	12,035	18,949	3,825	2,364	12,760	15,700	2,927	2,113	10,660
Michigan	56,096	34,768	25,745	27,483	24,113	15,060	1,596	7,457	22,768	13,988	1,494	7,286	15,596	9,815	1,783	3,998
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	46,009	38,213	31,001	12,573	3,728	14,700	28,352	13,306	1,915	13,131	19,399	9,223	1,747	8,429
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	16,854	10,275	8,025	7,372	265	388	7,006	6,454	176	376	5,488	5,030	181	277
Missouri	41,089	37,052	31,397	18,780	15,129	9,209	1,188	4,732	12,682	8,214	271	4,197	7,458	5,249	227	1,982
Montana	4,892	3,291	3,494	2,025	1,601	1,196	175	230	1,421	1,313	52	56	1,472	1,378	66	28
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,485	6,096	3,926	1,843	274	1,809	3,996	1,542	682	1,772	3,168	1,233	679	1,256
Nevada	22,992	9,981	8,673	9,142	5,404	1,418	195	3,791	3,812	1,000	119	2,693	2,249	861	100	1,288
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,740	4,147	2,916	754	602	1,560	2,726	703	495	1,528	1,734	588	370	776
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	30,976	19,474	14,622	6,748	617	7,257	11,504	4,075	694	6,735	9,394	3,584	736	5,074
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	21,466	14,564	10,056	6,366	352	3,338	8,469	5,647	229	2,593	4,965	3,587	255	1,123
New York	176,239	157,486	122,833	103,883	63,279	21,231	2,564	39,484	55,493	18,734	253	36,506	38,639	17,980	475	20,184
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	115,312	70,710	47,629	23,444	9,019	15,166	40,893	21,466	4,761	14,666	28,210	15,202	4,485	8,523
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,581	2,075	1,557	1,246	51	260	1,301	1,007	51	243	1,179	991	44	144
Ohio	65,579	50,869	41,692	29,548	27,262	16,587	2,975	7,700	22,149	14,681	480	6,988	14,666	11,934	335	2,397
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	18,329	14,522	10,087	7,150	601	2,336	8,885	6,190	360	2,335	6,084	4,527	289	1,268
Oregon	25,228	21,668	20,851	13,378	11,583	6,308	1,336	3,939	10,022	4,070	2,137	3,815	7,423	3,341	1,661	2,421
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	30,577	20,607	16,720	9,207	1,648	5,865	14,343	7,680	1,252	5,411	10,165	5,536	879	3,750
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,012	5,245	5,735	1,777	399	3,559	4,827	1,267	453	3,107	3,697	1,214	618	1,865
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	49,484	27,171	16,467	11,499	3,763	1,205	13,472	10,296	1,888	1,288	9,837	7,510	1,657	670
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	2,423	2,067	2,037	1,241	324	472	1,227	799	42	386	1,260	990	54	216
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	28,170	21,497	10,831	9,398	966	467	9,405	8,668	139	598	7,772	7,032	142	598
Texas	111,585	119,867	99,333	102,083	67,189	30,960	2,220	34,009	56,444	26,870	2,990	26,584	34,552	20,305	2,911	11,336
Utah	30,714	29,320	24,686	16,269	13,554	7,512	1,606	4,436	12,011	5,388	2,523	4,100	9,661	4,452	2,830	2,379
Vermont	1,146	2,015	1,590	2,051	1,229	723	450	56	1,031	673	294	64	790	613	146	31
Virginia	35,261	29,222	28,220	20,221	15,391	4,619	2,896	7,876	13,215	4,667	1,762	6,786	7,889	3,343	1,929	2,617
Washington	53,460	50,386	61,392	46,848	40,934	13,753	5,896	21,285	36,410	9,970	7,552	18,888	24,544	6,624	6,272	11,648
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,785	4,350	6,722	4,154	2,415	153	4,763	4,346	214	203	4,109	3,775	252	82
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	21,523	14,256	9,003	6,453	597	1,953	9,660	6,644	530	2,486	7,751	5,114	460	2,177
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	2,973	1,838	1,854	1,397	171	286	1,562	1,202	59	301	1,395	1,181	65	149
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	22,045	18,681	6,263	1,021	2,950	2,292	1,995	504	963	528	6,456	671	3,803	1,982
American Samoa	662	838	225	206	117	21	59	37	44	0	0	44	139	0	0	139
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Guam	1,092	1,062	539	718	311	242	12	57	224	131	52	41	196	168	19	9
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Northern Marianas	680	740	607	176	187	154	33	0	145	119	26	0	139	111	28	0
Palau	132	206	56	49	101	101	0	0	91	91	0	0	75	75	0	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	20,464	17,532	5,289	374	2,842	2,073	1,366	105	877	384	5,801	233	3,756	1,812
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	154	‡	258	129	4	125	125	58	8	59	106	84	0	22

---Not available.

‡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 language acquisition 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 22, 2022, from https://nrs.ed.gov/rt. (This table was prepared April 2022.)