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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 [CORRECTED]
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 79,957 421,977 627,728 331,707 73,267 222,754
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 81,431 29,547 6,020 45,864

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.)

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