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 2021

State or jurisdiction	2000, total	2005, total	2010, total	2015, total	2018, total	2019				2020				2021
						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	18
United States	2,629,643	2,543,953	1,990,118	1,506,955	1,106,949	948,934	447,000	79,957	421,977	627,728	331,707	73,267	222,754	770,179	369,498	79,056	321,625
Alabama	23,666	19,827	24,339	19,413	17,124	14,562	13,171	760	631	10,440	9,694	624	122	12,750	11,938	680	132
Alaska	5,312	3,791	3,176	2,006	1,333	901	605	23	273	727	535	26	166	652	519	27	106
Arizona	31,136	26,881	18,552	12,620	8,418	7,102	5,892	103	1,107	4,738	3,802	141	795	6,400	4,840	314	1,246
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	27,603	17,194	12,239	10,335	7,306	447	2,582	6,749	5,142	321	1,286	7,827	5,755	338	1,734
California	473,050	591,893	392,918	308,288	197,291	169,434	63,881	25,787	79,766	98,172	46,630	21,661	29,881	131,952	57,987	22,275	51,690
Colorado	13,818	15,011	12,873	8,749	7,252	6,298	2,512	230	3,556	2,647	1,057	111	1,479	3,161	1,153	126	1,882
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	25,924	19,495	16,486	14,300	2,796	3,212	8,292	8,912	2,166	3,186	3,560	12,040	2,352	3,132	6,556
Delaware	4,342	6,329	4,961	4,156	3,471	2,635	1,453	19	1,163	1,633	1,025	11	597	2,196	1,208	59	929
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	3,808	2,978	958	713	529	157	27	940	565	231	144	949	607	259	83
Florida	404,912	348,119	239,653	173,901	141,755	113,335	36,805	5,934	70,596	81,431	29,547	6,020	45,864	106,540	29,706	6,728	70,106
Georgia	108,004	95,434	64,668	42,939	33,972	28,183	22,051	164	5,968	17,297	13,959	163	3,175	21,477	17,889	215	3,373
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	9,058	5,959	4,555	3,683	1,906	734	1,043	2,789	1,830	570	389	3,322	1,988	674	660
Idaho	10,506	7,744	6,675	4,931	4,839	3,956	2,122	535	1,299	1,009	680	95	234	3,784	2,136	453	1,195
Illinois	122,043	118,296	96,620	67,349	51,983	46,972	16,574	1,239	29,159	25,832	10,813	2,447	12,572	36,056	12,207	3,314	20,535
Indiana	42,135	43,498	28,571	28,168	24,657	21,317	15,174	551	5,592	16,961	12,880	610	3,471	18,574	12,934	540	5,100
Iowa	20,161	11,989	11,167	12,378	10,685	9,316	3,817	1,502	3,997	7,411	3,566	1,376	2,469	9,193	3,804	1,524	3,865
Kansas	11,248	9,475	8,100	7,281	5,497	5,534	3,548	92	1,894	3,890	2,747	70	1,073	4,684	2,923	61	1,700
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	38,654	23,244	15,057	13,231	10,744	237	2,250	5,749	5,001	159	589	7,623	6,252	157	1,214
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	27,270	23,061	16,073	13,539	11,733	213	1,593	8,536	7,831	154	551	10,195	8,827	148	1,220
Maine	12,430	8,151	6,776	6,317	5,830	4,776	1,923	999	1,854	3,967	1,723	944	1,300	4,540	1,650	1,061	1,829
Maryland	22,702	27,055	32,833	28,689	23,849	20,014	7,773	788	11,453	11,652	5,375	586	5,691	15,493	6,538	650	8,305
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	20,314	19,021	17,769	18,949	3,825	2,364	12,760	15,700	2,927	2,113	10,660	18,649	3,221	2,377	13,051
Michigan	56,096	34,768	25,745	27,483	24,113	22,768	13,988	1,494	7,286	15,596	9,815	1,783	3,998	19,011	11,347	1,862	5,802
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	46,009	38,213	31,001	28,352	13,306	1,915	13,131	19,399	9,223	1,747	8,429	23,023	10,222	1,799	11,002
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	16,854	10,275	8,025	7,006	6,454	176	376	5,488	5,030	181	277	5,888	5,396	209	283
Missouri	41,089	37,052	31,397	18,780	15,129	12,682	8,214	271	4,197	7,458	5,249	227	1,982	8,944	5,960	186	2,798
Montana	4,892	3,291	3,494	2,025	1,601	1,421	1,313	52	56	1,472	1,378	66	28	1,679	1,586	46	47
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,485	6,096	3,926	3,996	1,542	682	1,772	3,168	1,233	679	1,256	3,866	1,274	723	1,869
Nevada	22,992	9,981	8,673	9,142	5,404	3,812	1,000	119	2,693	2,249	861	100	1,288	3,559	930	163	2,466
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,740	4,147	2,916	2,726	703	495	1,528	1,734	588	370	776	2,241	670	434	1,137
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	30,976	19,474	14,622	11,504	4,075	694	6,735	9,394	3,584	736	5,074	9,644	3,329	639	5,676
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	21,466	14,564	10,056	8,469	5,647	229	2,593	4,965	3,587	255	1,123	5,014	3,738	257	1,019
New York	176,239	157,486	122,833	103,883	63,279	55,493	18,734	253	36,506	38,639	17,980	475	20,184	45,507	13,502	183	31,822
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	115,312	70,710	47,629	40,893	21,466	4,761	14,666	28,210	15,202	4,485	8,523	36,014	17,867	4,865	13,282
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,581	2,075	1,557	1,301	1,007	51	243	1,179	991	44	144	1,352	1,114	60	178
Ohio	65,579	50,869	41,692	29,548	27,262	22,149	14,681	480	6,988	14,666	11,934	335	2,397	16,306	12,072	348	3,886
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	18,329	14,522	10,087	8,885	6,190	360	2,335	6,084	4,527	289	1,268	6,788	4,645	91	2,052
Oregon	25,228	21,668	20,851	13,378	11,583	10,022	4,070	2,137	3,815	7,423	3,341	1,661	2,421	9,040	3,603	1,645	3,792
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	30,577	20,607	16,720	14,343	7,680	1,252	5,411	10,165	5,536	879	3,750	12,437	6,186	1,043	5,208
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,012	5,245	5,735	4,827	1,267	453	3,107	3,697	1,214	618	1,865	4,438	1,366	655	2,417
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	49,484	27,171	16,467	13,472	10,296	1,888	1,288	9,837	7,510	1,657	670	11,012	8,024	1,892	1,096
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	2,423	2,067	2,037	1,227	799	42	386	1,260	990	54	216	1,538	1,175	49	314
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	28,170	21,497	10,831	9,405	8,668	139	598	7,772	7,032	142	598	9,264	7,948	135	1,181
Texas	111,585	119,867	99,333	102,083	67,189	56,444	26,870	2,990	26,584	34,552	20,305	2,911	11,336	31,513	24,221	4,095	3,197
Utah	30,714	29,320	24,686	16,269	13,554	12,011	5,388	2,523	4,100	9,661	4,452	2,830	2,379	11,875	5,034	3,041	3,800
Vermont	1,146	2,015	1,590	2,051	1,229	1,031	673	294	64	790	613	146	31	982	800	133	49
Virginia	35,261	29,222	28,220	20,221	15,391	13,215	4,667	1,762	6,786	7,889	3,343	1,929	2,617	10,753	3,681	2,175	4,897
Washington	53,460	50,386	61,392	46,848	40,934	36,410	9,970	7,552	18,888	24,544	6,624	6,272	11,648	24,316	5,685	6,165	12,466
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,785	4,350	6,722	4,763	4,346	214	203	4,109	3,775	252	82	5,179	4,644	409	126
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	21,523	14,256	9,003	9,660	6,644	530	2,486	7,751	5,114	460	2,177	9,371	5,739	575	3,057
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	2,973	1,838	1,854	1,562	1,202	59	301	1,395	1,181	65	149	1,568	1,306	67	195
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	22,045	18,681	6,263	1,995	504	963	528	6,456	671	3,803	1,982	4,681	649	2,157	1,875
American Samoa	662	838	225	206	117	44	0	0	44	139	0	0	139	111	77	22	12
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Guam	1,092	1,062	539	718	311	224	131	52	41	196	168	19	9	192	120	35	37
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Northern Marianas	680	740	607	176	187	145	119	26	0	139	111	28	0	149	115	34	0
Palau	132	206	56	49	101	91	91	0	0	75	75	0	0	103	103	0	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	20,464	17,532	5,289	1,366	105	877	384	5,801	233	3,756	1,812	3,946	132	2,066	1,748
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	154	‡	258	125	58	8	59	106	84	0	22	180	102	0	78

---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 3, 2023, from https://nrs.ed.gov/rt. (This table was prepared April 2023.)