Number of children served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, State Operated Programs, by age group and state: 1990-91 and 1991-92

Table 53.

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                      |   Birth to age 21   |   Ages 0 to 5   |  Percent
                      |_____________________|_________________|  change,
                      |          |          |        |        |birth to 21
        State         | 1990-91  | 1991-92  |1990-91 |1991-92 |  1990-91
                      |          |          |        |        |to 1991-92
______________________|__________|__________|________|________|___________
          1           |    2     |    3     |   4    |   5    |     6
______________________|__________|__________|________|________|___________
  United States.......|4,761,742 |4,948,601 |440,661 |483,824 |       3.9
                      |__________|__________|________|________|___________
Alabama ..............|   94,945 |   96,975 |  7,498 |  8,344 |       2.1
Alaska ...............|   14,745 |   16,106 |  1,813 |  2,089 |       9.2
Arizona ..............|   57,235 |   61,076 |  4,936 |  5,784 |       6.7
Arkansas .............|   47,835 |   49,018 |  5,274 |  5,648 |       2.5
California ...........|  469,282 |  494,058 | 40,489 | 44,351 |       5.3
                      |          |          |        |        |
Colorado .............|   57,102 |   60,357 |  4,894 |  5,444 |       5.7
Connecticut ..........|   64,562 |   66,192 |  6,142 |  6,471 |       2.5
Delaware .............|   14,294 |   14,435 |  1,579 |  1,677 |       1.0
District of Columbia .|    6,290 |    7,104 |    411 |    588 |      12.9
Florida ..............|  236,013 |  253,606 | 16,387 | 18,289 |       7.5
                      |          |          |        |        |
Georgia ..............|  101,997 |  107,660 |  7,333 |  8,378 |       5.6
Hawaii ...............|   13,169 |   14,163 |  1,273 |  1,577 |       7.5
Idaho ................|   22,017 |   22,755 |  3,129 |  3,209 |       3.4
Illinois .............|  239,185 |  245,931 | 26,122 | 27,353 |       2.8
Indiana ..............|  114,643 |  118,924 |  8,937 |  9,874 |       3.7
                      |          |          |        |        |
Iowa .................|   60,695 |   61,510 |  6,329 |  6,391 |       1.3
Kansas ...............|   45,212 |   47,063 |  4,308 |  4,952 |       4.1
Kentucky .............|   79,421 |   81,681 | 11,008 | 12,989 |       2.8
Louisiana ............|   73,663 |   78,760 |  7,541 |  8,600 |       6.9
Maine ................|   27,987 |   27,891 |  2,895 |  2,497 |      -0.3
                      |          |          |        |        |
Maryland .............|   91,940 |   92,520 | 10,409 | 10,615 |       0.6
Massachusetts ........|  154,616 |  156,633 | 17,014 | 18,293 |       1.3
Michigan .............|  166,927 |  172,238 | 14,963 | 18,370 |       3.2
Minnesota ............|   80,896 |   83,028 | 10,529 | 11,205 |       2.6
Mississippi ..........|   60,934 |   61,197 |  5,704 |  4,731 |       0.4
                      |          |          |        |        |
Missouri .............|  101,955 |  105,521 |  4,889 |  6,491 |       3.5
Montana ..............|   17,204 |   18,038 |  1,934 |  2,071 |       4.8
Nebraska .............|   32,761 |   35,975 |  2,961 |  3,356 |       9.8
Nevada ...............|   18,440 |   20,530 |  1,742 |  2,364 |      11.3
New Hampshire ........|   19,658 |   21,047 |  2,077 |  2,153 |       7.1
                      |          |          |        |        |
New Jersey ...........|  181,319 |  184,621 | 17,190 | 17,445 |       1.8
New Mexico ...........|   36,037 |   38,207 |  2,247 |  2,652 |       6.0
New York .............|  307,458 |  324,677 | 26,353 | 31,511 |       5.6
North Carolina .......|  123,126 |  127,867 | 10,700 | 11,984 |       3.9
North Dakota .........|   12,504 |   12,679 |  1,374 |  1,377 |       1.4
                      |          |          |        |        |
Ohio .................|  205,440 |  210,268 | 12,487 | 13,629 |       2.4
Oklahoma .............|   65,653 |   68,576 |  5,359 |  5,983 |       4.5
Oregon ...............|   55,149 |   56,702 |  3,581 |  3,943 |       2.8
Pennsylvania .........|  219,428 |  214,035 | 23,156 | 22,236 |      -2.5
Rhode Island .........|   21,076 |   21,588 |  2,112 |  2,263 |       2.4
                      |          |          |        |        |
South Carolina .......|   77,765 |   79,872 |  8,346 |  9,199 |       2.7
South Dakota .........|   14,987 |   15,284 |  2,366 |  2,463 |       2.0
Tennessee ............|  104,898 |  111,315 |  7,536 | 10,926 |       6.1
Texas ................|  350,636 |  367,860 | 30,955 | 33,082 |       4.9
Utah .................|   47,747 |   50,009 |  4,565 |  5,043 |       4.7
                      |          |          |        |        |
Vermont ..............|   12,263 |   11,101 |  1,200 |  1,130 |      -9.5
Virginia .............|  113,971 |  122,647 | 11,791 | 13,359 |       7.6
Washington ...........|   85,395 |   91,286 | 11,409 | 12,462 |       6.9
West Virginia ........|   43,135 |   44,338 |  3,630 |  4,372 |       2.8
Wisconsin ............|   86,930 |   91,742 | 12,213 | 12,885 |       5.5
Wyoming ..............|   11,202 |   11,935 |  1,571 |  1,726 |       6.5
______________________|__________|__________|________|________|___________

NOTE.--Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), formerly known as the Education of the Handicapped Act, now extends the right to a free and appropriate education to 3- to 5-year-old disabled children.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, various years, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 1994.)

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