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| Table 99. | Public high school graduates, by state: 1969-70 to 1994-95 |
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| | | | | | | | | Estimated | Estimated | change,
State | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1985-86 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 |1989-90 to
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United States .......| 2,588,639 |2,747,678 |2,725,285 |2,382,616 |\1\2,320,337 |2,234,893 | 2,226,016 |2,233,241 |\1\2,224,846 |\1\2,299,695 | -0.9
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Alabama ................| 45,286 | 45,190 | 44,894 | 39,620 | 40,485 | 39,042 | 38,680 | 36,007 |\2\ 34,449 | 37,091 | -8.4
Alaska .................| 3,297 | 5,223 | 5,343 | 5,464 | 5,386 | 5,458 | 5,535 | 5,535 |\2\ 5,762 | 5,945 | 10.4
Arizona ................| 22,040 | 28,633 | 28,416 | 27,533 | 32,103 | 31,282 | 31,264 | 31,747 |\2\ 30,055 | 31,191 | -2.8
Arkansas ...............| 26,068 | 29,052 | 29,577 | 26,227 | 26,475 | 25,668 | 25,845 | 25,655 |\2\ 24,788 |\3\ 25,778 | -2.6
California .............| 260,908 | 249,217 | 242,172 | 229,026 | 236,291 | 234,164 | 244,594 | 249,320 | 258,000 | 262,000 | 10.9
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Colorado ...............| 30,312 | 36,804 | 35,897 | 32,621 | 32,967 | 31,293 | 31,059 | 31,839 |\2\ 32,325 | 33,088 | 0.4
Connecticut ............| 34,755 | 37,683 | 38,369 | 33,571 | 27,878 | 27,290 | 27,079 | 26,799 |\2\ 26,799 | 26,800 | -3.9
Delaware ...............| 6,985 | 7,582 | 7,349 | 5,791 | 5,550 | 5,223 | 5,325 | 5,492 |\2\ 5,230 | 5,215 | -6.0
District of Columbia4/ .| 4,980 | 4,959 | 4,848 | 3,875 | 3,626 | 3,369 | 3,385 | 3,136 |\3\ 2,929 |\3\ 3,120 | -14.0
Florida ................| 70,478 | 87,324 | 88,755 | 83,029 | 88,934 | 87,419 | 93,674 | 89,428 | 88,018 | 90,311 | 1.5
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Georgia ................| 56,859 | 61,621 | 62,963 | 59,082 | 56,605 | 60,088 | 57,742 | 57,602 |\2\ 58,315 | 57,778 | 2.1
Hawaii .................| 10,407 | 11,493 | 11,472 | 9,958 | 10,325 | 8,974 | 9,160 | 8,854 |\2\ 9,870 | 9,949 | -3.6
Idaho ..................| 12,296 | 13,187 | 12,679 | 12,059 | 11,971 | 11,961 | 12,734 | 12,974 | 13,281 | 13,900 | 16.1
Illinois ...............| 126,864 | 135,579 | 136,795 | 114,319 | 108,119 | 103,329 | 102,742 | 103,628 |\2\ 102,126 | 105,829 | -2.1
Indiana.................| 69,984 | 73,143 | 73,381 | 59,817 | 60,012 | 57,892 | 56,630 | 57,559 | 55,138 | 58,969 | -1.7
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Iowa ...................| 44,063 | 43,445 | 42,635 | 34,279 | 31,796 | 28,593 | 29,224 | 30,677 | 30,247 | 31,671 | -0.4
Kansas .................| 33,394 | 30,890 | 29,397 | 25,587 | 25,367 | 24,414 | 24,129 | 24,720 |\2\ 25,129 | 26,090 | 2.9
Kentucky ...............| 37,473 | 41,203 | 41,714 | 37,288 | 38,005 | 35,835 | 33,896 | 36,361 |\3\ 34,077 |\3\ 36,431 | -4.1
Louisiana ..............| 43,641 | 46,297 | 46,199 | 39,965 | 36,053 | 33,489 | 32,247 | 33,682 |\2\ 34,510 |\3\ 36,020 | -0.1
Maine ..................| 14,003 | 15,445 | 15,554 | 13,006 | 13,839 | 13,151 | 13,177 | 12,103 |\2\ 12,351 | 12,996 | -6.1
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Maryland ...............| 46,462 | 54,270 | 54,050 | 46,700 | 41,566 | 39,014 | 39,720 | 39,523 |\2\ 39,134 | 41,411 | -0.4
Massachusetts ..........| 63,865 | 73,802 | 74,831 | 60,360 |\5\ 55,941 | 50,216 | 50,317 | 48,321 | 47,358 | 48,259 | -13.7
Michigan ...............| 121,000 | 124,316 | 124,372 | 101,042 | 93,807 | 88,234 | 87,756 | 85,302 | 83,600 | 88,500 | -5.7
Minnesota ..............| 60,480 | 64,908 | 64,166 | 51,988 | 49,087 | 46,474 | 46,228 | 48,002 | 48,578 | 50,900 | 3.7
Mississippi ............| 29,653 | 27,586 | 28,083 | 25,134 | 25,182 | 23,665 | 22,912 | 23,597 | 23,370 | 23,117 | -8.2
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Missouri................| 55,315 | 62,265 | 60,359 | 49,204 | 48,957 | 46,928 | 46,556 | 46,864 | 46,542 | 46,932 | -4.1
Montana ................| 11,520 | 12,135 | 11,634 | 9,761 | 9,370 | 9,013 | 9,046 | 9,389 | 9,600 | 9,970 | 6.4
Nebraska ...............| 21,280 | 22,410 | 21,411 | 17,845 | 17,664 | 16,500 | 17,057 | 17,569 |\2\ 17,147 | 19,871 | 12.5
Nevada .................| 5,449 | 8,473 | 9,069 | 8,784 | 9,477 | 9,370 | 8,811 | 9,042 |\2\ 9,495 | 9,971 | 5.2
New Hampshire ..........| 8,516 | 11,722 | 11,552 | 10,648 | 10,766 | 10,059 | 10,329 | 10,065 | 9,404 | 9,274 | -13.9
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New Jersey .............| 86,498 | 94,564 | 93,168 | 78,781 | 69,824 | 67,003 | 66,669 | 67,134 |\2\ 66,125 | 65,838 | -5.7
New Mexico .............| 16,060 | 18,424 | 17,915 | 15,468 | 14,884 | 15,157 | 14,824 | 15,172 | 14,892 | 15,146 | 1.8
New York ...............| 190,000 | 204,064 | 198,465 | 162,165 | 143,318 | 133,562 | 134,573 | 132,963 | 133,200 | 135,500 | -5.5
North Carolina .........| 68,886 | 70,862 | 69,395 | 65,865 | 64,782 | 62,792 | 61,157 | 60,460 |\2\ 57,495 | 59,705 | -7.8
North Dakota ...........| 11,150 | 9,928 | 9,924 | 7,610 | 7,690 | 7,573 | 7,438 | 7,310 | 7,310 | 7,522 | -2.2
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Ohio ...................| 142,248 | 144,169 | 143,503 | 119,561 | 114,513 | 107,484 | 104,522 | 109,200 | 107,700 | 110,070 | -3.9
Oklahoma ...............| 36,293 | 39,305 | 38,875 | 34,452 | 35,606 | 33,007 | 32,670 | 30,542 |\3\ 28,949 |\3\ 31,299 | -12.1
Oregon .................| 32,236 | 29,939 | 28,729 | 26,286 | 25,473 | 24,597 | 25,305 | 26,301 |\2\ 26,524 | 27,500 | 8.0
Pennsylvania ...........| 151,014 | 146,458 | 144,645 | 122,871 | 110,527 | 104,770 | 103,881 | 103,715 | 103,060 | 107,230 | -3.0
Rhode Island ...........| 10,146 | 10,864 | 10,719 | 8,908 | 7,825 | 7,744 | 7,859 | 7,640 |\2\ 7,458 | 7,770 | -0.7
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South Carolina .........| 34,940 | 38,697 | 38,347 | 34,500 | 32,483 | 32,999 | 30,698 | 31,297 | 32,400 | 33,900 | 4.4
South Dakota ...........| 11,757 | 10,689 | 10,385 | 7,870 | 7,650 | 7,127 | 7,261 | 7,952 |\2\ 8,591 | 8,578 | 12.1
Tennessee ..............| 49,000 | 49,845 | 50,648 | 43,263 | 46,094 | 44,847 | 45,138 | 44,166 |\2\ 44,166 | 45,388 | -1.5
Texas ..................| 139,046 | 171,449 | 171,665 | 161,150 | 172,480 | 174,306 | 162,270 | 160,546 | 160,087 | 162,385 | -5.9
Utah ...................| 18,395 | 20,035 | 19,886 | 19,774 | 21,196 | 22,219 | 23,513 | 24,197 |\2\ 27,706 | 29,177 | 37.7
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Vermont ................| 6,095 | 6,733 | 6,424 | 5,794 | 6,127 | 5,212 | 5,231 | 5,215 |\3\ 5,094 |\3\ 5,676 | -7.4
Virginia ...............| 58,562 | 66,621 | 67,126 | 63,113 | 60,605 | 58,441 | 57,338 | 56,948 |\3\ 54,054 |\3\ 58,526 | -3.4
Washington .............| 50,425 | 50,402 | 50,046 | 45,805 | 45,941 | 42,514 | 44,381 | 45,262 | 47,883 | 49,559 | 7.9
West Virginia...........| 26,139 | 23,369 | 23,580 | 21,870 | 21,854 | 21,064 | 20,054 | 20,228 |\2\ 20,336 | 20,800 | -4.8
Wisconsin ..............| 66,753 | 69,332 | 67,743 | 58,340 | 52,038 | 49,340 | 48,563 | 50,027 |\2\ 48,371 | 53,495 | 2.8
Wyoming ................| 5,363 | 6,072 | 6,161 | 5,587 | 5,823 | 5,728 | 5,818 | 6,174 |\3\ 5,818 |\3\ 6,254 | 7.4
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Outlying areas | | | | | | | | | | |
American Samoa .........|\6\ 367 | --- | --- | 608 | 703 | 597 | 680 | 712 |\2\ 739 |\3\ 782 | 11.2
Guam ...................| 972 | --- | --- | 840 | 1,033 | 1,014 | 1,018 | 912 | 985 | 1,073 | 3.9
Northern Marianas ......| --- | --- | --- | --- | 227 | 273 | 264 | 245 |\3\ 232 |\3\ 252 | 11.0
Puerto Rico ............| 24,917 | --- | --- | 31,597 | 29,049 | 29,329 | 29,396 | 29,064 |\2\ 27,730 | 27,253 | -6.2
Virgin Islands .........|\6\ 432 | --- | --- | 1,044 | 1,260 | 981 | 916 | 927 |\2\ 886 | 900 | -28.6
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\1\National total includes estimates for nonreporting states. NOTE.--Data include graduates of regular day school programs, but exclude graduates of other programs and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. They also exclude graduates of subcollegiate departments of institutions of higher education, federal schools for American Indians and on federal installations, and residential schools for disabled children. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. All 1993-94 and 1994-95 data are state estimates unless otherwise indicated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |
