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Table 43.Average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1969-70 to 1993-94

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       State or       |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
      other area      |  1969-70  |  1979-80  |  1980-81  |  1985-86  |  1989-90  |  1990-91  |  1991-92  |  1992-93  |  1993-94
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          1           |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |    10
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   United States .....|41,934,376 |38,288,911 |37,703,744 |36,523,103 |37,799,296 |38,426,543 |38,960,783 |39,570,462 |40,146,393
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Alabama ..............|   777,123 |   711,432 |   701,925 |   686,716 |   683,833 |   682,524 |   681,840 |   694,078 |   696,071
Alaska ...............|    72,489 |    79,945 |    83,745 |    98,535 |    98,213 |   102,585 |   110,277 |   110,797 |   112,869
Arizona ..............|   391,526 |   481,905 |   476,149 |   494,504 |   557,252 |   573,140 |   593,413 |   610,558 |   631,450
Arkansas .............|   414,158 |   423,610 |   417,080 |   408,601 |   403,025 |   408,145 |   410,902 |   413,076 |   416,479
California\1\ ........| 4,418,423 | 4,044,736 | 4,014,917 | 4,245,090 | 4,893,341 | 5,065,647 | 4,993,009 | 5,066,708 | 5,108,907
                      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Colorado .............|   500,388 |   513,475 |   508,750 |   507,876 |   519,419 |   521,899 |   532,525 |   568,158 |   579,682
Connecticut ..........|   618,881 |   507,362 |   501,085 |   452,058 |   439,524 |   450,808 |   457,476 |   468,992 |   465,487
Delaware .............|   120,819 |    94,058 |    89,609 |    84,936 |    89,838 |    91,052 |    93,909 |    95,660 |    97,247
District of Columbia .|   138,600 |    91,576 |    85,773 |    76,241 |    71,468 |    69,092 |    70,939 |    71,201 |    70,079
Florida ..............| 1,312,693 | 1,464,461 | 1,389,487 | 1,442,921 | 1,646,583 | 1,714,394 | 1,776,539 | 1,818,011 | 1,873,199
                      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Georgia ..............| 1,019,427 |   989,433 |   988,612 | 1,004,799 | 1,054,097 | 1,075,728 | 1,098,966 | 1,125,385 | 1,148,319
Hawaii ...............|   168,140 |   151,563 |   151,713 |   151,174 |   157,360 |   160,193 |   163,212 |   165,851 |   169,779
Idaho ................|   170,920 |   189,199 |   190,144 |   198,141 |   203,987 |   209,085 |   213,843 |   217,933 |   223,489
Illinois .............| 2,084,844 | 1,770,435 | 1,765,357 | 1,604,265 | 1,587,733 | 1,618,101 | 1,630,534 | 1,685,678 | 1,709,915
Indiana...............| 1,111,043 |   983,444 |   944,424 |   870,463 |   884,568 |   888,177 |   895,794 |   897,799 |   899,585
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Iowa .................|   624,403 |   510,081 |   501,403 |   454,341 |   450,224 |   456,614 |   462,360 |   467,788 |   477,916
Kansas ...............|   470,296 |   382,019 |   374,451 |   371,655 |   388,986 |   397,609 |   405,083 |   408,689 |   410,862
Kentucky .............|   647,970 |   619,868 |   614,676 |   577,190 |   569,795 |   569,713 |   574,226 |   579,446 |   578,020
Louisiana ............|   776,555 |   727,601 |   715,844 |   732,230 |   727,125 |   720,551 |   732,485 |   722,626 |   732,202
Maine ................|   225,146 |   211,400 |   207,554 |   198,358 |   195,089 |   196,229 |   198,413 |   200,462 |   199,125
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Maryland .............|   785,989 |   686,336 |   664,866 |   592,383 |   620,617 |   637,370 |   653,203 |   668,778 |   687,455
Massachusetts ........| 1,056,207 |   935,960 |   950,675 |   745,991 |   763,231 |   770,802 |   785,840 |   796,897 |   810,028
Michigan .............| 1,991,235 | 1,758,427 | 1,711,139 | 1,481,068 | 1,446,996 | 1,452,700 | 1,460,795 | 1,467,900 | 1,474,413
Minnesota ............|   864,595 |   748,606 |   710,836 |   669,385 |   699,001 |   714,072 |   727,838 |   744,567 |   756,725
Mississippi ..........|   524,623 |   454,401 |   446,515 |   448,117 |   476,048 |   474,029 |   473,398 |   473,262 |   471,367
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Missouri..............|   906,132 |   777,269 |   756,536 |   714,230 |   729,693 |   733,680 |   747,760 |   759,529 |   778,605
Montana ..............|   162,664 |   144,608 |   141,641 |   138,829 |   135,406 |   138,341 |   141,316 |   144,718 |   146,849
Nebraska .............|   314,516 |   270,524 |   263,797 |   250,975 |   254,754 |   257,587 |   262,429 |   267,975 |   267,931
Nevada ...............|   113,421 |   134,995 |   138,481 |   143,941 |   173,149 |   185,755 |   195,463 |   204,440 |   217,681
New Hampshire ........|   140,203 |   154,187 |   150,316 |   147,561 |   154,915 |   156,579 |   160,203 |   172,376 |   175,968
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New Jersey ...........| 1,322,124 | 1,140,111 | 1,121,272 | 1,029,797 |   997,561 | 1,016,159 | 1,036,885 | 1,053,135 | 1,079,653
New Mexico ...........|   259,997 |   253,453 |   240,496 |   252,892 |   290,245 |   291,215 |   321,955 |   304,661 |   310,610
New York .............| 3,099,192 | 2,530,289 | 2,475,055 | 2,276,842 | 2,244,110 | 2,278,531 | 2,319,738 | 2,347,468 | 2,404,426
North Carolina .......| 1,104,295 | 1,072,150 | 1,055,651 | 1,014,795 | 1,012,274 | 1,012,613 | 1,023,186 | 1,035,258 | 1,051,295
North Dakota .........|   141,961 |   118,986 |   111,759 |   108,947 |   109,659 |   109,691 |   110,635 |   111,174 |   111,770
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Ohio .................| 2,246,282 | 1,849,283 | 1,801,914 | 1,660,718 | 1,584,735 | 1,603,025 | 1,602,418 | 1,594,191 | 1,609,855
Oklahoma .............|   560,993 |   548,065 |   542,800 |   553,370 |   543,170 |   548,387 |   556,609 |   560,744 |   566,155
Oregon ...............|   436,736 |   418,593 |   417,009 |   401,476 |   419,771 |   431,806 |   444,272 |   452,509 |   455,492
Pennsylvania .........| 2,169,225 | 1,808,630 | 1,754,782 | 1,560,746 | 1,524,839 | 1,542,077 | 1,568,279 | 1,588,514 | 1,609,125
Rhode Island .........|   163,205 |   139,195 |   135,096 |   122,109 |   125,934 |   129,856 |   132,278 |   134,736 |   135,016
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South Carolina .......|   600,292 |   569,612 |   580,132 |   558,716 |   569,029 |   573,138 |   578,236 |   581,775 |   586,178
South Dakota .........|   158,543 |   124,934 |   121,663 |   118,269 |   119,823 |   121,403 |   124,171 |   126,916 |   127,550
Tennessee ............|   836,010 |   806,696 |   797,237 |   762,225 |   761,766 |   767,738 |   774,596 |   786,146 |   796,744
Texas ................| 2,432,420 | 2,608,817 | 2,647,288 | 2,923,741 | 3,075,333 | 3,085,648 | 3,175,400 | 3,237,958 | 3,306,297
Utah .................|   287,405 |   312,813 |   323,048 |   379,249 |   408,917 |   417,609 |   426,507 |   432,781 |   439,484
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Vermont ..............|    97,772 |    95,045 |    90,884 |    85,875 |    87,832 |    88,901 |    90,908 |    96,121 |    97,550
Virginia .............|   995,580 |   955,105 |   938,794 |   904,347 |   989,197 | 1,011,513 | 1,023,683 | 1,049,901 | 1,065,071
Washington ...........|   764,735 |   710,929 |   704,655 |   696,372 |   755,141 |   781,371 |   808,090 |   833,641 |   850,813
West Virginia.........|   372,278 |   353,264 |   351,823 |   330,145 |   301,947 |   300,067 |   296,191 |   294,202 |   291,238
Wisconsin ............|   880,609 |   770,554 |   743,505 |   694,351 |   711,466 |   731,088 |   748,830 |   765,184 |   769,717
Wyoming ..............|    81,293 |    89,471 |    91,381 |    95,547 |    91,277 |    92,506 |    93,926 |    94,109 |    94,650
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    Outlying areas    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
American Samoa .......|       --- |       --- |       --- |    10,816 |    11,448 |    12,272 |    12,935 |    14,150 |    14,094
Guam .................|    20,315 |       --- |    22,343 |    23,220 |    23,883 |    25,330 |    25,330 |    30,417 |    31,711
Northern Marianas ....|       --- |       --- |       --- |     4,921 |     6,809 |     6,062 |     6,194 |     7,334 |     7,278
Puerto Rico ..........|       --- |   656,709 |   671,661 |   636,268 |   597,436 |   597,418 |   558,515 |   548,067 |   588,484
Virgin Islands .......|       --- |       --- |    23,312 |    23,811 |    18,924 |    19,984 |    20,498 |    20,624 |    20,381
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\1\Data for California are not strictly comparable with those for other states because California's attendance figures through 1990-91 include excused absences.

---Data not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education; Statistics of State School Systems; and Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared May 1996.)


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