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Table 200.Residence and migration of all freshmen students\1\ in institutions of higher education graduating from high school in the past 12 months, by state: Fall 1994

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                       |            |Student residents of state | Ratio of students|
                       |  Students  |---------------------------|  remaining to--  |   Migration of students
                       |enrolled in | Attending   |  Attending  |------------------|
                       |institutions| college in  | college in  |Students| Student |--------------------------------------
  State or other area  |  located   |any state\3\ |    home     |enrolled|residents|  Out of   |   Into    |       Net
                       |   in the   |             |  state\4\   |(col. 4/|(col. 4/ |(column 3 -|(column 2 -|   (column 8 -
                       |  state\2\  |             |             |col. 2) | col. 3) |column 4)  |column 4)  |    column 7)
-----------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------
           1           |     2      |      3      |      4      |   5    |    6    |     7     |     8     |        9
-----------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------
   United States ......|  1,441,705 |   1,418,338 |   1,145,571 |   0.79 |    0.81 |   272,767 |   296,134 |\5\    23,367
                       |------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------
Alabama ...............|     28,927 |      24,757 |      22,554 |   0.78 |    0.91 |     2,203 |     6,373 |        4,170
Alaska ................|      1,198 |       2,227 |         997 |   0.83 |    0.45 |     1,230 |       201 |       -1,029
Arizona ...............|     17,850 |      15,160 |      13,002 |   0.73 |    0.86 |     2,158 |     4,848 |        2,690
Arkansas ..............|     12,734 |      12,535 |      10,689 |   0.84 |    0.85 |     1,846 |     2,045 |          199
California ............|    167,374 |     168,803 |     153,097 |   0.91 |    0.91 |    15,706 |    14,277 |       -1,429
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Colorado ..............|     18,410 |      17,435 |      12,773 |   0.69 |    0.73 |     4,662 |     5,637 |          975
Connecticut ...........|     15,055 |      19,120 |       9,011 |   0.60 |    0.47 |    10,109 |     6,044 |       -4,065
Delaware ..............|      5,504 |       4,343 |       2,818 |   0.51 |    0.65 |     1,525 |     2,686 |        1,161
District of Columbia ..|      8,476 |       3,039 |       1,758 |   0.21 |    0.58 |     1,281 |     6,718 |        5,437
Florida ...............|     48,583 |      48,192 |      39,134 |   0.81 |    0.81 |     9,058 |     9,449 |          391
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Georgia ...............|     38,246 |      36,797 |      30,746 |   0.80 |    0.84 |     6,051 |     7,500 |        1,449
Hawaii ................|      5,944 |       6,943 |       5,188 |   0.87 |    0.75 |     1,755 |       756 |         -999
Idaho .................|      7,316 |       6,545 |       4,860 |   0.66 |    0.74 |     1,685 |     2,456 |          771
Illinois ..............|     64,861 |      74,362 |      58,504 |   0.90 |    0.79 |    15,858 |     6,357 |       -9,501
Indiana................|     37,514 |      32,316 |      27,758 |   0.74 |    0.86 |     4,558 |     9,756 |        5,198
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Iowa ..................|     24,063 |      20,978 |      17,769 |   0.74 |    0.85 |     3,209 |     6,294 |        3,085
Kansas ................|     16,910 |      15,429 |      13,397 |   0.79 |    0.87 |     2,032 |     3,513 |        1,481
Kentucky ..............|     21,823 |      20,454 |      17,985 |   0.82 |    0.88 |     2,469 |     3,838 |        1,369
Louisiana .............|     24,550 |      22,766 |      19,584 |   0.80 |    0.86 |     3,182 |     4,966 |        1,784
Maine .................|      5,913 |       6,831 |       3,863 |   0.65 |    0.57 |     2,968 |     2,050 |         -918
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Maryland ..............|     21,803 |      24,700 |      15,285 |   0.70 |    0.62 |     9,415 |     6,518 |       -2,897
Massachusetts .........|     46,209 |      37,740 |      26,154 |   0.57 |    0.69 |    11,586 |    20,055 |        8,469
Michigan ..............|     54,817 |      55,492 |      49,170 |   0.90 |    0.89 |     6,322 |     5,647 |         -675
Minnesota .............|     25,651 |      26,790 |      19,359 |   0.75 |    0.72 |     7,431 |     6,292 |       -1,139
Mississippi ...........|     19,922 |      18,713 |      16,821 |   0.84 |    0.90 |     1,892 |     3,101 |        1,209
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Missouri...............|     28,430 |      26,645 |      21,875 |   0.77 |    0.82 |     4,770 |     6,555 |        1,785
Montana ...............|      5,031 |       5,399 |       3,707 |   0.74 |    0.69 |     1,692 |     1,324 |         -368
Nebraska ..............|     11,532 |      11,463 |       9,234 |   0.80 |    0.81 |     2,229 |     2,298 |           69
Nevada ................|      3,282 |       3,807 |       2,425 |   0.74 |    0.64 |     1,382 |       857 |         -525
New Hampshire .........|      8,148 |       6,481 |       3,464 |   0.43 |    0.53 |     3,017 |     4,684 |        1,667
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
New Jersey ............|     30,524 |      49,681 |      27,486 |   0.90 |    0.55 |    22,195 |     3,038 |      -19,157
New Mexico ............|      7,693 |       8,522 |       6,379 |   0.83 |    0.75 |     2,143 |     1,314 |         -829
New York ..............|    106,847 |     110,750 |      87,169 |   0.82 |    0.79 |    23,581 |    19,678 |       -3,903
North Carolina ........|     39,418 |      30,960 |      28,285 |   0.72 |    0.91 |     2,675 |    11,133 |        8,458
North Dakota ..........|      6,609 |       5,353 |       4,309 |   0.65 |    0.80 |     1,044 |     2,300 |        1,256
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Ohio ..................|     61,777 |      61,673 |      51,983 |   0.84 |    0.84 |     9,690 |     9,794 |          104
Oklahoma ..............|     16,516 |      16,482 |      14,221 |   0.86 |    0.86 |     2,261 |     2,295 |           34
Oregon ................|     16,487 |      16,103 |      12,766 |   0.77 |    0.79 |     3,337 |     3,721 |          384
Pennsylvania ..........|     74,938 |      68,581 |      55,543 |   0.74 |    0.81 |    13,038 |    19,395 |        6,357
Rhode Island ..........|     10,344 |       5,795 |       3,644 |   0.35 |    0.63 |     2,151 |     6,700 |        4,549
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
South Carolina ........|     20,994 |      19,271 |      16,594 |   0.79 |    0.86 |     2,677 |     4,400 |        1,723
South Dakota ..........|      4,786 |       4,342 |       3,067 |   0.64 |    0.71 |     1,275 |     1,719 |          444
Tennessee .............|     26,527 |      24,407 |      20,227 |   0.76 |    0.83 |     4,180 |     6,300 |        2,120
Texas .................|     86,748 |      86,586 |      78,262 |   0.90 |    0.90 |     8,324 |     8,486 |          162
Utah ..................|     19,420 |      15,072 |      13,994 |   0.72 |    0.93 |     1,078 |     5,426 |        4,348
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Vermont ...............|      4,802 |       3,306 |       1,573 |   0.33 |    0.48 |     1,733 |     3,229 |        1,496
Virginia ..............|     35,769 |      32,385 |      25,141 |   0.70 |    0.78 |     7,244 |    10,628 |        3,384
Washington ............|     28,578 |      28,617 |      24,425 |   0.85 |    0.85 |     4,192 |     4,153 |          -39
West Virginia..........|     12,162 |      10,183 |       8,561 |   0.70 |    0.84 |     1,622 |     3,601 |        1,979
Wisconsin .............|     31,404 |      32,013 |      26,627 |   0.85 |    0.83 |     5,386 |     4,777 |         -609
Wyoming ...............|      3,286 |       3,173 |       2,334 |   0.71 |    0.74 |       839 |       952 |          113
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
State unknown\6\.......|        --- |       8,821 |         --- |    --- |     --- |     8,821 |       --- |       -8,821
                       |============|=============|=============|========|=========|===========|===========|==============
   Outlying areas .....|     26,091 |      27,381 |      25,873 |   0.99 |    0.94 |     1,508 |       218 |       -1,290
                       |------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------
American Samoa ........|        --- |          38 |         --- |    --- |     --- |        38 |       --- |          -38
Federated States of    |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
  Micronesia ..........|        212 |         462 |         212 |   1.00 |    0.46 |       250 |       --- |         -250
Guam ..................|        177 |         166 |           7 |   0.04 |    0.04 |       159 |       170 |           11
Marshall Islands ......|         11 |          22 |           9 |   0.82 |    0.41 |        13 |         2 |          -11
Northern Marianas .....|        440 |         445 |         440 |   1.00 |    0.99 |         5 |       --- |           -5
Palau .................|         13 |          17 |          13 |   1.00 |    0.76 |         4 |       --- |           -4
Puerto Rico ...........|     24,956 |      25,677 |      24,916 |   1.00 |    0.97 |       761 |        40 |         -721
Virgin Islands ........|        282 |         554 |         276 |   0.98 |    0.50 |       278 |         6 |         -272
                       |============|=============|=============|========|=========|===========|===========|==============
Foreign countries .....|        --- |      22,077 |         --- |    --- |     --- |    22,077 |       --- |      -22,077
-----------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------

\1\Students who are enrolled at the reporting institution for the first time.

\2\All of the new students reported by the institutions in that state; i.e., all inmigrants and "remaining" students.

\3\All students living in a particular state when first admitted to an institution in any state. Students may be enrolled in any state.

\4\Students who attend institutions in their home state.

\5\Includes students coming to U.S. colleges from foreign countries and the outlying areas.

\6\Students are reported in "state unknown" when an institution is unable to determine the student's home state.

---Data not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--Data for U.S. Service Schools are included in state totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Residence of First-Time Students" survey, 1994. (This table was prepared February 1996.)


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