Digest of Education Statistics
1997 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest

Table 355.Participants in adult basic and secondary education programs, by level of enrollment and state: Fiscal years 1980, 1990, and 1995

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                       |                    1980                   |                1990                   |                1995
                       |___________________________________________|_______________________________________|____________________________________
                       |           |     Level of enrollment       |           | Level of enrollment       |           |Level of enrollment
  State or other area  |           |_______________________________|           |___________________________|           |________________________
                       |   Total   |  Adult   |  Adult  |          |   Total   |   Adult    |      Adult   |   Total   |   Adult    |   Adult
                       |           |  basic   |secondary| Ungraded |           |   basic    |    secondary |           |   basic    | secondary
                       |           |education |education|          |           |education\1\|    education |           |education\1\| education
_______________________|___________|__________|_________|__________|___________|____________|______________|___________|____________|___________
           1           |     2     |    3     |    4    |    5     |     6     |     7      |      8       |     9     |     10     |    11
_______________________|___________|__________|_________|__________|___________|____________|______________|___________|____________|___________
   United States ......| 2,018,906 |  915,936 | 531,663 |  571,307 | 3,535,970 |  2,435,649 |    1,100,321 | 3,875,452 |  2,948,302 |   927,150
                       |___________|__________|_________|__________|___________|____________|______________|___________|____________|___________
Alabama ...............|    51,599 |   36,726 |  12,372 |    2,501 |    40,177 |     32,984 |        7,193 |    56,488 |     45,193 |    11,295
Alaska ................|     5,667 |    2,200 |   2,188 |    1,279 |     5,067 |      4,267 |          800 |     7,906 |      6,203 |     1,703
Arizona ...............|     9,996 |    9,968 |      22 |        6 |    33,805 |     24,915 |        8,890 |    52,656 |     40,002 |    12,654
Arkansas ..............|     8,583 |    7,308 |   1,275 |       ---|    29,065 |     17,103 |       11,962 |    42,457 |     24,344 |    18,113
California ............|   267,625 |   60,385 |      ---|  207,240 | 1,021,227 |    753,282 |      267,945 | 1,088,044 |  1,057,257 |    30,787
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Colorado ..............|     9,381 |    4,295 |   2,644 |    2,442 |    12,183 |      9,877 |        2,306 |    14,851 |     11,020 |     3,831
Connecticut ...........|    21,889 |    8,882 |   4,805 |    8,202 |    46,434 |     25,560 |       20,874 |    26,170 |     15,766 |    10,404
Delaware ..............|     1,797 |    1,110 |     503 |      184 |     2,662 |      2,348 |          314 |     3,884 |      3,391 |       493
District of Columbia ..|    25,214 |    4,928 |   6,502 |   13,784 |    19,586 |     12,631 |        6,955 |     9,138 |      6,656 |     2,482
Florida ...............|   467,162 |  100,958 | 184,568 |  181,636 |   419,429 |    249,339 |      170,090 |   474,651 |    302,990 |   171,661
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Georgia ...............|    50,820 |   26,734 |  17,008 |    7,078 |    69,580 |     49,622 |       19,958 |    92,022 |     64,079 |    27,943
Hawaii ................|    16,457 |   16,457 |      ---|       ---|    52,012 |     31,766 |       20,246 |    61,664 |     36,988 |    24,676
Idaho .................|    12,851 |    8,915 |   3,010 |      926 |    11,171 |      9,180 |        1,991 |     9,828 |      7,467 |     2,361
Illinois ..............|    76,456 |   59,314 |  17,142 |       ---|    87,121 |     69,770 |       17,351 |    94,808 |     80,122 |    14,686
Indiana................|    20,882 |   18,127 |   2,660 |       95 |    44,166 |     27,138 |       17,028 |    38,102 |     26,170 |    11,932
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Iowa ..................|    25,851 |   16,928 |   5,153 |    3,770 |    41,507 |     30,470 |       11,037 |    40,510 |     28,961 |    11,549
Kansas ................|    14,405 |    3,687 |   7,436 |    3,282 |    10,274 |      9,191 |        1,083 |    13,762 |     10,679 |     3,083
Kentucky ..............|    27,800 |    6,147 |   4,735 |   16,918 |    28,090 |     20,406 |        7,684 |    30,352 |     23,207 |     7,145
Louisiana .............|    16,046 |   12,608 |   2,485 |      953 |    40,039 |     20,941 |       19,098 |    46,087 |     24,663 |    21,424
Maine .................|     5,327 |    3,029 |     942 |    1,356 |    14,964 |      6,620 |        8,344 |    15,687 |      7,050 |     8,637
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Maryland ..............|    34,572 |   23,421 |   6,043 |    5,108 |    41,230 |     36,244 |        4,986 |    30,677 |     21,692 |     8,985
Massachusetts .........|    20,420 |   10,241 |   5,044 |    5,135 |    34,220 |     28,140 |        6,080 |    15,014 |     11,828 |     3,186
Michigan ..............|    40,973 |   29,945 |      ---|   11,028 |   194,178 |     80,206 |      113,972 |   164,075 |     69,014 |    95,061
Minnesota .............|    10,826 |    8,627 |     877 |    1,322 |    45,648 |     33,190 |       12,458 |    36,350 |     26,556 |     9,794
Mississippi ...........|    14,317 |   10,340 |   2,918 |    1,059 |    18,957 |     15,834 |        3,123 |    22,857 |     17,660 |     5,197
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Missouri...............|    33,292 |   27,206 |   3,732 |    2,354 |    31,815 |     27,274 |        4,541 |    34,804 |     29,882 |     4,922
Montana ...............|     3,525 |    1,795 |     978 |      752 |     6,071 |      3,962 |        2,109 |     6,545 |      4,044 |     2,501
Nebraska ..............|     7,514 |    5,152 |   2,362 |       ---|     6,158 |      5,349 |          809 |     7,616 |      6,974 |       642
Nevada ................|     3,063 |      845 |      82 |    2,136 |    17,262 |      7,270 |        9,992 |    16,359 |      4,556 |    11,803
New Hampshire .........|     4,844 |    2,657 |   1,625 |      562 |     7,198 |      5,073 |        2,125 |     6,223 |      3,309 |     2,914
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
New Jersey ............|    35,770 |   17,152 |   6,790 |   11,828 |    64,080 |     46,526 |       17,554 |    37,500 |     29,410 |     8,090
New Mexico ............|    13,102 |    3,590 |   5,147 |    4,365 |    30,236 |     18,069 |       12,167 |    35,080 |     20,628 |    14,452
New York ..............|    94,574 |   57,217 |  20,002 |   17,355 |   156,611 |    125,893 |       30,718 |   209,390 |    165,892 |    43,498
North Carolina ........|    84,252 |   33,854 |  46,679 |    3,719 |   109,740 |     71,698 |       38,042 |   120,945 |     83,673 |    37,272
North Dakota ..........|     2,810 |    1,963 |     538 |      309 |     3,587 |      2,500 |        1,087 |     3,270 |      2,329 |       941
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Ohio ..................|    50,056 |   42,421 |   7,635 |       ---|    95,476 |     79,527 |       15,949 |   110,305 |     91,221 |    19,084
Oklahoma ..............|    14,701 |    6,983 |   5,697 |    2,021 |    24,307 |     19,131 |        5,176 |    32,778 |     26,621 |     6,157
Oregon ................|    27,645 |   10,690 |  12,594 |    4,361 |    37,075 |     24,915 |       12,160 |    40,800 |     22,875 |    17,925
Pennsylvania ..........|    29,477 |   19,246 |   6,436 |    3,795 |    52,444 |     40,108 |       12,336 |    52,176 |     37,497 |    14,679
Rhode Island ..........|     5,844 |    2,266 |   1,357 |    2,221 |     7,347 |      5,874 |        1,473 |     6,182 |      4,829 |     1,353
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
South Carolina ........|    69,659 |   27,959 |  35,165 |    6,535 |    81,200 |     37,117 |       44,083 |   108,041 |     46,644 |    61,397
South Dakota ..........|     4,067 |    2,080 |   1,109 |      878 |     3,184 |      2,458 |          726 |     4,518 |      3,624 |       894
Tennessee .............|    26,268 |   17,079 |   3,244 |    5,945 |    41,721 |     39,604 |        2,117 |    51,054 |     39,019 |    12,035
Texas .................|   157,349 |   94,245 |  51,126 |   11,978 |   218,747 |    145,067 |       73,680 |   207,921 |    159,983 |    47,938
Utah ..................|    18,541 |    3,756 |  14,785 |       ---|    24,841 |      6,003 |       18,838 |    30,302 |     11,147 |    19,155
                       |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
Vermont ...............|     4,583 |    3,990 |      ---|      593 |     4,808 |      4,452 |          356 |     4,800 |      4,434 |       366
Virginia ..............|    21,525 |   10,480 |   3,804 |    7,241 |    31,649 |     30,005 |        1,644 |    33,786 |     24,920 |     8,866
Washington ............|    16,286 |    7,245 |   3,894 |    5,147 |    31,776 |     25,336 |        6,440 |    44,728 |     39,061 |     5,667
West Virginia..........|    14,628 |    9,743 |   3,672 |    1,213 |    21,186 |     14,227 |\2\     6,959 |    26,232 |     18,912 |     7,320
Wisconsin .............|    16,158 |   14,185 |   1,973 |       ---|    61,081 |     45,116 |       15,965 |    78,544 |     60,162 |    18,382
Wyoming ...............|     2,457 |      857 |     905 |      695 |     3,578 |      2,071 |\2\     1,507 |     4,370 |      2,912 |     1,458
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    Outlying areas     |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
American Samoa ........|       313 |      252 |      61 |       ---|        ---|         ---|           ---|        ---|         ---|        ---
Northern Marianas .....|        ---|       ---|      ---|       ---|        ---|         ---|           ---|       430 |        246 |       184
Guam ..................|     1,346 |      612 |     471 |      263 |     1,311 |        414 |\2\       897 |     2,034 |        632 |     1,402
Puerto Rico ...........|    30,164 |   17,844 |   9,010 |    3,310 |    28,436 |     28,436 |           ---|    68,394 |     32,943 |    35,451
Trust Territory of     |           |          |         |          |           |            |              |           |            |
  the Pacific .........|     3,753 |    2,138 |     699 |      916 |        ---|         ---|           ---|        ---|         ---|        ---
Virgin Islands ........|     3,500 |    1,002 |     859 |    1,639 |     1,653 |      1,215 |          438 |     2,285 |        965 |     1,320
_______________________|___________|__________|_________|__________|___________|____________|______________|___________|____________|___________

\1\Includes English as a second language.

\2\Estimated.

---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Women and Minority Groups Make Up Largest Segment of Adult Basic and Secondary Education Programs;" and Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, "Adult Education Program Facts, Program Year 1990-1991," and "Adult Education Program Facts Program Year 1995-96." (This table was prepared April 1997).



1997 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest