Table 4.3. Percent and number of children enrolled in state prekindergarten programs, by state: 2016

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Table 4.3. Percent and number of children enrolled in state prekindergarten programs, by state: 2016–17

	Percent of children enrolled in state prekindergarten programs			Number of children enrolled in state prekindergarten programs
State	Total	3-year-olds	4-year-olds	Total¹	3-year-olds	4-year-olds
United States	19.0	5.3	32.7	1,512,560	209,237	1,303,323

Alabama	12.1	0.0	23.9	14,032	0	14,032
Alaska	1.7	0.0	3.5	358	0	358
Arizona	3.0	2.1	3.9	5,285	1,843	3,442
Arkansas	25.0	18.5	31.4	19,120	7,026	12,094
California	23.7	10.9	36.6	235,566	54,454	181,112

Colorado	15.7	8.3	23.1	21,204	5,590	15,614
Connecticut	19.4	8.3	30.2	14,622	3,064	11,558
Delaware	3.8	0.0	7.4	831	0	831
District of Columbia	76.5	66.0	87.9	12,847	5,746	7,101
Florida	38.9	0.0	77.3	174,252	0	174,252

Georgia	30.4	0.0	60.0	80,874	0	80,874
Hawaii	1.0	0.0	2.1	376	0	376
Idaho	†	†	†	†	†	†
Illinois	23.2	20.4	26.0	71,759	31,298	40,461
Indiana	1.1	0.0	2.1	1,792	0	1,792

Iowa	32.8	3.0	62.8	26,073	1,196	24,877
Kansas	10.2	0.0	20.5	8,011	0	8,011
Kentucky	17.6	9.5	25.8	19,435	5,303	14,132
Louisiana	15.6	0.0	31.1	19,054	0	19,054
Maine	19.4	0.0	38.6	5,142	0	5,142

Maryland	21.1	4.9	37.2	31,070	3,574	27,496
Massachusetts	6.7	5.3	8.1	9,805	3,870	5,935
Michigan	16.7	0.0	33.4	38,371	0	38,371
Minnesota	3.3	1.0	5.6	4,603	712	3,891
Mississippi	2.1	0.7	3.4	1,560	250	1,310

Missouri	1.8	1.1	2.5	2,646	801	1,845
Montana	†	†	†	†	†	†
Nebraska	23.2	14.6	31.7	12,186	3,850	8,336
Nevada	2.5	0.5	4.5	1,856	190	1,666
New Hampshire	†	†	†	†	†	†

New Jersey	25.3	20.7	29.8	53,370	21,703	31,667
New Mexico	19.8	4.2	35.4	10,379	1,092	9,287
New York	26.5	1.5	51.6	122,871	3,447	119,424
North Carolina	11.1	0.0	22.3	27,019	0	27,019
North Dakota	†	†	†	†	†	†

Ohio	5.7	0.3	11.2	15,942	376	15,566
Oklahoma	38.3	3.6	73.3	41,264	1,960	39,304
Oregon	10.0	7.7	12.3	9,443	3,614	5,829
Pennsylvania	9.8	6.5	13.2	28,160	9,316	18,844
Rhode Island	4.6	0.0	9.0	1,008	0	1,008

South Carolina	20.5	0.0	40.6	24,079	0	24,079
South Dakota	†	†	†	†	†	†
Tennessee	11.4	1.0	21.6	18,633	800	17,833
Texas	28.1	6.9	49.4	224,114	27,588	196,526
Utah	†	†	†	†	†	†

Vermont	67.5	59.7	75.1	8,299	3,603	4,696
Virginia	8.8	0.0	17.5	18,023	0	18,023
Washington	6.4	4.5	8.3	11,691	4,110	7,581
West Virginia	38.1	11.4	64.7	15,745	2,352	13,393
Wisconsin	36.5	0.8	71.8	49,789	508	49,281
Wyoming	†	†	†	†	†	†

† Not applicable. State does not have a preschool program.
¹There were an additional 10,851 children of other ages enrolled in state prekindergarten programs nationally, and not shown in the table, for a total enrollment of 1,523,410.
SOURCE: National Institute for Early Education Research, The State of Preschool 2017: State Preschool Yearbook, retrieved June 6, 2018 from http://nieer.org/state-preschool-yearbooks/yearbook2017. Data Source

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