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Table 6.-Enrollment in grades K-8 in public schools, by region and state, with projections:Fall 1993 to fall 2011-Continued
(In thousands)
Region and state Projected
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
United States 33,475 33,276 33,091 32,947 32,868 32,860 32,913 33,034 33,179
Northeast 5,734 5,668 5,604 5,549 5,507 5,480 5,459 5,437 5,421
   Connecticut 391 385 379 374 369 367 365 364 364
   Maine 143 142 142 141 142 143 143 143 143
   Massachusetts 691 682 673 666 660 657 655 651 648
   New Hampshire 144 143 142 142 142 143 144 143 143
   New Jersey 952 943 934 926 919 915 912 911 911
   New York 1,999 1,974 1,949 1,927 1,909 1,896 1,885 1,876 1,870
   Pennsylvania 1,234 1,221 1,208 1,198 1,191 1,185 1,180 1,174 1,168
   Rhode Island 109 108 106 105 104 104 104 103 103
   Vermont 71 71 70 71 71 71 71 71 71
Midwest 7,453 7,392 7,334 7,289 7,259 7,246 7,238 7,237 7,240
   Illinois 1,468 1,455 1,440 1,428 1,414 1,407 1,401 1,402 1,403
   Indiana 706 702 697 693 691 688 686 685 683
   Iowa 330 328 325 324 322 322 323 323 322
   Kansas 322 321 321 321 322 323 324 326 328
   Michigan 1,207 1,191 1,176 1,166 1,157 1,155 1,152 1,148 1,144
   Minnesota 567 562 559 557 557 558 559 562 564
   Missouri 643 639 635 630 629 630 631 632 633
   Nebraska 196 195 195 196 197 197 198 199 200
   North Dakota 72 72 72 72 73 73 74 74 74
   Ohio 1,269 1,257 1,245 1,235 1,228 1,223 1,219 1,216 1,213
   South Dakota 89 89 89 90 92 92 93 93 94
   Wisconsin 584 581 578 577 577 578 579 580 581
South 12,238 12,184 12,128 12,078 12,043 12,021 12,022 12,067 12,117
   Alabama 544 541 538 537 536 533 531 530 530
   Arkansas 315 312 310 308 307 306 305 304 303
   Delaware 82 82 82 81 81 80 80 80 79
   District of Columbia 58 58 57 57 56 57 58 59 60
   Florida 1,699 1,683 1,665 1,649 1,635 1,630 1,631 1,639 1,650
   Georgia 1,077 1,076 1,076 1,076 1,076 1,074 1,074 1,079 1,083
   Kentucky 451 445 443 440 437 434 431 429 427
   Louisiana 541 538 535 534 532 531 532 533 535
   Maryland 609 604 600 597 595 595 594 595 595
   Mississippi 372 370 368 367 365 362 360 359 358
   North Carolina 936 926 916 904 892 886 881 879 879
   Oklahoma 424 420 416 413 412 413 414 417 420
   South Carolina 471 471 467 463 460 459 458 457 457
   Tennessee 680 679 678 676 675 673 671 672 672
   Texas 2,941 2,947 2,952 2,957 2,965 2,974 2,994 3,029 3,064
   Virginia 842 838 833 829 827 824 821 820 821
   West Virginia 197 195 193 192 191 189 188 187 185
West 8,049 8,032 8,024 8,031 8,059 8,113 8,193 8,292 8,401
   Alaska 98 99 99 100 102 104 105 107 109
   Arizona 648 648 647 645 644 644 646 652 658
   California 4,386 4,363 4,348 4,343 4,350 4,385 4,442 4,505 4,579
   Colorado 518 518 519 519 520 521 524 527 530
   Hawaii 139 139 141 143 145 147 148 150 152
   Idaho 181 184 187 190 194 196 197 200 202
   Montana 109 110 111 113 115 116 117 118 118
   Nevada 254 253 252 249 246 245 244 245 247
   New Mexico 241 243 246 250 254 257 260 263 267
   Oregon 377 376 375 375 376 378 380 382 385
   Utah 339 341 344 347 351 353 356 361 365
   Washington 697 694 693 692 694 698 703 709 715
   Wyoming 63 64 65 66 68 69 71 72 73
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Includes most kindergarten and some nursery school enrollment. Detail may not   sum to totals due to rounding.   Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys and State Public Elementary and Secondary   Enrollment Model. (This table was prepared May 2001.)

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