Table A-1.4. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by detailed locale, region, and state and District of Columbia: 2003

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Table A-1.4.

Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by detailed locale, region, and state and District of Columbia: 2003–04

Region and state	Total	City			Suburban			Town			Rural
Region and state	Total	Large	Midsize	Small	Large	Midsize	Small	Fringe	Distant	Remote	Fringe	Distant	Remote
Total	100.0	15.7	6.4	8.3	30.0	3.4	2.1	3.9	5.1	3.9	11.0	7.1	3.2
Northeast	100.0	17.6	3.4	6.3	43.6	3.6	1.8	4.4	2.6	1.1	9.3	5.3	1.3
Connecticut	100.0	0.0	14.6	12.8	43.8	10.5	0.0	4.6	0.0	0.0	12.5	1.3	0.0
Maine	100.0	0.0	0.0	11.6	0.0	8.1	4.5	8.0	4.9	9.4	16.7	22.8	13.9
Massachusetts	100.0	6.6	6.3	7.9	60.6	5.3	0.1	1.9	0.6	0.0	9.6	1.0	0.0
New Hampshire	100.0	0.0	8.5	6.4	9.4	13.9	9.6	6.2	6.4	5.5	13.5	15.6	5.0
New Jersey	100.0	3.4	0.0	6.5	75.0	2.0	1.6	2.0	0.0	0.0	8.6	0.8	0.0
New York	100.0	37.9	2.1	3.7	33.2	1.1	1.2	3.5	3.3	1.0	6.0	5.8	1.2
Pennsylvania	100.0	14.0	1.7	5.8	37.4	3.7	3.3	8.2	4.1	1.1	12.3	7.2	1.2
Rhode Island	100.0	0.0	18.0	14.8	51.9	0.0	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	10.4	2.3	0.0
Vermont	100.0	0.0	0.0	6.6	0.0	10.8	0.0	2.7	14.7	12.3	10.8	26.7	15.4
Midwest	100.0	12.8	5.5	8.1	27.4	2.5	2.0	4.6	7.0	5.6	9.7	9.5	5.4
Illinois	100.0	20.7	5.0	6.2	39.9	3.3	1.6	2.4	5.1	4.0	5.0	5.3	1.4
Indiana	100.0	11.0	8.4	8.6	20.9	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.0	0.8	15.0	14.5	0.8
Iowa	100.0	0.0	10.6	15.6	7.7	1.1	0.5	3.7	8.8	15.7	7.8	14.7	13.8
Kansas	100.0	9.9	13.6	1.5	12.6	0.8	0.0	3.7	7.2	16.8	12.6	8.8	12.4
Michigan	100.0	9.8	6.8	10.3	30.9	3.5	3.5	5.1	3.6	3.7	10.2	8.9	3.5
Minnesota	100.0	11.2	0.0	10.8	28.7	0.8	0.9	4.8	7.5	9.1	9.6	6.0	10.4
Missouri	100.0	11.8	2.2	5.2	27.6	1.0	2.1	3.9	7.2	9.1	10.4	11.3	8.2
Nebraska	100.0	22.3	11.3	0.0	10.5	1.1	0.0	0.8	3.8	19.1	5.8	7.5	17.8
North Dakota	100.0	0.0	0.0	26.8	0.0	5.0	2.8	0.0	2.1	18.4	4.1	6.1	34.9
Ohio	100.0	13.5	2.9	5.3	34.7	1.8	2.5	6.8	7.6	0.6	12.6	11.4	0.4
South Dakota	100.0	0.0	15.2	9.6	0.0	0.0	0.9	3.1	5.0	22.3	5.7	6.4	31.8
Wisconsin	100.0	11.5	4.8	13.0	12.9	6.6	3.3	6.6	10.7	2.8	9.3	10.9	7.7
South	100.0	12.9	6.8	8.4	25.1	3.6	2.0	3.7	6.5	3.5	15.0	9.5	3.2
Alabama	100.0	0.0	15.9	7.4	10.1	3.9	2.5	6.1	7.0	1.6	19.2	19.4	7.0
Arkansas	100.0	0.0	5.4	19.8	7.6	1.9	0.6	5.2	9.1	9.8	16.5	14.8	9.4
Delaware	100.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	41.8	0.0	6.0	12.9	7.3	0.0	11.1	4.8	0.0
District of Columbia	100.0	99.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2 ¹	0.0	0.0
Florida	100.0	8.3	5.3	11.5	46.3	8.1	1.4	1.8	3.2	0.6	10.6	2.6	0.3
Georgia	100.0	3.4	5.8	6.2	36.7	1.3	1.8	4.3	5.9	2.6	21.6	7.9	2.5
Kentucky	100.0	10.2	0.0	3.5	17.3	1.5	1.6	3.6	11.2	8.5	18.1	15.5	9.0
Louisiana	100.0	9.4	14.0	8.5	11.0	5.5	4.4	6.4	9.9	2.3	14.0	11.1	3.5
Maryland	100.0	10.9	0.0	5.2	51.4	6.0	3.4	3.0	2.8	0.3	12.3	4.5	0.2
Mississippi	100.0	0.0	6.2	5.4	6.3	3.5	1.4	2.4	5.7	22.4	16.4	21.0	9.5
North Carolina	100.0	8.9	8.2	8.2	8.3	6.4	1.1	4.8	8.8	0.4	25.6	16.6	2.7
Oklahoma	100.0	18.9	0.0	2.4	17.2	0.1	2.1	3.8	11.8	9.6	11.4	13.3	9.3
South Carolina	100.0	0.0	2.1	10.3	22.0	4.1	4.4	5.5	11.4	0.8	24.4	13.9	1.2
Tennessee	100.0	18.8	5.8	5.9	14.2	2.1	1.4	4.1	8.2	3.7	19.4	13.5	2.9
Texas	100.0	27.9	8.1	9.6	21.1	1.4	1.6	3.1	5.3	4.3	9.5	5.6	2.4
Virginia	100.0	6.3	13.8	5.1	35.1	1.4	2.7	2.3	4.6	0.8	15.3	10.0	2.6
West Virginia	100.0	0.0	0.0	13.4	0.0	10.6	5.3	6.1	13.2	7.1	15.8	19.3	9.4
West	100.0	21.2	9.0	9.8	29.9	3.8	2.5	3.5	3.0	4.7	7.3	2.7	2.6
Alaska	100.0	33.3	0.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	3.6	5.0	14.5	8.7	1.9	22.3
Arizona	100.0	41.8	5.2	3.7	19.3	0.0	2.1	1.7	2.5	6.5	10.3	4.0	2.9
California	100.0	23.7	10.7	10.3	33.6	4.9	2.7	3.0	2.8	0.9	5.5	1.5	0.5
Colorado	100.0	24.8	5.0	5.8	29.3	1.5	4.4	4.5	1.5	5.7	8.6	4.3	4.5
Hawaii	100.0	24.4	0.0	0.0	26.3	7.4	0.0	0.9	0.0	21.1	15.6	3.1	1.2
Idaho	100.0	0.0	12.1	17.0	6.7	0.0	8.9	3.2	9.5	11.8	12.1	9.8	9.0
Montana	100.0	0.0	0.0	21.9	0.0	0.8	1.7	1.2	0.0	34.6	6.0	9.7	24.0
Nevada	100.0	22.8	15.3	5.7	34.6	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	4.8	10.2	1.1	2.3
New Mexico	100.0	22.4	0.0	10.3	9.8	1.9	1.2	3.2	2.9	22.9	13.4	3.4	8.6
Oregon	100.0	10.9	8.8	11.5	18.6	4.4	0.7	11.8	6.2	9.7	9.3	4.4	3.6
Utah	100.0	0.0	7.7	11.5	54.9	0.0	2.7	4.2	5.0	4.9	3.6	1.8	3.8
Washington	100.0	4.7	10.0	12.9	34.5	7.9	1.7	4.6	3.8	3.7	9.0	4.5	2.8
Wyoming	100.0	0.0	0.0	24.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	42.6	8.9	4.4	18.6
¹ These students are funded by the District of Columbia public school system, but attend school outside of the District. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04.