Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table A16-Standard errors and population sizes for Table 16: High school completion rates of 18- through 24-year-olds, by state, October 1989-91 and 1992-94

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   State                        1989-91                       1992-94
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                      Standard     Population       Standard       Population
                       error   size(in thousands)     error    size (in thousands)

   Total                0.21        71,160            0.21           69,792

Alaska                  4.41           130            2.26              453                    
Alabama                 1.75         1,206            2.00              885
Arkansas                2.11           640            2.08              641
Arizona                 1.91           972            2.00              860
California              0.71         8,972            0.70            8,602
Colorado                1.74           890            1.68              973
Connecticut             1.58           940            1.46              806
Washington, D.C.        4.71           169            4.78              130
Delaware                4.09           183            2.79              193
Florida                 1.02         3,419            0.97            3,737
Georgia                 1.31         1,840            1.48            1,891
Hawaii                  2.49           271            2.75              283
Iowa                    1.28           814            1.26              881
Idaho                   3.81           244            3.19              287
Illinois                0.96         3,394            0.93  	      3,386
Indiana                 1.28         1,538            1.26            1,630
Kansas                  1.55           738            1.58              728
Kentucky                1.86         1,105            1.93              948
Louisiana               1.79         1,243            1.77            1,092
Massachusetts           1.13         1,829            1.13            1,587
Maryland                1.41         1,420            1.15            1,257
Maine                   2.68           302            2.05              340
Michigan                1.04         2,760            0.96            2,621
Minnesota               1.18         1,328            1.11            1,300
Missouri                1.33         1,515            1.27            1,410
Mississippi             2.09           779            1.79              782
Montana                 2.92           200            3.07              207
North Carolina          1.36         1,956            1.28            1,932
North Dakota            2.38           188            2.17              178
Nebraska                2.21           434            1.49              452
New Hampshire           2.95           322            3.25              279
New Jersey              1.01         2,224            1.04            1,932
New Mexico              2.82           414            2.99              385
Nevada                  3.40           315            3.23              335
New York                0.74         4,997            0.77            4,710
Ohio                    0.86         3,269            0.89            2,963
Oklahoma                1.88           805            2.13              782
Oregon                  1.81           743            2.15              775
Pennsylvania            0.85         3,112            0.86            3,140
Rhode Island            3.14           283            3.02              235
South Carolina          1.91         1,000            1.69              999
South Dakota            3.70           200            2.90              190
Tennessee               1.72         1,542            1.59            1,459
Texas                   0.93         4,985            0.87            5,209
Utah                    1.59           573            1.57              587
Virginia                1.34         1,595            1.21            1,758
Vermont                 4.71           138            3.94              149
Washington              1.52         1,203            1.41            1,411
Wisconsin               1.05         1,400            1.07            1,359
West Virginia           2.67           507            2.43              531
Wyoming                 4.21           112            3.85              132
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1/Numbers on this table reflect 3 year averages.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, various years, unpublished data.

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