Table 106. | General Educational Development (GED) credentials issued, and number and age of test takers: United States and outlying areas, 1971 to 2000 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Number of |Number com- |Number of|Percentage distribution of test |credentials|pleting test| test | takers, by age Year | issued, | battery, | takers, |__________________________________________________________ | in thou- | in thou- |in thou- |19 years old|20- to 24-|25- to 29-|30- to 34-|35 years old | sands\1\ | sands\2\ |sands\3\ | or less |year-olds |year-olds |year-olds | or over _______|___________|____________|_________|____________|__________|__________|__________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 _______|___________|____________|_________|____________|__________|__________|__________|____________ 1971 ..| 227 | --- | 377 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1972 ..| 245 | --- | 419 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1973 ..| 249 | --- | 423 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1974 ..| 295 | 412 | 540 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 17 1975 ..| 342 | 507 | 652 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 18 | | | | | | | | 1976 ..| 337 | 507 | 656 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 17 1977 ..| 331 | 488 | 680 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 14 1978 ..| 381 | 467 | 641 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 19 1979 ..| 435 | 583 | 744 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 16 1980 ..| 488 | 708 | 779 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | 1981 ..| 500 | 701 | 770 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 15 1982 ..| 494 | 692 | 756 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 15 1983 ..| 477 | 678 | 740 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 15 1984 ..| 437 | 613 | 676 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 16 1985 ..| 427 | 622 | 685 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 16 | | | | | | | | 1986 ..| 439 | 648 | 713 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 16 1987 ..| 458 | 662 | 729 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 18 1988 ..| 421 | 617 | 701 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 17 1989 ..| 364 | 554 | 645 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 16 1990 ..| 419 | 628 | 727 | 35 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 17 | | | | | | | | 1991 ..| 471 | 672 | 770 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 17 1992 ..| 465 | 653 | 754 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 16 1993 ..| 476 | 652 | 757 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 16 1994 ..| 499 | 684 | 793 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 16 1995 ..| 513 | 698 | 803 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | | 1996 ..| 514 | 733 | 842 | 40 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 15 1997 ..| 471 | 697 | 802 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 14 1998 ..| 496 | 693 | 796 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 14 1999 ..| 517 | 724 | 831 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 14 2000 ..| 501 | 718 | 830 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 14 _______|___________|____________|_________|____________|__________|__________|__________|____________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: American Council on Education, General Educational Development Testing Service, Who took the GED? Statistical Report, various years. (This table was prepared August 2001.) |