Table 4. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1998 through fall 2016

Projections of Education Statistics to 2016

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Table 4. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1998 through fall 2016 (Table 4—Continued) [In thousands]

	Actual							Projected
Region and state	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
United States	46,539	46,857	47,204	47,672	48,183	48,540	48,795	49,028	49,370	49,610

Northeast	8,145	8,196	8,222	8,250	8,297	8,292	8,271	8,237	8,234	8,209
Connecticut	545	554	562	570	570	577	577	575	575	572
Maine	211	209	207	206	204	202	199	195	194	192
Massachusetts	962	971	975	973	983	980	976	969	969	965
New Hampshire	205	207	208	207	208	207	207	205	205	203
New Jersey	1,269	1,289	1,313	1,342	1,367	1,381	1,393	1,399	1,404	1,411
New York	2,877	2,888	2,882	2,872	2,888	2,865	2,836	2,822	2,818	2,806
Pennsylvania	1,816	1,817	1,814	1,822	1,817	1,821	1,828	1,821	1,820	1,812
Rhode Island	155	156	157	158	159	159	156	156	154	152
Vermont	105	105	102	101	100	99	98	96	96	94

Midwest	10,722	10,726	10,730	10,745	10,819	10,809	10,775	10,754	10,810	10,803
Illinois	2,012	2,028	2,049	2,071	2,084	2,101	2,098	2,113	2,121	2,125
Indiana	989	989	989	996	1,004	1,011	1,021	1,031	1,038	1,041
Iowa	498	497	495	486	482	481	478	478	486	488
Kansas	472	472	471	470	471	470	469	465	469	469
Michigan	1,720	1,726	1,721	1,731	1,785	1,758	1,751	1,742	1,747	1,738
Minnesota	856	854	854	851	847	843	839	835	843	844
Missouri	913	914	913	910	906	906	905	903	911	913
Nebraska	291	288	286	285	285	286	286	285	289	291
North Dakota	115	113	109	106	104	102	101	98	97	95
Ohio	1,842	1,837	1,835	1,831	1,838	1,845	1,840	1,831	1,836	1,832
South Dakota	132	131	129	128	130	126	123	121	121	120
Wisconsin	880	878	879	879	881	880	865	852	852	846

South	16,713	16,842	17,007	17,237	17,471	17,673	17,892	18,083	18,327	18,532
Alabama	748	741	740	737	739	731	730	730	735	735
Arkansas	452	451	450	450	451	455	463	465	471	474
Delaware	113	113	115	116	116	118	119	120	122	124
District of Columbia	72	77	69	75	76	78	77	77	76	74
Florida	2,338	2,381	2,435	2,500	2,540	2,588	2,639	2,694	2,719	2,754
Georgia	1,401	1,423	1,445	1,471	1,496	1,523	1,553	1,584	1,620	1,653
Kentucky	656	648	666	654	661	663	675	675	685	688
Louisiana	769	757	743	731	730	728	724	720	723	723
Maryland	842	847	853	861	867	869	866	867	868	868
Mississippi	502	501	498	494	493	494	495	494	499	501
North Carolina	1,255	1,276	1,294	1,315	1,336	1,360	1,386	1,409	1,429	1,447
Oklahoma	628	627	623	622	625	626	629	625	632	636
South Carolina	665	667	677	676	694	699	704	709	713	714
Tennessee	905	916	909	925	928	937	941	943	958	965
Texas	3,945	3,992	4,060	4,163	4,260	4,332	4,405	4,475	4,566	4,659
Virginia	1,124	1,134	1,145	1,163	1,177	1,192	1,205	1,217	1,229	1,238
West Virginia	298	292	286	283	282	281	280	279	281	281

West	10,959	11,093	11,244	11,440	11,596	11,766	11,857	11,954	11,999	12,066
Alaska	135	134	133	134	134	134	133	132	132	131
Arizona	848	853	878	922	938	1,012	1,043	1,067	1,086	1,108
California	5,926	6,039	6,141	6,248	6,354	6,414	6,442	6,480	6,462	6,468
Colorado	699	708	725	742	752	758	766	775	783	792
Hawaii	188	186	184	185	184	184	183	182	184	186
Idaho	245	245	245	247	249	252	256	259	266	271
Montana	160	158	155	152	150	148	147	144	145	144
Nevada	311	326	341	357	369	385	400	412	422	434
New Mexico	329	324	320	320	320	323	326	326	325	325
Oregon	543	545	546	551	554	551	552	551	552	552
Utah	481	480	481	485	489	496	504	525	542	559
Washington	998	1,004	1,005	1,009	1,015	1,021	1,020	1,016	1,015	1,012
Wyoming	95	92	90	88	88	87	85	84	84	84

See notes at end of table.

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