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Table 205. Residence and migration of all freshmen students in degree-granting institutions graduating from high school in the past 12 months, by state: Fall 1998

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                      | Students |Student residents of  | Ratio of students|
                      | enrolled |        state         |  remaining to--  |   Migration of students
                      |in insti- |______________________|__________________|
                      | tutions  |Attending | Attending |Students| Student |_____________________________________
 State or other area  |located in|college in|college in |enrolled|residents|  Out of   |   Into    |      Net
                      |the juris-|any juris-|home juris-|(col. 4/|(col. 4/ |(column 3- |(column 2- |   (column 8-
                      |diction\1\|diction\2\|diction\3\ |col. 2) | col. 3) |column 4)  |column 4)  |   column 7)
______________________|__________|__________|___________|________|_________|___________|___________|_____________
          1           |    2     |    3     |     4     |   5    |    6    |     7     |     8     |       9
______________________|__________|__________|___________|________|_________|___________|___________|_____________
   United States .....|1,592,068 |1,566,456 | 1,266,023 |   0.80 |    0.81 |   300,433 |   326,045 |\4\   25,612
                      |__________|__________|___________|________|_________|___________|___________|_____________
Alabama ..............|   27,557 |   24,489 |    21,881 |   0.79 |    0.89 |     2,608 |     5,676 |       3,068
Alaska ...............|    1,100 |    2,467 |       820 |   0.75 |    0.33 |     1,647 |       280 |      -1,367
Arizona ..............|   21,122 |   17,421 |    15,154 |   0.72 |    0.87 |     2,267 |     5,968 |       3,701
Arkansas .............|   15,662 |   15,083 |    13,193 |   0.84 |    0.87 |     1,890 |     2,469 |         579
California ...........|  159,065 |  159,230 |   144,875 |   0.91 |    0.91 |    14,355 |    14,190 |        -165
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
Colorado .............|   21,692 |   21,091 |    16,065 |   0.74 |    0.76 |     5,026 |     5,627 |         601
Connecticut ..........|   17,208 |   21,399 |    10,429 |   0.61 |    0.49 |    10,970 |     6,779 |      -4,191
Delaware .............|    6,573 |    4,786 |     3,391 |   0.52 |    0.71 |     1,395 |     3,182 |       1,787
District of Columbia .|    6,946 |    1,817 |       491 |   0.07 |    0.27 |     1,326 |     6,455 |       5,129
Florida ..............|   60,621 |   55,423 |    46,857 |   0.77 |    0.85 |     8,566 |    13,764 |       5,198
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
Georgia ..............|   40,580 |   38,771 |    32,298 |   0.80 |    0.83 |     6,473 |     8,282 |       1,809
Hawaii ...............|    6,018 |    7,327 |     5,164 |   0.86 |    0.70 |     2,163 |       854 |      -1,309
Idaho ................|    8,248 |    7,549 |     5,628 |   0.68 |    0.75 |     1,921 |     2,620 |         699
Illinois .............|   72,180 |   81,379 |    63,964 |   0.89 |    0.79 |    17,415 |     8,216 |      -9,199
Indiana...............|   44,777 |   38,482 |    33,745 |   0.75 |    0.88 |     4,737 |    11,032 |       6,295
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
Iowa .................|   26,589 |   23,257 |    20,068 |   0.75 |    0.86 |     3,189 |     6,521 |       3,332
Kansas ...............|   19,410 |   18,242 |    15,813 |   0.81 |    0.87 |     2,429 |     3,597 |       1,168
Kentucky .............|   23,343 |   22,345 |    19,262 |   0.83 |    0.86 |     3,083 |     4,081 |         998
Louisiana ............|   30,305 |   28,945 |    25,993 |   0.86 |    0.90 |     2,952 |     4,312 |       1,360
Maine ................|    6,300 |    7,691 |     4,348 |   0.69 |    0.57 |     3,343 |     1,952 |      -1,391
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
Maryland .............|   24,985 |   29,323 |    18,671 |   0.75 |    0.64 |    10,652 |     6,314 |      -4,338
Massachusetts ........|   51,820 |   42,478 |    29,708 |   0.57 |    0.70 |    12,770 |    22,112 |       9,342
Michigan .............|   58,733 |   58,865 |    52,345 |   0.89 |    0.89 |     6,520 |     6,388 |        -132
Minnesota ............|   32,695 |   34,612 |    25,762 |   0.79 |    0.74 |     8,850 |     6,933 |      -1,917
Mississippi ..........|   18,589 |   16,858 |    15,489 |   0.83 |    0.92 |     1,369 |     3,100 |       1,731
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
Missouri..............|   33,727 |   31,832 |    26,418 |   0.78 |    0.83 |     5,414 |     7,309 |       1,895
Montana ..............|    6,009 |    6,355 |     4,637 |   0.77 |    0.73 |     1,718 |     1,372 |        -346
Nebraska .............|   13,320 |   13,231 |    10,800 |   0.81 |    0.82 |     2,431 |     2,520 |          89
Nevada ...............|    4,260 |    5,000 |     3,260 |   0.77 |    0.65 |     1,740 |     1,000 |        -740
New Hampshire ........|    8,203 |    7,583 |     3,709 |   0.45 |    0.49 |     3,874 |     4,494 |         620
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
New Jersey ...........|   33,780 |   52,940 |    29,780 |   0.88 |    0.56 |    23,160 |     4,000 |     -19,160
New Mexico ...........|   10,592 |   11,344 |     8,712 |   0.82 |    0.77 |     2,632 |     1,880 |        -752
New York .............|  114,550 |  116,505 |    92,031 |   0.80 |    0.79 |    24,474 |    22,519 |      -1,955
North Carolina .......|   48,113 |   40,558 |    37,149 |   0.77 |    0.92 |     3,409 |    10,964 |       7,555
North Dakota .........|    7,390 |    5,976 |     5,036 |   0.68 |    0.84 |       940 |     2,354 |       1,414
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
Ohio .................|   69,803 |   68,504 |    58,080 |   0.83 |    0.85 |    10,424 |    11,723 |       1,299
Oklahoma .............|   19,236 |   18,493 |    16,104 |   0.84 |    0.87 |     2,389 |     3,132 |         743
Oregon ...............|   14,526 |   14,442 |    10,610 |   0.73 |    0.73 |     3,832 |     3,916 |          84
Pennsylvania .........|   87,333 |   80,065 |    65,180 |   0.75 |    0.81 |    14,885 |    22,153 |       7,268
Rhode Island .........|   10,862 |    6,416 |     4,047 |   0.37 |    0.63 |     2,369 |     6,815 |       4,446
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
South Carolina .......|   23,575 |   21,050 |    18,284 |   0.78 |    0.87 |     2,766 |     5,291 |       2,525
South Dakota .........|    5,944 |    6,108 |     4,491 |   0.76 |    0.74 |     1,617 |     1,453 |        -164
Tennessee ............|   29,948 |   26,997 |    22,337 |   0.75 |    0.83 |     4,660 |     7,611 |       2,951
Texas ................|  102,209 |  106,387 |    95,148 |   0.93 |    0.89 |    11,239 |     7,061 |      -4,178
Utah .................|   18,241 |   13,451 |    12,163 |   0.67 |    0.90 |     1,288 |     6,078 |       4,790
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
Vermont ..............|    5,379 |    3,811 |     1,768 |   0.33 |    0.46 |     2,043 |     3,611 |       1,568
Virginia .............|   40,356 |   37,488 |    29,277 |   0.73 |    0.78 |     8,211 |    11,079 |       2,868
Washington ...........|   28,049 |   29,726 |    24,533 |   0.87 |    0.83 |     5,193 |     3,516 |      -1,677
West Virginia.........|   12,931 |   11,152 |     9,371 |   0.72 |    0.84 |     1,781 |     3,560 |       1,779
Wisconsin ............|   34,964 |   35,167 |    29,015 |   0.83 |    0.83 |     6,152 |     5,949 |        -203
Wyoming ..............|    3,508 |    3,494 |     2,456 |   0.70 |    0.70 |     1,038 |     1,052 |          14
                      |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
U.S. Service Schools .|    3,142 |      --- |       213 |    --- |     --- |      -213 |     2,929 |       3,142
State unknown\5\......|      --- |   13,051 |       --- |    --- |     --- |    13,051 |       --- |     -13,051
                      |==========|==========|===========|========|=========|===========|===========|=============
   Outlying areas ....|   30,891 |   32,297 |    30,569 |   0.99 |    0.95 |     1,728 |       322 |      -1,406
                      |__________|__________|___________|________|_________|___________|___________|_____________
American Samoa .......|      435 |      481 |       435 |    --- |     --- |        46 |         0 |         -46
Federated States of   |          |          |           |        |         |           |           |
  Micronesia .........|      348 |      824 |       346 |   0.99 |    0.42 |       478 |         2 |        -476
Guam .................|      453 |      437 |       284 |   0.63 |    0.65 |       153 |       169 |          16
Marshall Islands .....|      177 |      180 |       165 |   0.93 |    0.92 |        15 |        12 |          -3
Northern Marianas ....|       95 |      118 |        95 |   1.00 |    0.81 |        23 |         0 |         -23
Palau ................|      139 |      106 |        97 |   0.70 |    0.92 |         9 |        42 |          33
Puerto Rico ..........|   28,969 |   29,522 |    28,889 |   1.00 |    0.98 |       633 |        80 |        -553
Virgin Islands .......|      275 |      629 |       258 |   0.94 |    0.41 |       371 |        17 |        -354
                      |==========|==========|===========|========|=========|===========|===========|=============
Foreign countries ....|      --- |   24,206 |       --- |    --- |     --- |    24,206 |       --- |     -24,206
______________________|__________|__________|___________|________|_________|___________|___________|_____________

---Not available.
\1\All of the new students reported by the institutions in that state; i.e., all in-migrants and "remaining" students.
\2\All students living in a particular state when admitted to an institution in any state. Students may be enrolled in any state.
\3\Students who attend institutions in their home state.
\4\Includes students coming to U.S. colleges from foreign countries and the outlying areas.
\5\Students are reported in "state unknown" when an institution is unable to determine the student's home state.

NOTE: Data revised from previously published figures. Includes all students who are enrolled at the reporting institution for the first time. Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey, 1998. (This table was prepared June 2001.)


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