Table 101.

Public high school graduates, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2005-06

State or jurisdiction	1980-81	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	1999-2000	2000-01	2002-03	2003-04		2004-05	Projected 2005-06 graduates	Percent change, 1995-96 to 2005-06
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		10	11	12
United States	2,725,285	2,382,616	2,234,893	2,273,109	2,553,844	2,569,200	2,719,947	2,753,438		2,799,250	2,881,750	26.8
Alabama	44,894	39,620	39,042	35,043	37,819	37,082	36,741	36,464		37,453	37,190	6.1
Alaska	5,343	5,464	5,458	5,945	6,615	6,812	7,297	7,236		6,909	7,650	28.7
Arizona	28,416	27,533	31,282	30,008	38,304	46,733	49,986	45,508		59,498	50,490	68.3
Arkansas	29,577	26,227	25,668	25,094	27,335	27,100	27,555	27,181		26,621	27,530	9.7
California	242,172	229,026	234,164	259,071	309,866	315,189	341,097	343,480		355,217	371,940	43.6
Colorado	35,897	32,621	31,293	32,608	38,924	39,241	42,379	44,777		44,532	46,520	42.7
Connecticut	38,369	33,571	27,290	26,319	31,562	30,388	33,667	34,573		35,515	36,560	38.9
Delaware	7,349	5,791	5,223	5,609	6,108	6,614	6,817	6,951		6,934	7,070	26.0
District of Columbia1	4,848	3,875	3,369	2,696	2,695	2,808	2,725	3,031		2,781	3,010	11.6
Florida	88,755	83,029	87,419	89,242	106,708	111,112	127,484	131,418		133,318	148,310	66.2
Georgia	62,963	59,082	60,088	56,271	62,563	62,499	66,890	68,550		70,834	73,140	30.0
Hawaii	11,472	9,958	8,974	9,387	10,437	10,102	10,013	10,324		10,813	10,480	11.6
Idaho	12,679	12,059	11,961	14,667	16,170	15,941	15,858	15,547		15,768	16,230	10.7
Illinois	136,795	114,319	103,329	104,626	111,835	110,624	117,507	124,763		123,615	125,000	19.5
Indiana	73,381	59,817	57,892	56,330	57,012	56,172	57,897	56,008		55,444	58,880	4.5
Iowa	42,635	34,279	28,593	31,689	33,926	33,774	34,860	34,339		33,547	33,940	7.1
Kansas	29,397	25,587	24,414	25,786	29,102	29,360	29,963	30,155		30,355	29,920	16.0
Kentucky	41,714	37,288	35,835	36,641	36,830	36,957	37,654	37,787		38,399	36,570	-0.2
Louisiana	46,199	39,965	33,489	36,467	38,430	38,314	37,610	37,019		36,009	35,810	-1.8
Maine	15,554	13,006	13,151	11,795	12,211	12,654	12,947	13,278		13,077	13,260	12.4
Maryland	54,050	46,700	39,014	41,785	47,849	49,222	51,864	52,870		54,170	55,930	33.9
Massachusetts	74,831	60,360	50,216	47,993	52,950	54,393	55,987	58,326		59,665	60,770	26.6
Michigan	124,372	101,042	88,234	85,530	97,679	96,515	100,301	98,823		101,582	100,510	17.5
Minnesota	64,166	51,988	46,474	50,481	57,372	56,581	59,432	59,096		58,391	59,280	17.4
Mississippi	28,083	25,134	23,665	23,032	24,232	23,748	23,810	23,735		23,523	23,950	4.0
Missouri	60,359	49,204	46,928	49,011	52,848	54,138	56,925	57,983		57,841	57,870	18.1
Montana	11,634	9,761	9,013	10,139	10,903	10,628	10,657	10,500		10,335	10,260	1.2
Nebraska	21,411	17,845	16,500	18,014	20,149	19,658	20,161	20,309		19,940	20,070	11.4
Nevada	9,069	8,784	9,370	10,374	14,551	15,127	16,378	15,201		15,740	17,640	70.0
New Hampshire	11,552	10,648	10,059	10,094	11,829	12,294	13,210	13,309		13,775	13,790	36.6
New Jersey	93,168	78,781	67,003	67,704	74,420	76,130	81,391	83,826		86,502	94,980	40.3
New Mexico	17,915	15,468	15,157	15,402	18,031	18,199	16,923	17,892		17,353	18,110	17.6
New York	198,465	162,165	133,562	134,401	141,731	141,884	143,818	142,526	2	153,203	160,860	19.7
North Carolina	69,395	65,865	62,792	57,014	62,140	63,288	69,696	72,126		75,010	78,350	37.4
North Dakota	9,924	7,610	7,573	8,027	8,606	8,445	8,169	7,888		7,555	7,470	-6.9
Ohio	143,503	119,561	107,484	102,098	111,668	111,281	115,762	119,029		116,702	119,880	17.4
Oklahoma	38,875	34,452	33,007	33,060	37,646	37,458	36,694	36,799		36,227	36,870	11.5
Oregon	28,729	26,286	24,597	26,570	30,151	29,939	32,587	32,958		32,602	33,630	26.6
Pennsylvania	144,645	122,871	104,770	105,981	113,959	114,436	119,933	123,474		124,758	126,930	19.8
Rhode Island	10,719	8,908	7,744	7,689	8,477	8,603	9,318	9,258		9,881	10,010	30.2
South Carolina	38,347	34,500	32,999	30,182	31,617	30,026	32,482	33,235		33,439	35,700	18.3
South Dakota	10,385	7,870	7,127	8,532	9,278	8,881	8,999	9,001		8,585	8,340	-2.3
Tennessee	50,648	43,263	44,847	43,792	41,568	40,642	44,113	46,096		47,967	47,910	9.4
Texas	171,665	161,150	174,306	171,844	212,925	215,316	238,111	244,165		239,717	251,160	46.2
Utah	19,886	19,774	22,219	26,293	32,501	31,036	29,527	30,252		30,253	31,120	18.4
Vermont	6,424	5,794	5,212	5,867	6,675	6,856	6,970	7,100		7,152	7,150	21.9
Virginia	67,126	63,113	58,441	58,166	65,596	66,067	72,943	72,042		73,667	76,130	30.9
Washington	50,046	45,805	42,514	49,862	57,597	55,081	60,435	61,274		61,094	62,240	24.8
West Virginia	23,580	21,870	21,064	20,335	19,437	18,440	17,287	17,339		17,137	16,800	-17.4
Wisconsin	67,743	58,340	49,340	52,651	58,545	59,341	63,272	62,784	2	63,229	62,990	19.6
Wyoming	6,161	5,587	5,728	5,892	6,462	6,071	5,845	5,833		5,616	5,520	-6.3
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—
DoD, overseas	—	—	—	2,674	2,642	2,621	2,641	2,766		—	—	—
DoD, domestic	—	—	—	—	560	568	590	584		—	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	608	597	719	698	722	832	852		879	—	—
Guam	—	840	1,014	987	1,406	1,371	1,502	1,346		1,179	—	—
Northern Marianas	—	—	273	325	360	361	422	575		614	—	—
Puerto Rico	—	31,597	29,329	29,499	30,856	30,154	31,408	30,083		29,071	—	—
Virgin Islands	—	1,044	981	937	1,060	966	884	816		940	—	—

— Not available. 1 Beginning in 1985-86, graduates from adult programs are excluded. 2 Estimated high school graduates from NCES 2006-606rev, The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002-03 and 2003-04. NOTE: Data include regular diploma recipients, but exclude students receiving a certificate of attendance and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. DoD = Department of Defense. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics; Projections of Education Statistics to 2016; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981-82 through 2005-06; and The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002-03 and 2003-04. (This table was prepared July 2007.)