Number and percent of children served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B, by age group and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1990-91 to 2001-02

Table 54.

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                      |                      Ages 3 to 21                             |          Ages 3 to 5
                      |_______________________________________________________________|_______________________________
       State or       |         |         |         |         |  Disabled   | Percent |       |       |       |
     jurisdiction     |         |         |         |         |students as  | change, |       |       |       |
                      |         |         |         |         |a percent of | ages 3  |       |       |       |
                      | 1990-91 |1999-2000| 2000-01 | 2001-02 |public school|  to 21, |1990-91| 1999- |2000-01|2001-02
                      |         |         |         |         | enrollment, | 1990-91 |       | 2000  |       |
                      |         |         |         |         | 2001-02\1\  |to 2001-0|       |       |       |
______________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_____________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
          1           |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |      6      |    7    |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11
______________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_____________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
  United States.......|4,760,999|6,190,235|6,295,816|6,407,418|         13.4|     34.6|440,661|581,997|592,087|612,084
                      |_________|_________|_________|_________|_____________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
Alabama ..............|   94,945|   99,733|   99,828|   96,477|         13.1|      1.6|  7,498|  7,316|  7,554|  7,526
Alaska ...............|   14,745|   17,495|   17,691|   18,017|         13.4|     22.2|  1,813|  1,633|  1,637|  1,678
Arizona ..............|   57,235|   93,333|   96,442|  100,886|         10.9|     76.3|  4,936|  9,076|  9,144|  9,906
Arkansas .............|   47,835|   60,864|   62,222|   63,969|         14.2|     33.7|  5,274|  9,031|  9,376|  9,504
California ...........|  469,282|  640,815|  645,287|  657,671|         10.5|     40.1| 40,489| 58,491| 57,651| 58,456
                      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
Colorado .............|   57,102|   76,858|   78,715|   80,083|         10.8|     40.2|  4,894|  8,059|  8,202|  8,581
Connecticut ..........|   64,562|   74,722|   73,886|   74,016|         13.0|     14.6|  6,142|  7,275|  7,172|  7,390
Delaware .............|   14,294|   16,287|   16,760|   17,295|         15.0|     21.0|  1,579|  1,641|  1,652|  1,875
District of Columbia .|    6,290|    9,348|   10,559|   12,456|         16.5|     98.0|    411|    560|    374|    436
Florida ..............|  236,013|  356,198|  367,335|  379,609|         15.2|     60.8| 16,387| 29,363| 30,660| 32,590
                      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
Georgia ..............|  101,997|  164,374|  171,292|  178,239|         12.1|     74.7|  7,333| 15,922| 16,560| 17,709
Hawaii ...............|   13,169|   22,964|   23,951|   23,526|         12.7|     78.6|  1,273|  1,860|  1,919|  1,930
Idaho ................|   22,017|   29,112|   29,174|   29,100|         11.8|     32.2|  3,129|  3,626|  3,591|  3,650
Illinois .............|  239,185|  287,475|  297,316|  306,355|         14.8|     28.1| 26,122| 27,689| 28,787| 29,664
Indiana ..............|  114,643|  151,599|  156,320|  161,519|         16.2|     40.9|  8,937| 14,499| 15,101| 16,347
                      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
Iowa .................|   60,695|   71,970|   72,461|   73,084|         15.0|     20.4|  6,329|  5,599|  5,580|  5,487
Kansas ...............|   45,212|   60,036|   61,267|   61,873|         13.2|     36.9|  4,308|  7,334|  7,728|  8,135
Kentucky .............|   79,421|   91,521|   94,572|   98,146|         15.0|     23.6| 11,008| 15,897| 16,372| 17,747
Louisiana ............|   73,663|   96,632|   97,938|   99,325|         13.6|     34.8|  7,541|  9,671|  9,957| 10,061
Maine ................|   27,987|   35,139|   35,633|   36,580|         17.8|     30.7|  2,895|  3,954|  3,978|  4,230
                      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
Maryland .............|   91,263|  111,711|  112,077|  112,426|         13.1|     23.2| 10,409|  9,750| 10,003| 10,614
Massachusetts ........|  154,616|  165,013|  162,216|  150,003|         15.4|     -3.0| 17,014| 14,568| 14,328| 13,070
Michigan .............|  166,927|  213,585|  221,456|  226,061|         13.1|     35.4| 14,963| 19,236| 19,937| 20,887
Minnesota ............|   80,896|  107,860|  109,880|  110,964|         13.0|     37.2| 10,529| 11,366| 11,522| 11,804
Mississippi ..........|   60,934|   62,359|   62,281|   62,196|         12.6|      2.1|  5,704|  6,812|  6,944|  6,902
                      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
Missouri .............|  101,955|  134,950|  137,381|  141,524|         15.6|     38.8|  4,889| 10,683| 11,307| 12,222
Montana ..............|   17,138|   19,039|   19,313|   19,262|         12.7|     12.4|  1,934|  1,614|  1,635|  1,687
Nebraska .............|   32,761|   42,577|   42,793|   43,864|         15.4|     33.9|  2,961|  3,707|  3,724|  3,896
Nevada ...............|   18,440|   35,703|   38,160|   40,227|         11.3|    118.2|  1,742|  3,664|  3,676|  3,976
New Hampshire ........|   19,658|   28,597|   30,077|   30,270|         14.6|     54.0|  2,077|  2,193|  2,387|  2,452
                      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
New Jersey ...........|  181,319|  214,875|  221,715|  228,844|         17.1|     26.2| 17,190| 16,058| 16,361| 16,716
New Mexico ...........|   36,037|   52,346|   52,256|   52,225|         16.3|     44.9|  2,247|  5,115|  4,970|  5,145
New York .............|  307,458|  434,347|  441,333|  440,232|         15.3|     43.2| 26,353| 50,140| 51,665| 53,313
North Carolina .......|  123,126|  173,067|  173,067|  186,972|         14.2|     51.9| 10,700| 17,361| 17,361| 19,010
North Dakota .........|   12,504|   13,612|   13,652|   13,627|         12.8|      9.0|  1,374|  1,283|  1,247|  1,294
                      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
Ohio .................|  205,440|  236,200|  237,643|  238,547|         13.0|     16.1| 12,487| 19,341| 18,664| 19,075
Oklahoma .............|   65,653|   83,149|   85,577|   87,801|         14.1|     33.7|  5,359|  6,077|  6,393|  6,714
Oregon ...............|   55,149|   73,531|   75,204|   76,129|         13.8|     38.0|  3,581|  6,387|  6,926|  7,227
Pennsylvania .........|  219,428|  233,273|  242,655|  249,731|         13.7|     13.8| 23,156| 21,161| 21,477| 21,885
Rhode Island .........|   21,076|   29,895|   30,727|   31,816|         20.1|     51.0|  2,112|  2,651|  2,614|  2,692
                      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
South Carolina .......|   77,765|  103,153|  105,922|  110,037|         15.9|     41.5|  8,346| 11,352| 11,775| 11,967
South Dakota .........|   14,987|   16,246|   16,825|   16,931|         13.3|     13.0|  2,366|  2,267|  2,286|  2,244
Tennessee ............|  104,898|  126,732|  125,863|  126,245|         13.6|     20.4|  7,536| 10,690| 10,699| 11,132
Texas ................|  350,636|  493,850|  491,642|  492,857|         11.8|     40.6| 30,955| 36,079| 36,442| 37,244
Utah .................|   47,747|   54,957|   53,921|   54,570|         11.3|     14.3|  4,565|  5,899|  5,785|  5,922
                      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
Vermont ..............|   12,263|   14,073|   13,623|   13,886|         13.7|     13.2|  1,200|  1,391|  1,237|  1,293
Virginia .............|  113,971|  157,995|  162,212|  170,518|         14.7|     49.6| 11,791| 14,023| 14,444| 15,145
Washington ...........|   85,395|  116,235|  118,851|  120,970|         12.0|     41.7| 11,409| 11,623| 11,760| 11,881
West Virginia ........|   43,135|   50,314|   50,333|   50,136|         17.7|     16.2|  3,630|  5,409|  5,445|  5,332
Wisconsin ............|   86,930|  121,209|  125,358|  127,035|         14.4|     46.1| 12,213| 13,934| 14,383| 14,574
Wyoming ..............|   11,202|   13,307|   13,154|   13,286|         15.1|     18.6|  1,571|  1,667|  1,695|  1,867
                      |_________|_________|_________|_________|_____________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
Bureau of Indian      |         |         |         |         |             |         |       |       |       |
  Affairs ............|    6,997|   12,913|    8,448|    8,571|         18.4|     22.5|  1,092|    386|    338|    266
                      |=========|=========|=========|=========|=============|=========|=======|=======|=======|=======
  Outlying areas .....|   39,445|   63,981|   70,670|   71,440|         10.5|     81.1|  3,937|  6,750|  8,168|  7,845
                      |_________|_________|_________|_________|_____________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
American Samoa .......|      363|      703|      697|      813|          5.1|    124.0|     48|     55|     48|     64
Guam .................|    1,750|    2,230|    2,267|    2,368|          7.4|     35.3|    198|    195|    205|    218
Northern Marianas ....|      411|      568|      569|      590|          5.6|     43.6|    211|     48|     53|     52
Palau ................|      459|      123|      131|      169|       (\2\) |    -63.2|     45|     11|     10|     13
Puerto Rico ..........|   35,129|   58,740|   65,504|   65,874|         10.9|     87.5|  3,345|  6,274|  7,746|  7,378
Virgin Islands .......|    1,333|    1,617|    1,502|    1,626|          8.7|     22.0|     90|    167|    106|    120
______________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_____________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______

\1\Percent of students that are disabled is based on the enrollment in public schools, prekindergarten through 12th grade.
\2\Public school was not reported.

NOTE: Prior to 1994, children and youth with disabilities were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA, Part B, and Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In October 1994, Congress passed the Improving America's Schools Act in which funding for children and youth with disabilities was consolidated under (IDEA), Part B. Data reported in this table for years prior to 1994 include children served under Chapter 1. Some data revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, various years, and unpublished tabulations, and the National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2001-02. (This table was prepared July 2003.)

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