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Table 208. Residence and migration of all freshmen students in 4-year degree-granting institutions graduating from high school in the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000

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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 |            |   Into    |
       State or       |located in |college in |college in |enrolled|residents|Out of state| state\4\  |    Net
     jurisdiction     |the juris- |any juris- |home juris-|(col. 4/|(col. 4/ |(col. 3-    |(col. 2-   |(col. 8-
                      |diction\1\ |diction\2\ |diction\3\ |col. 2) | col. 3) |col. 4)     |col. 4)    |col. 7)
______________________|___________|___________|___________|________|_________|____________|___________|__________
          1           |     2     |     3     |     4     |   5    |    6    |     7      |     8     |      9
______________________|___________|___________|___________|________|_________|____________|___________|__________
   United States .....|  1,135,919|  1,116,325|    832,375|    0.73|     0.75|     283,950|    303,544|    19,594
                      |___________|___________|___________|________|_________|____________|___________|__________
Alabama ..............|     19,207|     16,366|     13,837|    0.72|     0.85|       2,529|      5,370|     2,841
Alaska ...............|      1,648|      2,874|      1,449|    0.88|     0.50|       1,425|        199|    -1,226
Arizona ..............|     14,453|     11,698|      9,439|    0.65|     0.81|       2,259|      5,014|     2,755
Arkansas .............|     11,895|     10,902|      9,461|    0.80|     0.87|       1,441|      2,434|       993
California ...........|     85,943|     89,260|     75,190|    0.87|     0.84|      14,070|     10,753|    -3,317
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
Colorado .............|     19,902|     18,649|     13,981|    0.70|     0.75|       4,668|      5,921|     1,253
Connecticut ..........|     16,159|     19,246|      8,403|    0.52|     0.44|      10,843|      7,756|    -3,087
Delaware .............|      4,588|      3,324|      1,893|    0.41|     0.57|       1,431|      2,695|     1,264
District of Columbia .|      6,518|      1,805|        393|    0.06|     0.22|       1,412|      6,125|     4,713
Florida ..............|     41,688|     40,058|     32,156|    0.77|     0.80|       7,902|      9,532|     1,630
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
Georgia ..............|     29,219|     30,046|     23,041|    0.79|     0.77|       7,005|      6,178|      -827
Hawaii ...............|      2,630|      4,160|      1,834|    0.70|     0.44|       2,326|        796|    -1,530
Idaho ................|      4,545|      5,512|      3,728|    0.82|     0.68|       1,784|        817|      -967
Illinois .............|     42,378|     51,518|     34,531|    0.81|     0.67|      16,987|      7,847|    -9,140
Indiana...............|     38,034|     32,171|     27,724|    0.73|     0.86|       4,447|     10,310|     5,863
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
Iowa .................|     17,407|     14,355|     11,292|    0.65|     0.79|       3,063|      6,115|     3,052
Kansas ...............|     13,263|     12,856|     10,373|    0.78|     0.81|       2,483|      2,890|       407
Kentucky .............|     17,744|     16,267|     13,495|    0.76|     0.83|       2,772|      4,249|     1,477
Louisiana ............|     24,714|     23,054|     20,556|    0.83|     0.89|       2,498|      4,158|     1,660
Maine ................|      5,778|      6,687|      3,455|    0.60|     0.52|       3,232|      2,323|      -909
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
Maryland .............|     16,898|     21,352|     10,527|    0.62|     0.49|      10,825|      6,371|    -4,454
Massachusetts ........|     41,105|     33,296|     20,109|    0.49|     0.60|      13,187|     20,996|     7,809
Michigan .............|     39,762|     42,140|     35,715|    0.90|     0.85|       6,425|      4,047|    -2,378
Minnesota ............|     23,300|     25,657|     16,662|    0.72|     0.65|       8,995|      6,638|    -2,357
Mississippi ..........|      8,642|      7,055|      5,884|    0.68|     0.83|       1,171|      2,758|     1,587
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
Missouri..............|     24,626|     22,649|     17,643|    0.72|     0.78|       5,006|      6,983|     1,977
Montana ..............|      4,902|      5,108|      3,626|    0.74|     0.71|       1,482|      1,276|      -206
Nebraska .............|     10,325|     10,017|      7,831|    0.76|     0.78|       2,186|      2,494|       308
Nevada ...............|      4,207|      4,681|      3,286|    0.78|     0.70|       1,395|        921|      -474
New Hampshire ........|      7,727|      6,975|      2,945|    0.38|     0.42|       4,030|      4,782|       752
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
New Jersey ...........|     22,109|     40,925|     18,291|    0.83|     0.45|      22,634|      3,818|   -18,816
New Mexico ...........|      6,128|      7,381|      4,935|    0.81|     0.67|       2,446|      1,193|    -1,253
New York .............|     83,098|     84,247|     60,579|    0.73|     0.72|      23,668|     22,519|    -1,149
North Carolina .......|     35,833|     28,796|     25,364|    0.71|     0.88|       3,432|     10,469|     7,037
North Dakota .........|      5,232|      4,095|      2,943|    0.56|     0.72|       1,152|      2,289|     1,137
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
Ohio .................|     55,209|     55,411|     44,944|    0.81|     0.81|      10,467|     10,265|      -202
Oklahoma .............|     14,056|     13,286|     11,086|    0.79|     0.83|       2,200|      2,970|       770
Oregon ...............|     11,126|     11,129|      7,483|    0.67|     0.67|       3,646|      3,643|        -3
Pennsylvania .........|     71,972|     62,798|     49,226|    0.68|     0.78|      13,572|     22,746|     9,174
Rhode Island .........|     10,076|      4,854|      2,529|    0.25|     0.52|       2,325|      7,547|     5,222
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
South Carolina .......|     16,823|     14,347|     11,827|    0.70|     0.82|       2,520|      4,996|     2,476
South Dakota .........|      5,192|      5,168|      3,570|    0.69|     0.69|       1,598|      1,622|        24
Tennessee ............|     22,909|     20,692|     15,617|    0.68|     0.75|       5,075|      7,292|     2,217
Texas ................|     64,582|     69,950|     58,666|    0.91|     0.84|      11,284|      5,916|    -5,368
Utah .................|     13,429|      9,240|      8,451|    0.63|     0.91|         789|      4,978|     4,189
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
Vermont ..............|      5,100|      3,511|      1,444|    0.28|     0.41|       2,067|      3,656|     1,589
Virginia .............|     32,774|     29,902|     22,229|    0.68|     0.74|       7,673|     10,545|     2,872
Washington ...........|     16,033|     17,557|     12,070|    0.75|     0.69|       5,487|      3,963|    -1,524
West Virginia.........|     11,476|      9,440|      7,970|    0.69|     0.84|       1,470|      3,506|     2,036
Wisconsin ............|     28,865|     27,790|     21,581|    0.75|     0.78|       6,209|      7,284|     1,075
Wyoming ..............|      1,274|      1,915|        855|    0.67|     0.45|       1,060|        419|      -641
                      |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
U.S. Service Schools .|      3,416|          †|        256|       †|        †|        -256|      3,160|     3,416
State unknown\5\......|          †|      4,153|          †|       †|        †|       4,153|          †|    -4,153
                      |===========|===========|===========|========|=========|============|===========|==========
   Outlying areas ....|     29,575|     30,711|     29,416|    0.99|     0.96|       1,295|        159|    -1,136
                      |___________|___________|___________|________|_________|____________|___________|__________
American Samoa .......|          †|         47|          †|       †|        †|          47|          †|       -47
Federated States of   |           |           |           |        |         |            |           |
  Micronesia .........|          †|         74|          †|       †|        †|          74|          †|       -74
Guam .................|        322|        382|        210|    0.65|     0.55|         172|        112|       -60
Marshall Islands .....|          †|          7|          †|       †|        †|           7|          †|        -7
Northern Marianas ....|          †|         30|          †|       †|        †|          30|          †|       -30
Palau ................|          †|         22|          †|       †|        †|          22|          †|       -22
Puerto Rico ..........|     29,093|     29,754|     29,054|    1.00|     0.98|         700|         39|      -661
Virgin Islands .......|        160|        395|        152|    0.95|     0.38|         243|          8|      -235
                      |===========|===========|===========|========|=========|============|===========|==========
Foreign countries ....|          †|     18,458|          †|       †|        †|      18,458|          †|   -18,458
______________________|___________|___________|___________|________|_________|____________|___________|__________

† Not applicable.
\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: Includes all students who are enrolled at the reporting institution for the first time. Data are for 4-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), Spring 2001. (This table was prepared September 2002.)


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