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Table 374. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services allocations for Head Start and enrollment in Head Start, by state or jurisdiction: Fiscal years 1999 to 2002

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                       |           1999         |           2000          |           2001          |          2002
                       |________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________
 State or jurisdiction | Head Start  |Head Start|  Head Start  |Head Start|  Head Start  |Head Start|  Head Start  |Head Start
                       | allocations | enroll-  | allocations  | enroll-  | allocations  | enroll-  | allocations  | enroll-
                       |(in thousands| ment\1\  |(in thousands)| ment\2\  |(in thousands)| ment\3\  |(in thousands)| ment\4\
_______________________|_____________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________
           1           |      2      |    3     |      4       |    5     |      6       |    7     |      8       |    9
_______________________|_____________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________
  United States\5\ ....|   $4,021,476|   729,697|    $4,546,132|   761,844|    $5,346,145|   804,598|    $5,627,581|   810,472
                       |_____________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________
Alabama ...............|       71,983|    15,263|        82,414|    15,823|        95,374|    16,498|       100,154|    16,529
Alaska ................|        8,786|     1,281|         9,738|     1,297|        11,656|     1,586|        12,104|     1,839
Arizona ...............|       62,444|    11,127|        73,697|    11,882|        89,629|    12,865|        96,913|    13,297
Arkansas ..............|       43,449|    10,097|        48,379|    10,316|        57,381|    10,818|        61,024|    10,930
California ............|      554,366|    86,459|       642,512|    95,280|       758,591|    97,667|       801,430|    98,687
                       |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
Colorado ..............|       46,602|     9,135|        52,226|     9,333|        61,805|     9,826|        65,716|     9,872
Connecticut ...........|       37,906|     6,825|        41,674|     6,857|        47,931|     7,207|        49,985|     7,224
Delaware ..............|        8,873|     2,126|         9,820|     2,119|        11,831|     2,243|        12,286|     2,231
District of Columbia ..|       19,201|     3,279|        20,926|     3,345|        23,203|     3,343|        24,091|     3,403
Florida ...............|      169,996|    30,792|       195,696|    32,389|       236,056|    34,657|       252,370|    35,610
                       |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
Georgia ...............|      112,040|    21,121|       126,281|    21,580|       151,340|    23,140|       161,740|    23,414
Hawaii ................|       15,786|     2,799|        18,199|     2,916|        21,166|     3,073|        21,977|     3,073
Idaho .................|       14,121|     2,266|        16,098|     2,387|        20,158|     2,890|        21,663|     3,347
Illinois ..............|      192,580|    35,211|       214,965|    37,767|       248,855|    39,805|       259,780|    39,619
Indiana................|       65,226|    13,057|        72,467|    13,323|        85,241|    14,256|        88,667|    14,145
                       |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
Iowa ..................|       36,038|     7,003|        40,714|     7,235|        47,381|     7,689|        49,495|     7,620
Kansas ................|       32,958|     7,000|        37,061|     7,447|        44,951|     7,897|        47,909|     8,013
Kentucky ..............|       76,409|    15,281|        85,198|    15,701|        99,054|    16,419|       103,473|    16,190
Louisiana .............|      100,196|    20,703|       110,318|    20,975|       128,484|    21,969|       135,048|    22,136
Maine .................|       18,695|     3,618|        20,378|     3,631|        24,770|     3,958|        26,661|     4,002
                       |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
Maryland ..............|       54,966|     9,626|        61,920|     9,968|        71,713|    10,487|        74,929|    10,527
Massachusetts .........|       78,544|    12,094|        85,917|    12,250|        99,675|    13,004|       104,182|    13,040
Michigan ..............|      171,121|    33,422|       186,842|    33,769|       215,873|    35,112|       225,290|    35,269
Minnesota .............|       51,740|     9,630|        56,401|     9,715|        65,523|    10,164|        69,643|    10,331
Mississippi ...........|      117,375|    25,091|       129,843|    25,455|       149,606|    26,624|       155,259|    26,742
                       |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
Missouri...............|       78,622|    16,191|        93,475|    16,574|       108,305|    17,718|       113,256|    17,646
Montana ...............|       13,839|     2,678|        15,267|     2,703|        18,944|     2,971|        20,117|     2,982
Nebraska ..............|       23,890|     4,518|        26,660|     4,571|        32,142|     4,982|        34,580|     5,252
Nevada ................|       11,484|     2,035|        12,369|     2,035|        18,367|     2,694|        19,786|     2,754
New Hampshire .........|        9,114|     1,425|         9,838|     1,425|        12,388|     1,632|        12,861|     1,632
                       |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
New Jersey ............|       94,945|    14,443|       104,743|    14,567|       120,245|    15,329|       125,176|    15,262
New Mexico ............|       35,363|     7,108|        38,374|     7,135|        45,919|     7,618|        49,185|     7,749
New York ..............|      304,283|    45,040|       342,136|    46,805|       398,522|    48,952|       418,239|    49,493
North Carolina ........|       93,979|    17,394|       104,684|    17,808|       124,580|    18,991|       132,667|    19,202
North Dakota ..........|       10,561|     2,002|        11,973|     2,042|        15,750|     2,287|        16,036|     2,307
                       |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
Ohio ..................|      178,271|    36,454|       196,684|    38,261|       226,942|    38,072|       236,999|    38,081
Oklahoma ..............|       54,422|    12,217|        61,555|    12,655|        72,190|    13,228|        76,910|    13,460
Oregon ................|       40,118|     5,480|        46,071|     5,771|        54,785|     9,129|        57,105|     9,199
Pennsylvania ..........|      165,674|    29,124|       181,844|    29,650|       209,346|    31,104|       219,115|    30,986
Rhode Island ..........|       15,330|     2,817|        17,378|     2,952|        20,412|     3,150|        21,184|     3,150
                       |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
South Carolina ........|       56,280|    11,207|        64,060|    11,604|        74,963|    12,184|        78,507|    12,248
South Dakota ..........|       12,708|     2,485|        14,045|     2,587|        17,513|     2,925|        18,079|     2,827
Tennessee .............|       81,387|    14,753|        92,040|    15,747|       107,146|    16,344|       112,344|    16,507
Texas .................|      299,891|    58,173|       361,846|    63,171|       429,075|    67,572|       454,292|    67,664
Utah ..................|       23,185|     4,679|        27,840|     5,079|        35,858|     5,403|        36,270|     5,527
                       |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
Vermont ...............|        9,691|     1,438|        10,514|     1,438|        12,553|     1,573|        13,023|     1,573
Virginia ..............|       66,246|    12,243|        74,487|    12,652|        89,890|    13,612|        95,366|    13,772
Washington ............|       69,601|     9,831|        78,359|    10,287|        92,257|    11,106|        97,247|    11,167
West Virginia..........|       36,062|     7,043|        39,842|     7,144|        46,713|     7,590|        48,625|     7,650
Wisconsin .............|       67,582|    13,113|        72,177|    12,953|        83,337|    13,478|        86,941|    13,489
Wyoming ...............|        7,546|     1,500|         8,187|     1,468|        10,760|     1,757|        11,882|     1,803
                       |_____________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________
   Other activities    |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
Migrant programs ......|      178,122|    38,132|       206,391|    31,607|       246,905|    33,355|       257,815|    33,850
Support activities ....|         --- |        † |          --- |        † |          --- |        † |       210,255|        †
American Indian/Alaska |             |          |              |          |              |          |              |
  Native programs .....|      130,191|    21,237|       144,768|    22,391|       171,289|    23,632|       181,794|    23,837
                       |=============|==========|==============|==========|==============|==========|==============|==========
  Outlying areas.......|      172,634|    40,889|       205,616|    41,812|       240,376|    43,650|       259,125|    44,290
                       |_____________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________
Puerto Rico ...........|      155,526|    33,470|       185,563|    34,393|       216,476|    35,894|       234,304|    36,920
Pacific Territories ...|       10,297|     5,989|        12,356|     5,989|        14,381|     6,209|        14,943|     6,209
Virgin Islands ........|        6,811|     1,430|         7,697|     1,430|         9,519|     1,547|         9,878|     1,161
_______________________|_____________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________|______________|__________

---Not available. † Not applicable. \1\The distribution of enrollment by age was: 6 percent were 5 years old and over; 59 percent were 4-year-olds; 31 percent were 3-year-olds; and 4 percent were under 3 years of age. Handicapped children accounted for 13 percent in Head Start programs. The racial/ethnic composition was: American Indian/Alaska Native, 3 percent; Hispanic, 27 percent; Black, 35 percent; White, 31 percent; and Asian, 3 percent.
\2\The distribution of enrollment by age was: 5 percent were 5 years old and over; 56 percent were 4-year-olds; 33 percent were 3-year-olds; and 6 percent were under 3 years of age. Handicapped children accounted for 13 percent in Head Start programs. The racial/ethnic composition was: American Indian/Alaska Native, 3 percent; Hispanic, 29 percent; Black, 35 percent; White, 30 percent; Asian, 2 percent, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 1 percent.
\3\The distribution of enrollment by age was: 4 percent were 5 years old and over; 54 percent were 4-year-olds; 35 percent were 3-year-olds; and 7 percent were under 3 years of age. Handicapped children accounted for 13 percent in Head Start programs. The racial/ethnic composition was: American Indian/Alaska Native, 4 percent; Hispanic, 30 percent; Black, 34 percent; White, 30 percent; Asian, 2 percent, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 1 percent.
\4\The distribution of enrollment by age was: 5 percent were 5 years old and over; 52 percent were 4-year-olds; 36 percent were 3-year-olds; and 7 percent were under 3 years of age. Handicapped children accounted for 13 percent in Head Start programs. The racial/ethnic composition was: American Indian/Alaska Native, 3 percent; Hispanic, 30 percent; Black, 33 percent; White, 28 percent; Asian, 2 percent, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 1 percent.
\5\Excludes other activities and outlying areas.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Development Services. (This table was prepared July 2003.)


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