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   United States .....|39,208,252 |39,421,961 |39,753,172 |40,008,213 |40,188,690 |40,542,707 |41,216,683 |42,046,878 |42,823,312 |43,464,916 |44,111,482 |44,840,481 |45,611,046 |32,764,385 |12,846,661 |46,126,897 |33,073,110 |13,053,787 |46,534,687 |33,343,787 |13,190,900 |\3\46,772,445
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Alabama ..............|   712,586 |   730,460 |   733,735 |   729,234 |   724,751 |   723,743 |   721,806 |   722,004 |   731,634 |   734,288 |   736,531 |   746,149 |   747,932 |   539,952 |   207,980 |   749,207 |   541,059 |   208,148 |   747,970 |   542,340 |   205,630 |\4\   730,342
Alaska ...............|   104,599 |   107,345 |   107,848 |   106,869 |   106,481 |   109,280 |   113,903 |   118,680 |   122,487 |   125,948 |   127,057 |   127,618 |   129,919 |    94,362 |    35,557 |   132,123 |    95,649 |    36,474 |   135,373 |    96,979 |    38,394 |      136,658
Arizona ..............|   530,062 |   548,252 |   534,538 |   572,421 |   574,890 |   607,615 |   639,853 |   656,980 |   673,477 |   709,453 |   737,424 |   743,566 |   799,250 |   588,409 |   210,841 |   814,113 |   595,969 |   218,144 |   848,262 |   622,747 |   225,515 |      872,428
Arkansas .............|   432,668 |   433,410 |   437,438 |   437,036 |   436,387 |   434,960 |   436,286 |   438,518 |   441,490 |   444,271 |   447,565 |   453,257 |   457,349 |   324,448 |   132,901 |   456,497 |   322,236 |   134,261 |   452,256 |   319,232 |   133,024 |      426,984
California ...........| 4,151,110 | 4,255,554 | 4,377,989 | 4,488,398 | 4,618,120 | 4,771,978 | 4,950,474 | 5,107,145 | 5,254,844 | 5,327,231 | 5,407,475 | 5,536,406 | 5,686,198 | 4,129,372 | 1,556,826 | 5,803,887 | 4,195,625 | 1,608,262 | 5,925,964 | 4,269,853 | 1,656,111 |\3\ 6,050,609
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Colorado .............|   545,427 |   550,642 |   558,415 |   560,236 |   560,081 |   562,755 |   574,213 |   593,030 |   612,635 |   625,062 |   640,521 |   656,279 |   673,438 |   487,304 |   186,134 |   687,167 |   494,463 |   192,704 |   699,135 |   501,449 |   197,686 |\4\   708,109
Connecticut\5\ .......|   468,145 |   462,026 |   468,847 |   465,465 |   460,637 |   461,560 |   469,123 |   481,050 |   488,476 |   496,298 |   506,824 |   517,935 |   527,129 |   389,374 |   137,755 |   535,164 |   394,290 |   140,874 |   544,698 |   399,381 |   145,317 |      554,087
Delaware .............|    91,767 |    92,901 |    94,410 |    95,659 |    96,678 |    97,808 |    99,658 |   102,196 |   104,321 |   105,547 |   106,813 |   108,461 |   110,549 |    77,981 |    32,568 |   111,960 |    78,772 |    33,188 |   113,262 |    79,955 |    33,307 |      113,622
District of Columbia .|    87,397 |    87,092 |    85,612 |    86,435 |    84,792 |    81,301 |    80,694 |    80,618 |    80,937 |    80,678 |    80,450 |    79,802 |    78,648 |    61,138 |    17,510 |    77,111 |    59,937 |    17,174 |    71,889 |    56,712 |    15,177 |\4\    70,762
Florida ..............| 1,524,107 | 1,562,283 | 1,607,320 | 1,664,774 | 1,720,930 | 1,789,925 | 1,861,592 | 1,932,131 | 1,981,407 | 2,040,763 | 2,111,188 | 2,176,222 | 2,242,212 | 1,653,162 |   589,050 | 2,294,077 | 1,680,316 |   613,761 | 2,337,633 | 1,704,024 |   633,609 |\4\ 2,380,232
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Georgia ..............| 1,062,315 | 1,079,594 | 1,096,425 | 1,110,947 | 1,107,994 | 1,126,535 | 1,151,687 | 1,177,569 | 1,207,186 | 1,235,304 | 1,270,948 | 1,311,126 | 1,346,761 |   990,850 |   355,911 | 1,375,980 | 1,010,551 |   365,429 | 1,401,291 | 1,029,386 |   371,905 |    1,422,762
Hawaii ...............|   163,860 |   164,169 |   164,640 |   166,160 |   167,488 |   169,493 |   171,708 |   174,747 |   177,448 |   180,410 |   183,795 |   187,180 |   187,653 |   136,184 |    51,469 |   189,887 |   136,390 |    53,497 |   188,069 |   134,685 |    53,384 |\4\   185,036
Idaho ................|   208,080 |   208,669 |   208,391 |   212,444 |   214,615 |   214,932 |   220,840 |   225,680 |   231,668 |   236,774 |   240,448 |   243,097 |   245,252 |   169,419 |    75,833 |   244,403 |   168,824 |    75,579 |   244,722 |   168,604 |    76,118 |      245,100
Illinois .............| 1,834,355 | 1,826,478 | 1,825,185 | 1,811,446 | 1,794,916 | 1,797,355 | 1,821,407 | 1,848,166 | 1,873,567 | 1,893,078 | 1,916,172 | 1,943,623 | 1,973,040 | 1,412,176 |   560,864 | 1,998,289 | 1,438,329 |   559,960 | 2,011,530 | 1,451,579 |   559,951 |    2,035,450
Indiana...............|   972,659 |   966,106 |   966,780 |   964,129 |   960,994 |   954,165 |   954,525 |   956,988 |   960,630 |   965,633 |   969,022 |   977,263 |   982,876 |   689,054 |   293,822 |   986,836 |   692,848 |   293,988 |   988,094 |   696,832 |   291,262 |      993,985
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Iowa .................|   491,011 |   485,332 |   481,286 |   480,826 |   478,200 |   478,486 |   483,652 |   491,363 |   494,839 |   498,519 |   500,440 |   502,343 |   502,941 |   341,630 |   161,311 |   501,054 |   338,454 |   162,600 |   498,214 |   336,696 |   161,518 |      498,836
Kansas ...............|   405,347 |   410,229 |   416,091 |   421,112 |   426,596 |   430,864 |   437,034 |   445,390 |   451,536 |   457,614 |   460,838 |   463,008 |   466,293 |   328,023 |   138,270 |   468,687 |   327,545 |   141,142 |   472,353 |   327,474 |   144,879 |      469,376
Kentucky .............|   644,421 |   643,833 |   642,778 |   642,696 |   637,627 |   630,688 |   636,401 |   646,024 |   655,041 |   655,265 |   657,642 |   659,821 |   656,089 |   466,177 |   189,912 |   669,322 |   474,325 |   194,997 |   655,687 |   464,567 |   191,120 |      637,007
Louisiana ............|   800,941 |   788,349 |   795,188 |   793,093 |   786,683 |   783,025 |   784,757 |   794,128 |   797,985 |   800,560 |   797,933 |   797,366 |   793,296 |   575,318 |   217,978 |   776,813 |   563,619 |   213,194 |   768,734 |   558,473 |   210,261 |      710,159
Maine ................|   207,537 |   206,101 |   211,752 |   211,817 |   212,902 |   213,775 |   215,149 |   216,400 |   216,453 |   216,995 |   212,601 |   213,569 |   213,593 |   155,611 |    57,982 |   212,579 |   153,476 |    59,103 |   210,503 |   150,860 |    59,643 |\4\   219,000
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Maryland .............|   673,840 |   671,560 |   675,747 |   683,797 |   688,947 |   698,806 |   715,176 |   736,238 |   751,850 |   772,638 |   790,938 |   805,544 |   818,583 |   596,643 |   221,940 |   830,744 |   601,992 |   228,752 |   841,671 |   606,560 |   235,111 |      846,709
Massachusetts ........|   859,391 |   844,330 |   833,918 |   825,320 |   823,428 |   825,588 |   834,314 |   846,155 |   859,948 |   877,726 |   893,727 |   915,007 |   933,898 |   687,693 |   246,205 |   949,006 |   696,487 |   252,519 |   962,317 |   704,624 |   257,693 |\4\   975,815
Michigan .............| 1,609,448 | 1,602,747 | 1,597,154 | 1,589,287 | 1,582,785 | 1,576,785 | 1,584,431 | 1,593,561 | 1,603,610 | 1,599,377 | 1,614,784 | 1,641,456 | 1,685,714 | 1,212,315 |   473,399 | 1,702,717 | 1,236,204 |   466,513 | 1,720,266 | 1,245,299 |   474,967 |    1,712,300
Minnesota ............|   701,697 |   705,140 |   711,134 |   721,481 |   726,950 |   739,553 |   756,374 |   773,571 |   793,724 |   810,233 |   821,693 |   835,166 |   847,204 |   588,752 |   258,452 |   853,621 |   587,725 |   265,896 |   855,119 |   585,553 |   269,566 |      857,023
Mississippi ..........|   466,058 |   471,195 |   498,639 |   505,550 |   503,326 |   502,020 |   502,417 |   504,127 |   506,668 |   505,907 |   505,962 |   506,272 |   503,967 |   363,864 |   140,103 |   504,792 |   365,061 |   139,731 |   502,379 |   365,497 |   136,882 |      499,359
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Missouri..............|   793,793 |   795,107 |   800,606 |   802,060 |   806,639 |   807,934 |   816,558 |   842,965 |   859,357 |   866,378 |   878,541 |   889,881 |   900,517 |   643,449 |   257,068 |   910,613 |   649,862 |   260,751 |   912,445 |   650,545 |   261,900 |      893,052
Montana ..............|   154,412 |   153,869 |   153,327 |   152,207 |   152,191 |   151,265 |   152,974 |   155,779 |   160,011 |   163,009 |   164,341 |   165,547 |   164,627 |   114,672 |    49,955 |   162,335 |   111,951 |    50,384 |   159,988 |   109,535 |    50,453 |      157,236
Nebraska .............|   265,599 |   265,819 |   267,139 |   268,100 |   269,434 |   270,920 |   274,081 |   279,552 |   282,414 |   285,097 |   287,100 |   289,744 |   291,967 |   202,846 |    89,121 |   292,681 |   201,684 |    90,997 |   291,140 |   199,754 |    91,386 |      287,752
Nevada ...............|   151,633 |   154,948 |   161,239 |   168,353 |   176,474 |   186,834 |   201,316 |   211,810 |   222,974 |   235,800 |   250,747 |   265,041 |   282,131 |   207,724 |    74,407 |   296,621 |   218,802 |    77,819 |   311,061 |   229,275 |    81,786 |      326,616
New Hampshire ........|   158,614 |   160,974 |   163,717 |   166,045 |   169,413 |   171,696 |   172,785 |   177,138 |   181,247 |   185,360 |   189,319 |   194,171 |   198,308 |   143,880 |    54,428 |   201,629 |   145,256 |    56,373 |   204,713 |   146,722 |    57,991 |      208,812
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New Jersey ...........| 1,129,223 | 1,116,194 | 1,107,467 | 1,092,982 | 1,080,871 | 1,076,005 | 1,089,646 | 1,109,796 | 1,130,560 | 1,151,307 | 1,174,206 | 1,197,381 | 1,227,832 |   903,081 |   324,751 | 1,250,276 |   921,374 |   328,902 | 1,268,996 |   936,428 |   332,568 |\3\ 1,287,996
New Mexico ...........|   272,478 |   277,551 |   281,943 |   287,229 |   292,425 |   296,057 |   301,881 |   308,667 |   315,668 |   322,292 |   327,248 |   329,640 |   332,632 |   230,012 |   102,620 |   331,673 |   235,593 |    96,080 |   328,753 |   232,485 |    96,268 |      324,222
New York .............| 2,645,811 | 2,621,378 | 2,607,719 | 2,594,070 | 2,573,715 | 2,565,841 | 2,598,337 | 2,643,993 | 2,689,686 | 2,733,813 | 2,766,208 | 2,813,230 | 2,843,131 | 2,000,001 |   843,130 | 2,861,823 | 2,011,243 |   850,580 | 2,877,143 | 2,028,167 |   848,976 |    2,884,000
North Carolina .......| 1,088,724 | 1,086,165 | 1,085,248 | 1,085,976 | 1,083,156 | 1,080,744 | 1,086,871 | 1,097,598 | 1,114,083 | 1,133,231 | 1,156,767 | 1,183,090 | 1,210,108 |   886,153 |   323,955 | 1,236,083 |   906,436 |   329,647 | 1,254,821 |   920,838 |   333,983 |\4\ 1,256,063
North Dakota .........|   118,711 |   118,570 |   118,703 |   119,004 |   118,809 |   117,816 |   117,825 |   118,376 |   118,734 |   119,127 |   119,288 |   119,100 |   120,123 |    82,171 |    37,952 |   118,572 |    80,330 |    38,242 |   114,597 |    76,860 |    37,737 |\4\   111,705
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Ohio .................| 1,805,440 | 1,793,965 | 1,793,508 | 1,793,431 | 1,778,544 | 1,764,410 | 1,771,089 | 1,783,767 | 1,795,199 | 1,807,319 | 1,814,290 | 1,836,015 | 1,844,698 | 1,298,748 |   545,950 | 1,847,114 | 1,299,249 |   547,865 | 1,842,559 | 1,301,438 |   541,121 |    1,837,000
Oklahoma .............|   589,690 |   592,327 |   593,183 |   584,212 |   580,426 |   578,580 |   579,087 |   588,263 |   597,096 |   604,076 |   609,718 |   616,393 |   620,695 |   445,496 |   175,199 |   623,681 |   444,774 |   178,907 |   628,492 |   447,906 |   180,586 |      633,361
Oregon ...............|   446,884 |   447,527 |   449,307 |   455,895 |   461,752 |   472,394 |   472,394 |   498,614 |   510,122 |   516,611 |   521,945 |   527,914 |   537,854 |   380,239 |   157,615 |   541,346 |   381,107 |   160,239 |   542,809 |   379,770 |   163,039 |\4\   545,059
Pennsylvania .........| 1,701,880 | 1,683,221 | 1,674,161 | 1,668,542 | 1,659,714 | 1,655,279 | 1,667,834 | 1,692,797 | 1,717,613 | 1,744,082 | 1,764,946 | 1,787,533 | 1,804,256 | 1,263,576 |   540,680 | 1,815,151 | 1,266,419 |   548,732 | 1,816,414 | 1,267,226 |   549,188 |    1,817,530
Rhode Island .........|   134,610 |   133,949 |   134,690 |   134,800 |   133,585 |   135,729 |   138,813 |   142,144 |   143,798 |   145,676 |   147,487 |   149,799 |   151,324 |   110,476 |    40,848 |   153,321 |   111,773 |    41,548 |   154,785 |   112,483 |    42,302 |      156,458
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South Carolina .......|   602,718 |   606,643 |   611,629 |   614,921 |   615,774 |   616,177 |   622,112 |   627,470 |   640,464 |   643,696 |   648,725 |   645,586 |   652,816 |   467,690 |   185,126 |   659,273 |   472,681 |   186,592 |   664,592 |   477,850 |   186,742 |      646,850
South Dakota .........|   123,314 |   124,291 |   125,458 |   126,817 |   126,910 |   127,329 |   129,164 |   131,576 |   134,573 |   142,825 |   143,482 |   144,685 |   143,331 |    99,160 |    44,171 |   142,443 |    97,930 |    44,513 |   132,495 |    90,887 |    41,608 |      130,863
Tennessee ............|   817,212 |   813,753 |   818,073 |   823,783 |   821,580 |   819,660 |   824,595 |   833,651 |   855,231 |   866,557 |   881,425 |   893,770 |   904,818 |   657,270 |   247,548 |   893,044 |   653,385 |   239,659 |   905,442 |   664,570 |   240,872 |      908,722
Texas ................| 3,040,305 | 3,131,705 | 3,209,515 | 3,236,787 | 3,283,707 | 3,328,514 | 3,382,887 | 3,464,371 | 3,541,769 | 3,608,262 | 3,677,171 | 3,748,167 | 3,828,975 | 2,800,017 | 1,028,958 | 3,891,877 | 2,832,461 | 1,059,416 | 3,945,367 | 2,868,209 | 1,077,158 |    4,025,923
Utah .................|   390,141 |   403,305 |   415,994 |   423,386 |   431,119 |   438,554 |   446,652 |   456,430 |   463,870 |   471,365 |   474,675 |   477,121 |   481,812 |   327,981 |   153,831 |   482,957 |   328,978 |   153,979 |   481,176 |   328,522 |   152,654 |\4\   477,775
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Vermont ..............|    90,089 |    90,157 |    92,112 |    92,755 |    93,381 |    94,779 |    95,762 |    97,137 |    98,558 |   102,755 |   104,533 |   105,565 |   106,341 |    75,162 |    31,179 |   105,984 |    73,693 |    32,291 |   105,120 |    73,257 |    31,863 |      106,069
Virginia .............|   965,222 |   968,104 |   975,135 |   979,417 |   982,393 |   985,346 |   998,601 | 1,016,204 | 1,031,925 | 1,045,471 | 1,060,809 | 1,079,854 | 1,096,093 |   796,302 |   299,791 | 1,110,815 |   807,160 |   303,655 | 1,124,022 |   815,266 |   308,756 |\4\ 1,133,994
Washington ...........|   741,177 |   749,706 |   761,428 |   775,755 |   790,918 |   810,232 |   839,709 |   869,327 |   896,475 |   915,952 |   938,314 |   956,572 |   974,504 |   687,445 |   287,059 |   991,235 |   694,491 |   296,744 |   998,053 |   695,950 |   302,103 |    1,002,044
West Virginia.........|   362,941 |   357,923 |   351,837 |   344,236 |   335,912 |   327,540 |   322,389 |   320,249 |   318,296 |   314,383 |   310,511 |   307,112 |   304,052 |   208,970 |    95,082 |   301,419 |   207,011 |    94,408 |   297,530 |   205,840 |    91,690 |\4\   290,936
Wisconsin ............|   767,542 |   768,234 |   767,819 |   772,363 |   774,857 |   782,905 |   797,621 |   814,671 |   829,415 |   844,001 |   860,581 |   870,175 |   879,259 |   605,322 |   273,937 |   881,780 |   603,708 |   278,072 |   879,542 |   600,703 |   278,839 |      878,900
Wyoming ..............|   101,261 |   102,779 |   100,955 |    98,455 |    97,793 |    97,172 |    98,226 |   102,074 |   100,313 |   100,899 |   100,314 |    99,859 |    99,058 |    67,331 |    31,727 |    97,115 |    65,613 |    31,502 |    95,241 |    63,940 |    31,301 |\4\    91,757
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American Samoa .......|       --- |       --- |    11,055 |    11,248 |    11,764 |    12,258 |    12,463 |    13,365 |    13,994 |    14,484 |    14,445 |    14,576 |    14,766 |    11,346 |     3,420 |    15,214 |    11,764 |     3,450 |    15,372 |    11,806 |     3,566 |\3\    15,532
Guam .................|       --- |    26,043 |    25,676 |    25,936 |    26,041 |    26,493 |    26,391 |    28,334 |    30,077 |    30,920 |    32,185 |    32,960 |    33,393 |    25,217 |     8,176 |    32,444 |    23,976 |     8,468 |    32,222 |    23,858 |     8,364 |\3\    32,002
Northern Marianas ....|     4,841 |       --- |       --- |     5,819 |     6,079 |     6,101 |     6,449 |     7,096 |     8,086 |     8,188 |     8,429 |     8,809 |     9,041 |     7,077 |     1,964 |     9,246 |     7,184 |     2,062 |     9,498 |     7,420 |     2,078 |\4\     9,692
Puerto Rico ..........|   692,923 |   686,914 |   679,489 |   672,837 |   661,693 |   651,225 |   644,734 |   642,392 |   637,034 |   631,460 |   621,121 |   627,620 |   618,861 |   454,132 |   164,729 |   617,157 |   453,539 |   163,618 |   613,862 |   451,943 |   161,919 |\3\   610,421
Virgin Islands .......|    26,122 |    25,448 |    24,435 |    24,020 |    23,492 |    21,193 |    21,750 |    22,346 |    22,887 |    22,752 |    23,126 |    22,737 |    22,385 |    15,703 |     6,682 |    22,136 |    15,835 |     6,301 |    20,976 |    15,198 |     5,778 |       19,902
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\1\Data estimated by state education agencies. Data differ from projections appearing in other tables.
\2\Includes a number of prekindergarten students.
\3\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data.
\4\Actual data reported by state.
\5\Beginning in 1986, data include state vocational/technical schools. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared April 2000.)