Table 103.

Public high school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: 2003-04 and 2004-05

State or other jurisdiction	High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 2004-05						Event dropout rates (percent of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out) during 2003-04, by race/ethnicity1
	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States2,3	2,789,447	1,851,023	384,681	380,733	142,554	30,456	3.9	2.9	6.4	5.9	2.5	7.2
Alabama	37,422	24,391	11,803	404	420	404	3.3	3.4	3.3	4.1	1.1	1.8
Alaska	6,792	4,756	229	97	477	1,233	7.0	5.1	9.0	7.9	6.5	11.5
Arizona	59,498	33,363	2,790	17,616	1,590	4,139	6.7	4.0	7.6	10.5	2.2	9.7
Arkansas	26,621	19,563	5,509	998	386	165	4.7	4.1	6.2	6.8	3.9	5.5
California	350,452	140,807	26,800	129,671	50,224	2,950	3.3	2.0	6.5	4.3	1.7	4.1
Colorado	44,532	32,999	2,224	7,362	1,528	419	5.4	4.0	6.8	9.8	4.5	9.9
Connecticut	35,515	26,482	4,051	3,717	1,172	93	1.8	1.2	2.8	3.9	0.9	1.4
Delaware	6,934	4,386	1,970	322	226	30	6.1	4.9	7.4	12.1	5.3	9.4
District of Columbia	2,781	127	2,379	214	56	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
Florida	133,318	77,144	26,569	25,330	3,724	551	3.4	2.6	4.4	4.3	1.8	3.8
Georgia	69,957	41,903	23,034	2,590	2,342	88	5.4	4.9	5.9	7.7	2.7	7.0
Hawaii	10,813	2,094	183	489	8,003	44	4.8	5.6	5.2	5.9	4.5	7.9
Idaho	15,768	13,921	88	1,260	296	203	3.1	2.7	4.2	6.9	1.4	7.2
Illinois	123,187	83,613	18,771	14,926	5,514	363	5.3	3.5	9.6	8.2	2.5	5.0
Indiana	55,444	48,421	4,549	1,636	719	119	2.5	2.4	3.4	3.9	1.0	4.9
Iowa	33,547	30,708	1,021	999	655	164	2.1	1.9	3.9	5.0	1.4	7.2
Kansas	30,040	24,734	2,229	2,019	684	374	2.2	1.8	3.9	4.2	2.2	3.9
Kentucky	38,386	33,984	3,527	406	409	60	3.3	3.2	4.2	3.1	1.3	3.2
Louisiana	36,009	20,243	14,262	572	670	262	7.9	5.3	11.1	8.0	3.9	8.1
Maine	13,077	12,552	173	92	172	88	2.7	2.6	2.1	5.8	2.6	8.1
Maryland	54,170	30,384	18,001	2,509	3,074	202	4.1	2.9	6.1	4.5	1.5	4.3
Massachusetts	59,665	47,369	4,638	4,532	2,953	173	3.7	2.8	6.3	8.2	2.7	6.4
Michigan	101,182	82,259	13,129	2,575	2,383	836	4.6	2.8	11.9	7.6	2.0	5.5
Minnesota	58,393	50,749	2,637	1,322	2,837	848	3.2	2.1	8.9	12.8	3.8	10.7
Mississippi	23,523	12,150	10,938	163	240	32	2.9	2.4	3.4	3.1	2.2	6.3
Missouri	57,841	47,485	8,234	1,075	852	195	3.3	3.0	5.2	5.2	1.2	3.5
Montana	10,335	9,191	40	198	120	786	3.4	2.8	5.9	5.2	2.1	8.4
Nebraska	19,940	17,242	961	1,194	346	197	2.8	1.9	7.3	7.5	2.5	10.5
Nevada	15,740	9,988	1,262	2,934	1,330	226	6.0	4.7	7.8	8.6	5.0	6.8
New Hampshire	13,775	—	—	—	—	—	3.8	3.7	7.0	6.7	1.6	4.2
New Jersey	86,502	54,422	13,090	12,238	6,452	300	1.8	1.0	3.2	3.7	0.7	4.9
New Mexico	17,353	6,867	364	8,074	249	1,799	5.2	3.4	5.6	6.1	2.2	6.7
New York	153,203	100,188	22,670	18,761	11,064	520	5.6	3.1	9.1	9.9	4.7	9.1
North Carolina	75,010	48,422	21,155	2,864	1,717	852	5.2	4.5	6.0	8.6	2.5	10.0
North Dakota	7,555	6,907	68	76	62	442	2.0	1.5	5.3	6.3	1.1	6.7
Ohio	115,589	97,704	14,308	1,723	1,726	128	3.3	2.5	7.5	6.3	1.9	6.4
Oklahoma	36,227	23,714	3,449	1,937	685	6,442	3.9	3.2	5.7	9.5	2.6	3.4
Oregon	32,081	26,482	692	2,717	1,590	600	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pennsylvania	124,758	101,285	15,610	4,610	3,139	114	2.9	2.0	6.1	7.9	2.3	4.8
Rhode Island	9,881	7,576	794	1,153	316	42	3.4	2.6	5.2	6.2	4.5	8.1
South Carolina	33,439	—	—	—	—	—	3.4	3.1	3.8	5.6	2.0	3.7
South Dakota	8,585	7,879	91	91	107	417	4.2	3.0	6.8	12.3	3.5	16.6
Tennessee	47,967	36,254	10,086	840	740	47	3.3	—	—	—	—	—
Texas	239,717	113,213	32,811	84,566	8,363	764	3.6	2.1	4.4	5.1	1.5	4.2
Utah	30,253	26,976	218	1,838	844	377	3.8	3.0	8.1	9.6	5.1	6.4
Vermont	6,575	6,315	69	58	95	38	2.8	2.6	8.5	10.2	4.0	6.5
Virginia	73,217	48,428	17,042	3,556	4,013	178	2.8	1.8	4.3	8.0	2.3	2.6
Washington	60,896	46,943	2,673	4,893	5,138	1,249	6.5	5.5	11.2	11.3	4.6	13.6
West Virginia	17,137	16,249	659	85	130	14	4.3	4.3	6.1	4.4	0.9	12.4
Wisconsin	63,229	54,566	3,751	2,201	2,011	700	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wyoming	5,616	5,104	48	328	56	80	4.6	3.9	8.2	9.0	2.4	13.1
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, overseas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, domestic	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	879	0	0	0	879	0	2.4	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	1,180	10	5	4	1,158	3	9.1	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas	614	6	0	0	608	0	2.8	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	29,071	0	0	29,071	0	0	1.0	—	—	—	—	—
Virgin Islands	941	3	855	79	2	2	7.7	—	—	—	—	—

— Not available. 1 Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and Vermont reported data on an alternative July through June cycle, rather than the specified October through September cycle for dropout data. 2 High school graduate counts include estimates for nonreporting states, based on 2003 12th-grade enrollment racial/ethnic distribution reported by state. Event dropout rate totals are totals for reporting states only. 3 Data differ slightly from figures reported in other tables due to varying reporting practices for racial/ethnic survey data. NOTE: Includes only graduates for whom race/ethnicity was reported. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Event dropout rates measure the percentage of public school students in grades 9 through 12 who dropped out of school between one October and the next (except where noted). DoD = Department of Defense. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2005-06, and "State-Level Public School Dropouts," 2003-04; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared June 2007.)