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Table 204. Residence and migration of all freshmen students in 4-year degree-granting institutions who graduated from high school in the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2004
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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|  Out of|    Into|
                        |located in|college in| college in|enrolled|residents|   state|state\4\|     Net
                        |the juris-|any juris-|home juris-|(col. 4/| (col. 4/|(col. 3-|(col. 2-|(col. 8-
State or jurisdiction   |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 .......| 1,194,609| 1,170,859|    882,801|    0.74|     0.75| 288,058| 311,808|  23,750
                        |__________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
Alabama ................|    18,445|    15,169|     12,989|    0.70|     0.86|   2,180|   5,456|   3,276
Alaska .................|     2,258|     3,252|      1,999|    0.89|     0.61|   1,253|     259|    -994
Arizona ................|    16,651|    13,649|     11,137|    0.67|     0.82|   2,512|   5,514|   3,002
Arkansas ...............|    13,092|    11,252|     10,004|    0.76|     0.89|   1,248|   3,088|   1,840
California .............|    90,284|    97,287|     80,880|    0.90|     0.83|  16,407|   9,404|  -7,003
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Colorado ...............|    21,091|    20,912|     15,728|    0.75|     0.75|   5,184|   5,363|     179
Connecticut ............|    17,223|    19,554|      9,105|    0.53|     0.47|  10,449|   8,118|  -2,331
Delaware ...............|     4,689|     3,261|      1,791|    0.38|     0.55|   1,470|   2,898|   1,428
District of Columbia ...|     8,788|     2,221|        611|    0.07|     0.28|   1,610|   8,177|   6,567
Florida ................|    58,981|    54,413|     46,498|    0.79|     0.85|   7,915|  12,483|   4,568
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Georgia ................|    33,607|    33,301|     25,616|    0.76|     0.77|   7,685|   7,991|     306
Hawaii .................|     3,144|     4,007|      1,858|    0.59|     0.46|   2,149|   1,286|    -863
Idaho ..................|     6,616|     5,889|      4,214|    0.64|     0.72|   1,675|   2,402|     727
Illinois ...............|    43,452|    53,659|     35,407|    0.81|     0.66|  18,252|   8,045| -10,207
Indiana ................|    36,068|    30,369|     26,126|    0.72|     0.86|   4,243|   9,942|   5,699
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Iowa ...................|    16,559|    13,537|     10,651|    0.64|     0.79|   2,886|   5,908|   3,022
Kansas .................|    13,715|    12,947|     10,453|    0.76|     0.81|   2,494|   3,262|     768
Kentucky ...............|    18,233|    15,775|     13,645|    0.75|     0.86|   2,130|   4,588|   2,458
Louisiana ..............|    25,556|    21,905|     19,933|    0.78|     0.91|   1,972|   5,623|   3,651
Maine ..................|     5,191|     6,228|      3,336|    0.64|     0.54|   2,892|   1,855|  -1,037
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Maryland ...............|    14,360|    22,416|      9,608|    0.67|     0.43|  12,808|   4,752|  -8,056
Massachusetts ..........|    37,678|    32,998|     19,466|    0.52|     0.59|  13,532|  18,212|   4,680
Michigan ...............|    45,236|    44,931|     38,990|    0.86|     0.87|   5,941|   6,246|     305
Minnesota ..............|    24,305|    27,578|     17,492|    0.72|     0.63|  10,086|   6,813|  -3,273
Mississippi ............|     6,428|     5,300|      4,210|    0.65|     0.79|   1,090|   2,218|   1,128
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Missouri ...............|    25,047|    23,189|     17,960|    0.72|     0.77|   5,229|   7,087|   1,858
Montana ................|     5,359|     5,019|      3,688|    0.69|     0.73|   1,331|   1,671|     340
Nebraska ...............|    10,072|     9,905|      7,668|    0.76|     0.77|   2,237|   2,404|     167
Nevada .................|     6,925|     7,199|      5,697|    0.82|     0.79|   1,502|   1,228|    -274
New Hampshire ..........|     6,961|     6,702|      3,023|    0.43|     0.45|   3,679|   3,938|     259
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
New Jersey .............|    21,383|    43,570|     18,311|    0.86|     0.42|  25,259|   3,072| -22,187
New Mexico .............|     6,706|     7,206|      5,605|    0.84|     0.78|   1,601|   1,101|    -500
New York ...............|    84,111|    86,688|     63,704|    0.76|     0.73|  22,984|  20,407|  -2,577
North Carolina .........|    40,159|    32,634|     28,474|    0.71|     0.87|   4,160|  11,685|   7,525
North Dakota ...........|     5,764|     3,906|      2,830|    0.49|     0.72|   1,076|   2,934|   1,858
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Ohio ...................|    54,572|    55,622|     45,030|    0.83|     0.81|  10,592|   9,542|  -1,050
Oklahoma ...............|    15,907|    13,849|     11,976|    0.75|     0.86|   1,873|   3,931|   2,058
Oregon .................|    11,479|    11,381|      7,867|    0.69|     0.69|   3,514|   3,612|      98
Pennsylvania ...........|    78,048|    65,883|     52,341|    0.67|     0.79|  13,542|  25,707|  12,165
Rhode Island ...........|     7,539|     4,365|      2,270|    0.30|     0.52|   2,095|   5,269|   3,174
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
South Carolina .........|    19,211|    15,680|     13,378|    0.70|     0.85|   2,302|   5,833|   3,531
South Dakota ...........|     5,435|     5,169|      3,675|    0.68|     0.71|   1,494|   1,760|     266
Tennessee ..............|    18,702|    17,376|     12,408|    0.66|     0.71|   4,968|   6,294|   1,326
Texas ..................|    70,071|    77,747|     64,119|    0.92|     0.82|  13,628|   5,952|  -7,676
Utah ...................|    14,186|    10,187|      9,256|    0.65|     0.91|     931|   4,930|   3,999
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
Vermont ................|     5,350|     3,536|      1,585|    0.30|     0.45|   1,951|   3,765|   1,814
Virginia ...............|    36,891|    33,203|     25,005|    0.68|     0.75|   8,198|  11,886|   3,688
Washington .............|    18,706|    19,756|     14,411|    0.77|     0.73|   5,345|   4,295|  -1,050
West Virginia ..........|    10,480|     7,906|      6,908|    0.66|     0.87|     998|   3,572|   2,574
Wisconsin ..............|    30,307|    29,533|     22,879|    0.75|     0.77|   6,654|   7,428|     774
Wyoming ................|     1,421|     1,838|        858|    0.60|     0.47|     980|     563|    -417
                        |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
U.S. Service Schools ...|     2,167|        † |        128|       †|        †|    -128|   2,039|   2,167
State unknown\5\ .......|        † |         0|         † |       †|        †|       0|       †|       0
                        |==========|==========|===========|========|=========|========|========|========
   Other jurisdictions .|    21,783|    22,722|     21,684|    1.00|     0.95|   1,038|      99|    -939
                        |__________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
American Samoa .........|         †|        57|          †|       †|        †|      57|       0|     -57
Federated States of     |          |          |           |        |         |        |        |
   Micronesia ..........|         †|        27|          †|       †|        †|      27|       0|     -27
Guam ...................|        21|       109|          1|    0.05|     0.01|     108|      20|     -88
Marshall Islands .......|         †|         3|         † |        |         |       3|       0|      -3
Northern Marianas ......|       129|       123|        108|    0.84|     0.88|      15|      21|       6
Palau ..................|         †|        12|         † |        |         |      12|       0|     -12
Puerto Rico ............|    21,420|    21,836|     21,371|    1.00|     0.98|     465|      49|    -416
Virgin Islands .........|       213|       555|        204|    0.96|     0.37|     351|       9|    -342
                        |==========|==========|===========|========|=========|========|========|========
Foreign countries ......|         †|    18,144|         † |       †|        †|  18,144|       †| -18,144
________________________|__________|__________|___________|________|_________|________|________|________
†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 other jurisdictions.
\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, 2004 Integrat Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2005. (This table was prepared September 2005.)


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