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Table 55. Number of children served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, State Operated Programs, by age group and state: 1990-91, 1997-98 to 1999-2000

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                      |             Birth to age 21               |Percent of|  Percent   |          Ages 0 to 5
                      |___________________________________________|population|  change,   |____________________________________
                      |          |          |          |          | who are  |birth to 21,|        |        |        |
        State         | 1990-91  | 1997-98  | 1998-99  |1999-2000 |disabled, |  1990-91   |1990-91 |1997-98 |1998-99 |1999-2000
                      |          |          |          |          |1999-2000 |to 1999-2000|        |        |        |
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|_________
          1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |     7      |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|_________
  United States.......|4,760,999 |5,902,980 |6,054,355 |6,195,113 |     13.2 |       30.1 |440,661 |564,270 |567,636 | 581,164
                      |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|_________
Alabama ..............|   94,945 |   99,220 |   99,813 |   99,763 |     13.5 |        5.1 |  7,498 |  8,195 |  7,499 |   7,335
Alaska ...............|   14,745 |   17,844 |   17,712 |   17,495 |     13.0 |       18.7 |  1,813 |  1,839 |  1,754 |   1,633
Arizona ..............|   57,235 |   83,811 |   88,598 |   93,336 |     10.9 |       63.1 |  4,936 |  8,571 |  8,876 |   9,076
Arkansas .............|   47,835 |   57,205 |   59,110 |   60,864 |     13.5 |       27.2 |  5,274 |  8,368 |  8,677 |   9,031
California ...........|  469,282 |  604,820 |  623,651 |  640,815 |     10.6 |       36.6 | 40,489 | 57,511 | 56,837 |  58,491
                      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
Colorado .............|   57,102 |   73,033 |   75,037 |   76,948 |     10.9 |       34.8 |  4,894 |  7,491 |  7,809 |   8,067
Connecticut ..........|   64,562 |   76,989 |   76,740 |   74,722 |     13.5 |       15.7 |  6,142 |  7,459 |  7,443 |   7,275
Delaware .............|   14,294 |   16,032 |   16,233 |   16,287 |     14.4 |       13.9 |  1,579 |  1,619 |  1,664 |   1,641
District of Columbia .|    6,290 |    7,676 |    8,162 |    9,348 |     12.1 |       48.6 |    411 |    384 |    409 |     560
Florida ..............|  236,013 |  334,896 |  345,171 |  356,198 |     15.0 |       50.9 | 16,387 | 27,747 | 28,233 |  29,363
                      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
Georgia ..............|  101,997 |  147,678 |  155,754 |  164,374 |     11.6 |       61.2 |  7,333 | 14,331 | 15,134 |  15,922
Hawaii ...............|   13,169 |   18,490 |   20,551 |   22,964 |     12.4 |       74.4 |  1,273 |  1,560 |  1,646 |   1,860
Idaho ................|   22,017 |   26,212 |   27,553 |   29,112 |     11.9 |       32.2 |  3,129 |  3,398 |  3,466 |   3,626
Illinois .............|  239,185 |  272,791 |  281,137 |  291,221 |     14.4 |       21.8 | 26,122 | 26,465 | 27,220 |  28,193
Indiana ..............|  114,643 |  142,818 |  146,559 |  151,599 |     15.3 |       32.2 |  8,937 | 13,234 | 13,778 |  14,499
                      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
Iowa .................|   60,695 |   69,727 |   70,958 |   71,970 |     14.5 |       18.6 |  6,329 |  5,907 |  5,577 |   5,599
Kansas ...............|   45,212 |   56,656 |   58,425 |   60,036 |     12.7 |       32.8 |  4,308 |  6,629 |  6,933 |   7,334
Kentucky .............|   79,421 |   85,972 |   87,973 |   91,537 |     14.1 |       15.3 | 11,008 | 14,999 | 15,161 |  15,913
Louisiana ............|   73,663 |   94,244 |   95,245 |   96,632 |     12.8 |       31.2 |  7,541 |  9,554 |  9,495 |   9,671
Maine ................|   27,987 |   33,762 |   34,294 |   35,139 |     16.8 |       25.6 |  2,895 |  3,676 |  3,690 |   3,954
                      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
Maryland .............|   91,263 |  109,084 |  111,688 |  111,711 |     13.2 |       22.4 | 10,409 |  9,646 |  9,714 |   9,750
Massachusetts ........|  154,616 |  163,480 |  168,964 |  165,013 |     17.0 |        6.7 | 17,014 | 15,116 | 15,382 |  14,568
Michigan .............|  166,927 |  200,185 |  208,403 |  213,404 |     12.4 |       27.8 | 14,963 | 18,855 | 18,983 |  19,119
Minnesota ............|   80,896 |  103,977 |  106,165 |  107,942 |     12.6 |       33.4 | 10,529 | 11,107 | 11,327 |  11,370
Mississippi ..........|   60,934 |   63,579 |   61,719 |   62,359 |     12.5 |        2.3 |  5,704 |  5,999 |  6,035 |   6,812
                      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
Missouri .............|  101,955 |  129,075 |  131,565 |  134,950 |     14.8 |       32.4 |  4,889 |  9,530 |  9,698 |  10,683
Montana ..............|   17,138 |   18,735 |   18,797 |   19,039 |     12.1 |       11.1 |  1,934 |  1,719 |  1,688 |   1,614
Nebraska .............|   32,761 |   41,308 |   43,400 |   42,577 |     14.8 |       30.0 |  2,961 |  3,617 |  3,656 |   3,707
Nevada ...............|   18,440 |   31,759 |   33,319 |   35,703 |     11.0 |       93.6 |  1,742 |  3,345 |  3,531 |   3,664
New Hampshire ........|   19,658 |   26,927 |   27,502 |   28,597 |     13.8 |       45.5 |  2,077 |  2,251 |  2,190 |   2,193
                      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
New Jersey ...........|  181,319 |  206,087 |  210,114 |  214,330 |     16.6 |       18.2 | 17,190 | 16,874 | 15,998 |  16,058
New Mexico ...........|   36,037 |   50,292 |   52,113 |   52,346 |     16.1 |       45.3 |  2,247 |  4,943 |  5,133 |   5,115
New York .............|  307,458 |  422,630 |  432,320 |  434,347 |     15.0 |       41.3 | 26,353 | 49,628 | 50,677 |  50,140
North Carolina .......|  123,126 |  159,605 |  165,333 |  173,067 |     13.6 |       40.6 | 10,700 | 16,977 | 16,880 |  17,361
North Dakota .........|   12,504 |   12,902 |   13,181 |   13,612 |     12.1 |        8.9 |  1,374 |  1,164 |  1,197 |   1,283
                      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
Ohio .................|  205,440 |  227,620 |  230,155 |  236,200 |     12.9 |       15.0 | 12,487 | 18,666 | 18,572 |  19,341
Oklahoma .............|   65,653 |   77,380 |   80,289 |   83,149 |     13.3 |       26.6 |  5,359 |  5,645 |  5,805 |   6,077
Oregon ...............|   55,149 |   67,311 |   69,885 |   73,531 |     13.5 |       33.3 |  3,581 |  5,965 |  6,128 |   6,387
Pennsylvania .........|  219,428 |  224,598 |  227,771 |  231,175 |     12.7 |        5.4 | 23,156 | 21,156 | 19,920 |  19,976
Rhode Island .........|   21,076 |   27,530 |   27,911 |   29,895 |     19.1 |       41.8 |  2,112 |  2,559 |  2,510 |   2,651
                      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
South Carolina .......|   77,765 |   95,154 |   99,033 |  103,153 |     15.5 |       32.6 |  8,346 | 10,931 | 10,937 |  11,352
South Dakota .........|   14,987 |   15,413 |   15,702 |   16,246 |     12.4 |        8.4 |  2,366 |  2,168 |  2,164 |   2,267
Tennessee ............|  104,898 |  129,315 |  128,273 |  126,732 |     13.8 |       20.8 |  7,536 | 10,238 | 10,291 |  10,690
Texas ................|  350,636 |  477,587 |  486,749 |  493,850 |     12.4 |       40.8 | 30,955 | 34,399 | 34,846 |  36,079
Utah .................|   47,747 |   54,653 |   55,164 |   55,389 |     11.5 |       16.0 |  4,565 |  5,327 |  5,710 |   5,914
                      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
Vermont ..............|   12,263 |   12,241 |   12,709 |   14,073 |     13.5 |       14.8 |  1,200 |  1,241 |  1,226 |   1,391
Virginia .............|  113,971 |  148,720 |  153,716 |  161,298 |     14.2 |       41.5 | 11,791 | 13,818 | 13,713 |  13,926
Washington ...........|   85,395 |  110,536 |  114,144 |  116,235 |     11.6 |       36.1 | 11,409 | 12,001 | 11,799 |  11,623
West Virginia ........|   43,135 |   48,656 |   49,934 |   50,314 |     17.2 |       16.6 |  3,630 |  5,174 |  5,301 |   5,409
Wisconsin ............|   86,930 |  113,688 |  116,328 |  121,209 |     13.8 |       39.4 | 12,213 | 13,705 | 13,708 |  13,934
Wyoming ..............|   11,202 |   13,077 |   13,333 |   13,307 |     14.4 |       18.8 |  1,571 |  1,569 |  1,616 |   1,667
                      |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|_________
Bureau of Indian      |          |          |          |          |          |            |        |        |        |
  Affairs ............|    6,997 |    8,624 |      --- |   12,913 |     26.3 |       84.6 |  1,092 |    276 |   ---- |     386
                      |==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|============|========|========|========|=========
  Outlying areas .....|   39,445 |   55,696 |   59,174 |   63,981 |      9.2 |       62.2 |  3,937 |  5,769 |  6,009 |   6,750
                      |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|_________
American Samoa .......|      363 |      473 |      584 |      703 |      4.5 |       93.7 |     48 |     79 |     58 |      55
Guam .................|    1,750 |    1,975 |    2,075 |    2,230 |      6.8 |       27.4 |    198 |    167 |    156 |     195
Northern Marianas ....|      411 |      382 |      474 |      568 |      5.9 |       38.2 |    211 |     52 |     51 |      48
Palau ................|      459 |       99 |      112 |      123 |      --- |      -73.2 |     45 |      3 |      5 |      11
Puerto Rico ..........|   35,129 |   50,721 |   54,158 |   58,740 |      9.6 |       67.2 |  3,345 |  5,255 |  5,559 |   6,274
Virgin Islands .......|    1,333 |    2,046 |    1,771 |    1,617 |      7.7 |       21.3 |     90 |    213 |    180 |     167
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|________|________|________|_________

---Not available.

NOTE: Percent of students that are disabled are based on the enrollment in public schools, prekindergarten through 12th grade. Prior to 1994, children and youth with disabilities were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA, Part B, and Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In October 1994, Congress passed the Improving America's Schools Act in which funding for children and youth with disabilities was consolidated under (IDEA), Part B. Data reported in this table for years prior to 1994 include children served under Chapter 1. Some data revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, various years, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared April 2001.)


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