Table 104. | Public high school graduates, by state: 1969-70 to 2000-01 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | Percent | | | | | | | | | Estimated | Estimated | change, State | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1985-86 | 1990-91 | 1995-96 |1997-98\1\|1998-99\1\| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |1990-91 to | | | | | | | | | | | 2000-01 ________________________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 ________________________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|__________ United States .......| 2,588,639 |2,747,678 |2,725,285 |2,382,616 |2,234,893 |2,273,109 |2,439,050 |2,488,605 |\2\2,531,524 |\2\2,542,398 | 13.8 |_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|__________ Alabama ................| 45,286 | 45,190 | 44,894 | 39,620 | 39,042 | 35,043 | 38,089 | 36,244 |\3\ 38,429 | 39,377 | 0.9 Alaska .................| 3,297 | 5,223 | 5,343 | 5,464 | 5,458 | 5,945 | 6,462 | 6,810 | 6,668 | 6,705 | 22.8 Arizona ................| 22,040 | 28,633 | 28,416 | 27,533 | 31,282 | 30,008 | 36,361 | 35,728 |\4\ 36,189 |\4\ 36,310 | 16.1 Arkansas ...............| 26,068 | 29,052 | 29,577 | 26,227 | 25,668 | 25,094 | 26,855 | 26,896 |\3\ 26,896 | 27,335 | 6.5 California .............| 260,908 | 249,217 | 242,172 | 229,026 | 234,164 | 259,071 | 282,897 | 299,221 | 311,573 |\4\ 321,371 | 37.2 | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado ...............| 30,312 | 36,804 | 35,897 | 32,621 | 31,293 | 32,608 | 35,794 | 36,958 | 38,933 | 35,193 | 12.5 Connecticut ............| 34,755 | 37,683 | 38,369 | 33,571 | 27,290 | 26,319 | 27,885 | 28,284 | 29,650 | 30,300 | 11.0 Delaware ...............| 6,985 | 7,582 | 7,349 | 5,791 | 5,223 | 5,609 | 6,439 | 6,484 |\3\ 6,186 | 6,669 | 27.7 District of Columbia\5\ | 4,980 | 4,959 | 4,848 | 3,875 | 3,369 | 2,696 | 2,777 | 2,675 |\3\ 2,695 | 2,507 | -25.6 Florida ................| 70,478 | 87,324 | 88,755 | 83,029 | 87,419 | 89,242 | 98,498 | 102,386 |\3\ 102,879 | 104,555 | 19.6 | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ................| 56,859 | 61,621 | 62,963 | 59,082 | 60,088 | 56,271 | 58,525 | 59,227 |\3\ 64,775 | 64,738 | 7.7 Hawaii .................| 10,407 | 11,493 | 11,472 | 9,958 | 8,974 | 9,387 | 9,670 | 9,714 |\3\ 10,437 |\3\ 10,023 | 11.7 Idaho ..................| 12,296 | 13,187 | 12,679 | 12,059 | 11,961 | 14,667 | 15,523 | 15,716 | 16,160 | 16,200 | 35.4 Illinois ...............| 126,864 | 135,579 | 136,795 | 114,319 | 103,329 | 104,626 | 114,611 | 112,556 | 111,835 | 103,174 | -0.2 Indiana.................| 69,984 | 73,143 | 73,381 | 59,817 | 57,892 | 56,330 | 58,899 | 58,908 | 57,236 | 58,173 | 0.5 | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa ...................| 44,063 | 43,445 | 42,635 | 34,279 | 28,593 | 31,689 | 34,189 | 34,378 |\3\ 33,926 | 33,888 | 18.5 Kansas .................| 33,394 | 30,890 | 29,397 | 25,587 | 24,414 | 25,786 | 27,856 | 28,685 | 28,890 | 29,082 | 19.1 Kentucky ...............| 37,473 | 41,203 | 41,714 | 37,288 | 35,835 | 36,641 | 37,270 | 37,179 |\3\ 36,909 | 36,620 | 2.2 Louisiana ..............| 43,641 | 46,297 | 46,199 | 39,965 | 33,489 | 36,467 | 38,030 | 37,802 | 38,484 | 38,022 | 13.5 Maine ..................| 14,003 | 15,445 | 15,554 | 13,006 | 13,151 | 11,795 | 12,171 | 12,093 |\3\ 13,367 | 13,581 | 3.3 | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland ...............| 46,462 | 54,270 | 54,050 | 46,700 | 39,014 | 41,785 | 44,555 | 46,214 |\3\ 47,849 | 48,538 | 24.4 Massachusetts ..........| 63,865 | 73,802 | 74,831 | 60,360 | 50,216 | 47,993 | 50,452 | 51,465 |\3\ 51,000 | 50,000 | -0.4 Michigan ...............| 121,000 | 124,316 | 124,372 | 101,042 | 88,234 | 85,530 | 92,732 | 94,125 | 96,100 | 99,000 | 12.2 Minnesota ..............| 60,480 | 64,908 | 64,166 | 51,988 | 46,474 | 50,481 | 54,628 | 56,964 | 53,000 | 52,500 | 13.0 Mississippi ............| 29,653 | 27,586 | 28,083 | 25,134 | 23,665 | 23,032 | 24,502 | 24,198 |\3\ 24,198 | 24,065 | 1.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri................| 55,315 | 62,265 | 60,359 | 49,204 | 46,928 | 49,011 | 52,095 | 52,531 | 52,498 | 52,569 | 12.0 Montana ................| 11,520 | 12,135 | 11,634 | 9,761 | 9,013 | 10,139 | 10,656 | 10,925 | 10,862 | 10,757 | 19.3 Nebraska ...............| 21,280 | 22,410 | 21,411 | 17,845 | 16,500 | 18,014 | 19,719 | 20,550 | 19,629 | 19,763 | 19.8 Nevada .................| 5,449 | 8,473 | 9,069 | 8,784 | 9,370 | 10,374 | 13,052 | 13,892 | 13,058 | 13,665 | 45.8 New Hampshire ..........| 8,516 | 11,722 | 11,552 | 10,648 | 10,059 | 10,094 | 10,843 | 11,251 | 11,563 | 11,725 | 16.6 | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey .............| 86,498 | 94,564 | 93,168 | 78,781 | 67,003 | 67,704 | 65,106 | 67,410 |\4\ 69,017 |\4\ 69,994 | 4.5 New Mexico .............| 16,060 | 18,424 | 17,915 | 15,468 | 15,157 | 15,402 | 16,529 | 17,317 |\3\ 18,303 | 18,445 | 21.7 New York ...............| 190,000 | 204,064 | 198,465 | 162,165 | 133,562 | 134,401 | 138,531 | 139,426 | 141,800 | 142,000 | 6.3 North Carolina .........| 68,886 | 70,862 | 69,395 | 65,865 | 62,792 | 57,014 | 59,292 | 60,081 |\3\ 59,776 | 61,887 | -1.4 North Dakota ...........| 11,150 | 9,928 | 9,924 | 7,610 | 7,573 | 8,027 | 8,170 | 8,388 |\3\ 8,606 | 8,409 | 11.0 | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio ...................| 142,248 | 144,169 | 143,503 | 119,561 | 107,484 | 102,098 | 111,211 | 111,112 | 111,000 | 111,000 | 3.3 Oklahoma ...............| 36,293 | 39,305 | 38,875 | 34,452 | 33,007 | 33,060 | 35,213 | 36,556 |\6\ 36,754 |\6\ 36,603 | 10.9 Oregon .................| 32,236 | 29,939 | 28,729 | 26,286 | 24,597 | 26,570 | 27,754 | 28,245 | 29,500 | 29,800 | 21.2 Pennsylvania ...........| 151,014 | 146,458 | 144,645 | 122,871 | 104,770 | 105,981 | 110,919 | 112,632 | 114,850 | 114,790 | 9.6 Rhode Island ...........| 10,146 | 10,864 | 10,719 | 8,908 | 7,744 | 7,689 | 8,074 | 8,179 | 8,495 | 8,580 | 10.8 | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .........| 34,940 | 38,697 | 38,347 | 34,500 | 32,999 | 30,182 | 31,373 | 31,495 | 33,900 | 32,800 | -0.6 South Dakota ...........| 11,757 | 10,689 | 10,385 | 7,870 | 7,127 | 8,532 | 9,140 | 8,757 |\3\ 9,224 | 9,072 | 27.3 Tennessee ..............| 49,000 | 49,845 | 50,648 | 43,263 | 44,847 | 43,792 | 39,866 | 40,823 |\3\ 41,568 | 40,911 | -8.8 Texas ..................| 139,046 | 171,449 | 171,665 | 161,150 | 174,306 | 171,844 | 197,186 | 203,393 | 209,405 | 214,953 | 23.3 Utah ...................| 18,395 | 20,035 | 19,886 | 19,774 | 22,219 | 26,293 | 31,567 | 31,574 | 32,501 | 31,482 | 41.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ................| 6,095 | 6,733 | 6,424 | 5,794 | 5,212 | 5,867 | 6,469 | 6,521 |\3\ 6,468 | 6,348 | 21.8 Virginia ...............| 58,562 | 66,621 | 67,126 | 63,113 | 58,441 | 58,166 | 62,738 | 63,875 |\4\ 64,941 |\4\ 65,401 | 11.9 Washington .............| 50,425 | 50,402 | 50,046 | 45,805 | 42,514 | 49,862 | 53,679 | 58,213 |\4\ 58,997 |\4\ 59,226 | 39.3 West Virginia...........| 26,139 | 23,369 | 23,580 | 21,870 | 21,064 | 20,335 | 20,164 | 19,889 |\3\ 19,440 | 18,773 | -10.9 Wisconsin ..............| 66,753 | 69,332 | 67,743 | 58,340 | 49,340 | 52,651 | 57,607 | 58,312 | 58,636 | 59,099 | 19.8 Wyoming ................| 5,363 | 6,072 | 6,161 | 5,587 | 5,728 | 5,892 | 6,427 | 6,348 |\3\ 6,469 | 6,420 | 12.1 |_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|__________ Bureau of Indian | | | | | | | | | | | Affairs .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 6,469 | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | Department of Defense | | | | | | | | | | | dependents schools\7\| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2,674 | 2,595 | 2,973 | --- | --- | --- |=============|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=============|=============|========== Outlying areas | | | | | | | | | | | American Samoa .........|\8\ 367 | --- | --- | 608 | 597 | 719 | 665 | 725 |\4\ 736 |\4\ 739 | 23.8 Guam ...................| 972 | --- | --- | 840 | 1,014 | --- | 923 | 1,326 |\4\ 1,367 |\4\ 1,395 | 37.6 Northern Marianas ......| --- | --- | --- | --- | 273 | 325 | 374 | 341 | 360 | 341 | 24.9 Puerto Rico ............| 24,917 | --- | --- | 31,597 | 29,329 | 29,499 | 29,881 | 30,479 |\4\ 30,673 |\4\ 30,576 | 4.3 Virgin Islands .........|\8\ 432 | --- | --- | 1,044 | 981 | 937 | 1,069 | 951 |\4\ 1,057 |\4\ 1,050 | 7.0 ________________________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|__________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Data include graduates of regular day school programs, but exclude graduates of other programs and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. All 1999-2000 and 2000-01 data are state estimates unless otherwise indicated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared March 2001.)
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