Public high school graduates, by state: 1969-70 to 2000-01

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Table 104.
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                         |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |             |             | 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
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            1            |       2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |       10    |       10    |    11
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    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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 Bureau of Indian        |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |             |             |
    Affairs .............|         --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    6,469 |         --- |         --- |      ---
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 Department of Defense   |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |             |             |
    dependents schools\7\|         --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    2,674 |    2,595 |    2,973 |         --- |         --- |      ---
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    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
 ________________________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|__________
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\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\National total includes estimates for nonreporting states.
\3\Actual count.
\4\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data.
\5\Beginning in 1985-86, graduates from adult programs are excluded.
\6\Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by the National Center for Education Statistics.
\7\Includes foreign schools only through 1997-98. Data for 1998-99 include both overseas and domestic schools.
\8\Data are for 1970-71.
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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