Table 55. | Number of gifted and talented students in public elementary and secondary schools, by sex and state: 2000 |
_________________________________________________________________________ | | | |Gifted and talented | | | |as a percent of total State | Total | Male | Female |enrollment, by sex | | | |____________________ | | | |Total|Male |Female ______________________|_________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ______________________|_________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________ United States .....|2,926,034|1,419,729|1,506,305| 6.3| 6.0| 6.7 |_________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________ Alabama ..............| 25,437| 13,264| 12,173| 3.5| 3.5| 3.5 Alaska ...............| 5,574| 2,868| 2,706| 4.2| 4.2| 4.2 Arizona ..............| 46,638| 21,892| 24,746| 10.5| 9.5| 11.4 Arkansas .............| 55,851| 28,296| 27,555| 6.4| 6.3| 6.5 California ...........| 411,363| 199,627| 211,736| 6.9| 6.5| 7.3 | | | | | | Colorado .............| 45,701| 22,567| 23,134| 6.5| 6.2| 6.7 Connecticut ..........| 17,470| 8,415| 9,055| 3.3| 3.1| 3.5 Delaware .............| 6,100| 2,866| 3,234| 5.4| 4.9| 5.9 District of Columbia .| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| --- Florida ..............| 105,341| 53,936| 51,405| 4.4| 4.4| 4.5 | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 113,036| 54,421| 58,615| 8.0| 7.5| 8.5 Hawaii ...............| 11,957| 5,109| 6,848| 6.6| 5.4| 7.8 Idaho ................| 9,204| 4,640| 4,564| 3.8| 3.7| 3.9 Illinois .............| 126,063| 61,073| 64,990| 6.3| 5.9| 6.7 Indiana...............| 62,670| 28,872| 33,798| 6.3| 5.7| 7.0 | | | | | | Iowa .................| 39,453| 19,281| 20,172| 8.1| 7.7| 8.6 Kansas ...............| 14,952| 8,231| 6,721| 3.3| 3.5| 3.0 Kentucky .............| 71,773| 33,830| 37,943| 11.5| 10.5| 12.6 Louisiana ............| 24,548| 12,337| 12,211| 3.4| 3.4| 3.5 Maine ................| 11,668| 5,780| 5,888| 5.4| 5.2| 5.6 | | | | | | Maryland .............| 100,487| 46,773| 53,714| 12.0| 10.9| 13.1 Massachusetts ........| 11,263| 5,275| 5,988| 1.2| 1.1| 1.3 Michigan .............| 61,896| 30,171| 31,725| 3.6| 3.4| 3.8 Minnesota ............| 61,555| 30,304| 31,251| 7.3| 7.0| 7.6 Mississippi ..........| 27,873| 13,369| 14,504| 5.6| 5.3| 6.0 | | | | | | Missouri..............| 30,494| 15,710| 14,784| 3.4| 3.5| 3.4 Montana ..............| 8,642| 4,232| 4,410| 5.6| 5.3| 5.9 Nebraska .............| 31,555| 15,318| 16,237| 11.3| 10.7| 11.9 Nevada ...............| 11,583| 5,958| 5,625| 3.5| 3.5| 3.4 New Hampshire ........| 3,829| 1,841| 1,988| 1.7| 1.6| 1.9 | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 99,418| 47,300| 52,118| 7.8| 7.3| 8.4 New Mexico ...........| 12,107| 6,644| 5,463| 3.8| 4.1| 3.6 New York .............| 94,915| 45,931| 48,984| 3.3| 3.1| 3.5 North Carolina .......| 125,536| 59,621| 65,915| 10.0| 9.3| 10.8 North Dakota .........| 2,613| 1,279| 1,334| 2.4| 2.3| 2.5 | | | | | | Ohio .................| 101,656| 50,432| 51,224| 5.5| 5.3| 5.7 Oklahoma .............| 84,467| 40,904| 43,563| 13.9| 13.1| 14.7 Oregon ...............| 41,668| 21,754| 19,914| 7.7| 7.8| 7.6 Pennsylvania .........| 88,483| 45,861| 42,622| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9 Rhode Island .........| 3,400| 1,548| 1,852| 2.2| 1.9| 2.4 | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 66,546| 30,470| 36,076| 9.9| 8.9| 11.0 South Dakota .........| 4,370| 2,267| 2,103| 3.4| 3.4| 3.3 Tennessee ............| 27,032| 12,688| 14,344| 3.0| 2.7| 3.3 Texas ................| 351,068| 167,049| 184,019| 9.0| 8.3| 9.7 Utah .................| 13,707| 6,555| 7,152| 2.9| 2.7| 3.1 | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 1,191| 563| 628| 1.1| 1.0| 1.2 Virginia .............| 116,914| 56,724| 60,190| 10.3| 9.7| 10.9 Washington ...........| 44,412| 21,260| 23,152| 4.5| 4.2| 4.8 West Virginia.........| 6,021| 3,232| 2,789| 2.1| 2.2| 2.1 Wisconsin ............| 84,872| 40,636| 44,236| 10.0| 9.3| 10.7 Wyoming ..............| 1,659| 753| 906| 1.9| 1.6| 2.1 ______________________|_________|_________|_________|_____|_____|________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, "OCR Elementary and Secondary Survey: 2000." (This table was prepared October 2003.)
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