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Table 201.Residence and migration of all freshmen students\1\ in 4-year colleges graduating from high school in the past 12 months, by state: Fall 1994

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                       |            |Student residents of state | Ratio of students|
                       |  Students  |---------------------------|  remaining to--  |   Migration of students
                       |enrolled in | Attending   |  Attending  |------------------|
                       |institutions| college in  | college in  |Students| Student |--------------------------------------
  State or other area  |  located   |any state\3\ |    home     |enrolled|residents|  Out of   |   Into    |       Net
                       |   in the   |             |  state\4\   |(col. 4/|(col. 4/ |(column 3 -|(column 2 -|   (column 8 -
                       |  state\2\  |             |             |col. 2) | col. 3) |column 4)  |column 4)  |    column 7)
-----------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------
           1           |     2      |      3      |      4      |   5    |    6    |     7     |     8     |        9
-----------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------
   United States ......|    963,335 |     937,904 |     691,211 |   0.72 |    0.74 |   251,024 |   272,124 |\5\    21,100
                       |------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------
Alabama ...............|     16,883 |      13,016 |      11,044 |   0.65 |    0.85 |     1,972 |     5,839 |        3,867
Alaska ................|      1,193 |       2,117 |         992 |   0.83 |    0.47 |     1,125 |       201 |         -924
Arizona ...............|     10,937 |       8,563 |       6,668 |   0.61 |    0.78 |     1,895 |     4,269 |        2,374
Arkansas ..............|     10,423 |       9,957 |       8,570 |   0.82 |    0.86 |     1,387 |     1,853 |          466
California ............|     63,217 |      67,244 |      52,260 |   0.83 |    0.78 |    14,984 |    10,957 |       -4,027
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Colorado ..............|     15,068 |      14,207 |       9,943 |   0.66 |    0.70 |     4,264 |     5,125 |          861
Connecticut ...........|     12,193 |      15,982 |       6,286 |   0.52 |    0.39 |     9,696 |     5,907 |       -3,789
Delaware ..............|      4,581 |       3,446 |       1,961 |   0.43 |    0.57 |     1,485 |     2,620 |        1,135
District of Columbia ..|      8,476 |       2,983 |       1,758 |   0.21 |    0.59 |     1,225 |     6,718 |        5,493
Florida ...............|     26,950 |      27,521 |      19,007 |   0.71 |    0.69 |     8,514 |     7,943 |         -571
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Georgia ...............|     26,954 |      25,559 |      19,945 |   0.74 |    0.78 |     5,614 |     7,009 |        1,395
Hawaii ................|      2,877 |       3,792 |       2,177 |   0.76 |    0.57 |     1,615 |       700 |         -915
Idaho .................|      3,747 |       4,440 |       2,971 |   0.79 |    0.67 |     1,469 |       776 |         -693
Illinois ..............|     35,655 |      44,598 |      29,500 |   0.83 |    0.66 |    15,098 |     6,155 |       -8,943
Indiana................|     33,419 |      28,060 |      24,061 |   0.72 |    0.86 |     3,999 |     9,358 |        5,359
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Iowa ..................|     15,336 |      12,578 |       9,576 |   0.62 |    0.76 |     3,002 |     5,760 |        2,758
Kansas ................|     10,997 |      10,278 |       8,359 |   0.76 |    0.81 |     1,919 |     2,638 |          719
Kentucky ..............|     15,811 |      14,411 |      12,222 |   0.77 |    0.85 |     2,189 |     3,589 |        1,400
Louisiana .............|     21,760 |      19,651 |      16,828 |   0.77 |    0.86 |     2,823 |     4,932 |        2,109
Maine .................|      5,003 |       5,806 |       3,004 |   0.60 |    0.52 |     2,802 |     1,999 |         -803
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Maryland ..............|     14,022 |      17,144 |       7,937 |   0.57 |    0.46 |     9,207 |     6,085 |       -3,122
Massachusetts .........|     36,548 |      28,639 |      17,493 |   0.48 |    0.61 |    11,146 |    19,055 |        7,909
Michigan ..............|     37,214 |      37,656 |      31,792 |   0.85 |    0.84 |     5,864 |     5,422 |         -442
Minnesota .............|     18,162 |      19,542 |      12,517 |   0.69 |    0.64 |     7,025 |     5,645 |       -1,380
Mississippi ...........|      8,416 |       7,545 |       5,789 |   0.69 |    0.77 |     1,756 |     2,627 |          871
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Missouri...............|     22,449 |      20,591 |      16,264 |   0.72 |    0.79 |     4,327 |     6,185 |        1,858
Montana ...............|      4,402 |       4,343 |       3,116 |   0.71 |    0.72 |     1,227 |     1,286 |           59
Nebraska ..............|      9,035 |       8,897 |       6,900 |   0.76 |    0.78 |     1,997 |     2,135 |          138
Nevada ................|      2,552 |       2,928 |       1,811 |   0.71 |    0.62 |     1,117 |       741 |         -376
New Hampshire .........|      6,713 |       5,175 |       2,440 |   0.36 |    0.47 |     2,735 |     4,273 |        1,538
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
New Jersey ............|     17,446 |      36,312 |      14,695 |   0.84 |    0.40 |    21,617 |     2,751 |      -18,866
New Mexico ............|      4,520 |       5,451 |       3,596 |   0.80 |    0.66 |     1,855 |       924 |         -931
New York ..............|     75,455 |      79,504 |      56,654 |   0.75 |    0.71 |    22,850 |    18,801 |       -4,049
North Carolina ........|     32,053 |      23,765 |      21,358 |   0.67 |    0.90 |     2,407 |    10,695 |        8,288
North Dakota ..........|      4,588 |       3,628 |       2,669 |   0.58 |    0.74 |       959 |     1,919 |          960
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Ohio ..................|     48,165 |      48,105 |      38,967 |   0.81 |    0.81 |     9,138 |     9,198 |           60
Oklahoma ..............|     10,638 |      10,517 |       8,679 |   0.82 |    0.83 |     1,838 |     1,959 |          121
Oregon ................|      9,892 |       9,594 |       6,509 |   0.66 |    0.68 |     3,085 |     3,383 |          298
Pennsylvania ..........|     61,040 |      54,695 |      42,322 |   0.69 |    0.77 |    12,373 |    18,718 |        6,345
Rhode Island ..........|      8,598 |       4,135 |       2,138 |   0.25 |    0.52 |     1,997 |     6,460 |        4,463
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
South Carolina ........|     14,733 |      12,981 |      10,514 |   0.71 |    0.81 |     2,467 |     4,219 |        1,752
South Dakota ..........|      4,773 |       4,145 |       3,056 |   0.64 |    0.74 |     1,089 |     1,717 |          628
Tennessee .............|     18,803 |      16,587 |      12,709 |   0.68 |    0.77 |     3,878 |     6,094 |        2,216
Texas .................|     55,610 |      56,430 |      48,543 |   0.87 |    0.86 |     7,887 |     7,067 |         -820
Utah ..................|     14,476 |       9,966 |       9,390 |   0.65 |    0.94 |       576 |     5,086 |        4,510
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Vermont ...............|      4,688 |       3,064 |       1,484 |   0.32 |    0.48 |     1,580 |     3,204 |        1,624
Virginia ..............|     28,864 |      25,412 |      18,525 |   0.64 |    0.73 |     6,887 |    10,339 |        3,452
Washington ............|     13,371 |      13,787 |      10,031 |   0.75 |    0.73 |     3,756 |     3,340 |         -416
West Virginia..........|     11,040 |       9,003 |       7,642 |   0.69 |    0.85 |     1,361 |     3,398 |        2,037
Wisconsin .............|     22,343 |      22,676 |      17,770 |   0.80 |    0.78 |     4,906 |     4,573 |         -333
Wyoming ...............|      1,246 |       1,478 |         769 |   0.62 |    0.52 |       709 |       477 |         -232
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
State unknown\6\.......|        --- |       4,331 |         --- |    --- |     --- |     4,331 |       --- |       -4,331
                       |============|=============|=============|========|=========|===========|===========|==============
   Outlying areas .....|     20,456 |      21,515 |      20,241 |   0.99 |    0.94 |     1,274 |       215 |       -1,059
                       |------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------
American Samoa ........|        --- |          30 |         --- |    --- |     --- |        30 |       --- |          -30
Federated States of    |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
  Micronesia ..........|        --- |         109 |         --- |    --- |     --- |       109 |       --- |         -109
Guam ..................|        169 |         146 |         --- |    --- |     --- |       146 |       169 |           23
Marshall Islands ......|        --- |          10 |         --- |    --- |     --- |        10 |       --- |          -10
Northern Marianas .....|        --- |           3 |         --- |    --- |     --- |         3 |       --- |           -3
Palau .................|        --- |           2 |         --- |    --- |     --- |         2 |       --- |           -2
Puerto Rico ...........|     20,005 |      20,682 |      19,965 |   1.00 |    0.97 |       717 |        40 |         -677
Virgin Islands ........|        282 |         533 |         276 |   0.98 |    0.52 |       257 |         6 |         -251
                       |============|=============|=============|========|=========|===========|===========|==============
Foreign countries .....|        --- |      20,041 |         --- |    --- |     --- |    20,041 |       --- |      -20,041
-----------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|--------------

\1\Students who are enrolled at the reporting institution for the first time.

\2\All of the new students reported by the institutions in that state; i.e., all inmigrants and "remaining" students.

\3\All students living in a particular state when first admitted to an institution in any state. Students may be enrolled in any state.

\4\Students who attend institutions in their home state.

\5\Includes students coming to U.S. colleges from foreign countries and the outlying areas.

\6\Students are reported in "state unknown" when an institution is unable to determine the student's home state.

---Data not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--Data for U.S. Service Schools are included in state totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Residence of First-Time Students" survey, 1994. (This table was prepared February 1996.)


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