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| Table 103. | General Educational Development (GED) test takers and credentials issued, by age: 1971 through 2004 |
| Year | Number of test takers (in thousands)1 |
Number completing test battery (in thousands)2 |
Number passing tests (in thousands)3 |
Percentage distribution of credentials issued,4 by age | ||||
| 19 years old or less | 20- to 24-year-olds | 25- to 29-year-olds | 30- to 34-year-olds | 35 years old or over | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 19715 | 377 | — | 227 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19725 | 419 | — | 245 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19735 | 423 | — | 249 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | — | — | 294 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 17 |
| 1975 | — | — | 340 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 18 |
| 1976 | — | — | 333 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 17 |
| 1977 | — | — | 332 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 1978 | — | — | 381 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 18 |
| 1979 | — | — | 426 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| 1980 | — | — | 479 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 15 |
| 1981 | — | — | 489 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 1982 | — | — | 486 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 15 |
| 1983 | — | — | 465 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 15 |
| 1984 | — | — | 427 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 16 |
| 1985 | — | — | 413 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 16 |
| 1986 | — | — | 428 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 17 |
| 1987 | — | — | 444 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 18 |
| 1988 | — | — | 410 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 18 |
| 1989 | 632 | 541 | 357 | 35 | 24 | 13 | — | — |
| 1990 | 714 | 615 | 410 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 15 |
| 1991 | 755 | 657 | 462 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 16 |
| 1992 | 739 | 639 | 457 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 17 |
| 1993 | 746 | 651 | 469 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 16 |
| 1994 | 774 | 668 | 491 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 15 |
| 1995 | 787 | 682 | 504 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 15 |
| 1996 | 824 | 716 | 488 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 14 |
| 1997 | 785 | 681 | 460 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
| 1998 | 776 | 673 | 481 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| 1999 | 808 | 702 | 498 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| 2000 | 811 | 699 | 487 | 45 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| 2001 | 1,016 | 928 | 648 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 14 |
| 2002 | 557 | 467 | 330 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| 2003 | 657 | 552 | 387 | 47 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| 2004 | 666 | 570 | 406 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 10 |
| —Not available. 1 Number of people taking the GED tests (one or more subtests). 2 Number of people completing the entire GED battery of five tests. 3 Number of people receiving high school equivalency credentials based on the GED tests. 4 People who did not report their age were excluded from this calculation. Data for 1988 and prior years are for number of test takers and may not be comparable to data for later years. 5 Includes other jurisdictions. NOTE: Data are for United States only and exclude other jurisdictions. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: American Council on Education, General Educational Development Testing Service, Who Took the GED? Statistical Report, various years; Who Passed the GED Tests? 2004 Statistical Report, July 2006. (This table was prepared July 2006.) |
