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Table 101. | Public high school graduates, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2005-06 |
State or jurisdiction | 1980-81 | 1985-86 | 1990-91 | 1995-96 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | Projected 2005-06 graduates | Percent change, 1995-96 to 2005-06 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
United States | 2,725,285 | 2,382,616 | 2,234,893 | 2,273,109 | 2,553,844 | 2,569,200 | 2,719,947 | 2,753,438 | 2,799,250 | 2,881,750 | 26.8 | |
Alabama | 44,894 | 39,620 | 39,042 | 35,043 | 37,819 | 37,082 | 36,741 | 36,464 | 37,453 | 37,190 | 6.1 | |
Alaska | 5,343 | 5,464 | 5,458 | 5,945 | 6,615 | 6,812 | 7,297 | 7,236 | 6,909 | 7,650 | 28.7 | |
Arizona | 28,416 | 27,533 | 31,282 | 30,008 | 38,304 | 46,733 | 49,986 | 45,508 | 59,498 | 50,490 | 68.3 | |
Arkansas | 29,577 | 26,227 | 25,668 | 25,094 | 27,335 | 27,100 | 27,555 | 27,181 | 26,621 | 27,530 | 9.7 | |
California | 242,172 | 229,026 | 234,164 | 259,071 | 309,866 | 315,189 | 341,097 | 343,480 | 355,217 | 371,940 | 43.6 | |
Colorado | 35,897 | 32,621 | 31,293 | 32,608 | 38,924 | 39,241 | 42,379 | 44,777 | 44,532 | 46,520 | 42.7 | |
Connecticut | 38,369 | 33,571 | 27,290 | 26,319 | 31,562 | 30,388 | 33,667 | 34,573 | 35,515 | 36,560 | 38.9 | |
Delaware | 7,349 | 5,791 | 5,223 | 5,609 | 6,108 | 6,614 | 6,817 | 6,951 | 6,934 | 7,070 | 26.0 | |
District of Columbia1 | 4,848 | 3,875 | 3,369 | 2,696 | 2,695 | 2,808 | 2,725 | 3,031 | 2,781 | 3,010 | 11.6 | |
Florida | 88,755 | 83,029 | 87,419 | 89,242 | 106,708 | 111,112 | 127,484 | 131,418 | 133,318 | 148,310 | 66.2 | |
Georgia | 62,963 | 59,082 | 60,088 | 56,271 | 62,563 | 62,499 | 66,890 | 68,550 | 70,834 | 73,140 | 30.0 | |
Hawaii | 11,472 | 9,958 | 8,974 | 9,387 | 10,437 | 10,102 | 10,013 | 10,324 | 10,813 | 10,480 | 11.6 | |
Idaho | 12,679 | 12,059 | 11,961 | 14,667 | 16,170 | 15,941 | 15,858 | 15,547 | 15,768 | 16,230 | 10.7 | |
Illinois | 136,795 | 114,319 | 103,329 | 104,626 | 111,835 | 110,624 | 117,507 | 124,763 | 123,615 | 125,000 | 19.5 | |
Indiana | 73,381 | 59,817 | 57,892 | 56,330 | 57,012 | 56,172 | 57,897 | 56,008 | 55,444 | 58,880 | 4.5 | |
Iowa | 42,635 | 34,279 | 28,593 | 31,689 | 33,926 | 33,774 | 34,860 | 34,339 | 33,547 | 33,940 | 7.1 | |
Kansas | 29,397 | 25,587 | 24,414 | 25,786 | 29,102 | 29,360 | 29,963 | 30,155 | 30,355 | 29,920 | 16.0 | |
Kentucky | 41,714 | 37,288 | 35,835 | 36,641 | 36,830 | 36,957 | 37,654 | 37,787 | 38,399 | 36,570 | -0.2 | |
Louisiana | 46,199 | 39,965 | 33,489 | 36,467 | 38,430 | 38,314 | 37,610 | 37,019 | 36,009 | 35,810 | -1.8 | |
Maine | 15,554 | 13,006 | 13,151 | 11,795 | 12,211 | 12,654 | 12,947 | 13,278 | 13,077 | 13,260 | 12.4 | |
Maryland | 54,050 | 46,700 | 39,014 | 41,785 | 47,849 | 49,222 | 51,864 | 52,870 | 54,170 | 55,930 | 33.9 | |
Massachusetts | 74,831 | 60,360 | 50,216 | 47,993 | 52,950 | 54,393 | 55,987 | 58,326 | 59,665 | 60,770 | 26.6 | |
Michigan | 124,372 | 101,042 | 88,234 | 85,530 | 97,679 | 96,515 | 100,301 | 98,823 | 101,582 | 100,510 | 17.5 | |
Minnesota | 64,166 | 51,988 | 46,474 | 50,481 | 57,372 | 56,581 | 59,432 | 59,096 | 58,391 | 59,280 | 17.4 | |
Mississippi | 28,083 | 25,134 | 23,665 | 23,032 | 24,232 | 23,748 | 23,810 | 23,735 | 23,523 | 23,950 | 4.0 | |
Missouri | 60,359 | 49,204 | 46,928 | 49,011 | 52,848 | 54,138 | 56,925 | 57,983 | 57,841 | 57,870 | 18.1 | |
Montana | 11,634 | 9,761 | 9,013 | 10,139 | 10,903 | 10,628 | 10,657 | 10,500 | 10,335 | 10,260 | 1.2 | |
Nebraska | 21,411 | 17,845 | 16,500 | 18,014 | 20,149 | 19,658 | 20,161 | 20,309 | 19,940 | 20,070 | 11.4 | |
Nevada | 9,069 | 8,784 | 9,370 | 10,374 | 14,551 | 15,127 | 16,378 | 15,201 | 15,740 | 17,640 | 70.0 | |
New Hampshire | 11,552 | 10,648 | 10,059 | 10,094 | 11,829 | 12,294 | 13,210 | 13,309 | 13,775 | 13,790 | 36.6 | |
New Jersey | 93,168 | 78,781 | 67,003 | 67,704 | 74,420 | 76,130 | 81,391 | 83,826 | 86,502 | 94,980 | 40.3 | |
New Mexico | 17,915 | 15,468 | 15,157 | 15,402 | 18,031 | 18,199 | 16,923 | 17,892 | 17,353 | 18,110 | 17.6 | |
New York | 198,465 | 162,165 | 133,562 | 134,401 | 141,731 | 141,884 | 143,818 | 142,526 | 2 | 153,203 | 160,860 | 19.7 |
North Carolina | 69,395 | 65,865 | 62,792 | 57,014 | 62,140 | 63,288 | 69,696 | 72,126 | 75,010 | 78,350 | 37.4 | |
North Dakota | 9,924 | 7,610 | 7,573 | 8,027 | 8,606 | 8,445 | 8,169 | 7,888 | 7,555 | 7,470 | -6.9 | |
Ohio | 143,503 | 119,561 | 107,484 | 102,098 | 111,668 | 111,281 | 115,762 | 119,029 | 116,702 | 119,880 | 17.4 | |
Oklahoma | 38,875 | 34,452 | 33,007 | 33,060 | 37,646 | 37,458 | 36,694 | 36,799 | 36,227 | 36,870 | 11.5 | |
Oregon | 28,729 | 26,286 | 24,597 | 26,570 | 30,151 | 29,939 | 32,587 | 32,958 | 32,602 | 33,630 | 26.6 | |
Pennsylvania | 144,645 | 122,871 | 104,770 | 105,981 | 113,959 | 114,436 | 119,933 | 123,474 | 124,758 | 126,930 | 19.8 | |
Rhode Island | 10,719 | 8,908 | 7,744 | 7,689 | 8,477 | 8,603 | 9,318 | 9,258 | 9,881 | 10,010 | 30.2 | |
South Carolina | 38,347 | 34,500 | 32,999 | 30,182 | 31,617 | 30,026 | 32,482 | 33,235 | 33,439 | 35,700 | 18.3 | |
South Dakota | 10,385 | 7,870 | 7,127 | 8,532 | 9,278 | 8,881 | 8,999 | 9,001 | 8,585 | 8,340 | -2.3 | |
Tennessee | 50,648 | 43,263 | 44,847 | 43,792 | 41,568 | 40,642 | 44,113 | 46,096 | 47,967 | 47,910 | 9.4 | |
Texas | 171,665 | 161,150 | 174,306 | 171,844 | 212,925 | 215,316 | 238,111 | 244,165 | 239,717 | 251,160 | 46.2 | |
Utah | 19,886 | 19,774 | 22,219 | 26,293 | 32,501 | 31,036 | 29,527 | 30,252 | 30,253 | 31,120 | 18.4 | |
Vermont | 6,424 | 5,794 | 5,212 | 5,867 | 6,675 | 6,856 | 6,970 | 7,100 | 7,152 | 7,150 | 21.9 | |
Virginia | 67,126 | 63,113 | 58,441 | 58,166 | 65,596 | 66,067 | 72,943 | 72,042 | 73,667 | 76,130 | 30.9 | |
Washington | 50,046 | 45,805 | 42,514 | 49,862 | 57,597 | 55,081 | 60,435 | 61,274 | 61,094 | 62,240 | 24.8 | |
West Virginia | 23,580 | 21,870 | 21,064 | 20,335 | 19,437 | 18,440 | 17,287 | 17,339 | 17,137 | 16,800 | -17.4 | |
Wisconsin | 67,743 | 58,340 | 49,340 | 52,651 | 58,545 | 59,341 | 63,272 | 62,784 | 2 | 63,229 | 62,990 | 19.6 |
Wyoming | 6,161 | 5,587 | 5,728 | 5,892 | 6,462 | 6,071 | 5,845 | 5,833 | 5,616 | 5,520 | -6.3 | |
Bureau of Indian Education | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
DoD, overseas | — | — | — | 2,674 | 2,642 | 2,621 | 2,641 | 2,766 | — | — | — | |
DoD, domestic | — | — | — | — | 560 | 568 | 590 | 584 | — | — | — | |
Other jurisdictions | ||||||||||||
American Samoa | — | 608 | 597 | 719 | 698 | 722 | 832 | 852 | 879 | — | — | |
Guam | — | 840 | 1,014 | 987 | 1,406 | 1,371 | 1,502 | 1,346 | 1,179 | — | — | |
Northern Marianas | — | — | 273 | 325 | 360 | 361 | 422 | 575 | 614 | — | — | |
Puerto Rico | — | 31,597 | 29,329 | 29,499 | 30,856 | 30,154 | 31,408 | 30,083 | 29,071 | — | — | |
Virgin Islands | — | 1,044 | 981 | 937 | 1,060 | 966 | 884 | 816 | 940 | — | — |
— Not available.
1 Beginning in 1985-86, graduates from adult programs are excluded. 2 Estimated high school graduates from NCES 2006-606rev, The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002-03 and 2003-04. NOTE: Data include regular diploma recipients, but exclude students receiving a certificate of attendance and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. DoD = Department of Defense. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics; Projections of Education Statistics to 2016; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981-82 through 2005-06; and The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002-03 and 2003-04. (This table was prepared July 2007.) |