Table 4. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1999 through fall 2017

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Table 4. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1999 through fall 2017 (Table 4—Continued) [In thousands]

Region and state	Actual							Projected
Region and state	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008

United States	46,857	47,204	47,672	48,183	48,540	48,795	49,113	49,464	49,644	49,825

Northeast	8,196	8,222	8,250	8,297	8,292	8,271	8,240	8,183	8,123	8,057
Connecticut	554	562	570	570	577	577	575	572	566	561
Maine	209	207	206	204	202	199	195	193	189	186
Massachusetts	971	975	973	983	980	976	972	967	960	952
New Hampshire	207	208	207	208	207	207	206	203	200	198
New Jersey	1,289	1,313	1,342	1,367	1,381	1,393	1,396	1,392	1,393	1,393
New York	2,888	2,882	2,872	2,888	2,865	2,836	2,816	2,790	2,765	2,737
Pennsylvania	1,817	1,814	1,822	1,817	1,821	1,828	1,831	1,821	1,810	1,797
Rhode Island	156	157	158	159	159	156	153	151	148	145
Vermont	105	102	101	100	99	98	97	95	92	90

Midwest	10,726	10,730	10,745	10,819	10,809	10,775	10,818	10,809	10,769	10,718
Illinois	2,028	2,049	2,071	2,084	2,101	2,098	2,112	2,126	2,127	2,126
Indiana	989	989	996	1,004	1,011	1,021	1,035	1,041	1,043	1,044
Iowa	497	495	486	482	481	478	483	485	484	482
Kansas	472	471	470	471	470	469	467	464	462	461
Michigan	1,726	1,721	1,731	1,785	1,758	1,751	1,742	1,728	1,711	1,686
Minnesota	854	854	851	847	843	839	839	837	833	829
Missouri	914	913	910	906	906	905	918	918	917	917
Nebraska	288	286	285	285	286	286	287	287	288	288
North Dakota	113	109	106	104	102	101	98	97	95	94
Ohio	1,837	1,835	1,831	1,838	1,845	1,840	1,840	1,833	1,823	1,812
South Dakota	131	129	128	130	126	123	122	122	121	120
Wisconsin	878	879	879	881	880	865	875	870	865	860

South	16,842	17,007	17,237	17,471	17,673	17,892	18,104	18,384	18,581	18,802
Alabama	741	740	737	739	731	730	742	748	749	750
Arkansas	451	450	450	451	455	463	474	476	480	485
Delaware	113	115	116	116	118	119	121	122	124	125
District of Columbia	77	69	75	76	78	77	77	76	76	75
Florida	2,381	2,435	2,500	2,540	2,588	2,639	2,675	2,731	2,771	2,812
Georgia	1,423	1,445	1,471	1,496	1,523	1,553	1,598	1,643	1,679	1,712
Kentucky	648	666	654	661	663	675	680	683	683	686
Louisiana	757	743	731	730	728	724	655	633	614	602
Maryland	847	853	861	867	869	866	860	859	854	850
Mississippi	501	498	494	493	494	495	495	495	495	495
North Carolina	1,276	1,294	1,315	1,336	1,360	1,386	1,416	1,449	1,472	1,496
Oklahoma	627	623	622	625	626	629	635	637	639	643
South Carolina	667	677	676	694	699	704	702	706	704	706
Tennessee	916	909	925	928	937	941	954	964	968	974
Texas	3,992	4,060	4,163	4,260	4,332	4,405	4,525	4,653	4,759	4,872
Virginia	1,134	1,145	1,163	1,177	1,192	1,205	1,214	1,227	1,234	1,242
West Virginia	292	286	283	282	281	280	281	280	279	278

West	11,093	11,244	11,440	11,596	11,766	11,857	11,959	12,088	12,172	12,248
Alaska	134	133	134	134	134	133	141	135	134	132
Arizona	853	878	922	938	1,012	1,043	1,094	1,141	1,177	1,212
California	6,039	6,141	6,248	6,354	6,414	6,442	6,437	6,464	6,471	6,475
Colorado	708	725	742	752	758	766	780	793	803	812
Hawaii	186	184	185	184	184	183	183	182	183	184
Idaho	245	245	247	249	252	256	262	267	272	276
Montana	158	155	152	150	148	147	145	144	143	142
Nevada	326	341	357	369	385	400	412	429	444	457
New Mexico	324	320	320	320	323	326	327	328	329	330
Oregon	545	546	551	554	551	552	552	556	557	558
Utah	480	481	485	489	496	504	508	530	542	554
Washington	1,004	1,005	1,009	1,015	1,021	1,020	1,032	1,035	1,033	1,032
Wyoming	92	90	88	88	87	85	84	84	84	84

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