College Enrollment by State, 1869-70 to 1990 (in thousands)

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State	1869-70	1879-80	1889-90	1899-00	1909-10	1919-20	1929-30	1939-40	1949-50	Fall 1959	Fall 1969	Fall 1979	Fall 1989	Fall 1990
Alabama	560	2,250	3,003		4,802	6,421	15,290	19,987	31,760	46,397	97,816	159,784	208,562	217,550
Alaska	0	0	0		0	0	86	268	328	3,074	7,514	20,052	28,627	29,833
Arizona	0	0	31		407	1,357	3,742	5,969	13,144	33,121	97,692	188,976	252,625	264,735
Arkansas	80	709	454		2,343	2,900	6,445	10,928	19,445	24,371	51,530	74,453	88,572	90,425
California	1,790	2,155	3,209		11,394	24,257	69,087	120,290	220,447	507,302	1,149,148	1,698,788	1,802,884	1,769,997
Colorado	0	195	402		4,601	6,050	11,290	17,376	35,063	45,745	11,893	156,100	201,114	227,131
Connecticut	1,173	1,775	2,688		4,917	5,403	9,183	12,860	32,105	49,082	114,419	156,067	169,438	168,530
Delaware	188	96	169		225	498	711	1,118	3,441	6,783	23,012	32,308	40,562	42,004
District of Columbia	1,587	920	2,536		4,710	9,564	15,944	22,319	37,454	49,518	77,886	87,855	79,800	80,669
Florida	238	39	185		650	1,794	5,857	11,473	36,093	70,788	218,303	395,233	578,123	538,389
Georgia	957	2,990	3,366		6,283	9,442	15,838	23,229	39,094	49,054	117,198	178,017	242,289	251,810
Hawaii	0	0	0		0	198	1,005	2,730	4,822	9,769	33,586	48,994	54,188	53,772
Idaho	0	0	0		724	2,322	3,812	6,615	8,266	12,579	31,450	40,661	48,969	51,881
Illinois	3,992	7,075	11,512		29,069	48,649	81,701	107,074	151,622	193,680	425,002	613,874	709,942	729,246
Indiana	3,367	5,812	7,652		16,477	20,044	26,118	37,065	70,363	93,549	185,290	228,397	275,821	283,015
Iowa	1,644	3,269	4,863		11,146	19,994	23,688	29,753	44,045	54,253	106,063	132,599	169,901	170,515
Kansas	466	952	2,723		9,409	16,437	21,326	27,244	37,061	50,775	104,568	133,360	158,497	163,375
Kentucky	2,097	3,945	4,779		7,061	7,048	16,877	22,414	32,455	45,360	97,243	135,179	166,014	177,852
Louisiana	1,097	851	2,389		3,883	4,829	11,180	25,996	35,641	54,958	114,995	153,812	180,202	186,599
Maine	957	1,556	1,554		2,994	3,221	4,659	6,092	9,507	12,320	30,498	42,912	58,230	57,186
Maryland	1,715	3,601	3,162		5,211	7,430	13,084	18,557	36,570	59,267	135,712	218,447	254,533	259,700
Massachusetts	3,007	6,256	10,255		19,792	33,138	54,424	57,772	102,351	134,589	285,709	396,267	426,476	418,874
Michigan	2,445	2,812	6,039		14,967	21,833	44,144	60,961	101,390	160,313	366,568	503,839	560,320	569,803
Minnesota	675	1,170	2,787		9,724	18,102	24,884	34,647	50,709	73,013	158,359	193,830	253,097	253,789
Mississippi	251	1,527	1,989		3,298	4,521	10,070	14,019	19,695	34,501	68,594	100,272	116,370	122,883
Missouri	2,668	5,657	7,606		14,844	21,031	31,458	40,393	65,183	80,564	174,486	221,088	278,505	289,407
Montana	0	0	37		612	2,048	3,897	6,685	8,622	12,408	28,868	31,906	37,660	35,876
Nebraska	102	411	1,305		7,630	10,565	15,685	16,569	22,024	31,776	65,239	86,446	108,844	112,831
Nevada	0	35	52		235	430	1,046	1,267	1,775	3,964	12,746	35,935	56,471	61,728
New Hampshire	491	655	651		1,713	3,505	4,846	5,897	9,069	12,624	28,114	42,112	59,081	59,510
New Jersey	1,449	1,711	2,314		4,731	5,596	14,662	20,515	45,562	84,579	118,180	312,460	314,091	323,947
New Mexico	0	0	22		342	2,562	2,635	4,950	9,592	17,125	41,478	56,487	81,350	85,596
New York	7,869	16,767	19,482		31,482	64,727	156,730	195,596	312,971	376,508	728,379	970,286	1,029,518	1,035,323
North Carolina	885	2,396	2,311		6,898	9,109	18,901	32,118	45,195	68,500	161,038	269,065	345,502	351,990
North Dakota	0	0	60		1,382	4,161	6,891	8,332	8,673	14,448	29,830	31,904	40,404	37,878
Ohio	5,207	8,796	9,965		17,584	36,779	66,985	84,367	137,743	169,762	358,892	463,310	550,720	554,787
Oklahoma	0	0	0		4,942	11,671	22,770	32,908	45,401	57,836	106,269	152,683	175,855	173,221
Oregon	368	768	849		2,920	7,929	11,796	16,141	25,588	41,630	110,780	154,597	161,822	166,641
Pennsylvania	8,085	12,845	15,562		32,813	44,098	78,086	83,401	151,218	193,967	393,518	481,347	610,479	604,060
Rhode Island	217	392	500		1,604	2,189	4,262	5,425	13,841	19,915	42,788	64,435	76,503	78,283
South Carolina	381	1,069	1,774		5,152	5,246	10,666	15,914	23,038	30,875	62,320	131,459	145,730	159,302
South Dakota	0	0	677		1,763	4,676	6,113	6,583	8,157	14,621	30,908	31,294	32,666	34,208
Tennessee	1,663	4,872	5,531		8,134	9,219	20,496	25,253	39,748	59,887	127,568	199,902	218,866	226,238
Texas	421	1,929	2,441		8,344	23,490	46,703	74,552	129,477	185,518	407,918	676,047	879,335	901,437
Utah	296	55	141		1,102	2,313	7,127	13,043	22,380	34,903	81,540	88,608	114,815	121,303
Vermont	759	782	896		1,245	1,813	2,442	3,975	7,767	9,571	21,964	29,550	35,946	36,398
Virginia	2,408	3,178	4,273		6,540	10,738	19,316	26,156	37,393	57,511	138,561	270,599	344,284	353,442
Washington	0	138	84		4,524	10,675	17,903	26,226	43,093	65,018	170,107	303,469	255,760	263,278
West Virginia	325	973	1,174		2,708	4,334	11,632	14,444	22,834	28,838	62,052	81,335	82,455	84,790
Wisconsin	1,255	2,659	3,293		10,763	20,159	23,758	33,135	49,678	73,556	190,496	255,907	291,966	299,774
Wyoming	0	0	9		125	375	1,177	2,264	3,817	6,371	14,115	19,490	29,159	31,326
United States	62,839	115,850	156,756	237,592	355,430	597,880	1,100,737	1,494,203	2,444,900	3,639,847	8,004,660	11,569,899	13,538,560	13,710,150
State	1869-70	1879-80	1889-90	1899-00	1909-10	1919-20	1929-30	1939-40	1949-50	Fall 1959	Fall 1969	Fall 1979	Fall 1989	Fall 1990

Source: 120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait, National Center for Education Statistics, Thomas D. Snyder, editor, pp. 78-79.

College Enrollment by State, 1869-70 to 1990 (in thousands)

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