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State name	1870 state population	1869-70 student enrollment	1869-70 students as percent of state pop	1880 state population	1879-80 student enrollment	1879-80 students as percent of state pop	1890 state population	1889-90 student enrollment	1889-90 students as percent of state pop	1900 state population	1899-00 student enrollment	1899-00 students as percent of state pop	1910 state population	1909-10 student enrollment	1909-10 students as percent of state pop	1920 state population	1919-20 student enrollment	1919-20 students as percent of state pop	1930 state population	1929-30 student enrollment	1929-30 students as percent of state pop	1940 state population	1939-40 student enrollment	1939-40 students as percent of state pop	1950 state population	1949-50 student enrollment	1949-50 students as percent of state pop	1960 state population	1959-60 student enrollment	1959-60 students as percent of state pop	1970 state population	1969 student enrollment	1969-70 students as percent of state pop	1980 state population	1979 student enrollment	1979-80 students as percent of state pop	1990 state population	1989-90 student enrollment	1990 students as percent of state pop	2000 state population	Fall 2000 student enrollment	Fall 2000 students as percent of state pop	2010 state population	Fall 2010 student enrollment	Fall 2010 students as percent of state pop	2016 state population	Fall 2016 student enrollment	Fall 2016 students as percent of state pop	Notes
Alabama	996,992	141,312	14.17	1,262,505	179,400	14.21	1,513,401	301,615	19.93	1,828,697	376,423	20.58	2,138,093	424,611	19.86	2,348,174	569,940	24.27	2,646,248	622,988	23.54	2,832,961	686,767	24.24	3,061,743	680,066	22.21	3,266,740	787,269	24.10	3,444,165	826,237	23.99	3,893,888	754,181	19.37	4,040,587	721,806	17.86	4,447,100	740,176	16.64	4,779,736	755,552	15.81	4,863,525	744,930	15.32
Alaska				33,426			32,052			63,592			64,356			55,036	3,360	6.11	59,278	3,436	5.80	72,524	6,312	8.70	128,643	13,910	10.81	226,167	44,450	19.65	300,382	76,828	25.58	401,851	88,573	22.04	550,043	113,874	20.70	626,932	133,356	21.27	710,231	132,104	18.60	741,456	132,737	17.90
Arizona	9,658			40,440	4,212	10.42	38,243	7,989	20.89	122,931	16,504	13.43	204,354	31,312	15.32	334,162	76,505	22.89	435,573	103,806	23.83	499,261	110,205	22.07	749,587	139,244	18.58	1,302,161	302,672	23.24	1,770,900	418,069	23.61	2,718,215	509,252	18.73	3,665,228	639,853	17.46	5,130,632	877,696	17.11	6,392,017	1,071,751	16.77	6,941,072	1,123,137	16.18
Arkansas	484,471	69,927	14.43	802,525	81,972	10.21	1,128,211	223,071	19.77	1,311,564	314,662	23.99	1,574,449	395,978	25.15	1,752,204	483,172	27.58	1,854,482	456,185	24.60	1,949,387	465,339	23.87	1,909,511	407,084	21.32	1,786,272	424,206	23.75	1,923,295	460,115	23.92	2,286,435	453,125	19.82	2,350,725	436,286	18.56	2,673,400	449,959	16.83	2,915,918	482,114	16.53	2,989,918	493,447	16.50
California	560,247	91,332	16.30	864,694	158,765	18.36	1,213,398	221,756	18.28	1,485,053	269,736	18.16	2,377,549	368,391	15.49	3,426,861	696,238	20.32	5,677,251	1,068,683	18.82	6,907,387	1,189,106	17.21	10,586,223	1,757,424	16.60	15,717,204	3,199,455	20.36	19,953,134	4,597,700	23.04	23,667,902	4,119,511	17.41	29,760,021	4,950,474	16.63	33,871,648	6,142,348	18.13	37,253,956	6,289,578	16.88	39,167,117	6,309,138	16.11	1959-60 includes only students enrolled on a specific date
Colorado	39,864	4,357	10.93	194,327	22,119	11.38	413,249	65,490	15.85	539,700	117,555	21.78	799,024	168,798	21.13	939,629	220,232	23.44	1,035,791	240,482	23.22	1,123,296	221,409	19.71	1,325,089	229,196	17.30	1,753,947	393,690	22.45	2,207,259	538,175	24.38	2,889,964	550,527	19.05	3,294,394	574,213	17.43	4,301,261	724,508	16.84	5,029,196	843,316	16.77	5,539,215	905,019	16.34
Connecticut	537,454	113,588	21.13	622,700	119,694	19.22	746,258	126,505	16.95	908,420	155,228	17.09	1,114,756	190,353	17.08	1,380,631	261,463	18.94	1,606,903	319,453	19.88	1,709,242	281,032	16.44	2,007,280	273,015	13.60	2,535,234	476,828	18.81	3,031,709	646,393	21.32	3,107,576	566,634	18.23	3,287,116	469,123	14.27	3,405,565	562,179	16.51	3,574,097	560,546	15.68	3,578,141	535,118	14.96
Delaware	125,015	20,058	16.04	146,608	27,823	18.98	168,493	31,434	18.66	184,735	36,895	19.97	202,322	35,950	17.77	223,003	38,483	17.26	238,380	42,360	17.77	266,505	44,046	16.53	318,085	46,055	14.48	446,292	80,874	18.12	548,104	130,471	23.80	594,338	104,035	17.50	666,168	99,658	14.96	783,600	114,676	14.63	897,934	129,403	14.41	948,921	136,264	14.36	1959-60 includes an estimate for kindergarten
District of Columbia	131,700	15,157	11.51	177,624	26,439	14.88	230,392	36,906	99.99	278,718	46,519	16.69	331,069	55,774	16.85	437,571	65,298	14.92	486,869	80,965	16.63	663,091	96,170	14.50	802,178	96,323	12.01	763,956	122,486	16.03	756,510	149,054	19.70	638,333	106,156	16.63	606,900	80,694	13.30	572,059	68,925	12.05	601,723	71,284	11.85	685,815	85,850	12.52
Florida	187,748	14,000	7.46	269,493	39,315	14.59	391,422	92,472	23.62	528,542	108,874	20.60	752,619	148,089	19.68	968,470	225,160	23.25	1,468,211	346,434	23.60	1,897,414	369,214	19.46	2,771,305	449,836	16.23	4,951,560	993,496	20.06	6,789,443	1,408,095	20.74	9,746,324	1,508,337	15.48	12,937,926	1,861,592	14.39	15,982,378	2,434,821	15.23	18,801,310	2,643,347	14.06	20,613,477	2,816,791	13.66
Georgia	1,184,109	49,578	4.19	1,542,180	236,533	15.34	1,837,353	381,297	20.75	2,216,331	482,673	21.78	2,609,121	555,794	21.30	2,895,832	690,918	23.86	2,908,506	713,290	24.52	3,123,723	737,979	23.62	3,444,578	718,037	20.85	3,943,116	949,099	24.07	4,589,575	1,112,416	24.24	5,463,105	1,078,462	19.74	6,478,216	1,151,687	17.78	8,186,453	1,444,937	17.65	9,687,653	1,677,067	17.31	10,301,890	1,764,346	17.13
Hawaii										154,001			191,874			255,881	41,350	16.16	368,300	71,657	19.46	422,770	91,821	21.72	499,794	89,820	17.97	632,772	139,429	22.03	768,561	178,448	23.22	964,691	168,660	17.48	1,108,229	171,708	15.49	1,211,537	184,360	15.22	1,360,301	179,601	13.20	1,427,559	181,550	12.72	1959-60 includes only students enrolled on a specific date
Idaho	14,999	906	6.04	32,610	5,834	17.89	88,548	14,311	16.16	161,772	36,669	22.67	325,594	76,168	23.39	431,866	115,192	26.67	445,032	120,947	27.18	524,873	120,987	23.05	588,637	122,259	20.77	667,191	162,839	24.41	712,567	179,873	25.24	943,935	202,758	21.48	1,006,749	220,840	21.94	1,293,953	245,117	18.94	1,567,582	275,859	17.60	1,682,380	297,200	17.67
Illinois	2,539,891	672,787	26.49	3,077,871	704,041	22.87	3,826,352	778,319	20.34	4,821,550	958,911	19.89	5,638,591	1,002,687	17.78	6,485,280	1,127,560	17.39	7,630,654	1,395,907	18.29	7,897,241	1,248,827	15.81	8,712,176	1,153,683	13.24	10,081,158	1,787,869	17.73	11,113,976	2,324,516	20.92	11,426,518	2,043,239	17.88	11,430,602	1,821,407	15.93	12,419,293	2,048,792	16.50	12,830,632	2,091,654	16.30	12,820,527	2,026,718	15.81
Indiana	1,680,637	450,057	26.78	1,978,301	511,283	25.84	2,192,404	512,955	23.40	2,516,462	564,807	22.44	2,700,876	531,459	19.68	2,930,390	566,288	19.32	3,238,503	667,379	20.61	3,427,796	671,364	19.59	3,934,224	689,808	17.53	4,662,498	989,259	21.22	5,193,669	1,223,747	23.56	5,490,224	1,083,826	19.74	5,544,159	954,581	17.22	6,080,485	989,225	16.27	6,483,802	1,047,232	16.15	6,634,304	1,049,547	15.82
Iowa	1,194,020	341,938	28.64	1,624,615	426,057	26.23	1,912,297	493,267	25.79	2,231,853	566,223	25.37	2,224,771	510,661	22.95	2,404,021	514,521	21.40	2,470,939	554,655	22.45	2,538,268	503,481	19.84	2,621,073	477,720	18.23	2,757,537	598,103	21.69	2,824,376	660,389	23.38	2,913,808	548,317	18.82	2,776,755	483,652	17.42	2,926,324	495,080	16.92	3,046,355	495,775	16.27	3,131,371	509,831	16.28
Kansas	364,399	89,777	24.64	996,096	231,434	23.23	1,428,108	399,322	27.96	1,470,495	389,582	26.49	1,690,949	398,746	23.58	1,769,257	406,880	23.00	1,880,999	431,166	22.92	1,801,028	376,349	20.90	1,905,299	347,626	18.25	2,178,611	478,630	21.97	2,246,578	518,867	23.10	2,363,679	422,924	17.89	2,477,574	437,034	17.64	2,688,418	470,610	17.51	2,853,118	483,701	16.95	2,910,844	494,347	16.98
Kentucky	1,321,011	178,457	13.51	1,648,690	276,000	16.74	1,858,635	399,660	21.50	2,147,174	500,294	23.30	2,289,905	494,863	21.61	2,416,630	535,332	22.15	2,614,589	588,354	22.50	2,845,627	604,064	21.23	2,944,806	562,883	19.11	3,038,156	631,412	20.78	3,218,706	703,720	21.86	3,660,777	677,123	18.50	3,685,296	636,401	17.27	4,041,769	665,850	16.47	4,339,367	673,128	15.51	4,438,182	684,017	15.41
Louisiana	726,915	57,639	7.93	939,946	77,642	8.26	1,118,588	120,253	10.75	1,381,625	196,169	14.20	1,656,388	263,617	15.92	1,798,509	354,079	19.69	2,101,593	434,557	20.68	2,363,880	473,020	20.01	2,683,516	483,363	18.01	3,257,022	693,202	21.28	3,641,306	853,766	23.45	4,205,900	800,435	19.03	4,219,973	784,757	18.60	4,468,976	743,089	16.63	4,533,372	696,558	15.37	4,678,135	716,293	15.31
Maine	626,915	152,600	24.34	648,936	149,827	23.09	661,086	139,676	21.13	694,466	130,918	18.85	742,371	144,278	19.43	768,014	137,681	17.93	797,423	154,455	19.37	847,226	163,640	19.31	913,774	158,247	17.32	969,265	195,325	20.15	992,048	240,169	24.21	1,124,660	227,823	20.26	1,227,928	215,149	17.52	1,274,923	207,037	16.24	1,328,361	189,077	14.23	1,331,317	180,512	13.56
Maryland	780,894	115,683	14.81	934,943	162,431	17.37	1,042,390	184,251	17.68	1,188,044	222,373	18.72	1,295,346	238,393	18.40	1,449,661	241,618	16.67	1,631,526	277,459	17.01	1,821,244	287,225	15.77	2,343,001	335,018	14.30	3,100,689	596,375	19.23	3,922,399	891,981	22.74	4,216,975	777,725	18.44	4,781,468	715,176	14.96	5,296,486	852,920	16.10	5,773,552	852,211	14.76	6,003,323	886,221	14.76
Massachusetts	1,457,351	273,661	18.78	1,783,085	306,777	17.20	2,238,947	371,492	16.59	2,805,346	474,891	16.93	3,366,416	535,869	15.92	3,852,356	623,586	16.19	4,249,614	759,492	17.87	4,316,721	700,305	16.22	4,690,514	632,285	13.48	5,148,578	860,667	16.72	5,689,170	1,147,561	20.17	5,737,037	1,035,724	18.05	6,016,425	834,314	13.87	6,349,097	975,150	15.36	6,547,629	955,563	14.59	6,823,608	964,514	14.13	1959-60 includes only students enrolled on a specific date
Michigan	1,184,059	292,466	24.70	1,636,937	362,556	22.15	2,093,890	427,032	20.39	2,420,982	504,985	20.86	2,810,173	541,501	19.27	3,668,412	691,674	18.85	4,842,325	970,582	20.04	5,256,106	970,188	18.46	6,371,766	1,069,435	16.78	7,823,194	1,625,247	20.77	8,875,083	2,138,979	24.10	9,262,078	1,860,498	20.09	9,295,297	1,581,925	17.02	9,938,444	1,743,337	17.54	9,883,640	1,587,067	16.06	9,950,571	1,528,666	15.36	1959-60 includes only students enrolled on a specific date
Minnesota	439,706	113,983	25.92	780,773	180,248	23.09	1,310,283	280,960	21.44	1,751,394	399,207	22.79	2,075,708	440,083	21.20	2,387,125	503,597	21.10	2,563,953	551,741	21.52	2,792,300	512,224	18.34	2,982,483	481,612	16.15	3,413,864	681,938	19.98	3,804,971	913,915	24.02	4,075,970	778,056	19.09	4,375,099	756,374	17.29	4,919,479	854,340	17.37	5,303,925	838,037	15.80	5,522,744	875,021	15.84
Mississippi	827,922	117,000	14.13	1,131,597	236,654	20.91	1,289,600	334,158	25.91	1,551,270	386,507	24.92	1,797,114	469,137	26.11	1,790,618	412,670	23.05	2,009,821	595,449	29.63	2,183,796	594,799	27.24	2,178,914	527,440	24.21	2,178,141	566,421	26.00	2,216,912	575,284	25.95	2,520,638	482,039	19.12	2,573,216	502,417	19.52	2,844,658	497,871	17.50	2,967,297	490,526	16.53	2,987,938	483,150	16.17
Missouri	1,721,295	330,070	19.18	2,168,380	482,986	22.27	2,679,185	620,314	23.15	3,106,665	719,817	23.17	3,293,335	707,031	21.47	3,404,055	672,483	19.76	3,629,367	656,073	18.08	3,784,664	700,640	18.51	3,954,653	644,457	16.30	4,319,813	820,724	19.00	4,676,501	1,077,288	23.04	4,916,686	872,933	17.75	5,117,073	812,234	15.87	5,595,211	912,744	16.31	5,988,927	918,710	15.34	6,087,135	915,040	15.03
Montana	20,595	1,657	8.05	39,159	4,270	10.90	142,924	16,980	11.88	243,329	39,430	16.20	376,053	66,141	17.59	548,889	126,576	23.06	537,606	120,337	22.38	559,456	107,302	19.18	591,024	105,917	17.92	674,767	144,998	21.49	694,409	174,784	25.17	786,690	158,208	20.11	799,065	152,974	19.14	902,195	154,875	17.17	989,415	141,693	14.32	1,040,859	146,375	14.06
Nebraska	122,993	23,265	18.92	452,402	92,549	20.46	1,062,656	240,300	22.61	1,066,300	288,227	27.03	1,192,214	281,375	23.60	1,296,372	311,821	24.05	1,377,963	325,216	23.60	1,315,834	276,188	20.99	1,325,510	227,879	17.19	1,411,330	282,721	20.03	1,483,493	330,990	22.31	1,569,825	287,288	18.30	1,578,385	274,081	17.36	1,711,263	286,199	16.72	1,826,341	298,500	16.34	1,905,616	319,194	16.75	1909-10 students enrolled estimated
Nevada	42,941	3,106	7.23	62,266	9,045	14.53	47,355	7,387	15.60	42,335	6,676	15.77	81,875	10,200	12.46	77,407	14,114	18.23	91,058	18,041	19.81	110,247	20,746	18.82	160,083	25,144	15.71	285,278	6,415	2.25	488,738	123,663	25.30	800,493	147,734	18.46	1,201,833	201,316	16.75	1,998,257	340,706	17.05	2,700,551	437,149	16.19	2,917,563	473,744	16.24	1909-10 student population estimated
New Hampshire	318,300	71,957	22.61	346,991	64,341	18.54	376,530	59,813	15.89	411,588	65,688	15.96	430,572	63,972	14.86	443,083	64,205	14.49	465,293	74,240	15.96	491,524	75,697	15.40	533,242	71,733	13.45	606,921	105,827	17.44	737,681	152,188	20.63	920,610	170,546	18.53	1,109,252	172,785	15.58	1,235,786	208,461	16.87	1,316,470	194,711	14.79	1,342,307	180,888	13.48
New Jersey	906,096	169,430	18.70	1,131,116	204,961	18.12	1,444,933	234,072	16.20	1,883,669	322,575	17.12	2,537,167	429,797	16.94	3,155,900	594,780	18.85	4,041,334	792,012	19.60	4,160,165	716,527	17.22	4,835,329	674,915	13.96	6,066,782	1,051,079	17.33	7,168,164	1,454,378	20.29	7,364,823	1,287,809	17.49	7,730,188	1,089,646	14.10	8,414,350	1,307,828	15.54	8,791,894	1,402,548	15.95	8,870,827	1,410,421	15.90
New Mexico	91,874	1,320	1.44	119,565	4,755	3.98	160,282	18,215	11.36	195,310	36,735	18.81	327,301	56,304	17.20	360,350	81,399	22.59	423,317	102,084	24.12	531,818	132,589	24.93	681,187	148,978	21.87	951,023	231,004	24.29	1,016,000	276,286	27.19	1,302,894	275,572	21.15	1,515,069	301,881	19.93	1,819,046	320,306	17.61	2,059,179	338,122	16.42	2,091,630	336,263	16.08
New York	4,382,759	1,028,110	23.46	5,082,871	1,031,593	20.30	6,003,174	1,042,160	17.36	7,268,894	1,209,574	16.64	9,113,614	1,422,969	15.61	10,385,227	1,719,841	16.56	12,588,066	2,141,479	17.01	13,479,142	2,227,870	16.53	14,830,192	1,998,129	13.47	16,782,304	2,828,853	16.86	18,236,967	3,442,809	18.88	17,558,072	2,969,216	16.91	17,990,455	2,598,337	14.44	18,976,457	2,882,188	15.19	19,378,102	2,734,955	14.11	19,633,428	2,729,776	13.90
North Carolina	1,071,361	115,000	10.73	1,399,750	252,612	18.05	1,617,949	322,533	19.93	1,893,810	400,452	21.15	2,206,287	520,404	23.59	2,559,123	691,249	27.01	3,170,276	866,939	27.35	3,571,623	886,484	24.82	4,061,929	884,733	21.78	4,556,155	1,105,412	24.26	5,082,059	1,185,592	23.33	5,881,766	1,150,053	19.55	6,628,637	1,086,871	16.40	8,049,313	1,293,638	16.07	9,535,483	1,490,605	15.63	10,154,788	1,550,062	15.26
North Dakota	2,405	1,660	69.02	36,909	13,718	37.17	190,983	35,543	18.61	319,146	77,686	24.34	577,056	139,802	24.23	646,872	168,283	26.01	680,845	169,277	24.86	641,935	140,126	21.83	619,636	114,661	18.50	632,446	136,766	21.62	617,761	147,782	23.92	652,717	117,688	18.03	638,800	117,825	18.44	642,200	109,201	17.00	672,591	96,323	14.32	754,434	109,706	14.54
Ohio	2,665,260	719,372	26.99	3,198,062	729,499	22.81	3,672,329	797,439	21.71	4,157,545	829,160	19.94	4,767,121	838,080	17.58	5,759,394	1,020,663	17.72	6,646,697	1,277,636	19.22	6,907,612	1,213,978	17.57	7,946,627	1,202,967	15.14	9,706,397	1,905,995	19.64	10,652,017	2,423,831	22.75	10,797,630	2,025,256	18.76	10,847,115	1,771,516	16.33	11,353,140	1,835,049	16.16	11,536,504	1,754,191	15.21	11,634,370	1,710,143	14.70
Oklahoma							258,657			790,391	99,602	12.60	1,657,155	422,399	25.49	2,028,283	589,282	29.05	2,396,040	682,650	28.49	2,336,434	611,818	26.19	2,233,351	441,263	19.76	2,328,284	533,928	22.93	2,559,229	612,374	23.93	3,025,290	583,458	19.29	3,145,585	579,087	18.41	3,450,654	623,110	18.06	3,751,351	659,911	17.59	3,926,331	693,903	17.67
Oregon	90,923	21,000	23.10	174,768	37,533	21.48	317,704	63,254	19.91	413,536	89,405	21.62	672,765	118,412	17.60	783,389	151,028	19.28	953,786	202,595	21.24	1,089,684	188,876	17.33	1,521,341	255,032	16.76	1,768,687	388,772	21.98	2,091,385	478,923	22.90	2,633,105	467,128	17.74	2,842,321	484,652	17.05	3,421,399	546,231	15.97	3,831,074	570,720	14.90	4,089,976	606,277	14.82
Pennsylvania	3,521,951	834,614	23.70	4,282,891	937,310	21.88	5,258,113	1,020,522	19.41	6,302,115	1,151,880	18.28	7,665,111	1,282,965	16.74	8,720,017	1,610,459	18.47	9,631,350	1,937,433	20.12	9,900,180	1,851,780	18.70	10,498,012	1,550,286	14.77	11,319,366	1,927,832	17.03	11,793,909	2,346,002	19.89	11,863,895	1,968,801	16.59	11,881,643	1,667,834	14.04	12,281,054	1,814,311	14.77	12,702,379	1,793,284	14.12	12,782,275	1,727,497	13.51
Rhode Island	217,353	34,000	15.64	276,531	40,604	14.68	345,506	52,774	15.27	428,556	67,231	15.69	542,610	80,061	14.75	604,397	93,501	15.47	687,497	118,704	17.27	713,346	114,161	16.00	791,896	96,305	12.16	859,488	133,317	15.51	946,725	180,285	19.04	947,154	154,699	16.33	1,003,464	138,813	13.83	1,048,319	157,347	15.01	1,052,567	143,793	13.66	1,056,770	142,150	13.45
South Carolina	705,606	66,056	9.36	995,577	134,072	13.47	1,151,149	201,260	17.48	1,340,316	281,891	21.03	1,515,400	340,415	22.46	1,683,724	478,045	28.39	1,738,765	469,370	26.99	1,899,804	481,750	25.36	2,117,027	494,185	23.34	2,382,594	610,099	25.61	2,590,516	648,182	25.02	3,121,820	624,795	20.01	3,486,703	622,112	17.84	4,012,012	677,411	16.88	4,625,364	725,838	15.69	4,957,968	771,250	15.56
South Dakota	11,776			98,268			348,600	78,043	22.39	401,570	98,822	24.61	583,888	126,253	21.62	636,547	146,955	23.09	692,849	165,624	23.90	642,961	136,447	21.22	652,740	117,675	18.03	680,514	153,596	22.57	665,507	166,693	25.05	690,768	133,840	19.38	696,004	129,164	18.56	754,844	128,603	17.04	814,180	126,128	15.49	862,996	136,302	15.79	1870-71 and 1879-80 students enrolled are included with North Dakota
Tennessee	1,258,520	140,000	11.12	1,542,359	300,217	19.46	1,767,518	447,950	25.34	2,020,616	485,354	24.02	2,184,789	521,753	23.88	2,337,885	619,852	26.51	2,616,556	627,747	23.99	2,915,841	648,131	22.23	3,291,718	659,785	20.04	3,567,089	810,300	22.72	3,923,687	891,414	22.72	4,591,120	866,117	18.87	4,877,185	824,595	16.91	5,689,283	909,388	15.98	6,346,105	987,422	15.56	6,646,010	1,001,562	15.07
Texas	818,579	63,504	7.76	1,591,749	220,000	13.82	2,235,527	466,872	20.88	3,048,710	659,598	21.64	3,896,542	821,631	21.09	4,663,228	1,035,648	22.21	5,824,715	1,308,028	22.46	6,414,824	1,328,822	20.71	7,711,194	1,354,167	17.56	9,579,677	2,068,158	21.59	11,196,730	2,754,600	24.60	14,229,191	2,872,719	20.19	16,986,510	3,382,887	19.92	20,851,820	4,059,619	19.47	25,145,561	4,935,715	19.63	27,914,410	5,360,849	19.20
Utah	86,336	16,992	19.68	143,963	24,326	16.90	210,779	37,279	17.69	276,749	73,042	26.39	373,351	91,611	24.54	449,396	117,406	26.13	507,847	138,046	27.18	550,310	136,519	24.81	688,862	153,648	22.30	890,627	235,934	26.49	1,059,273	302,394	28.55	1,461,037	333,049	22.80	1,722,850	447,891	26.00	2,233,169	481,687	21.57	2,763,885	585,552	21.19	3,041,868	659,801	21.69
Vermont	330,551	65,384	19.78	332,286	75,328	22.67	332,422	65,608	19.74	343,641	65,964	19.20	355,956	66,615	18.71	352,428	61,785	17.53	359,611	65,976	18.35	359,231	64,911	18.07	377,747	61,143	16.19	389,881	72,822	18.68	444,330	99,957	22.50	511,456	98,338	19.23	562,758	95,762	17.02	608,827	102,049	16.76	625,741	96,858	15.48	623,657	88,428	14.18	1959-60 includes only students enrolled on a specific date
Virginia	1,225,163	131,088	10.70	1,512,565	220,736	14.59	1,655,980	342,269	20.67	1,854,184	370,595	19.99	2,061,612	402,109	19.50	2,309,187	505,190	21.88	2,421,851	562,956	23.24	2,677,773	568,131	21.22	3,318,680	597,867	18.02	3,966,949	841,574	21.21	4,648,494	1,076,749	23.16	5,346,818	1,031,403	19.29	6,187,358	998,601	16.14	7,078,515	1,144,915	16.17	8,001,024	1,251,440	15.64	8,410,106	1,287,026	15.30
Washington	23,955	5,000	20.87	75,116	14,780	19.68	357,232	55,964	15.67	518,103	115,104	22.22	1,141,990	215,688	18.89	1,356,621	291,053	21.45	1,563,396	344,731	22.05	1,736,191	331,409	19.09	2,378,963	400,867	16.85	2,853,214	609,035	21.35	3,409,169	820,482	24.07	4,132,156	764,879	18.51	4,866,692	839,709	17.25	5,894,121	1,004,770	17.05	6,724,540	1,043,788	15.52	7,294,771	1,101,711	15.10	1959-60 includes only students enrolled on a specific date
West Virginia	442,014	76,999	17.42	618,457	142,850	23.10	762,794	193,064	25.31	958,800	232,343	24.23	1,221,119	276,458	22.64	1,463,701	346,256	23.66	1,729,205	395,505	22.87	1,901,974	452,821	23.81	2,005,552	438,498	21.86	1,860,421	460,429	24.75	1,744,237	401,366	23.01	1,949,844	387,966	19.90	1,793,477	322,389	17.98	1,808,344	286,367	15.84	1,852,994	282,879	15.27	1,831,023	273,855	14.96
Wisconsin	1,054,670	265,285	25.15	1,315,497	229,457	17.44	1,693,330	351,723	20.77	2,069,042	445,142	21.51	2,333,860	464,311	19.89	2,632,067	465,243	17.68	2,939,006	564,022	19.19	3,137,587	535,880	17.08	3,434,575	493,949	14.38	3,951,777	698,509	17.68	4,417,731	980,064	22.18	4,705,767	857,855	18.23	4,891,769	797,621	16.31	5,363,675	879,476	16.40	5,686,986	872,286	15.34	5,772,628	864,432	14.97	1959-60 includes only students enrolled on a specific date
Wyoming	9,118	450	4.94	20,789	2,907	13.98	62,555	7,052	11.27	92,531	14,512	15.68	145,965	24,584	16.84	194,402	43,112	22.18	225,565	54,505	24.16	250,742	56,199	22.41	290,529	59,585	20.51	330,066	81,431	24.67	332,416	86,440	26.00	469,557	95,422	20.32	453,588	98,226	21.66	493,782	89,940	18.21	563,626	89,009	15.79	584,215	94,170	16.12
United States	38,558,371	7,561,582	19.61	50,189,209	9,797,505	19.52	62,929,766	12,722,581	20.22	76,212,168	15,503,110	20.34	92,228,496	17,813,852	19.31	106,021,537	21,623,026	20.39	123,202,624	25,753,108	20.90	132,164,569	25,531,675	19.32	151,325,798	25,215,157	16.66	179,323,175	36,026,771	20.09	203,211,926	45,550,284	22.42	226,546,005	41,650,712	18.39	248,709,873	41,223,804	16.58	281,421,906	47,222,778	16.78	308,745,538	49,484,181	16.03	322,941,311	50,615,189	15.67	National totals include Alaska and Hawaii beginning in 1959-60
State name	1870 state population	1869-70 student enrollment	1869-70 students as percent of state pop	1880 state population	1879-80 student enrollment	1879-80 students as percent of state pop	1890 state population	1889-90 student enrollment	1889-90 students as percent of state pop	1900 state population	1899-00 student enrollment	1899-00 students as percent of state pop	1910 state population	1909-10 student enrollment	1909-10 students as percent of state pop	1920 state population	1919-20 student enrollment	1919-20 students as percent of state pop	1930 state population	1929-30 student enrollment	1929-30 students as percent of state pop	1940 state population	1939-40 student enrollment	1939-40 students as percent of state pop	1950 state population	1949-50 student enrollment	1949-50 students as percent of state pop	1960 state population	1959-60 student enrollment	1959-60 students as percent of state pop	1970 state population	1969 student enrollment	1969-70 students as percent of state pop	1980 state population	1979 student enrollment	1979-80 students as percent of state pop	1990 state population	1989-90 student enrollment	1990 students as percent of state pop	2000 state population	Fall 2000 student enrollment	Fall 2000 students as percent of state pop	2010 state population	Fall 2010 student enrollment	Fall 2010 students as percent of state pop	2016 state population	Fall 2016 student enrollment	Fall 2016 students as percent of state pop	Notes

Source:

Enrollment stats from 1870 to 1990 from 120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait, National Center for Education Statistics, Thomas D. Snyder, editor, pp. 42 – 43. 2000 enrollment stats from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Digest of Education Statistics, 2001, NCES 2002-130, by Thomas D. Snyder. Production Manager, Charlene M. Hoffman. Washington, DC: 2002, pp 50 – 51. 2000 population stats from U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. 2010 enrollment stats from Snyder, T.D. and Dillow, S.A. (2013). Digest of Education Statistics 2012 (NCES 2014-015). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC. 2010 and 2016 Population stats from Table 1 Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, State, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019 (NST-EST2019-01), U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, release date: December 2019. 2016 enrollment stats, from Snyder, T.D., de Brey, C., and Dillow, S.A. (2019). Digest of Education Statistics 2018 (NCES 2020-009). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.

Enrollment in Regular Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, by State, 1870 - 2016

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