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1.	NEW JERSEY	53,281	*
2.	CONNECTICUT	52,693
3.	CALIFORNIA	52,480
4.	NEW YORK	52,040
5.	MICHIGAN	50,694	*
6.	PENNSYLVANIA	49,528
7.	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	48,704
8.	RHODE ISLAND	48,474	*
9.	ALASKA	48,123
10.	ILLINOIS	47,847
11.	MASSACHUSETTS	47,789
12.	DELAWARE	47,047
13.	MARYLAND	45,963
	UNITED STATES	43,335	*
14.	INDIANA	43,311
15.	OHIO	42,764
16.	GEORGIA	42,216
17.	MINNESOTA	42,212
18.	WASHINGTON	42,137
19.	WISCONSIN	42,122
20.	OREGON	41,711
21.	NORTH CAROLINA	41,151
22.	NEVADA	40,443	*
23.	VIRGINIA	40,197
24.	HAWAII	40,052
25.	COLORADO	39,184
26.	TEXAS	38,361
27.	NEW HAMPSHIRE	38,301
28.	VERMONT	38,254
29.	FLORIDA	38,230
30.	ALABAMA	37,956	*
31.	SOUTH CAROLINA	37,938
32.	TENNESSEE	37,431
33.	MISSOURI	36,722
34.	KENTUCKY	36,589
35.	IOWA	36,479
36.	UTAH	36,441
37.	IDAHO	36,375
38.	MAINE	36,373
39.	ARIZONA	36,302	*
40.	KANSAS	35,901
41.	WEST VIRGINIA	35,888
42.	WYOMING	34,678
43.	ARKANSAS	34,641
44.	OKLAHOMA	34,499
45.	NEBRASKA	34,175
46.	NEW MEXICO	33,785
47.	LOUISIANA	33,615
48.	MONTANA	33,249
49.	MISSISSIPPI	31,954
50.	NORTH DAKOTA	30,891
51.	SOUTH DAKOTA	30,265
	MEDIAN	38,361
	RANGE	23,016
	SDEV.	6,211
	CV	15

NEA Research, Estimates Database (2002).

1.	ARKANSAS	12.5
2.	GEORGIA	11.7
3.	IDAHO	9.5
4.	UTAH	9.3
5.	ALABAMA	8.3	*
6.	OKLAHOMA	8.2
7.	NORTH CAROLINA	7.8
8.	NEW JERSEY	6.4	*
9.	RHODE ISLAND	6.2	*
10.	ILLINOIS	6.0
	WEST VIRGINIA	6.0
12.	PENNSYLVANIA	5.3
13.	TEXAS	3.9
14.	SOUTH DAKOTA	3.7
15.	SOUTH CAROLINA	2.8
16.	DELAWARE	2.4
17.	CALIFORNIA	1.6
	TENNESSEE	1.6
19.	INDIANA	1.4
20.	NEW MEXICO	0.7
21.	MISSISSIPPI	0.6
	OHIO	0.6
	UNITED STATES	0.5	*
23.	MASSACHUSETTS	0.5
	NORTH DAKOTA	0.5
25.	IOWA	0.0
26.	MISSOURI	-0.4
27.	OREGON	-1.0
28.	MICHIGAN	-1.4	*
	NEBRASKA	-1.4
30.	LOUISIANA	-1.8
31.	MAINE	-2.2
32.	MINNESOTA	-2.3
	WASHINGTON	-2.3
34.	WISCONSIN	-2.7
35.	KENTUCKY	-3.6
36.	NEVADA	-3.7	*
37.	FLORIDA	-4.0
38.	VIRGINIA	-4.1
39.	MONTANA	-4.8
40.	NEW YORK	-5.2
41.	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	-5.4
42.	COLORADO	-5.6
	HAWAII	-5.6
44.	NEW HAMPSHIRE	-5.9
45.	VERMONT	-6.1
46.	KANSAS	-7.5
47.	CONNECTICUT	-7.8
48.	WYOMING	-8.1
49.	MARYLAND	-8.2
50.	ARIZONA	-9.5	*
51.	ALASKA	-15.0
	MEDIAN	-0.4
	RANGE	27.5
	SDEV.	5.9
	CV	-3,707.7

Computed from NEA Research, Estimates Database (2002).

1.	CONNECTICUT	11,118
2.	NEW YORK	10,744
3.	NEW JERSEY	10,326	*
4.	DELAWARE	9,798
5.	MASSACHUSETTS	9,532
6.	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	9,317
7.	VERMONT	9,076
8.	PENNSYLVANIA	9,012	*
9.	ALASKA	8,915
10.	WISCONSIN	8,870
11.	WYOMING	8,569
12.	RHODE ISLAND	8,551
13.	INDIANA	8,530
14.	MINNESOTA	8,378
15.	OHIO	8,345
16.	ILLINOIS	8,344
17.	MARYLAND	8,324
18.	OREGON	8,068
19.	GEORGIA	7,997
20.	WEST VIRGINIA	7,965
21.	VIRGINIA	7,862
22.	NEW HAMPSHIRE	7,819
	UNITED STATES	7,808	*
23.	MAINE	7,690
24.	CALIFORNIA	7,662
25.	HAWAII	7,593
26.	MISSOURI	7,401
27.	WASHINGTON	7,395
28.	KANSAS	7,286
29.	TEXAS	7,251
30.	IOWA	7,246
31.	FLORIDA	7,153
32.	MICHIGAN	7,150
33.	COLORADO	7,111
34.	SOUTH CAROLINA	7,110
35.	NEVADA	6,942
36.	KENTUCKY	6,846
37.	NEW MEXICO	6,823
38.	MONTANA	6,765
39.	SOUTH DAKOTA	6,613	*
40.	NORTH CAROLINA	6,572	*
41.	NORTH DAKOTA	6,493	*
42.	NEBRASKA	6,415
43.	LOUISIANA	6,367
44.	IDAHO	6,134
45.	OKLAHOMA	5,797
46.	ARKANSAS	5,792
47.	TENNESSEE	5,710
48.	MISSISSIPPI	5,706
49.	ALABAMA	5,596
50.	ARIZONA	5,383	*
51.	UTAH	5,377
	MEDIAN	7,401
	RANGE	5,741
	SDEV.	1,369
	CV	18

Computed from NEA Research, Estimates Database (2002).

1.	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	12,192
2.	CONNECTICUT	11,516
3.	NEW YORK	11,128	*
4.	NEW JERSEY	10,396	*
5.	MASSACHUSETTS	10,084
6.	DELAWARE	10,052
7.	VERMONT	9,930
8.	PENNSYLVANIA	9,318	*
9.	WISCONSIN	9,295
10.	ALASKA	9,238
11.	HAWAII	9,227
12.	WYOMING	9,152
13.	INDIANA	9,042	*
14.	MINNESOTA	8,869	*
15.	OHIO	8,813
16.	ILLINOIS	8,761	*
17.	VIRGINIA	8,544	*
18.	RHODE ISLAND	8,507	*
19.	OREGON	8,488
20.	GEORGIA	8,487
21.	MARYLAND	8,386
22.	WEST VIRGINIA	8,327
23.	MAINE	8,280
	UNITED STATES	8,184	*
24.	NEW HAMPSHIRE	8,078	*
25.	CALIFORNIA	7,930
26.	WASHINGTON	7,855
27.	KENTUCKY	7,834
28.	MICHIGAN	7,826	*
29.	MISSOURI	7,809
30.	TEXAS	7,678
31.	IOWA	7,555
32.	KANSAS	7,520
33.	SOUTH CAROLINA	7,434	*
34.	FLORIDA	7,376
35.	COLORADO	7,371	*
36.	NEW MEXICO	7,020
37.	MONTANA	7,009
38.	SOUTH DAKOTA	7,005	*
39.	NORTH CAROLINA	6,913	*
40.	NORTH DAKOTA	6,850	*
41.	LOUISIANA	6,745
42.	NEBRASKA	6,693
43.	NEVADA	6,652
44.	IDAHO	6,528
45.	OKLAHOMA	6,482
46.	ARKANSAS	6,119
47.	ALABAMA	6,025	*
48.	MISSISSIPPI	5,981
49.	TENNESSEE	5,879
50.	UTAH	5,738
51.	ARIZONA	5,372	*
	MEDIAN	7,855
	RANGE	6,821
	SDEV.	1,514
	CV	19

Computed from NEA Research, Estimates Database (2002).

1.	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	12,345
2.	NEW YORK	10,481	*
3.	CONNECTICUT	10,258
4.	NEW JERSEY	10,157	*
5.	ALASKA	9,410
6.	DELAWARE	9,391
7.	MASSACHUSETTS	9,212
8.	RHODE ISLAND	8,919	*
9.	VERMONT	8,701
10.	ILLINOIS	8,293	*
11.	WISCONSIN	8,149
12.	MINNESOTA	7,937	*
13.	MAINE	7,907
14.	PENNSYLVANIA	7,865	*
15.	WEST VIRGINIA	7,820
16.	WYOMING	7,645
17.	INDIANA	7,567	*
18.	OREGON	7,558
19.	MARYLAND	7,469
20.	MICHIGAN	7,458	*
21.	GEORGIA	7,365
	UNITED STATES	7,161	*
22.	NEW HAMPSHIRE	7,033	*
23.	OHIO	6,962
24.	KENTUCKY	6,846
25.	WASHINGTON	6,720
26.	HAWAII	6,657
27.	TEXAS	6,600
28.	KANSAS	6,568
29.	CALIFORNIA	6,548
30.	COLORADO	6,441	*
31.	NEBRASKA	6,395
32.	VIRGINIA	6,384	*
33.	IOWA	6,362
34.	MONTANA	6,352
35.	SOUTH CAROLINA	6,346	*
36.	OKLAHOMA	6,326
37.	NEW MEXICO	6,278
38.	MISSOURI	6,198
39.	NORTH CAROLINA	6,169	*
40.	FLORIDA	6,079
41.	LOUISIANA	5,963
42.	SOUTH DAKOTA	5,756	*
43.	IDAHO	5,667
44.	TENNESSEE	5,623
45.	NEVADA	5,600
46.	ARKANSAS	5,570
47.	ALABAMA	5,303	*
48.	MISSISSIPPI	5,273
49.	ARIZONA	4,884	*
50.	UTAH	4,475
51.	NORTH DAKOTA	4,426	*
	MEDIAN	6,657
	RANGE	7,919
	SDEV.	1,619
	CV	23

Computed from NEA Research, Estimates Database (2002). K—12 = "Elementary and Secondary"

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