SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION
 
 
 
School Age Children By State (as # and %)
State
Number of School-Age Children
Percentage of Population
Alabama
478,051
11%
Alaska
76,740
11%
Arizona
703,379
11%
Arkansas
299,188
11%
California
4,115,743
11%
Colorado
502,394
11%
Connecticut
364,038
10%
Delaware
87,542
10%
District of Columbia
47,765
8%
Florida
1,719,443
10%
Georgia
1,060,257
11%
Hawaii
125,841
10%
Idaho
169,065
12%
Illinois
1,405,702
11%
Indiana
689,301
11%
Iowa
306,602
10%
Kansas
301,554
11%
Kentucky
434,397
10%
Louisiana
471,343
11%
Maine
119,880
9%
Maryland
584,908
10%
Massachusetts
629,881
10%
Michigan
1,084,982
11%
Minnesota
540,290
10%
Mississippi
328,547
11%
Missouri
610,279
10%
Montana
92,647
10%
Nebraska
189,568
11%
Nevada
276,310
11%
New Hampshire
129,160
10%
New Jersey
914,943
10%
New Mexico
218,879
11%
New York
1,950,823
10%
North Carolina
932,694
11%
North Dakota
61,800
10%
Ohio
1,209,525
11%
Oklahoma
384,718
11%
Oregon
373,510
10%
Pennsylvania
1,209,124
10%
Rhode Island
102,973
10%
South Carolina
446,956
10%
South Dakota
82,612
11%
Tennessee
625,636
10%
Texas
2,799,445
12%
Utah
340,771
13%
Vermont
57,077
9%
Virginia
776,126
10%
Washington
663,789
10%
West Virginia
167,386
9%
Wisconsin
565,143
10%
Wyoming
51,545
10%
Data from U.S. Census Bureau 2006 population estimates.
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