Table 507.20.

Participants in state-administered adult basic education, adult secondary education, and English as a second language programs, by type of program and state or jurisdiction: Selected fiscal years, 2000 through 2018

State or jurisdiction	2000, total	2005, total	2010, total	2015, total	2017				2018
					Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English as a second language	Total	Adult basic education	Adult secondary education	English as a second language
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	2,629,643	2,543,953	1,990,118	1,506,955	1,221,950	557,757	143,254	520,939	1,106,949	522,367	107,750	476,832
Alabama	23,666	19,827	24,339	19,413	19,250	13,427	4,064	1,759	17,124	14,149	2,279	696
Alaska	5,312	3,791	3,176	2,006	1,902	1,097	145	660	1,333	1,043	20	270
Arizona	31,136	26,881	18,552	12,620	8,520	7,090	716	714	8,418	7,027	141	1,250
Arkansas	38,867	37,102	27,603	17,194	14,089	8,024	3,074	2,991	12,239	8,828	574	2,837
California	473,050	591,893	392,918	308,288	210,376	77,365	32,878	100,133	197,291	77,457	27,747	92,087
Colorado	13,818	15,011	12,873	8,749	7,649	3,108	546	3,995	7,252	3,355	286	3,611
Connecticut	30,844	31,958	25,924	19,495	17,056	4,442	3,315	9,299	16,486	3,871	3,235	9,380
Delaware	4,342	6,329	4,961	4,156	3,464	1,998	322	1,144	3,471	2,015	352	1,104
District of Columbia	3,667	3,646	3,808	2,978	978	827	123	28	958	820	124	14
Florida	404,912	348,119	239,653	173,901	153,242	50,160	10,862	92,220	141,755	45,971	8,812	86,972
Georgia	108,004	95,434	64,668	42,939	36,516	26,770	3,270	6,476	33,972	25,163	2,237	6,572
Hawaii	10,525	7,461	9,058	5,959	3,918	2,577	906	435	4,555	2,488	883	1,184
Idaho	10,506	7,744	6,675	4,931	5,404	3,234	582	1,588	4,839	2,842	378	1,619
Illinois	122,043	118,296	96,620	67,349	58,619	18,699	5,462	34,458	51,983	17,109	3,697	31,177
Indiana	42,135	43,498	28,571	28,168	26,246	15,491	4,962	5,793	24,657	18,162	785	5,710
Iowa	20,161	11,989	11,167	12,378	11,083	5,305	1,181	4,597	10,685	5,290	1,217	4,178
Kansas	11,248	9,475	8,100	7,281	5,845	3,441	812	1,592	5,497	3,998	114	1,385
Kentucky	31,050	30,931	38,654	23,244	18,448	12,344	3,818	2,286	15,057	11,786	1,051	2,220
Louisiana	30,929	29,367	27,270	23,061	19,247	15,650	1,860	1,737	16,073	13,316	991	1,766
Maine	12,430	8,151	6,776	6,317	6,006	2,970	933	2,103	5,830	2,901	851	2,078
Maryland	22,702	27,055	32,833	28,689	22,761	10,046	1,568	11,147	23,849	9,911	1,020	12,918
Massachusetts	24,053	21,448	20,314	19,021	17,597	4,136	2,349	11,112	17,769	3,667	2,067	12,035
Michigan	56,096	34,768	25,745	27,483	24,709	15,749	1,915	7,045	24,113	15,060	1,596	7,457
Minnesota	42,039	47,174	46,009	38,213	33,468	12,461	4,234	16,773	31,001	12,573	3,728	14,700
Mississippi	37,947	25,675	16,854	10,275	9,353	7,755	1,153	445	8,025	7,372	265	388
Missouri	41,089	37,052	31,397	18,780	17,117	10,180	1,599	5,338	15,129	9,209	1,188	4,732
Montana	4,892	3,291	3,494	2,025	1,653	1,282	174	197	1,601	1,196	175	230
Nebraska	7,917	10,226	8,485	6,096	5,140	2,310	400	2,430	3,926	1,843	274	1,809
Nevada	22,992	9,981	8,673	9,142	6,568	1,648	251	4,669	5,404	1,418	195	3,791
New Hampshire	5,962	5,804	5,740	4,147	2,879	732	651	1,496	2,916	754	602	1,560
New Jersey	44,317	40,889	30,976	19,474	14,384	6,817	809	6,758	14,622	6,748	617	7,257
New Mexico	23,243	24,132	21,466	14,564	10,829	6,736	1,241	2,852	10,056	6,366	352	3,338
New York	176,239	157,486	122,833	103,883	89,822	29,272	3,675	56,875	63,279	21,231	2,564	39,484
North Carolina	107,504	109,047	115,312	70,710	57,577	29,463	10,618	17,496	47,629	23,444	9,019	15,166
North Dakota	2,124	2,063	1,581	2,075	1,843	1,136	248	459	1,557	1,246	51	260
Ohio	65,579	50,869	41,692	29,548	28,737	17,653	3,269	7,815	27,262	16,587	2,975	7,700
Oklahoma	20,101	20,447	18,329	14,522	12,454	8,206	1,099	3,149	10,087	7,150	601	2,336
Oregon	25,228	21,668	20,851	13,378	13,071	6,586	1,513	4,972	11,583	6,308	1,336	3,939
Pennsylvania	49,369	54,274	30,577	20,607	19,110	11,132	2,284	5,694	16,720	9,207	1,648	5,865
Rhode Island	5,592	6,697	6,012	5,245	5,315	1,800	393	3,122	5,735	1,777	399	3,559
South Carolina	94,452	65,901	49,484	27,171	19,027	12,434	5,161	1,432	16,467	11,499	3,763	1,205
South Dakota	5,637	3,517	2,423	2,067	2,038	1,190	327	521	2,037	1,241	324	472
Tennessee	40,615	48,924	28,170	21,497	14,979	12,723	1,932	324	10,831	9,398	966	467
Texas	111,585	119,867	99,333	102,083	72,730	32,405	2,721	37,604	67,189	30,960	2,220	34,009
Utah	30,714	29,320	24,686	16,269	14,953	8,464	1,892	4,597	13,554	7,512	1,606	4,436
Vermont	1,146	2,015	1,590	2,051	1,213	685	519	9	1,229	723	450	56
Virginia	35,261	29,222	28,220	20,221	15,403	5,770	1,712	7,921	15,391	4,619	2,896	7,876
Washington	53,460	50,386	61,392	46,848	42,462	14,985	5,662	21,815	40,934	13,753	5,896	21,285
West Virginia	13,072	9,444	9,785	4,350	5,037	3,205	1,638	194	6,722	4,154	2,415	153
Wisconsin	27,304	26,029	21,523	14,256	9,862	5,503	2,011	2,348	9,003	6,453	597	1,953
Wyoming	2,767	2,379	2,973	1,838	2,001	1,274	405	322	1,854	1,397	171	286
Other jurisdictions	44,785	37,328	22,045	18,681	7,614	1,223	3,490	2,901	6,263	1,021	2,950	2,292
American Samoa	662	838	225	206	143	26	30	87	117	21	59	37
Federated States of     Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Guam	1,092	1,062	539	718	372	289	12	71	311	242	12	57
Marshall Islands	335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Northern Marianas	680	740	607	176	194	124	70	0	187	154	33	0
Palau	132	206	56	49	80	71	9	0	101	101	0	0
Puerto Rico	41,043	33,463	20,464	17,532	6,683	622	3,368	2,693	5,289	374	2,842	2,073
U.S. Virgin Islands	841	1,019	154	‡	142	91	1	50	258	129	4	125

---Not available.

‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

NOTE: Adult basic education provides instruction in basic skills for adults age 16 and over functioning at literacy levels below the secondary level. Adult secondary education provides instruction at the high school level for adults who are seeking to pass the GED or obtain an adult high school credential. English as a second language instruction is for adults who lack proficiency in English and who seek to improve their literacy and competence in English.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), OCTAE National Reporting System, retrieved January 29, 2021, from https://nrs.ed.gov/rt. (This table was prepared January 2021.)