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DATA TABLES
This Appendix includes a compilation and analysis of data gathered on children with disabilities served under IDEA and reference data on all school-aged children. As required by IDEA, the Part B data tables include child count (1996-97), placement (1995-96), personnel (1995-96), and exiting (1995-96). Data on infants and toddlers served in accord with IDEA, Part C are also included. Finally, data on estimated resident population for children ages 3 through 21, total enrollment for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, and State grant awards under IDEA are provided.
Table AA1
Number of Children Served Under IDEA, Part B by Age Group
During the 199697 School Year
AGE GROUP
STATE 35 611 1217 617 1821 321
ALABAMA 8,199 42,755 41,651 84,406 5,098 97,703
ALASKA 1,847 8,454 6,602 15,056 688 17,591
ARIZONA 7,753 38,281 30,122 68,403 3,339 79,495
ARKANSAS 7,882 21,765 23,285 45,050 2,522 55,454
CALIFORNIA 55,722 277,998 227,938 505,936 22,337 583,995
COLORADO 7,255 31,295 29,851 61,146 3,129 71,530
CONNECTICUT 7,919 35,759 34,124 69,883 3,695 81,497
DELAWARE 1,837 7,678 5,512 13,190 653 15,680
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 347 2,785 3,064 5,849 483 6,679
FLORIDA 27,048 159,119 123,914 283,033 12,729 322,810
GEORGIA 14,293 72,169 50,138 122,307 4,549 141,149
HAWAII 1,433 7,788 7,177 14,965 534 16,932
IDAHO 3,213 12,045 9,168 21,213 771 25,197
ILLINOIS 27,976 122,875 105,959 228,834 10,581 267,391
INDIANA 13,075 67,296 52,012 119,308 5,905 138,288
IOWA 5,865 29,422 29,521 58,943 3,218 68,026
KANSAS 6,368 25,169 21,575 46,744 2,241 55,353
KENTUCKY 15,020 38,384 28,518 66,902 3,130 85,052
LOUISIANA 9,495 38,731 39,823 78,554 4,723 92,772
MAINE 3,693 14,442 13,396 27,838 1,524 33,055
MARYLAND 9,790 49,564 41,453 91,017 3,823 104,630
MASSACHUSETTS 14,535 69,392 67,185 136,577 7,911 159,023
MICHIGAN 18,411 88,845 76,939 165,784 9,435 193,630
MINNESOTA 10,918 45,050 41,141 86,191 4,162 101,271
MISSISSIPPI 6,227 29,681 26,904 56,585 2,695 65,507
MISSOURI 8,744 58,046 53,285 111,331 5,561 125,636
MONTANA 1,732 8,483 7,603 16,086 793 18,611
NEBRASKA 3,311 19,283 15,837 35,120 1,455 39,886
NEVADA 3,261 14,095 11,666 25,761 950 29,972
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2,289 11,164 11,681 22,845 1,286 26,420
NEW JERSEY 16,765 97,590 78,986 176,576 9,059 202,400
NEW MEXICO 4,684 21,268 21,256 42,524 1,916 49,124
NEW YORK 49,673 168,989 170,903 339,892 23,193 412,758
NORTH CAROLINA 16,622 77,797 54,498 132,295 4,718 153,635
NORTH DAKOTA 1,156 5,761 5,206 10,967 587 12,710
OHIO 18,279 103,524 92,032 195,556 12,122 225,957
OKLAHOMA 5,292 33,785 31,421 65,206 3,360 73,858
OREGON 5,634 31,332 24,427 55,759 2,353 63,746
PENNSYLVANIA 20,495 93,090 90,381 183,471 11,482 215,448
PUERTO RICO 4,474 18,817 19,621 38,438 3,148 46,060
RHODE ISLAND 2,456 12,130 10,680 22,810 1,334 26,600
SOUTH CAROLINA 10,492 46,030 31,068 77,098 3,171 90,761
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,153 7,264 5,004 12,268 630 15,051
TENNESSEE 10,092 56,344 52,697 109,041 6,231 125,364
TEXAS 32,984 204,341 201,150 405,491 23,368 461,843
UTAH 5,217 25,864 20,809 46,673 1,986 53,876
VERMONT 1,234 4,821 5,213 10,034 500 11,768
VIRGINIA 13,414 66,563 58,502 125,065 6,170 144,649
WASHINGTON 12,003 50,479 40,151 90,630 4,399 107,032
WEST VIRGINIA 5,119 21,730 18,213 39,943 2,255 47,317
WISCONSIN 13,924 47,063 44,322 91,385 5,104 110,413
WYOMING 1,532 5,896 4,901 10,797 546 12,875
AMERICAN SAMOA 43 124 191 315 12 370
GUAM 171 793 827 1,620 143 1,934
NORTHERN MARIANAS 46 127 123 250 22 318
PALAU 7 54 52 106 3 116
VIRGIN ISLANDS 173 586 597 1,183 88 1,444
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 310 4,310 3,321 7,631 251 8,192
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 559,902 2,654,285 2,323,596 4,977,881 258,071 5,795,854
50 STATES, D.C. & P.R. 559,152 2,648,291 2,318,485 4,966,776 257,552 5,783,480
Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences.
Data based on the December 1, 1996 count, updated as of September 1, 1997.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).
Table AA2
Number of Children Ages 621 Served Under IDEA, Part B by Disability
During the 199697 School Year
SPECIFIC SPEECH OR
ALL LEARNING LANGUAGE MENTAL EMOTIONAL
STATE DISABILITIES DISABILITIES IMPAIRMENTS RETARDATION DISTURBANCE
ALABAMA 89,504 38,444 16,593 23,294 5,510
ALASKA 15,744 9,701 3,148 743 834
ARIZONA 71,742 42,009 13,079 6,393 4,786
ARKANSAS 47,572 21,800 7,935 12,174 425
CALIFORNIA 528,273 319,969 114,250 29,669 18,614
COLORADO 64,275 33,620 10,939 3,139 8,624
CONNECTICUT 73,578 37,629 12,362 4,191 10,750
DELAWARE 13,843 8,901 1,464 1,810 726
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6,332 3,602 462 1,022 861
FLORIDA 295,762 139,780 72,355 35,825 34,788
GEORGIA 126,856 40,425 27,469 27,805 21,998
HAWAII 15,499 7,886 2,361 2,271 1,629
IDAHO 21,984 13,061 3,512 2,866 597
ILLINOIS 239,415 120,328 52,877 25,554 28,820
INDIANA 125,213 53,238 35,044 20,657 9,155
IOWA 62,161 29,651 7,762 13,264 8,348
KANSAS 48,985 21,510 10,747 5,618 4,909
KENTUCKY 70,032 22,210 18,545 18,043 5,195
LOUISIANA 83,277 37,490 16,512 12,884 5,924
MAINE 29,362 12,943 6,815 1,256 4,414
MARYLAND 94,840 43,862 25,730 6,148 7,111
MASSACHUSETTS 144,488 88,379 22,136 14,050 12,389
MICHIGAN 175,219 83,667 36,491 20,738 17,240
MINNESOTA 90,353 38,761 15,213 10,238 17,332
MISSISSIPPI 59,280 30,689 17,769 7,706 315
MISSOURI 116,892 63,374 23,999 12,559 9,615
MONTANA 16,879 9,573 3,441 1,368 1,135
NEBRASKA 36,575 15,531 9,025 5,703 2,857
NEVADA 26,711 17,227 4,576 1,630 1,401
NEW HAMPSHIRE 24,131 12,500 5,090 934 2,171
NEW JERSEY 185,635 103,238 47,316 4,709 13,059
NEW MEXICO 44,440 26,637 8,761 2,076 3,427
NEW YORK 363,085 207,457 48,644 16,890 45,317
NORTH CAROLINA 137,013 58,761 27,001 26,843 9,630
NORTH DAKOTA 11,554 5,625 3,184 1,260 774
OHIO 207,678 79,222 46,398 49,141 11,819
OKLAHOMA 68,566 37,210 14,071 9,950 2,894
OREGON 58,112 31,241 13,251 3,735 3,586
PENNSYLVANIA 194,953 100,678 38,574 27,450 18,076
PUERTO RICO 41,586 18,534 4,263 13,458 890
RHODE ISLAND 24,144 14,532 4,584 1,091 2,055
SOUTH CAROLINA 80,269 34,965 18,732 16,752 5,378
SOUTH DAKOTA 12,898 6,413 3,304 1,488 517
TENNESSEE 115,272 57,004 25,180 15,575 3,336
TEXAS 428,859 257,852 66,138 24,433 34,887
UTAH 48,659 28,017 8,517 3,417 4,726
VERMONT 10,534 4,602 1,796 1,352 1,633
VIRGINIA 131,235 65,818 25,095 14,469 11,876
WASHINGTON 95,029 44,562 15,721 7,747 5,302
WEST VIRGINIA 42,198 19,124 10,912 8,040 2,045
WISCONSIN 96,489 44,473 17,052 12,747 15,992
WYOMING 11,343 5,766 2,880 672 943
AMERICAN SAMOA 327 244 16 34 1
GUAM 1,763 1,326 164 119 9
NORTHERN MARIANAS 272 165 12 28 3
PALAU 109 79 6 5 2
VIRGIN ISLANDS 1,271 469 199 449 40
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 7,882 4,525 1,503 543 736
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 5,235,952 2,676,299 1,050,975 594,025 447,426
50 STATES, D.C. & P.R. 5,224,328 2,669,491 1,049,075 592,847 446,635
Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences.
Data based on the December 1, 1996 count, updated as of September 1, 1997.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).
Table AA2
Number of Children Ages 621 Served Under IDEA, Part B by Disability
During the 199697 School Year
OTHER
MULTIPLE HEARING ORTHOPEDIC HEALTH VISUAL
STATE DISABILITIES IMPAIRMENTS IMPAIRMENTS IMPAIRMENTS IMPAIRMENTS
ALABAMA 1,336 945 546 1,880 403
ALASKA 459 222 69 382 50
ARIZONA 1,306 1,338 937 773 553
ARKANSAS 911 565 161 2,982 197
CALIFORNIA 5,006 8,866 10,673 12,771 3,623
COLORADO 2,789 1,025 3,433 0 312
CONNECTICUT 2,038 836 255 4,435 438
DELAWARE 0 118 569 0 60
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20 28 122 113 27
FLORIDA 0 2,669 4,863 2,560 1,019
GEORGIA 0 1,332 800 5,556 541
HAWAII 240 321 137 448 65
IDAHO 436 298 135 684 92
ILLINOIS 0 3,081 2,620 3,399 1,176
INDIANA 830 1,502 1,057 1,524 735
IOWA 503 752 1,123 27 170
KANSAS 1,685 599 432 2,850 236
KENTUCKY 1,596 763 445 2,336 433
LOUISIANA 971 1,433 1,314 5,331 465
MAINE 1,974 284 91 1,232 88
MARYLAND 4,948 1,193 546 3,831 493
MASSACHUSETTS 2,624 1,362 874 1,162 608
MICHIGAN 2,454 2,756 8,970 0 852
MINNESOTA 0 1,669 1,397 4,275 378
MISSISSIPPI 409 580 1,281 0 222
MISSOURI 731 1,166 754 3,236 443
MONTANA 151 225 69 662 82
NEBRASKA 406 580 498 1,456 226
NEVADA 443 301 239 621 93
NEW HAMPSHIRE 350 272 166 2,387 127
NEW JERSEY 13,165 1,328 581 707 325
NEW MEXICO 964 498 437 1,155 182
NEW YORK 17,509 5,408 2,892 13,565 1,546
NORTH CAROLINA 1,527 2,026 976 7,887 593
NORTH DAKOTA 0 94 130 312 56
OHIO 11,847 2,351 2,296 3,091 1,017
OKLAHOMA 1,460 728 369 1,105 311
OREGON 0 985 795 2,525 389
PENNSYLVANIA 1,318 2,790 1,314 591 1,288
PUERTO RICO 1,240 839 555 885 509
RHODE ISLAND 221 196 144 1,107 64
SOUTH CAROLINA 390 993 735 1,582 367
SOUTH DAKOTA 525 137 100 219 59
TENNESSEE 1,827 1,314 1,110 8,339 850
TEXAS 3,621 5,599 5,526 25,109 2,201
UTAH 1,390 807 169 720 380
VERMONT 82 161 77 693 39
VIRGINIA 4,330 1,289 801 5,904 457
WASHINGTON 3,082 2,148 979 14,498 323
WEST VIRGINIA 0 384 216 1,011 190
WISCONSIN 0 1,314 1,440 2,146 396
WYOMING 0 171 137 599 51
AMERICAN SAMOA 18 8 0 2 3
GUAM 50 31 13 32 12
NORTHERN MARIANAS 33 8 12 7 1
PALAU 4 4 3 1 3
VIRGIN ISLANDS 27 23 4 37 7
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 392 51 13 82 8
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 99,638 68,766 66,400 160,824 25,834
50 STATES, D.C. & P.R. 99,114 68,641 66,355 160,663 25,800
Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences.
Data based on the December 1, 1996 count, updated as of September 1, 1997.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).
Table AA2
Number of Children Ages 621 Served Under IDEA, Part B by Disability
During the 199697 School Year
TRAUMATIC
DEAF BRAIN
STATE AUTISM BLINDNESS INJURY
ALABAMA 352 9 192
ALASKA 70 5 61
ARIZONA 437 83 48
ARKANSAS 287 18 117
CALIFORNIA 3,913 143 776
COLORADO 134 74 186
CONNECTICUT 537 52 55
DELAWARE 160 33 2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 62 4 9
FLORIDA 1,682 32 189
GEORGIA 674 15 241
HAWAII 101 2 38
IDAHO 141 9 153
ILLINOIS 1,101 63 396
INDIANA 1,098 58 315
IOWA 386 0 175
KANSAS 232 10 157
KENTUCKY 309 10 147
LOUISIANA 711 13 229
MAINE 168 11 86
MARYLAND 711 20 247
MASSACHUSETTS 568 48 288
MICHIGAN 2,051 0 0
MINNESOTA 870 21 199
MISSISSIPPI 218 18 73
MISSOURI 693 60 262
MONTANA 90 19 64
NEBRASKA 140 2 151
NEVADA 115 4 61
NEW HAMPSHIRE 99 3 32
NEW JERSEY 1,100 37 70
NEW MEXICO 124 7 172
NEW YORK 2,969 37 851
NORTH CAROLINA 1,464 24 281
NORTH DAKOTA 52 45 22
OHIO 292 19 185
OKLAHOMA 266 39 163
OREGON 1,351 8 246
PENNSYLVANIA 1,455 5 1,414
PUERTO RICO 357 27 29
RHODE ISLAND 105 2 43
SOUTH CAROLINA 314 15 46
SOUTH DAKOTA 81 4 51
TENNESSEE 507 6 224
TEXAS 2,933 57 503
UTAH 222 37 257
VERMONT 66 0 33
VIRGINIA 1,005 1 190
WASHINGTON 444 29 194
WEST VIRGINIA 151 24 101
WISCONSIN 669 7 253
WYOMING 45 0 79
AMERICAN SAMOA 0 1 0
GUAM 3 1 3
NORTHERN MARIANAS 1 2 0
PALAU 0 2 0
VIRGIN ISLANDS 6 7 3
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 9 4 16
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 34,101 1,286 10,378
50 STATES, D.C. & P.R. 34,082 1,269 10,356
Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences.
Data based on the December 1, 1996 count, updated as of September 1, 1997.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data
Analysis System (DANS).
Table AA3
Number of Children Ages 611 Served Under IDEA, Part B by Disability
During the 199697 School Year
SPECIFIC SPEECH OR
ALL LEARNING LANGUAGE MENTAL EMOTIONAL
STATE DISABILITIES DISABILITIES IMPAIRMENTS RETARDATION DISTURBANCE
ALABAMA 42,755 14,182 15,685 7,935 2,103
ALASKA 8,454 4,383 2,797 330 240
ARIZONA 38,281 18,848 11,959 2,872 1,837
ARKANSAS 21,765 6,966 7,258 4,536 147
CALIFORNIA 277,998 138,178 98,411 12,703 4,900
COLORADO 31,295 14,233 8,803 1,191 2,911
CONNECTICUT 35,759 16,522 10,158 1,674 2,830
DELAWARE 7,678 4,763 1,376 777 238
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2,785 1,475 388 421 293
FLORIDA 159,119 59,603 63,361 15,991 13,571
GEORGIA 72,169 18,975 25,545 11,795 10,595
HAWAII 7,788 3,444 2,134 962 514
IDAHO 12,045 6,517 3,143 1,176 178
ILLINOIS 122,875 50,694 47,391 10,635 8,288
INDIANA 67,296 19,077 32,688 9,012 2,892
IOWA 29,422 12,057 6,983 6,029 2,908
KANSAS 25,169 8,302 9,937 2,257 1,595
KENTUCKY 38,384 8,472 17,248 7,401 1,909
LOUISIANA 38,731 11,886 14,682 4,973 1,859
MAINE 14,442 5,052 5,364 431 1,583
MARYLAND 49,564 17,627 20,628 2,654 2,177
MASSACHUSETTS 69,392 39,648 16,584 5,431 4,392
MICHIGAN 88,845 33,214 32,541 8,579 5,918
MINNESOTA 45,050 17,450 13,214 4,120 5,703
MISSISSIPPI 29,681 9,781 16,466 2,141 100
MISSOURI 58,046 24,693 20,869 5,155 3,526
MONTANA 8,483 3,876 3,141 571 311
NEBRASKA 19,283 6,636 7,381 2,384 1,139
NEVADA 14,095 7,704 4,200 685 474
NEW HAMPSHIRE 11,164 4,996 3,479 330 604
NEW JERSEY 97,590 41,955 43,018 1,553 2,431
NEW MEXICO 21,268 10,816 6,711 756 1,104
NEW YORK 168,989 82,419 41,247 6,015 15,178
NORTH CAROLINA 77,797 28,279 25,522 12,226 3,951
NORTH DAKOTA 5,761 2,070 2,580 486 251
OHIO 103,524 28,826 42,442 19,455 3,680
OKLAHOMA 33,785 13,596 12,943 3,930 1,046
OREGON 31,332 14,294 11,005 1,390 1,407
PENNSYLVANIA 93,090 36,653 35,254 10,696 5,264
PUERTO RICO 18,817 7,948 3,769 4,290 463
RHODE ISLAND 12,130 6,313 3,826 432 573
SOUTH CAROLINA 46,030 16,543 17,944 7,077 2,159
SOUTH DAKOTA 7,264 2,825 3,093 584 201
TENNESSEE 56,344 21,329 21,569 5,738 902
TEXAS 204,341 99,981 60,777 9,284 11,358
UTAH 25,864 13,106 7,528 1,371 2,166
VERMONT 4,821 1,917 1,227 568 513
VIRGINIA 66,563 26,059 22,633 5,504 3,671
WASHINGTON 50,479 19,619 14,715 3,532 2,026
WEST VIRGINIA 21,730 6,679 10,258 3,133 597
WISCONSIN 47,063 18,225 14,923 5,419 5,147
WYOMING 5,896 2,383 2,419 266 295
AMERICAN SAMOA 124 86 15 12 0
GUAM 793 534 155 31 3
NORTHERN MARIANAS 127 70 10 12 2
PALAU 54 40 4 1 1
VIRGIN ISLANDS 586 177 190 137 16
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 4,310 2,267 1,223 261 306
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 2,654,285 1,094,263 930,814 239,310 150,446
50 STATES, D.C. & P.R. 2,648,291 1,091,089 929,217 238,856 150,118
Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences.
Data based on the December 1, 1996 count, updated as of September 1, 1997.