Table 1-3. Students ages 6 through 21 served under IDEA, Part B, by disability category and state: Fall 2007


State
All
disabilities		 Specific
learning
disabilities		 Speech or
language
impairments
Mental
retardation
Emotional
disturbance
Alabama 77,661 38,882 15,401 7,213 1,667
Alaska 15,581 7,410 2,749 689 732
Arizona 117,039 59,694 22,763 8,675 8,170
Arkansas 54,170 20,912 12,142 7,923 817
California 602,902 293,652 131,641 38,199 27,107
Colorado 72,275 29,795 15,067 3,239 7,776
Connecticut 61,327 22,179 11,933 2,647 5,844
Delaware 17,171 9,230 1,679 1,916 864
District of Columbia 10,296 4,608 1,021 1,070 1,614
Florida 358,273 172,077 78,806 33,554 31,548
Georgia 170,970 52,842 32,456 22,058 20,682
Hawaii 17,964 8,634 705 1,403 1,742
Idaho 24,013 9,400 5,055 1,779 1,509
Illinois 284,711 135,745 52,748 24,278 26,330
Indiana 159,546 60,741 38,195 19,788 14,692
Iowa 63,332 36,322 6,514 10,643 6,237
Kansas 56,104 23,374 9,364 4,107 3,198
Kentucky 88,596 13,728 20,186 17,055 5,628
Louisiana 78,002 26,469 19,525 8,393 2,664
Maine 30,536 10,038 6,443 783 2,851
Maryland 92,833 33,211 18,390 5,259 8,437
Massachusetts 150,827 61,927 22,932 11,185 13,602
Michigan 212,479 88,358 43,631 22,870 16,881
Minnesota 105,046 31,320 16,833 8,889 16,422
Mississippi 57,295 24,682 15,546 4,224 1,743
Missouri 122,663 44,028 33,323 11,073 7,837
Montana 16,187 7,955 3,252 1,005 984
Nebraska 40,508 14,037 10,098 4,939 2,209
Nevada 42,617 24,869 6,650 1,908 2,027
New Hampshire 29,751 12,983 4,620 923 2,675
New Jersey 230,519 96,519 47,459 6,115 11,310
New Mexico 40,047 18,550 8,705 1,719 2,265
New York 390,675 167,073 78,175 13,369 36,121
North Carolina 171,754 62,476 29,258 22,512 8,520
North Dakota 12,056 4,307 3,166 897 1,052
Ohio 246,605 104,375 33,516 35,374 19,032
Oklahoma 87,706 44,106 11,763 5,942 4,953
Oregon 69,692 28,042 16,046 4,121 4,631
Pennsylvania 265,720 141,013 39,807 22,726 25,459
Rhode Island 26,066 10,957 4,982 1,110 2,757
South Carolina 93,259 45,587 19,261 10,388 4,199
South Dakota 15,288 6,443 3,566 1,189 958
Tennessee 108,661 45,166 26,088 9,251 3,694
Texas 435,221 214,728 67,101 27,096 33,139
Utah 55,043 27,617 11,399 3,090 2,492
Vermont - - - - -
Virginia 151,651 60,517 22,762 11,158 10,978
Washington 110,169 44,002 17,136 5,045 4,739
West Virginia 42,006 14,134 11,401 7,910 1,859
Wisconsin 111,629 40,671 22,424 10,188 14,927
Wyoming 11,412 4,524 3,049 573 844
 
BIE schools 6,732 3,756 1,202 394 449
 
50 states and D.C. (including BIE schools) 5,912,586 2,563,665 1,137,934 487,854 438,867
 
American Samoa 1,002 906 19 22 0
Guam 2,097 1,348 217 77 96
Northern Marianas 706 406 47 67 7
Puerto Rico 90,036 53,211 15,800 9,866 1,171
Virgin Islands 1,405 704 148 273 61
 
U.S. and outlying areas 6,007,832 2,620,240 1,154,165 498,159 440,202
 
 
Source:  U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS),
OMB #1820-0043: "Children with Disabilities Receiving Special Education Under Part B of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act," 2007.  Data updated as of July 15, 2008.
 
Note:  Please see the Part B Child Count Data Notes in appendix B for information the state submitted to
clarify its data submission.
 
- Data not available.
 
x Data suppressed to limit disclosure.


 

Table 1-3. Students ages 6 through 21 served under IDEA, Part B, by disability category and state: Fall 2007
(continued)

State		 Multiple
disabilities		 Hearing
impairments		 Orthopedic
impairments		 Other health
impairments		 Visual
impairments
Alabama 1,286 915 597 6,027 457
Alaska 390 145 71 1,733 37
Arizona 1,882 1,780 878 7,386 632
Arkansas 1,311 559 198 8,079 216
California 4,504 10,068 12,599 43,278 3,688
Colorado 3,032 1,359 9,277 0 325
Connecticut 2,339 675 120 11,391 224
Delaware 0 266 372 2,044 41
District of Columbia 825 59 x 473 26
Florida 0 3,696 3,751 22,457 1,153
Georgia 0 1,699 1,008 26,309 690
Hawaii 390 312 73 2,548 59
Idaho 441 252 104 2,438 91
Illinois 1,420 3,692 1,966 25,037 1,088
Indiana 1,809 2,121 1,526 10,891 883
Iowa 359 633 723 507 x
Kansas 2,163 550 314 6,999 184
Kentucky 3,787 581 438 15,213 462
Louisiana 976 1,117 1,048 9,302 409
Maine 2,968 256 51 5,373 74
Maryland 4,691 1,101 384 13,801 442
Massachusetts 4,711 1,134 1,352 10,409 493
Michigan 3,035 2,813 3,064 18,154 808
Minnesota 781 2,055 1,579 14,346 360
Mississippi 670 620 506 5,403 289
Missouri 1,465 1,255 558 16,651 485
Montana 553 158 59 1,711 x
Nebraska 378 618 336 5,138 199
Nevada 967 526 307 2,984 156
New Hampshire 377 194 102 5,043 98
New Jersey 27,600 1,654 529 28,644 672
New Mexico 911 547 190 3,081 173
New York 19,817 4,718 2,412 50,441 1,500
North Carolina 1,996 2,103 973 28,671 657
North Dakota 0 103 103 1,389 41
Ohio 13,843 2,376 1,844 24,221 971
Oklahoma 1,488 871 422 8,884 380
Oregon 0 835 745 8,597 325
Pennsylvania 2,777 2,731 824 16,513 1,143
Rhode Island 301 196 81 4,375 x
South Carolina 436 1,042 730 8,364 433
South Dakota 853 136 76 1,447 x
Tennessee 1,938 1,357 791 11,880 704
Texas 4,745 6,220 4,119 54,471 2,780
Utah 1,505 559 180 3,698 217
Vermont - - - - -
Virginia 2,776 1,356 817 26,747 483
Washington 2,607 1,198 545 21,304 295
West Virginia 0 437 150 4,820 241
Wisconsin 0 1,481 973 14,575 388
Wyoming 124 162 93 1,558 58
 
BIE schools 120 41 x 382 19
 
50 states and D.C. (including BIE schools) 131,347 71,332 60,010 625,187 25,855
 
American Samoa 29 12 0 0 x
Guam 56 54 29 128 x
Northern Marianas 21 19 x 48 8
Puerto Rico 1,100 727 475 5,742 542
Virgin Islands 41 16 x 83 8
 
U.S. and outlying areas 132,594 72,160 60,523 631,188 26,423
 
 
- Data not available.
 
x Data suppressed to limit disclosure.


 

Table 1-3. Students ages 6 through 21 served under IDEA, Part B, by disability category and state: Fall 2007
(continued)


State

Autism
Deaf-
blindness		 Traumatic
brain
injury
Developmental
delayª
Alabama 2,509 5 237 2,465
Alaska 507 8 65 1,045
Arizona 4,884 6 289 0
Arkansas 1,837 8 168 0
California 36,328 150 1,688 0
Colorado 1,985 27 393 0
Connecticut 3,800 x 117 x
Delaware 644 49 38 28
District of Columbia 245 x x 292
Florida 10,582 61 588 0
Georgia 7,839 23 466 4,898
Hawaii 918 5 64 1,111
Idaho 1,209 7 137 1,591
Illinois 10,682 21 785 919
Indiana 8,341 19 540 0
Iowa 1,057 x 182 0
Kansas 1,700 15 208 3,928
Kentucky 2,421 10 244 8,843
Louisiana 2,240 6 234 5,619
Maine 1,600 x 78 x
Maryland 5,693 25 298 1,101
Massachusetts 6,860 194 5,826 10,202
Michigan 10,803 6 614 1,442
Minnesota 9,876 50 434 2,101
Mississippi 1,081 11 155 2,365
Missouri 4,966 34 457 531
Montana 389 x 63 0
Nebraska 1,244 10 223 1,079
Nevada 2,023 9 191 0
New Hampshire 1,155 61 60 1,460
New Jersey 8,864 39 1,114 0
New Mexico 763 9 191 2,943
New York 15,817 6 1,226 0
North Carolina 7,463 34 488 6,603
North Dakota 398 9 36 555
Ohio 9,895 42 1,116 0
Oklahoma 1,906 20 281 6,690
Oregon 6,071 21 258 0
Pennsylvania 11,802 58 788 79
Rhode Island 1,184 x 65 0
South Carolina 2,337 6 184 292
South Dakota 523 x 56 0
Tennessee 3,477 x x 4,027
Texas 19,479 96 1,247 0
Utah 2,356 37 288 1,605
Vermont - - - -
Virginia 6,813 10 375 6,859
Washington 5,415 27 351 7,505
West Virginia 904 22 128 0
Wisconsin 5,575 x 378 x
Wyoming 349 0 63 15
 
BIE schools 54 x 25 278
 
50 states and D.C. (including BIE schools) 256,863 1,310 23,805 88,557
 
American Samoa x x x 0
Guam 75 x x 5
Northern Marianas 46 0 x 29
Puerto Rico 1,286 59 47 10
Virgin Islands x 0 x 28
 
U.S. and outlying areas 258,305 1,380 23,864 88,629
 
 
ªDevelopmental delay is applicable only to children ages 3 through 9.
 
- Data not available.
 
x Data suppressed to limit disclosure.