Table AA8
Percentage (Based on Estimated Resident Population)
of Children Served Under IDEA, Part B
By Age Group
During the 1999-2000 School Year
All Disabilities

  -AGE GROUP-
STATE 3-5 6-17 18-21 3-17 3-21
ALABAMA 4.22 12.16 2.01 10.61 8.66
ALASKA 5.29 11.13 1.51 10.05 8.28
ARIZONA 3.93 9.19 1.48 8.09 6.77
ARKANSAS 8.49 11.01 1.73 10.52 8.64
CALIFORNIA 3.79 9.45 1.30 8.27 6.82
COLORADO 4.71 9.11 1.36 8.27 6.81
CONNECTICUT 5.40 11.33 2.30 10.18 8.77
DELAWARE 5.49 11.54 1.30 10.35 8.42
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3.33 12.90 3.09 10.86 8.95
FLORIDA 5.07 12.90 2.00 11.39 9.55
GEORGIA 4.66 10.52 1.11 9.35 7.60
HAWAII 3.77 10.59 1.10 9.19 7.33
IDAHO 6.54 10.24 1.11 9.55 7.59
ILLINOIS 5.23 11.87 1.67 10.52 8.71
INDIANA 5.79 12.67 1.85 11.33 9.30
IOWA 5.02 12.56 2.09 11.19 9.16
KANSAS 6.67 10.48 1.58 9.77 7.96
KENTUCKY 10.19 11.07 1.35 10.90 8.70
LOUISIANA 5.15 10.09 1.72 9.16 7.46
MAINE 9.55 14.14 2.41 13.38 11.05
MARYLAND 4.61 10.99 1.55 9.76 8.18
MASSACHUSETTS 6.11 14.26 2.81 12.68 10.74
MICHIGAN 4.74 10.39 1.86 9.34 7.80
MINNESOTA 5.80 10.43 1.57 9.59 7.94
MISSISSIPPI 5.62 10.36 1.51 9.45 7.65
MISSOURI 4.85 12.27 1.96 10.89 9.00
MONTANA 4.93 10.40 1.48 9.47 7.67
NEBRASKA 5.34 12.08 1.85 10.83 8.88
NEVADA 4.29 9.65 1.24 8.52 7.18
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4.75 11.61 2.46 10.40 8.92
NEW JERSEY 4.79 13.99 2.48 12.16 10.30
NEW MEXICO 6.45 13.31 2.15 12.00 9.96
NEW YORK 6.70 12.13 2.49 11.04 9.29
NORTH CAROLINA 5.45 11.57 1.27 10.37 8.50
NORTH DAKOTA 5.28 10.33 1.64 9.44 7.60
OHIO 4.28 10.42 2.10 9.27 7.75
OKLAHOMA 4.46 12.07 2.03 10.67 8.78
OREGON 4.84 11.38 1.57 10.14 8.32
PENNSYLVANIA 4.50 10.00 2.01 8.99 7.57
PUERTO RICO 3.27 6.51 1.20 5.86 4.82
RHODE ISLAND 6.90 15.58 2.74 13.95 11.72
SOUTH CAROLINA 7.52 13.55 1.50 12.42 9.95
SOUTH DAKOTA 7.48 9.58 1.52 9.20 7.48
TENNESSEE 4.88 12.23 1.91 10.79 8.87
TEXAS 3.71 11.50 2.05 9.90 8.25
UTAH 4.92 10.26 1.37 9.15 7.30
VERMONT 6.92 11.85 2.40 11.03 9.18
VIRGINIA 5.12 12.52 1.75 11.07 9.00
WASHINGTON 4.91 9.80 1.48 8.88 7.31
WEST VIRGINIA 8.58 15.13 2.20 13.93 11.14
WISCONSIN 6.79 10.72 1.86 10.02 8.28
WYOMING 8.94 12.26 1.74 11.69 9.35
AMERICAN SAMOA 1.02 3.45 0.42 2.90 2.49
GUAM 1.60 5.46 1.40 4.46 4.00
NORTHERN MARIANAS 1.29 4.21 0.83 3.49 2.92
PALAU . . . . .
VIRGIN ISLANDS 2.45 4.93 1.57 4.43 3.90
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS . . . . .
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 5.02 11.20 1.79 9.99 8.27
50 STATES AND D.C. 5.05 11.26 1.80 10.05 8.32

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Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences.
Resident population data is provided from Population Estimates Program, Population Division
Population figures are July estimates from the Bureau of the Census. Population data for
Puerto Rico and the Outlying Areas are projections from the Bureau of Census, InternationalPrograms Center.
Data based on the December 1, 1999 count, updated as of September 25, 2000.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).