Table AA10
Percentage (Based on 2002 Population Estimates)
of Children Served Under IDEA, Part B
By Age Group,
During the 2002-03 School Year
ALL DISABILITIES
  -AGE GROUP-
STATE 3-5 6-17 18-21 3-17 3-21
ALABAMA 4.51 10.92 2.09 9.71 8.05
ALASKA 6.20 11.75 1.75 10.77 9.04
ARIZONA 4.37 9.07 1.41 8.13 6.78
ARKANSAS 9.19 11.52 1.82 11.08 9.05
CALIFORNIA 4.05 9.12 1.24 8.16 6.74
COLORADO 4.99 8.89 1.45 8.14 6.72
CONNECTICUT 5.55 10.43 2.10 9.52 8.13
DELAWARE 6.22 11.85 1.58 10.80 8.71
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2.27 14.88 2.83 12.41 9.89
FLORIDA 5.71 12.80 2.18 11.48 9.61
GEORGIA 5.13 10.67 1.10 9.59 7.81
HAWAII 4.67 10.47 1.07 9.39 7.48
IDAHO 6.22 9.71 1.13 9.05 7.26
ILLINOIS 6.00 12.16 1.95 10.98 9.11
INDIANA 6.79 13.22 2.04 11.99 9.89
IOWA 5.31 13.36 1.94 11.88 9.54
KANSAS 7.86 11.09 1.67 10.48 8.49
KENTUCKY 12.63 12.45 1.37 12.48 9.87
LOUISIANA 5.82 10.56 1.88 9.67 7.90
MAINE 11.25 15.54 2.09 14.83 11.88
MARYLAND 5.42 10.33 1.46 9.42 7.82
MASSACHUSETTS 6.10 13.47 2.08 12.10 9.93
MICHIGAN 5.60 11.17 2.03 10.14 8.46
MINNESOTA 6.36 11.00 1.59 10.15 8.26
MISSISSIPPI 6.09 10.50 1.48 9.67 7.80
MISSOURI 6.42 12.88 2.04 11.68 9.56
MONTANA 5.47 10.93 1.46 10.00 8.00
NEBRASKA 6.24 12.57 1.88 11.39 9.22
NEVADA 4.60 9.70 1.23 8.67 7.32
NEW HAMPSHIRE 5.60 12.31 2.08 11.15 9.28
NEW JERSEY 5.13 14.37 2.53 12.61 10.72
NEW MEXICO 6.74 12.92 2.06 11.78 9.68
NEW YORK 7.57 11.58 2.12 10.84 8.99
NORTH CAROLINA 5.97 11.97 1.43 10.79 8.84
NORTH DAKOTA 6.33 11.50 1.57 10.58 8.26
OHIO 4.27 10.92 2.22 9.69 8.12
OKLAHOMA 5.28 13.45 2.10 11.88 9.61
OREGON 5.41 11.39 1.67 10.26 8.42
PENNSYLVANIA 5.42 11.27 1.91 10.24 8.44
PUERTO RICO . . . . .
RHODE ISLAND 7.64 17.14 2.13 15.41 12.26
SOUTH CAROLINA 7.90 14.21 1.66 13.04 10.40
SOUTH DAKOTA 7.90 10.57 1.69 10.08 8.15
TENNESSEE 4.67 11.51 1.89 10.20 8.44
TEXAS 3.76 10.72 1.81 9.35 7.77
UTAH 5.20 10.41 1.33 9.31 7.42
VERMONT 6.59 11.63 1.77 10.80 8.71
VIRGINIA 5.60 12.15 1.91 10.91 8.94
WASHINGTON 5.23 10.09 1.53 9.18 7.54
WEST VIRGINIA 8.93 15.77 2.20 14.52 11.71
WISCONSIN 7.29 11.34 2.02 10.61 8.70
WYOMING 11.12 12.41 1.73 12.19 9.66
AMERICAN SAMOA . . . . .
GUAM . . . . .
NORTHERN MARIANAS . . . . .
VIRGIN ISLANDS . . . . .
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS . . . . .
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS . . . . .
50 STATES AND D.C. 5.56 11.31 1.78 10.23 8.44



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Please see data notes for an explanation of individual state differences.
Percentage = Number of children served under IDEA ÷ Number of children in the population who are in that age group.
Population estimates are from the Population Estimates Program, U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.
Estimates are for July 1, 2002, released October 2003.
Data based on the December 1, 2002 count, updated as of July 31, 2003.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).