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      Table 204.70.

      Number and percentage of children served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, by age group and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1990-91 through 2020-21

      State or jurisdiction	3- to 21-year-olds served														3- to 5-year-olds served (including 5-year-olds not yet in kindergarten) 1
      	1990-91	2000-01	2010-11	2015-16	2017-18		2018-19		2019-20		2020-21		As a percent of public school enrollment, 2020-21	Percent change in number served, 2000-01 to 2020-21	1990-91	2000-01	2010-11	2015-16	2017-18		2018-19		2019-20		2020-21
      1	2	3	4	5	6		7		8		9		10	11	12	13	14	15	16		17		18		19
      United States	4,710,089	6,295,816	6,434,916	6,676,974	6,964,424	7,134,248	7,281,881	7,182,916	14.5	14.1	389,751	592,087	723,738	746,499	793,039	818,575	723,726	494,888
      Alabama	94,601	99,828	82,286	84,278	90,319	93,472	96,429	95,189	13.0	-4.6	7,154	7,554	7,492	7,368	7,827	8,036	8,472	3,877
      Alaska	14,390	17,691	18,048	18,390	19,148	19,479	19,473	18,941	14.6	7.1	1,458	1,637	2,104	2,115	2,430	2,477	2,474	1,181
      Arizona	56,629	96,442	125,816	132,592	140,702	144,812	148,121	144,814	13.0	50.2	4,330	9,144	14,756	15,328	16,517	16,746	10,552	8,537
      Arkansas	47,187	62,222	64,881	68,178	72,835	74,863	76,483	75,267	15.5	21.0	4,626	9,376	13,034	12,981	13,716	13,497	10,144	8,723
      California	468,420	645,287	672,174	727,718	767,562	788,268	754,502	773,183	12.8	19.8	39,627	57,651	72,404	78,610	83,853	86,456	50,582	62,112
      Colorado	56,336	78,715	84,710	95,101	102,240	105,186	109,276	106,887	12.1	35.8	4,128	8,202	11,797	12,774	14,293	14,471	15,029	8,182
      Connecticut	63,886	73,886	68,167	75,030	79,758	82,336	85,010	84,155	16.5	13.9	5,466	7,172	7,933	8,691	9,120	9,785	6,406	5,762
      Delaware	14,208	16,760	18,608	20,742	23,196	24,382	26,060	24,672	17.9	47.2	1,493	1,652	2,123	2,030	2,616	2,801	3,263	2,084
      District of Columbia	6,290	10,559	11,947	12,258	13,399	14,113	14,927	14,977	16.7	41.8	411	374	957	1,471	1,789	1,895	2,146	1,211
      Florida	234,509	367,335	368,808	372,476	389,626	405,796	420,515	409,257	14.7	11.4	14,883	30,660	36,027	39,359	39,862	42,076	42,980	20,664
      Georgia	101,762	171,292	177,544	202,314	214,267	219,111	225,610	222,620	12.9	30.0	7,098	16,560	15,911	18,201	18,833	18,661	11,271	9,348
      Hawaii	12,705	23,951	19,716	19,223	19,276	19,592	20,125	20,017	11.3	-16.4	809	1,919	2,398	2,444	2,469	2,555	2,704	1,988
      Idaho	21,703	29,174	27,388	29,718	32,908	34,310	35,846	35,536	11.5	21.8	2,815	3,591	3,596	3,331	3,733	3,866	4,106	2,372
      Illinois	236,060	297,316	302,830	296,784	295,066	297,960	300,356	291,371	15.4	-2.0	22,997	28,787	36,488	37,878	37,137	38,046	37,946	22,904
      Indiana	112,949	156,320	166,073	171,368	176,104	178,511	182,135	180,789	17.5	15.7	7,243	15,101	18,725	18,049	18,644	18,914	19,622	12,390
      Iowa	59,787	72,461	68,501	63,822	65,935	67,990	69,673	69,295	13.7	-4.4	5,421	5,580	7,378	6,226	6,976	7,429	7,831	4,285
      Kansas	44,785	61,267	66,873	70,762	73,729	75,511	77,559	76,283	15.8	24.5	3,881	7,728	10,604	11,387	11,772	12,105	9,091	7,795
      Kentucky	78,853	94,572	102,370	99,283	104,270	106,158	108,475	105,779	16.1	11.9	10,440	16,372	17,963	17,044	18,070	18,232	18,546	10,225
      Louisiana	72,825	97,938	82,943	84,221	84,473	86,829	89,121	86,582	2	12.5	-11.6	6,703	9,957	10,427	10,430	9,885	10,484	10,921	8,382
      Maine	27,987	35,633	32,261	32,531	33,004	3	34,382	35,020	34,482	20.0	-3.2	2,895	3,978	3,824	3,512	3,384	3,642	2,397	2,493
      Maryland	88,017	112,077	103,490	105,440	108,491	110,563	113,714	110,944	12.6	-1.0	7,163	10,003	12,875	13,473	14,300	14,645	15,526	10,083
      Massachusetts	149,743	162,216	167,526	168,199	173,762	176,627	179,634	175,548	19.0	8.2	12,141	14,328	16,662	16,802	18,022	18,377	18,906	10,573
      Michigan	166,511	221,456	218,957	197,316	198,751	199,794	199,147	193,592	13.5	-12.6	14,547	19,937	23,183	20,573	21,624	22,073	20,594	12,202
      Minnesota	79,013	109,880	122,850	128,218	135,386	4	141,454	145,888	144,492	16.6	31.5	8,646	11,522	15,076	15,843	16,586	4	18,353	19,196	11,921
      Mississippi	60,872	62,281	64,038	66,799	69,197	69,433	70,329	67,162	15.2	7.8	5,642	6,944	10,191	8,660	8,400	8,261	8,391	3,914
      Missouri	101,166	137,381	127,164	126,328	131,114	132,286	132,638	126,064	14.3	-8.2	4,100	11,307	15,891	17,123	18,400	18,253	12,606	10,155
      Montana	16,955	19,313	16,761	17,387	18,803	19,380	19,645	19,156	13.1	-0.8	1,751	1,635	1,656	1,592	1,660	1,722	1,047	870
      Nebraska	32,312	42,793	44,299	47,795	50,415	52,005	52,774	52,050	16.0	21.6	2,512	3,724	5,050	5,557	6,217	6,551	6,731	4,189
      Nevada	18,099	38,160	48,148	55,452	60,123	60,120	63,828	62,000	12.9	62.5	1,401	3,676	6,947	8,838	8,984	8,443	8,787	3,830
      New Hampshire	19,049	30,077	29,920	28,806	29,233	29,920	30,400	29,199	17.3	-2.9	1,468	2,387	3,135	3,335	3,519	3,677	3,809	2,139
      New Jersey	178,870	221,715	232,002	232,401	238,178	241,063	246,693	237,344	17.3	7.0	14,741	16,361	17,073	18,674	19,846	20,701	14,851	13,441
      New Mexico	36,000	52,256	46,628	49,667	52,838	53,996	54,147	53,786	17.0	2.9	2,210	4,970	5,224	4,245	4,413	6,607	3,817	3,475
      New York	307,366	441,333	454,542	499,551	522,221	530,702	540,245	532,943	20.5	20.8	26,266	51,665	64,923	67,067	71,893	73,348	75,084	40,837
      North Carolina	122,942	173,067	185,107	198,808	200,905	201,658	203,848	193,809	12.8	12.0	10,516	17,361	18,433	19,070	19,899	20,111	20,909	10,239
      North Dakota	12,294	13,652	13,170	13,953	15,153	15,902	16,438	16,483	14.3	20.7	1,164	1,247	1,714	1,972	2,189	2,343	2,492	1,715
      Ohio	205,440	237,643	259,454	253,896	266,670	271,090	275,267	270,977	16.5	14.0	12,487	18,664	22,454	21,897	25,247	26,419	27,487	19,007
      Oklahoma	65,457	85,577	97,250	108,459	112,080	115,289	116,875	115,219	16.6	34.6	5,163	6,393	8,298	9,023	9,751	10,309	10,054	4,796
      Oregon	54,422	75,204	81,050	84,517	87,156	89,125	91,493	87,040	15.0	15.7	2,854	6,926	9,392	10,374	11,331	11,693	9,009	7,258
      Pennsylvania	214,254	242,655	295,080	303,633	320,817	327,908	339,283	338,713	19.9	39.6	17,982	21,477	31,072	33,022	36,340	37,012	30,533	29,953
      Rhode Island	20,646	30,727	25,332	23,515	23,748	24,170	24,548	23,949	17.2	-22.1	1,682	2,614	2,945	3,022	3,168	3,235	2,350	2,084
      South Carolina	77,367	105,922	100,289	101,776	104,698	106,521	108,932	106,315	13.9	0.4	7,948	11,775	11,083	9,432	9,568	9,792	10,399	4,950
      South Dakota	14,726	16,825	18,026	19,527	21,190	21,712	22,175	21,763	15.6	29.3	2,105	2,286	2,738	2,627	2,941	2,923	3,039	1,884
      Tennessee	104,853	125,863	120,263	129,386	129,319	130,229	131,408	125,097	12.7	-0.6	7,487	10,699	13,096	12,905	13,950	14,592	14,958	8,308
      Texas	344,529	491,642	442,019	463,238	498,588	532,185	588,317	605,351	11.3	23.1	24,848	36,442	41,494	43,787	49,681	53,750	35,112	29,913
      Utah	46,606	53,921	70,278	79,932	84,196	86,532	87,968	85,890	12.6	59.3	3,424	5,785	8,990	10,007	10,731	10,741	7,889	7,151
      Vermont	12,160	13,623	13,936	13,903	14,482	3	14,911	15,555	15,154	18.4	11.2	1,097	1,237	1,762	1,774	2,005	2,050	2,128	1,361
      Virginia	112,072	162,212	162,338	164,757	172,370	175,450	179,481	174,043	13.9	7.3	9,892	14,444	17,081	16,755	18,296	18,807	19,653	10,584
      Washington	83,545	118,851	127,978	135,757	143,498	147,628	152,495	147,202	13.5	23.9	9,558	11,760	14,275	15,361	16,425	17,140	18,256	10,150
      West Virginia	42,428	50,333	45,007	45,297	46,810	47,183	47,278	45,846	18.1	-8.9	2,923	5,445	5,607	5,004	5,219	5,245	5,142	3,093
      Wisconsin	85,651	125,358	124,722	120,864	120,864	5	120,864	5	120,864	5	120,348	14.5	-4.0	10,934	14,383	16,079	16,089	16,089	5	16,089	5	16,089	5	8,152
      Wyoming	10,852	13,154	15,348	15,608	15,551	15,487	15,858	15,341	16.5	16.6	1,221	1,695	3,398	3,367	3,419	3,139	2,399	2,146
      Bureau of Indian Education	6,997	8,448	6,801	6,309	6,285	6,754	7,023	5,844	16.9	-30.8	1,092	338	396	266	250	240	9	4
      Other jurisdictions	38,986	70,670	131,847	128,268	110,613	107,736	107,941	101,389	30.9	43.5	3,892	8,168	14,505	16,743	12,840	12,203	8,580	7,467
      American Samoa	363	697	935	666	636	561	584	544	5.3	-22.0	48	48	142	50	37	56	64	41
      Guam	1,750	2,267	2,003	2,036	2,015	1,929	1,854	1,783	6.5	-21.3	198	205	165	159	167	149	148	88
      Northern Marianas	411	569	944	886	956	964	992	978	---	71.9	211	53	104	93	116	108	78	79
      Palau	---	131	---	97	74	81	90	97	---	-26.0	---	10	---	6	3	1	6	14
      Puerto Rico	35,129	65,504	126,560	123,376	105,827	103,137	103,318	96,919	35.1	48.0	3,345	7,746	13,952	16,303	12,391	11,799	8,206	7,167
      U.S. Virgin Islands	1,333	1,502	1,405	1,207	1,105	1,064	1,103	1,068	9.7	-28.9	90	106	142	132	126	90	78	78

      ---Not available.

      1 Data for 3- to 5-year-olds prior to 2019-20 include 5-year-olds in kindergarten. In 2019-20, states/entities had the option of reporting 5-year-olds in kindergarten in either the 3- to 5-year-old age group or the 5- to 21-year-old age group. Starting in 2020-21, states/entities were required to report 5-year-olds in kindergarten in the 5- to 21-year-old age group.

      2 Data for 5- to 21-year-olds are for 2019-20 instead of 2020-21 because 2020-21 data for this age group were not available for this state.

      3 Data for 6- to 21-year-olds are for 2016-17 instead of 2017-18 because 2017-18 data for this age group were not available for this state.

      4 Data for 3- to 5-year-olds are for 2016-17 instead of 2017-18 because 2017-18 data for this age group were not available for this state.

      5 Data for 3- to 21-year-olds are for 2015-16 because 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 data were not available for this state.

      NOTE: Prior to October 1994, children and youth with disabilities were served under Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as well as under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B. Data reported in this table for 1990-91 include children ages 0-21 served under Chapter 1 of ESEA.

      SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, selected years, 1992 through 2006; and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database, retrieved February 25, 2022, from https://data.ed.gov/dataset/idea-section-618-data-products. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2020-21 Preliminary. (This table was prepared February 2022.)