Table: Estimated lifetime income if high school dropouts graduated with their class in 2008-09
| States |
Projected number of nongraduates in 2009
|
Additional lifetime income if dropouts graduated (in millions)
|
| Alabama |
25,136
|
$6,535
|
| Alaska |
3,893
|
1,012
|
| Arizona |
23,834
|
6,197
|
| Arkansas |
10,931
|
2,842
|
| California |
175,011
|
45,503
|
| Colorado |
17,391
|
4,522
|
| Connecticut |
9,394
|
2,442
|
| Delaware |
3,783
|
984
|
| District of Columbia |
2,328
|
605
|
| Florida |
109,990
|
27,037
|
| Georgia |
64,052
|
16,654
|
| Hawaii |
6,202
|
1,613
|
| Idaho |
4,989
|
1,294
|
| Illinois |
46,130
|
11,994
|
| Indiana |
23,414
|
6,088
|
| Iowa |
7,859
|
2,043
|
| Kansas |
9,419
|
2,449
|
| Kentucky |
16,193
|
4,210
|
| Louisiana |
20,011
|
5,203
|
| Maine |
3,810
|
991
|
| Maryland |
21,133
|
5,495
|
| Massachusetts |
15,221
|
3,957
|
| Michigan |
46,295
|
12,037
|
| Minnesota |
13,999
|
3,640
|
| Mississippi |
16,246
|
4,224
|
| Missouri |
20,455
|
5,318
|
| Montana |
3,038
|
790
|
| Nebraska |
5,293
|
1,376
|
| Nevada |
20,722
|
5,388
|
| New Hampshire |
4,202
|
1,093
|
| New Jersey |
19,573
|
5,089
|
| New Mexico |
13,210
|
3,435
|
| New York |
81,079
|
21,136
|
| North Carolina |
46,675
|
12,136
|
| North Dakota |
1,777
|
462
|
| Ohio |
40,198
|
10,451
|
| Oklahoma |
14,707
|
3,824
|
| Oregon |
11,350
|
2,951
|
| Pennsylvania |
35,026
|
9,107
|
| Rhode Island |
3,377
|
878
|
| South Carolina |
21,873
|
5,687
|
| South Dakota |
2,348
|
610
|
| Tennessee |
24,856
|
6,463
|
| Texas |
133,160
|
34,622
|
| Utah |
10,503
|
2,731
|
| Vermont |
1,765
|
459
|
| Virginia |
33,540
|
8,720
|
| Washington |
33,850
|
8,801
|
| West Virginia |
6,913
|
1,797
|
| Wisconsin |
14,020
|
3,645
|
| Wyoming |
1,995
|
519
|
| U.S. |
1,286,915
|
$334,598
|
|
Source: Alliance for Excellent Education. The high cost of high school dropouts (2009)
|
Published October 7, 2010. © 2010 Center for Public Education.
This study was written and researched by Jim Hull, Center for Public Education's Senior Policy Analyst.
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