States Table 8

Children Age 6 to 21 with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), Speech or Language Impairments (SLI), Mental Retardation (MR), Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Hearing Impairments (HI), and Orthopedic Impairments (OI) Served under
Chapter 1 and The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, Part B), 1993-94

STATE	ALL DIS	SLD	SLI	MR	SED	HI	OI

Alabama	90,599	38,230	17,438	24,849	5,614	949	471
Alaska	15,373	9,638	3,251	613	801	185	96
Arizona	61,845	36,222	11,681	5,594	4,022	1,178	748
Arkansas	46,215	25,818	6,718	10,447	355	527	160
California	481,746	294,554	105,924	26,554	15,636	7,860	9,406
Colorado	59,584	33,399	88,793	2,744	8,483	912	1,703
Connecticut	63,988	33,775	10,536	4,011	11,068	723	249
Delaware	13,243	8,291	1,587	1,634	903	189	332
District of Columbia	6,394	3,802	353	1,172	762	27	72
Florida	258,522	118,655	69,577	30,380	29,918	1,868	4,399
Georgia	111,274	36,126	24,021	24,999	21,568	1,247	753
Hawaii	13,358	7,276	2,186	1,563	1,257	302	157
Idaho	19,882	11,895	3,424	2,767	416	299	155
Illinois	227,640	115,588	54,479	23,037	25,877	2,797	2,490
Indiana	115,087	49,068	34,453	19,636	7,179	1,341	768
Iowa	56,740	26,682	8,585	11,220	7,447	788	983
Kansas	44,017	19,740	10,332	5,264	4,590	550	468
Kentucky	66,871	22,927	18,348	18,132	3,957	793	399
Louisiana	75,848	34,467	16,788	11,948	5,313	1,335	1,204
Maine	26,477	12,283	6,012	1,466	4,096	263	138
Maryland	85,980	42,903	23,377	5,455	5,594	1,152	533
Massachusetts	139,112	85,103	21,412	13,572	11,857	1,315	849
Michigan	161,503	78,069	34,249	19,057	17,336	2,551	5,885
Minnesota	78,193	34,165	13,493	9,728	15,235	1,577	1,245
Mississippi	58,257	30,958	17,490	7,277	251	546	1,115
Missouri	104,900	56,106	23,148	12,303	9,085	1,039	704
Montana	16,270	9,900	3,159	1,196	976	231	68
Nebraska	33,384	14,883	8,375	4,836	2,712	602	500
Nevada	22,027	13,774	4,286	1,405	1,237	215	166
New Hampshire	20,793	11,653	4,385	846	1,937	229	163
New Jersey	171,978	93,566	47,005	4,638	13,818	1,263	503
New Mexico	39,843	20,287	11,535	1,895	3,444	419	481
New York	319,454	187,210	35,039	19,227	44,098	5,641	3,031
North Carolina	121,471	54,971	25,252	22,401	9,697	1,868	926
North Dakota	11,104	5,616	3,150	1,253	554	107	107
Ohio	203,528	77,875	50,885	45,617	10,579	2,280	2,258
Oklahoma	66,503	34,826	14,232	11,873	2,265	699	327
Oregon	57,353	30,270	13,213	4,388	3,687	1,537	1,055
Pennsylvania	186,578	88,442	43,034	29,096	17,492	2,911	1,195
Rhode Island	20,784	13,148	3,716	1,044	1,790	153	177
South Carolina	71,359	30,691	17,823	14,780	5,048	942	731
South Dakota	13,389	6,809	3,519	1,408	604	168	128
Tennessee	107,347	56,896	24,396	13,170	3,370	1,320	1,091
Texas	373,858	222,432	64,330	24,034	32,129	5,015	4,301
Utah	46,694	26,324	7,582	3,342	5,958	654	203
Vermont	9,220	4,338	1,816	1,271	1,103	144	85
Virginia	117,328	60,652	24,994	13,166	10,669	1,202	750
Washington	86,862	41,126	15,801	7,610	5,535	2,404	1,167
West Virginia	39,230	17,977	10,640	7,280	2,015	374	263
Wisconsin	86,764	28,718	16,009	4,582	12,643	359	645
Wyoming	10,569	5,546	2,859	636	735	160	166
Puerto Rico	39,196	14,477	2,885	16,287	976	900	586
American Samoa	386	113	132	88	21	11	2
Guam	1,591	1,055	212	164	20	33	20
Northern Marianas	362	218	24	14	6	8	20
Palau	420	265	15	26	31	34	11
Virgin Islands	1,325	435	134	608	26	17	1
Bur. of Indian Affairs	6,447	3,787	1,287	389	484	36	7
U.S. & Outlying Areas	4,786,065	2,444,020	1,009,379	553,992	414,279	64,249	56,616
50 States, D.C. & P.R.	4,775,534	2,438,147	1,007,575	552,703	413,691	64,110	56,555

NOTE: Totals may be used to compute percentages (e.g., 38,230/90,599 = 0.422 = 42.2% = percent served in Alabama with Specific Learning Disabilities, SLD).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

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