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YEARLY increase in children 6 to 21 attending school in the 50 States and the District of Columbia 

 

 

 

 

 

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The US Department of Education

Twenty Eighth Annual Report to Congress

 

2004/2005

http://www.ideadata.org/tables28th/ar_1-2.htm         Age 3-5    

50 States and DC              25,664

US and outlying areas        25,929

 

http://www.ideadata.org/tables28th/ar_1-3.htm        Age 6-21

50 States and DC            165,552

US and outlying areas      166,424

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 2003/2004

http://www.ideadata.org/tables27th/ar_aa2.htm        Age 3-5

 

http://www.ideadata.org/tables27th/ar_aa3.htm        Age 6-21

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2002/2003

http://www.ideadata.org/tables26th/ar_aa2.htm        Age 3-5

 

http://www.ideadata.org/tables26th/ar_aa3.htm        Age 6-21

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2001/2002

http://www.ideadata.org/tables25th/ar_aa2.htm        Age 3-5

 

http://www.ideadata.org/tables25th/ar_aa3.htm        Age 6-21

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2000/2001

http://www.ideadata.org/tables24th/ar_aa2.htm        Age 3-5

 

http://www.ideadata.org/tables24th/ar_aa3.htm        Age 6-21

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Yearly increase in the number of children with autism age 6-21 in US Schools

Since DSM IV (1994 to present)

 

 

School Year

Students

Increase

1994-95

22,780

 

1995-96

28,813

6,033

1996-97

34,082

5,269

1997-98

42,487

8,405

1998-99

53,561

11,074

1999-00

65,391

11,830

2000-01

78,717

13,326

2001-02

97,847

19,130

2002-03

118,603

20,756

2003-04

140,920

22,317
2004-05 166,302 25,382

 

 

 

Increase in the number of children with autism Age 3-5

(2000 to present)

 

 

School Year

Students

Increase

2000-01

15,581

 

2001-02

17,032

1,451

2002-03

19,017

1,985

2003-04

22,724

3,707

2004-05

25,902

3,178

 

        

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National Autism Prevalence Trends From United States Special Education Data

 
These will be the figures submitted to the US Dept of Education for 2004/2005 (end of December 2004) and will be online as of October 2005.
 
Ages 6-21
 
State 2003-2004 2004-2005 Percentage Increase
Arkansas 1,040 1,192 14.6
Arizona 2,131 2,617 22.8
California 19,034 22,691 19.2
Colorado 879 1,072 22.0
Florida 5,915 7,256 22.7
Georgia 3,956 4,667 18.0
Idaho 571 686 20.1
Indiana 4,755 5,558 16.9
Kentucky 1,358 1,551 14.2 
Louisiana 1,640 1,871 14.1
Maine 815 985 20.9
Michigan 6,341 7,318 15.4
Mississippi 622 767 23.3
Missouri 2,664 3,138 17.8
Montana 247 257 4.0
Nebraska 557 694 24.6
New Hampshire 585 929 58.8
New Jersey 4,933 5,738 16.3
New Mexico 359 416 15.9
North Carolina 4,074 4,763 16.9
North Dakota 220 246 11.8
Ohio 5,146 6,308 22.6
Oklahoma 959 1,308 36.4
Oregon 3,759 4,341 15.5
Pennsylvania 5,805 7,034 21.2
South Dakota 328 379 15.5
Tennessee 1,659 2,034 22.6
Texas 10,354 12,412 19.9
Utah 1,030 1,279 24.2
Virginia 3,533 4,271 20.9
Washington 2,824 3,414 20.9
Wisconsin 3,259 3,876 18.9
 
Ages 3-5
 
State 2003-2004 2004-2005 Percentage Increase
Arkansas 74 102 37.8
Arizona 157 223 42.0
California 5,829 6,598 13.2
Colorado 99 121 22.2
Florida 1,236 1,415 14.5
Georgia 427 504 18.0
Idaho 64 69 7.8
Indiana 679 699 2.9
Kentucky 228 232 1.8
Louisiana 284 332 16.9
Maine 203 270 33.0
Michigan 918 1,031 12.3
Missouri 199  255 28.1
Montana 23 31 47.6
New Hampshire 82 120 46.3
New Jersey 570 650 14.0
New Mexico 54 73 35.2
North Carolina 613 644 5.1
North Dakota 20 32 60.0
Ohio 344 366 6.4
Oklahoma 32 34 6.3
Oregon 630 686 8.9
Pennsylvania 1,373 1,582 15.2
Tennessee 299 356 19.1
Texas 1,586 1,824 15.0
Utah 149 205 37.6
Virginia 418 470 12.4
Washington 288 333 15.6
Wisconsin 410 485 18.3
 

 

The following is taken from the official State statistics produced by the Department of Education in the United States, for numbers of children aged 6-21 served by IDEA (Individuals With Disabilities Discrimination Act) who have autism. It compares the increase over the thirteen years between 1992-93 and 2004-05:

 

State 1992-1993 2004-2005 Percentage Increase
Alabama 68 1,582 2,226
Alaska 8 353 4,313
Arizona 199 2,643 1,228
Arkansas 30 1,192 3,873
California 1,605 22,691 1,314
Colorado 14 1,072 7,557
Connecticut 164 2,377 1,349
Delaware 15 439 2,827
District of Columbia 0 199   -
Florida 582 6,902 1,086
Georgia 262 4,667 1,681
Hawaii 52 711 1,267
Idaho 39 695 1,682
Illinois 5 6,955 139,000
Indiana 273 5,562 1,937
Iowa 67 1,233 1,740
Kansas 74 1,149 1,453
Kentucky 38 1,551 3,982
Louisiana 409 1,871 357
Maine 37 985 2,562
Maryland 28 4,077 14,461
Massachusetts 493 4,564 826
Michigan 288 7,319 2,441
Minnesota 296 6,263 2,016
Mississippi 0 739     -
Missouri 336 3,138 834
Montana 20 257 1,185
Nebraska 4 694 17,250
Nevada 5 1,118 22,260
New Hampshire 0 696   -
New Jersey 446 5,753 1,190
New Mexico 16 416 2,500
New York 1,648 10,891 561
North Carolina 786 4,762 506
North Dakota 9 246 2,633
Ohio 22 6,308 28,573
Oklahoma 31 1,148 2,603
Oregon 37 4,341 11,632
Pennsylvania 346 7,034 1,933
Puerto Rico 266 775 191
Rhode Island 19 686 3,511
South Carolina 141 1,500 964
South Dakota 36 379 953
Tennessee 304 2,034 569
Texas 1,444 12,412 759
Utah 105 1,279 1,118
Vermont 6 306 5,000
Virginia 539 4,266 691
Washington 476 3,413 617
West Virginia 101 591 485
Wisconsin 18 3,876 21,433
Wyoming 15 192 1,180
Total 12,222 166,302 +1,261 overall


(Source: Individuals With Disabilities Education Act data, US Department of Education. Note: Where increases are from a very low base figure, these have been expressed as “almost infinite”.)



 

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