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 twelve years between 1992-93 and 2003-04:
|
State |
1992-1993 |
2003-2004 |
Percentage Increase |
|
Alabama |
68 |
1,319 |
1,840 |
|
Alaska |
8 |
291 |
3,538 |
|
Arizona |
199 |
2,131 |
971 |
|
Arkansas |
30 |
1,040 |
3,367 |
|
California |
1,605 |
19,034 |
1,086 |
|
Colorado |
14 |
879 |
6,179 |
|
Connecticut |
164 |
2,041 |
1,145 |
|
Delaware |
15 |
387 |
2,480 |
|
District of Columbia |
0 |
208 |
- |
|
Florida |
582 |
5,915 |
916 |
|
Georgia |
262 |
3,956 |
1,410 |
|
Hawaii |
52 |
618 |
1,088 |
|
Idaho |
39 |
571 |
1,364 |
|
Illinois |
5 |
6,005 |
120,000 |
|
Indiana |
273 |
4,755 |
1,642 |
|
Iowa |
67 |
1,224 |
1,727 |
|
Kansas |
74 |
993 |
1,242 |
|
Kentucky |
38 |
1,358 |
3,474 |
|
Louisiana |
409 |
1,640 |
301 |
|
Maine |
37 |
815 |
2,103 |
|
Maryland |
28 |
3,536 |
12,529 |
|
Massachusetts |
493 |
4,007 |
719 |
|
Michigan |
288 |
6,341 |
2,102 |
|
Minnesota |
296 |
5,076 |
1,615 |
|
Mississippi |
0 |
622 |
- |
|
Missouri |
336 |
2,664 |
693 |
|
Montana |
20 |
247 |
1,135 |
|
Nebraska |
4 |
557 |
13,825 |
|
Nevada |
5 |
891 |
17,720 |
|
New Hampshire |
0 |
585 |
- |
|
New Jersey |
446 |
4,933 |
1,006 |
|
New Mexico |
16 |
359 |
2,144 |
|
New York |
1,648 |
9,486 |
476 |
|
North Carolina |
786 |
4,074 |
418 |
|
North Dakota |
9 |
220 |
2,344 |
|
Ohio |
22 |
5,146 |
23,291 |
|
Oklahoma |
31 |
959 |
2,994 |
|
Oregon |
37 |
3,759 |
10,059 |
|
Pennsylvania |
346 |
5,805 |
1,578 |
|
Puerto Rico |
266 |
666 |
2,404 |
|
Rhode Island |
19 |
568 |
2,889 |
|
South Carolina |
141 |
1,303 |
824 |
|
South Dakota |
36 |
328 |
811 |
|
Tennessee |
304 |
1,659 |
446 |
|
Texas |
1,444 |
10,354 |
617 |
|
Utah |
105 |
1,030 |
881 |
|
Vermont |
6 |
280 |
4,567 |
|
Virginia |
539 |
3,533 |
555 |
|
Washington |
476 |
2,824 |
493 |
|
West Virginia |
101 |
507 |
402 |
|
Wisconsin |
18 |
3,259 |
18,006 |
|
Wyoming |
15 |
162 |
980 |
|
Total |
12,222 |
140,920 |
+1,055 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”.)
http://www.ideadata.org/tables27th/ar_aa3.htm
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