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50 State Comparison - Postsecondary Education Data Table
Net Migration of Students
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Net migration of all freshmen students in 4-year degree-granting institutions who graduated from high school in the previous 12 months, Fall 2002 to 2008.| State | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 |
| Alabama | 2,501 | 3,276 | 4,533 | 5,555 |
| Alaska | (1,204) | (994) | (1,180) | (1,201) |
| Arizona | 2,638 | 3,002 | 4,928 | 5,221 |
| Arkansas | 1,286 | 1,840 | 2,020 | 2,426 |
| California | (4,014) | (7,003) | (7,133) | (8,495) |
| Colorado | 889 | 179 | 30 | 255 |
| Connecticut | (2,633) | (2,331) | (5,308) | (4,885) |
| Delaware | 1,587 | 1,428 | 1,314 | 1,073 |
| District of Columbia | 5,846 | 6,567 | 6,507 | 6,310 |
| Florida | 1,586 | 4,568 | 4,512 | 2,441 |
| Georgia | (1,022) | 306 | (819) | (2,697) |
| Hawaii | (1,256) | (863) | (1,541) | (1,499) |
| Idaho | 512 | 727 | 1,095 | 1,011 |
| Illinois | (10,625) | (10,207) | (11,092) | (10,498) |
| Indiana | 7,266 | 5,699 | 8,086 | 8,584 |
| Iowa | 3,819 | 3,022 | 4,544 | 4,871 |
| Kansas | (152) | 768 | 437 | 872 |
| Kentucky | 2,038 | 2,458 | 2,608 | 3,077 |
| Louisiana | 2,080 | 3,651 | 941 | 2,797 |
| Maine | (912) | (1,037) | (509) | 29 |
| Maryland | (5,861) | (8,056) | (8,041) | (8,624) |
| Massachusetts | 6,082 | 4,680 | 7,257 | 6,894 |
| Michigan | (1,847) | 305 | (469) | (1,071) |
| Minnesota | (3,217) | (3,273) | (3,426) | (4,401) |
| Mississippi | 1,451 | 1,128 | 1,444 | 1,776 |
| Missouri | 1,618 | 1,858 | 2,101 | 1,971 |
| Montana | 11 | 340 | 448 | 515 |
| Nebraska | 27 | 167 | 426 | 620 |
| Nevada | (448) | (274) | (866) | (1,100) |
| New Hampshire | 587 | 259 | 849 | 519 |
| New Jersey | (21,011) | (22,187) | (27,022) | (27,343) |
| New Mexico | (765) | (500) | (1,452) | (23) |
| New York | (1,935) | (2,577) | 952 | 1,279 |
| North Carolina | 7,027 | 7,525 | 7,688 | 6,519 |
| North Dakota | 1,273 | 1,858 | 1,627 | 2,312 |
| Ohio | (37) | (1,050) | (703) | (543) |
| Oklahoma | 1,283 | 2,058 | 2,304 | 2,695 |
| Oregon | 426 | 98 | 777 | 1,502 |
| Pennsylvania | 11,817 | 12,165 | 13,715 | 14,341 |
| Rhode Island | 4,345 | 3,174 | 5,984 | 5,706 |
| South Carolina | 2,878 | 3,531 | 3,906 | 5,423 |
| South Dakota | 170 | 266 | 554 | 667 |
| Tennessee | 1,794 | 1,326 | 2,166 | 1,913 |
| Texas | (6,076) | (7,676) | (8,810) | (11,291) |
| United States of America | 18,284 | 23,750 | 23,396 | 26,926 |
| Utah | 3,502 | 3,999 | 4,013 | 4,977 |
| Vermont | 1,663 | 1,814 | 1,941 | 2,400 |
| Virginia | 3,281 | 3,688 | 1,855 | 3,064 |
| Washington | (1,211) | (1,050) | (1,977) | (1,104) |
| West Virginia | 2,241 | 2,574 | 3,297 | 3,849 |
| Wisconsin | 862 | 774 | 1,043 | 1,560 |
| Wyoming | (504) | (417) | (177) | 40 |
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