Table 1. States Ranked by the Number of Enrolled LEP Students in the 2003-2004 School Year
  LEP Enrollment 2003-2004 % Change from 1993-1994
Total United States 5,013,539 65.0
50 states & DC 4,317,002 51.6
California 1,598,535 31.5
Texas 660,707 56.3
Florida 282,066 94.9
New York 191,992 -11.3
Illinois 161,700 62.3
Arizona 144,145 51.7
Colorado 91,751 250.2
North Carolina 70,937 470.8
Washington 69,323 126.3
New Jersey 66,451 25.0
Michigan 62,265 37.9
Oregon 61,695 214.0
Virginia 60,306 162.9
Georgia 59,126 397.8
Nevada 58,753 308.9
Minnesota 54,878 172.9
New Mexico 54,528 -31.7
Massachusetts 49,297 11.8
Utah 46,521 117.8
Pennsylvania 41,606 109.2
Wisconsin 35,770 102.4
Oklahoma 33,266 24.8
Indiana 28,741 438.0
Maryland 27,849 94.3
Connecticut 25,867 23.1
Kansas 25,504 269.6
Ohio 23,302 84.5
Alaska 21,533 -19.7
Idaho 20,541 198.4
Tennessee 19,352 447.7
Nebraska 15,586 319.7
Arkansas 15,581 289.3
Iowa 15,238 185.2
Missouri 14,855 211.8
Alabama 13,312 314.2
Hawaii 12,850 9.3
South Carolina 12,653 521.5
Rhode Island 9,645 13.1
Kentucky 8,446 282.7
Louisiana 7,546 20.2
Montana 6,948 -15.9
North Dakota 6,500 -30.9
Distric of Columbia 5,201 15.6
Mississippi 4,681 43.6
Delaware 4,246 168.1
South Dakota 3,433 -36.9
Wyoming 3,429 70.3
Maine 3,179 68.6
New Hampshire 2,755 144.7
West Virginia 1,594 149.8
Vermont 1,017 18.4
US outlying areas 696,537 -1.1

Source: NCELA