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Total number of U.S. children enrolled in pre-K, by state 2016-2017

Total number of 3-and 4-year-old children enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs in the United States between 2016 and 2017, by state

The data shows the number of the 3- and 4-year-old children enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs in the U.S. for the 2016/2017 school year, by state. Between 2016 and 2017, about 53,370 children in New Jersey were enrolled in pre-K programs.

United States 1512559
California 235566
Texas 224114
Florida 174252
New York 122871
Georgia 80874
Illinois 71759
New Jersey 53370
Wisconsin 49789
Oklahoma 41264
Michigan 38371
Maryland 31070
Pennsylvania 28160
North Carolina 27019
Iowa 26073
South Carolina 24079
Colorado 21204
Kentucky 19435
Arkansas 19120
Louisiana 19054
Tennessee 18633
Virginia 18023
Ohio 15942
West Virginia 15745
Connecticut 14623
Alabama 14032
District of Columbia 12847
Nebraska 12186
Washington 11691
New Mexico 10379
Massachusetts 9805
Oregon 9442
Vermont 8299
Kansas 8011
Arizona 5285
Maine 5142
Minnesota 4603
Missouri 2646
Nevada 1856
Indiana 1792
Mississippi 1560
Rhode Island 1008
Delaware 831
Hawaii 376
Alaska 358
Guam 71