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                  |  Number of persons 2|                                |
                  |   years old and over| Percent high school completion |    Percent completed bachelor's
                  |    (in thousands)   |               higher           |         degree or higher
      State       |                     |                                |
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                  | Total | Male |Female|  Total   |  Male    | Female   |   Total  |   Male   |  Female
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        1         |   2   |  3   |  4   |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |   10
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  United States ..|182,142|86,996|95,146|84.1(0.09)|83.8(0.14)|84.4(0.13)|26.7(0.11)|28.5(0.17)|25.1(0.15)
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Alabama ..........|  2,874| 1,347| 1,527|78.9(0.79)|79.0(1.16)|78.7(1.09)|22.7(0.79)|22.9(1.16)|22.6(1.09)
Arizona ..........|  3,182| 1,505| 1,677|84.6(0.79)|84.5(1.22)|84.6(1.09)|26.3(0.97)|29.1(1.52)|23.8(1.34)
California .......| 20,958|10,239|10,719|80.2(0.36)|80.4(0.55)|80.1(0.55)|27.9(0.43)|30.0(0.67)|25.9(0.61)
Colorado .........|  2,781| 1,414| 1,367|87.6(0.55)|87.3(0.79)|88.0(0.79)|35.7(0.79)|39.0(1.16)|32.3(1.16)
Florida ..........| 11,051| 5,296| 5,754|83.3(0.43)|82.2(0.67)|84.3(0.61)|25.7(0.49)|28.0(0.79)|23.5(0.67)
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Georgia ..........|  5,135| 2,426| 2,709|82.9(0.79)|83.1(1.09)|82.7(1.03)|25.0(0.85)|27.0(1.34)|23.2(1.16)
Illinois .........|  8,088| 3,849| 4,239|85.9(0.43)|85.4(0.67)|86.4(0.61)|27.3(0.55)|27.8(0.85)|26.9(0.79)
Indiana...........|  4,058| 1,883| 2,175|85.3(0.61)|86.1(0.85)|84.7(0.79)|23.7(0.73)|26.8(1.09)|21.1(0.91)
Louisiana ........|  2,709| 1,311| 1,398|78.8(0.91)|77.4(1.28)|80.2(1.22)|22.1(0.91)|24.8(1.34)|19.6(1.22)
Maryland .........|  3,453| 1,634| 1,819|87.5(0.61)|86.7(0.91)|88.3(0.85)|37.6(0.91)|38.7(1.34)|36.5(1.28)
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Massachusetts ....|  4,357| 2,094| 2,263|86.5(0.55)|86.8(0.79)|86.2(0.79)|34.3(0.79)|34.9(1.09)|33.7(1.09)
Michigan .........|  6,600| 3,106| 3,494|86.5(0.49)|86.2(0.67)|86.8(0.67)|22.5(0.55)|23.1(0.85)|22.1(0.79)
Minnesota ........|  3,268| 1,614| 1,654|92.2(0.49)|91.7(0.67)|92.7(0.61)|30.5(0.79)|31.2(1.16)|29.9(1.09)
Missouri..........|  3,551| 1,691| 1,860|88.1(0.61)|86.5(0.91)|89.6(0.79)|26.7(0.79)|26.6(1.16)|26.7(1.09)
New Jersey .......|  5,894| 2,808| 3,086|85.9(0.49)|85.4(0.73)|86.3(0.67)|31.4(0.61)|33.8(0.91)|29.2(0.85)
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New York .........| 12,401| 5,856| 6,545|83.7(0.36)|84.2(0.55)|83.3(0.55)|28.8(0.49)|30.6(0.67)|27.1(0.61)
North Carolina ...|  5,135| 2,432| 2,704|80.1(0.73)|78.5(1.03)|81.6(0.97)|22.4(0.73)|24.2(1.09)|20.9(0.97)
Ohio .............|  7,509| 3,553| 3,956|87.3(0.43)|86.9(0.67)|87.6(0.61)|24.5(0.55)|26.5(0.85)|22.7(0.79)
Pennsylvania .....|  8,205| 3,878| 4,327|86.1(0.43)|87.0(0.61)|85.3(0.61)|26.1(0.55)|28.8(0.79)|23.6(0.73)
South Carolina ...|  2,588| 1,197| 1,391|80.2(0.85)|79.2(1.22)|81.0(1.09)|23.3(0.85)|24.2(1.28)|22.6(1.16)
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Tennessee ........|  3,708| 1,768| 1,940|80.1(0.85)|76.4(1.28)|83.4(1.09)|21.5(0.85)|22.5(1.28)|20.5(1.16)
Texas ............| 12,622| 5,995| 6,628|78.1(0.49)|78.4(0.73)|77.8(0.67)|26.2(0.55)|28.6(0.79)|24.0(0.67)
Virginia .........|  4,659| 2,200| 2,459|86.7(0.67)|84.8(0.97)|88.5(0.85)|34.6(0.91)|35.8(1.34)|33.5(1.22)
Washington .......|  3,849| 1,890| 1,960|90.4(0.61)|91.0(0.85)|89.8(0.85)|28.3(0.91)|30.4(1.34)|26.2(1.28)
Wisconsin ........|  3,520| 1,739| 1,781|86.8(0.55)|86.4(0.79)|87.3(0.79)|24.7(0.73)|26.3(1.03)|23.2(0.97)
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