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Table 13. Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over, for the 25 largest states, by sex: March 2000

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                | Number of persons 25  |                                |
                | years old and over    |Percent high school completion  |Percent completed bachelor's
                |  (in thousands)       |or higher                       |or higher degree
     State      |                       |                                |
                |_______________________|________________________________|________________________________
                | Total | Male  |Female |  Total   |  Male    | Female   |   Total  |   Male   |  Female
________________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
       1        |   2   |   3   |   4   |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |   10
________________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Alabama ........| 2,790 | 1,270 | 1,520 |77.5 (1.2)|78.1 (1.8)|76.9 (1.6)|20.4 (1.2)|22.1 (1.8)|19.0 (1.5)
Arizona ........| 2,996 | 1,416 | 1,580 |85.1 (1.0)|84.5 (1.5)|85.6 (1.4)|24.6 (1.2)|26.9 (1.9)|22.6 (1.6)
California .....|20,983 |10,123 |10,860 |81.2 (0.5)|81.7 (0.7)|80.7 (0.7)|27.5 (0.5)|29.7 (0.8)|25.3 (0.7)
Colorado .......| 2,640 | 1,325 | 1,315 |89.7 (0.9)|88.5 (1.3)|90.9 (1.2)|34.6 (1.3)|35.0 (1.9)|34.2 (1.9)
Florida ........|10,156 | 4,844 | 5,311 |84.0 (0.6)|83.7 (0.9)|84.2 (0.8)|22.8 (0.7)|25.4 (1.0)|20.4 (0.9)
                |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |
Georgia ........| 5,024 | 2,390 | 2,634 |82.6 (1.0)|82.8 (1.5)|82.4 (1.4)|23.1 (1.1)|25.1 (1.6)|21.2 (1.5)
Illinois .......| 7,513 | 3,581 | 3,932 |85.5 (0.6)|85.6 (0.9)|85.5 (0.9)|27.1 (0.8)|29.2 (1.2)|25.1 (1.0)
Indiana.........| 3,893 | 1,879 | 2,014 |84.6 (1.1)|83.8 (1.6)|85.4 (1.5)|17.1 (1.1)|17.7 (1.6)|16.6 (1.5)
Kentucky .......| 2,543 | 1,213 | 1,331 |78.7 (1.2)|76.4 (1.8)|80.9 (1.6)|20.5 (1.2)|23.5 (1.8)|17.8 (1.6)
Louisiana ......| 2,641 | 1,193 | 1,448 |80.8 (1.2)|80.9 (1.8)|80.7 (1.6)|22.5 (1.3)|24.3 (1.9)|21.0 (1.6)
                |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |
Maryland .......| 3,417 | 1,598 | 1,819 |85.7 (1.2)|85.8 (1.7)|85.6 (1.6)|32.3 (1.6)|34.7 (2.3)|30.1 (2.1)
Massachusetts ..| 4,075 | 1,945 | 2,131 |85.1 (0.8)|85.1 (1.2)|85.0 (1.1)|32.7 (1.0)|36.5 (1.6)|29.2 (1.4)
Michigan .......| 6,262 | 3,033 | 3,229 |86.2 (0.7)|86.0 (1.0)|86.4 (0.9)|23.0 (0.8)|25.8 (1.2)|20.4 (1.1)
Minnesota ......| 2,997 | 1,462 | 1,535 |90.8 (0.9)|89.4 (1.3)|92.2 (1.1)|31.2 (1.3)|33.2 (1.9)|29.2 (1.9)
Missouri........| 3,500 | 1,702 | 1,797 |86.6 (1.0)|86.3 (1.5)|86.8 (1.5)|26.2 (1.3)|26.7 (1.9)|25.7 (1.9)
                |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |
New Jersey .....| 5,380 | 2,508 | 2,872 |87.3 (0.6)|88.9 (0.9)|85.9 (0.9)|30.1 (0.9)|33.3 (1.3)|27.2 (1.2)
New York .......|12,009 | 5,471 | 6,538 |82.5 (0.5)|84.0 (0.7)|81.3 (0.7)|28.7 (0.6)|31.7 (1.0)|26.2 (0.9)
North Carolina .| 4,936 | 2,378 | 2,558 |79.2 (1.0)|79.6 (1.3)|78.8 (1.3)|23.2 (1.0)|23.3 (1.4)|23.2 (1.4)
Ohio ...........| 7,240 | 3,426 | 3,815 |87.0 (0.6)|86.5 (0.9)|87.3 (0.9)|24.6 (0.8)|27.1 (1.2)|22.4 (1.0)
Pennsylvania ...| 7,788 | 3,608 | 4,181 |85.7 (0.6)|85.4 (0.9)|86.0 (0.8)|24.3 (0.7)|27.8 (1.2)|21.2 (1.0)
                |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |
Tennessee ......| 3,579 | 1,739 | 1,840 |79.9 (1.2)|79.9 (1.8)|79.9 (1.7)|22.0 (1.3)|23.8 (1.9)|20.3 (1.7)
Texas ..........|12,484 | 6,041 | 6,443 |79.2 (0.6)|79.7 (0.9)|78.7 (0.9)|23.9 (0.6)|26.0 (0.9)|22.0 (0.9)
Virginia .......| 4,568 | 2,208 | 2,360 |86.6 (1.0)|86.1 (1.4)|87.0 (1.3)|31.9 (1.3)|34.5 (1.9)|29.4 (1.8)
Washington .....| 3,687 | 1,770 | 1,918 |91.8 (0.9)|92.0 (1.3)|91.6 (1.3)|28.6 (1.5)|32.1 (2.2)|25.3 (2.0)
Wisconsin ......| 3,352 | 1,676 | 1,677 |86.7 (1.0)|85.6 (1.5)|87.8 (1.3)|23.8 (1.2)|26.2 (1.8)|21.4 (1.7)
________________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, "Educational Attainment in the United States: March 2000." (This table was prepared April 2001.)


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