Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: 1990 to 1998

Table 11
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                       |      Percent of      |Percent of |Distribution of population, 25 years
                       | population, 25 years |18- to 24- |old and over, by education level, 1990
                       | old and over, by     | year-olds |_______________________________________
                       | education level, 1998|who are    |       |       |Percent with bachelor's
                       |______________________|high school|Percent|Percent|  degree or higher
         State         | Percent   |Percent   | graduates,| less  | high  |_______________________
                       | with high |with      | 1993-95\1\| than  |school |      |      |Graduate
                       |  school   |bachelor's|           | high  |diploma|Total |Bache-| or pro-
                       |diploma or |degree or |           |school |  or   |      |lor's |fessional
                       |  higher   |higher    |           |       |higher |      |degree| degree
_______________________|___________|__________|___________|_______|_______|______|______|_________
           1           |    2      |  3       |  4        |   5   |   6   |  7   |  8   |    9
_______________________|___________|__________|___________|_______|_______|______|______|_________
   United States ......| 82.8 (0.1)|24.4 (0.2)| 85.3 (0.2)|  24.8 |  75.2 | 20.3 | 13.1 |     7.2
                       |___________|__________|___________|_______|_______|______|______|_________
Alabama ...............| 78.8 (1.9)|20.6 (1.9)| 84.0 (1.7)|  33.1 |  66.9 | 15.7 | 10.1 |     5.5
Alaska ................| 90.6 (1.6)|24.2 (2.4)| 90.5 (3.9)|  13.4 |  86.6 | 23.0 | 15.0 |     8.0
Arizona ...............| 81.9 (1.9)|21.9 (2.0)| 84.0 (1.8)|  21.3 |  78.7 | 20.3 | 13.3 |     7.0
Arkansas ..............| 76.8 (2.0)|16.2 (1.7)| 88.4 (2.0)|  33.7 |  66.3 | 13.3 |  8.9 |     4.5
California ............| 80.1 (0.8)|26.4 (0.9)| 78.9 (0.7)|  23.8 |  76.2 | 23.4 | 15.3 |     8.1
                       |           |          |           |       |       |      |      |
Colorado ..............| 89.6 (1.5)|34.0 (2.3)| 88.4 (1.6)|  15.6 |  84.4 | 27.0 | 18.0 |     9.0
Connecticut ...........| 83.7 (2.0)|31.4 (2.5)| 94.7 (1.3)|  20.8 |  79.2 | 27.2 | 16.2 |    11.0
Delaware ..............| 85.2 (2.1)|25.1 (2.6)| 93.3 (2.8)|  22.5 |  77.5 | 21.4 | 13.7 |     7.7
District of Columbia ..| 83.8 (2.1)|36.5 (2.8)| 87.7 (4.1)|  26.9 |  73.1 | 33.3 | 16.1 |    17.2
Florida ...............| 81.9 (1.0)|22.5 (1.1)| 80.7 (1.0)|  25.6 |  74.4 | 18.3 | 12.0 |     6.3
                       |           |          |           |       |       |      |      |
Georgia ...............| 80.0 (1.8)|20.7 (1.8)| 80.3 (1.4)|  29.1 |  70.9 | 19.3 | 12.9 |     6.4
Hawaii ................| 84.6 (2.2)|24.0 (2.6)| 92.0 (2.5)|  19.9 |  80.1 | 22.9 | 15.8 |     7.1
Idaho .................| 82.7 (1.8)|20.3 (1.9)| 86.4 (3.0)|  20.3 |  79.7 | 17.7 | 12.4 |     5.3
Illinois ..............| 84.2 (1.1)|25.8 (1.3)| 86.7 (0.9)|  23.8 |  76.2 | 21.0 | 13.6 |     7.5
Indiana................| 83.5 (1.9)|17.7 (1.9)| 88.5 (1.2)|  24.4 |  75.6 | 15.6 |  9.2 |     6.4
                       |           |          |           |       |       |      |      |
Iowa ..................| 87.7 (1.7)|20.3 (2.0)| 93.2 (1.3)|  19.9 |  80.1 | 16.9 | 11.7 |     5.2
Kansas ................| 89.2 (1.5)|28.5 (2.2)| 90.9 (1.7)|  18.7 |  81.3 | 21.1 | 14.1 |     7.0
Kentucky ..............| 77.9 (2.1)|20.1 (2.0)| 82.4 (2.0)|  35.4 |  64.6 | 13.6 |  8.1 |     5.5
Louisiana .............| 78.6 (2.0)|19.5 (1.9)| 80.5 (1.9)|  31.7 |  68.3 | 16.1 | 10.5 |     5.6
Maine .................| 86.7 (1.8)|19.2 (2.1)| 92.9 (2.3)|  21.2 |  78.8 | 18.8 | 12.7 |     6.1
                       |           |          |           |       |       |      |      |
Maryland ..............| 84.7 (2.0)|31.8 (2.5)| 93.6 (1.1)|  21.6 |  78.4 | 26.5 | 15.6 |    10.9
Massachusetts .........| 85.6 (1.3)|31.0 (1.7)| 92.5 (1.1)|  20.0 |  80.0 | 27.2 | 16.6 |    10.6
Michigan ..............| 85.4 (1.1)|22.1 (1.3)| 88.7 (1.0)|  23.2 |  76.8 | 17.4 | 10.9 |     6.4
Minnesota .............| 89.4 (1.5)|31.0 (2.2)| 93.3 (1.1)|  17.6 |  82.4 | 21.8 | 15.6 |     6.3
Mississippi ...........| 77.3 (2.0)|19.5 (1.9)| 83.9 (2.1)|  35.7 |  64.3 | 14.7 |  9.7 |     5.1
                       |           |          |           |       |       |      |      |
Missouri...............| 82.9 (1.9)|22.4 (2.1)| 90.3 (1.3)|  26.1 |  73.9 | 17.8 | 11.7 |     6.1
Montana ...............| 89.1 (1.4)|23.9 (2.0)| 89.8 (3.5)|  19.0 |  81.0 | 19.8 | 14.1 |     5.7
Nebraska ..............| 87.7 (1.7)|20.9 (2.1)| 94.5 (1.7)|  18.2 |  81.8 | 18.9 | 13.1 |     5.9
Nevada ................| 89.1 (1.7)|20.6 (2.2)| 81.9 (3.4)|  21.2 |  78.8 | 15.3 | 10.1 |     5.2
New Hampshire .........| 84.0 (2.2)|26.6 (2.7)| 86.9 (3.2)|  17.8 |  82.2 | 24.4 | 16.4 |     7.9
                       |           |          |           |       |       |      |      |
New Jersey ............| 86.5 (1.1)|30.1 (1.4)| 91.8 (1.0)|  23.3 |  76.7 | 24.9 | 16.0 |     8.8
New Mexico ............| 79.6 (2.0)|23.1 (2.1)| 82.4 (3.0)|  24.9 |  75.1 | 20.4 | 12.1 |     8.3
New York ..............| 81.5 (0.9)|26.8 (1.0)| 87.1 (0.8)|  25.2 |  74.8 | 23.1 | 13.2 |     9.9
North Carolina ........| 81.4 (1.5)|23.3 (1.6)| 85.5 (1.3)|  30.0 |  70.0 | 17.4 | 12.0 |     5.4
North Dakota ..........| 84.3 (1.8)|22.5 (2.1)| 96.6 (2.1)|  23.3 |  76.7 | 18.1 | 13.5 |     4.5
                       |           |          |           |       |       |      |      |
Ohio ..................| 86.2 (1.0)|21.5 (1.2)| 88.4 (0.9)|  24.3 |  75.7 | 17.0 | 11.1 |     5.9
Oklahoma ..............| 84.6 (1.6)|20.5 (1.8)| 87.0 (1.9)|  25.4 |  74.6 | 17.8 | 11.8 |     6.0
Oregon ................| 85.5 (1.7)|27.7 (2.2)| 82.7 (2.1)|  18.5 |  81.5 | 20.6 | 13.6 |     7.0
Pennsylvania ..........| 84.1 (1.0)|22.1 (1.2)| 89.5 (0.9)|  25.3 |  74.7 | 17.9 | 11.3 |     6.6
Rhode Island ..........| 80.7 (2.1)|27.8 (2.4)| 89.4 (3.3)|  28.0 |  72.0 | 21.3 | 13.5 |     7.8
                       |           |          |           |       |       |      |      |
South Carolina ........| 78.6 (2.3)|21.3 (2.3)| 88.0 (1.6)|  31.7 |  68.3 | 16.6 | 11.2 |     5.4
South Dakota ..........| 86.3 (1.7)|21.8 (2.1)| 91.5 (3.3)|  22.9 |  77.1 | 17.2 | 12.3 |     4.9
Tennessee .............| 76.9 (2.1)|16.9 (1.9)| 84.6 (1.5)|  32.9 |  67.1 | 16.0 | 10.5 |     5.4
Texas .................| 78.3 (1.0)|23.3 (1.1)| 79.5 (0.9)|  27.9 |  72.1 | 20.3 | 13.9 |     6.5
Utah ..................| 89.3 (1.6)|27.6 (2.3)| 93.6 (1.5)|  14.9 |  85.1 | 22.3 | 15.4 |     6.8
                       |           |          |           |       |       |      |      |
Vermont ...............| 86.7 (2.2)|27.1 (2.8)| 88.1 (4.3)|  19.2 |  80.8 | 24.3 | 15.4 |     8.9
Virginia ..............| 82.6 (1.8)|30.3 (2.2)| 87.7 (1.2)|  24.8 |  75.2 | 24.5 | 15.4 |     9.1
Washington ............| 92.0 (1.5)|28.1 (2.4)| 85.7 (1.4)|  16.2 |  83.8 | 22.9 | 15.9 |     7.0
West Virginia..........| 76.4 (1.9)|16.3 (1.6)| 86.8 (2.4)|  34.0 |  66.0 | 12.3 |  7.5 |     4.8
Wisconsin .............| 88.0 (1.5)|22.3 (2.0)| 93.7 (1.0)|  21.4 |  78.6 | 17.7 | 12.1 |     5.6
Wyoming ...............| 90.0 (1.5)|19.8 (2.0)| 90.8 (4.0)|  17.0 |  83.0 | 18.8 | 13.1 |     5.7
_______________________|___________|__________|___________|_______|_______|______|______|_________
\1\Excludes students still enrolled in school. Data reflect 3-year average. NOTE.
--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 1998;" and Decennial Census, Minority Economic Profiles, unpublished data. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Dropout Rates in the United States, 1995. (This table was prepared February 2000.)
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