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(11 KB)| Table 11. | Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: 1990 to 2000 |
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|Distribution of population, 25 years | Percent of |Percent of 18- to
|old and over, by education level, 1990 | population, 25 years |24- year-olds who
|_______________________________________| old and over, by |are high school
|Percent|Percent|Percent with bachelor's| education level, 2000|graduates\1\
| less | high | degree or higher |______________________|_________________________
| than |school |_______________________| Percent |Percent | |
| high |diploma| | |Graduate | with high |with | |
State |school | or |Total |Bache-| or pro- | school |bachelor's| |
| |higher | |lor's |fessional|diploma or |degree or | |
| | | |degree| degree | higher |higher | 1993-95 | 1997-99
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_______________________|_______|_______|______|______|_________|___________|__________|____________|____________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
_______________________|_______|_______|______|______|_________|___________|__________|____________|____________
United States ......| 24.8 | 75.2 | 20.3 | 13.1 | 7.2 | 84.1 --- |25.6 --- | 85.3 (0.2)| 85.5 (0.2)
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Alabama ...............| 33.1 | 66.9 | 15.7 | 10.1 | 5.5 | 77.5 (1.2)|20.4 (1.2)| 84.0 (1.7)| 83.1 (1.6)
Alaska ................| 13.4 | 86.6 | 23.0 | 15.0 | 8.0 | 90.4 (1.0)|28.1 (1.6)| 90.5 (3.9)| 90.8 (3.7)
Arizona ...............| 21.3 | 78.7 | 20.3 | 13.3 | 7.0 | 85.1 (1.0)|24.6 (1.2)| 84.0 (1.8)| 75.0 (1.7)
Arkansas ..............| 33.7 | 66.3 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 4.5 | 81.7 (1.1)|18.4 (1.1)| 88.4 (2.0)| 82.9 (2.2)
California ............| 23.8 | 76.2 | 23.4 | 15.3 | 8.1 | 81.2 (0.5)|27.5 (0.5)| 78.9 (0.7)| 81.5 (0.6)
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Colorado ..............| 15.6 | 84.4 | 27.0 | 18.0 | 9.0 | 89.7 (0.9)|34.6 (1.3)| 88.4 (1.6)| 83.3 (1.8)
Connecticut ...........| 20.8 | 79.2 | 27.2 | 16.2 | 11.0 | 88.2 (1.0)|31.6 (1.5)| 94.7 (1.3)| 90.1 (1.7)
Delaware ..............| 22.5 | 77.5 | 21.4 | 13.7 | 7.7 | 86.1 (1.3)|24.0 (1.5)| 93.3 (2.8)| 89.1 (3.5)
District of Columbia ..| 26.9 | 73.1 | 33.3 | 16.1 | 17.2 | 83.2 (1.3)|38.3 (1.8)| 87.7 (4.1)| 87.2 (4.0)
Florida ...............| 25.6 | 74.4 | 18.3 | 12.0 | 6.3 | 84.0 (0.6)|22.8 (0.7)| 80.7 (1.0)| 84.8 (0.9)
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Georgia ...............| 29.1 | 70.9 | 19.3 | 12.9 | 6.4 | 82.6 (1.0)|23.1 (1.1)| 80.3 (1.4)| 83.7 (1.3)
Hawaii ................| 19.9 | 80.1 | 22.9 | 15.8 | 7.1 | 87.4 (1.2)|26.3 (1.6)| 92.0 (2.5)| 90.7 (2.5)
Idaho .................| 20.3 | 79.7 | 17.7 | 12.4 | 5.3 | 86.2 (1.0)|20.0 (1.2)| 86.4 (3.0)| 85.5 (2.8)
Illinois ..............| 23.8 | 76.2 | 21.0 | 13.6 | 7.5 | 85.5 (0.6)|27.1 (0.8)| 86.7 (0.9)| 86.2 (0.9)
Indiana................| 24.4 | 75.6 | 15.6 | 9.2 | 6.4 | 84.6 (1.1)|17.1 (1.1)| 88.5 (1.2)| 88.6 (1.3)
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Iowa ..................| 19.9 | 80.1 | 16.9 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 89.7 (0.9)|25.5 (1.3)| 93.2 (1.3)| 88.2 (1.9)
Kansas ................| 18.7 | 81.3 | 21.1 | 14.1 | 7.0 | 88.1 (1.0)|27.3 (1.3)| 90.9 (1.7)| 91.6 (1.5)
Kentucky ..............| 35.4 | 64.6 | 13.6 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 78.7 (1.2)|20.5 (1.2)| 82.4 (2.0)| 86.6 (1.7)
Louisiana .............| 31.7 | 68.3 | 16.1 | 10.5 | 5.6 | 80.8 (1.2)|22.5 (1.3)| 80.5 (1.9)| 82.1 (1.6)
Maine .................| 21.2 | 78.8 | 18.8 | 12.7 | 6.1 | 89.3 (1.0)|24.1 (1.4)| 92.9 (2.3)| 92.9 (2.3)
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Maryland ..............| 21.6 | 78.4 | 26.5 | 15.6 | 10.9 | 85.7 (1.2)|32.3 (1.6)| 93.6 (1.1)| 90.1 (1.4)
Massachusetts .........| 20.0 | 80.0 | 27.2 | 16.6 | 10.6 | 85.1 (0.8)|32.7 (1.0)| 92.5 (1.1)| 90.1 (1.2)
Michigan ..............| 23.2 | 76.8 | 17.4 | 10.9 | 6.4 | 86.2 (0.7)|23.0 (0.8)| 88.7 (1.0)| 90.1 (0.9)
Minnesota .............| 17.6 | 82.4 | 21.8 | 15.6 | 6.3 | 90.8 (0.9)|31.2 (1.3)| 93.3 (1.1)| 90.4 (1.3)
Mississippi ...........| 35.7 | 64.3 | 14.7 | 9.7 | 5.1 | 80.3 (1.2)|18.7 (1.2)| 83.9 (2.1)| 82.1 (2.1)
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Missouri...............| 26.1 | 73.9 | 17.8 | 11.7 | 6.1 | 86.6 (1.0)|26.2 (1.3)| 90.3 (1.3)| 91.6 (1.2)
Montana ...............| 19.0 | 81.0 | 19.8 | 14.1 | 5.7 | 89.6 (0.9)|23.8 (1.2)| 89.8 (3.5)| 91.0 (2.7)
Nebraska ..............| 18.2 | 81.8 | 18.9 | 13.1 | 5.9 | 90.4 (0.9)|24.6 (1.3)| 94.5 (1.7)| 91.5 (1.9)
Nevada ................| 21.2 | 78.8 | 15.3 | 10.1 | 5.2 | 82.8 (1.2)|19.3 (1.3)| 81.9 (3.4)| 74.5 (3.1)
New Hampshire .........| 17.8 | 82.2 | 24.4 | 16.4 | 7.9 | 88.1 (1.2)|30.1 (1.6)| 86.9 (3.2)| 87.3 (3.3)
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New Jersey ............| 23.3 | 76.7 | 24.9 | 16.0 | 8.8 | 87.3 (0.6)|30.1 (0.9)| 91.8 (1.0)| 90.2 (1.0)
New Mexico ............| 24.9 | 75.1 | 20.4 | 12.1 | 8.3 | 82.2 (1.2)|23.6 (1.3)| 82.4 (3.0)| 82.7 (2.7)
New York ..............| 25.2 | 74.8 | 23.1 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 82.5 (0.5)|28.7 (0.6)| 87.1 (0.8)| 85.2 (0.8)
North Carolina ........| 30.0 | 70.0 | 17.4 | 12.0 | 5.4 | 79.2 (1.0)|23.2 (1.0)| 85.5 (1.3)| 86.1 (1.1)
North Dakota ..........| 23.3 | 76.7 | 18.1 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 85.5 (1.0)|22.6 (1.2)| 96.6 (2.1)| 93.6 (2.8)
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Ohio ..................| 24.3 | 75.7 | 17.0 | 11.1 | 5.9 | 87.0 (0.6)|24.6 (0.8)| 88.4 (0.9)| 89.3 (0.9)
Oklahoma ..............| 25.4 | 74.6 | 17.8 | 11.8 | 6.0 | 86.1 (0.9)|22.5 (1.1)| 87.0 (1.9)| 85.4 (1.9)
Oregon ................| 18.5 | 81.5 | 20.6 | 13.6 | 7.0 | 88.1 (1.0)|27.2 (1.3)| 82.7 (2.1)| 78.5 (2.1)
Pennsylvania ..........| 25.3 | 74.7 | 17.9 | 11.3 | 6.6 | 85.7 (0.6)|24.3 (0.7)| 89.5 (0.9)| 87.6 (0.9)
Rhode Island ..........| 28.0 | 72.0 | 21.3 | 13.5 | 7.8 | 81.3 (1.3)|26.4 (1.5)| 89.4 (3.3)| 86.7 (3.3)
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South Carolina ........| 31.7 | 68.3 | 16.6 | 11.2 | 5.4 | 83.0 (1.2)|19.0 (1.3)| 88.0 (1.6)| 86.9 (1.7)
South Dakota ..........| 22.9 | 77.1 | 17.2 | 12.3 | 4.9 | 91.8 (0.9)|25.7 (1.3)| 91.5 (3.3)| 91.5 (2.8)
Tennessee .............| 32.9 | 67.1 | 16.0 | 10.5 | 5.4 | 79.9 (1.2)|22.0 (1.3)| 84.6 (1.5)| 89.5 (1.3)
Texas .................| 27.9 | 72.1 | 20.3 | 13.9 | 6.5 | 79.2 (0.6)|23.9 (0.6)| 79.5 (0.9)| 79.2 (0.9)
Utah ..................| 14.9 | 85.1 | 22.3 | 15.4 | 6.8 | 90.7 (0.9)|26.4 (1.3)| 93.6 (1.5)| 89.7 (1.6)
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Vermont ...............| 19.2 | 80.8 | 24.3 | 15.4 | 8.9 | 90.0 (1.2)|28.8 (1.7)| 88.1 (4.3)| 95.3 (2.8)
Virginia ..............| 24.8 | 75.2 | 24.5 | 15.4 | 9.1 | 86.6 (1.0)|31.9 (1.3)| 87.7 (1.2)| 87.0 (1.3)
Washington ............| 16.2 | 83.8 | 22.9 | 15.9 | 7.0 | 91.8 (0.9)|28.6 (1.5)| 85.7 (1.4)| 87.0 (1.3)
West Virginia..........| 34.0 | 66.0 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 77.1 (1.2)|15.3 (1.0)| 86.8 (2.4)| 89.2 (2.2)
Wisconsin .............| 21.4 | 78.6 | 17.7 | 12.1 | 5.6 | 86.7 (1.0)|23.8 (1.2)| 93.7 (1.0)| 90.6 (1.2)
Wyoming ...............| 17.0 | 83.0 | 18.8 | 13.1 | 5.7 | 90.0 (0.9)|20.6 (1.2)| 90.8 (4.0)| 87.8 (4.4)
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---Not available. 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," various years; Decennial Census, Minority Economic Profiles, unpublished data; and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Dropout Rates in the United States, various years. (This table was prepared April 2001.) |
