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                       |Percent of population, 25 years old and|Percent of population,|Percent of 18- to
                       |over, by education level, April 1990   |25 years old and over,|24- year-olds who
                       |_______________________________________|by education level    |are high school
                       |Percent|Percent|Percent with bachelor's| March 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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_______________________|_______|_______|______|______|_________|___________|__________|____________|____________
   United States ......|  24.8 |  75.2 | 20.3 | 13.1 |     7.2 | 84.1 (0.1)|25.6 (0.2)|  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)
                       |       |       |      |      |         |           |          |            |
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)
                       |       |       |      |      |         |           |          |            |
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)
                       |       |       |      |      |         |           |          |            |
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)
                       |       |       |      |      |         |           |          |            |
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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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.)