Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: Selected years, 1990 to 2002

__________ |Distribution of population, 25 years |old and over, by education level, 1990 |__________________________________________| |Percent|Percent|Percent with bachelor's | less | high | degree or higher | than |school |__________________________| | high |diploma| | State |school | or | Total |Bache- | or pro- | |higher | | | | |degree | | | | | | | | | | | _________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 _________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______| United States ........| 24.8| 75.2| 20.3| 13.1| |_______|_______|_______|_______| Alabama .................| 33.1| 66.9| 15.7| 10.1| Alaska ..................| 13.4| 86.6| 23.0| 15.0| Arizona .................| 21.3| 78.7| 20.3| 13.3| Arkansas ................| 33.7| 66.3| 13.3| 8.9| California ..............| 23.8| 76.2| 23.4| 15.3| | | | | | Colorado ................| 15.6| 84.4| 27.0| 18.0| Connecticut .............| 20.8| 79.2| 27.2| 16.2| Delaware ................| 22.5| 77.5| 21.4| 13.7| District of Columbia ....| 26.9| 73.1| 33.3| 16.1| Florida .................| 25.6| 74.4| 18.3| 12.0| | | | | | Georgia .................| 29.1| 70.9| 19.3| 12.9| Hawaii ..................| 19.9| 80.1| 22.9| 15.8| Idaho ...................| 20.3| 79.7| 17.7| 12.4| Illinois ................| 23.8| 76.2| 21.0| 13.6| Indiana..................| 24.4| 75.6| 15.6| 9.2| | | | | | Iowa ....................| 19.9| 80.1| 16.9| 11.7| Kansas ..................| 18.7| 81.3| 21.1| 14.1| Kentucky ................| 35.4| 64.6| 13.6| 8.1| Louisiana ...............| 31.7| 68.3| 16.1| 10.5| Maine ...................| 21.2| 78.8| 18.8| 12.7| | | | | | Maryland ................| 21.6| 78.4| 26.5| 15.6| Massachusetts ...........| 20.0| 80.0| 27.2| 16.6| Michigan ................| 23.2| 76.8| 17.4| 10.9| Minnesota ...............| 17.6| 82.4| 21.8| 15.6| Mississippi .............| 35.7| 64.3| 14.7| 9.7| | | | | | Missouri.................| 26.1| 73.9| 17.8| 11.7| Montana .................| 19.0| 81.0| 19.8| 14.1| Nebraska ................| 18.2| 81.8| 18.9| 13.1| Nevada ..................| 21.2| 78.8| 15.3| 10.1| New Hampshire ...........| 17.8| 82.2| 24.4| 16.4| | | | | | New Jersey ..............| 23.3| 76.7| 24.9| 16.0| New Mexico ..............| 24.9| 75.1| 20.4| 12.1| New York ................| 25.2| 74.8| 23.1| 13.2| North Carolina ..........| 30.0| 70.0| 17.4| 12.0| North Dakota ............| 23.3| 76.7| 18.1| 13.5| | | | | | Ohio ....................| 24.3| 75.7| 17.0| 11.1| Oklahoma ................| 25.4| 74.6| 17.8| 11.8| Oregon ..................| 18.5| 81.5| 20.6| 13.6| Pennsylvania ............| 25.3| 74.7| 17.9| 11.3| Rhode Island ............| 28.0| 72.0| 21.3| 13.5| | | | | | South Carolina ..........| 31.7| 68.3| 16.6| 11.2| South Dakota ............| 22.9| 77.1| 17.2| 12.3| Tennessee ...............| 32.9| 67.1| 16.0| 10.5| Texas ...................| 27.9| 72.1| 20.3| 13.9| Utah ....................| 14.9| 85.1| 22.3| 15.4| | | | | | Vermont .................| 19.2| 80.8| 24.3| 15.4| Virginia ................| 24.8| 75.2| 24.5| 15.4| Washington ..............| 16.2| 83.8| 22.9| 15.9| West Virginia............| 34.0| 66.0| 12.3| 7.5| Wisconsin ...............| 21.4| 78.6| 17.7| 12.1| Wyoming .................| 17.0| 83.0| 18.8| 13.1| _________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|

width="670" align="center">Table 11. Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: Selected years, 1990 to 2002 align="center"> __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of | Percent of 18- to | population, 25 years | 24- year-olds who old and over, by education| were high school | level, March 2002 | graduates\1\ |___________________________|___________________________ Percent |Percent | | | Graduate | with high |with | | | school |bachelor's | | | lor's |fessional |diploma or |degree or | | degree | higher |higher | 1993-95 | 1998-2000 | | | | | | | | __________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________ | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 __________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________ 7.2| 84.1(0.09)| 26.7(0.11)| 85.3(0.21)| 85.7(0.20) __________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________ 5.5| 78.9(0.79)| 22.7(0.79)| 84.0(1.68)| 81.6(1.67) 8.0| 92.2(0.61)| 25.6(0.97)| 90.5(3.90)| 93.3(3.17) 7.0| 84.6(0.79)| 26.3(0.97)| 84.0(1.82)| 73.5(1.73) 4.5| 81.0(0.79)| 18.3(0.79)| 88.4(2.00)| 84.1(2.14) 8.1| 80.2(0.36)| 27.9(0.43)| 78.9(0.71)| 82.5(0.60) | | | | 9.0| 87.6(0.55)| 35.7(0.79)| 88.4(1.55)| 81.6(1.79) 11.0| 88.0(0.55)| 32.6(0.79)| 94.7(1.29)| 91.7(1.64) 7.7| 88.5(0.73)| 29.5(1.03)| 93.3(2.84)| 91.0(3.18) 17.2| 83.5(0.85)| 44.4(1.09)| 87.7(4.13)| 88.0(3.80) 6.3| 83.3(0.43)| 25.7(0.49)| 80.7(1.03)| 84.6(0.91) | | | | 6.4| 82.9(0.79)| 25.0(0.85)| 80.3(1.39)| 83.5(1.23) 7.1| 87.9(0.73)| 26.8(0.97)| 92.0(2.53)| 91.8(2.42) 5.3| 86.8(0.73)| 20.9(0.85)| 86.4(3.00)| 86.4(2.64) 7.5| 85.9(0.43)| 27.3(0.55)| 86.7(0.94)| 87.1(0.91) 6.4| 85.3(0.61)| 23.7(0.73)| 88.5(1.24)| 89.4(1.23) | | | | 5.2| 88.3(0.61)| 23.1(0.79)| 93.2(1.34)| 90.8(1.61) 7.0| 87.5(0.55)| 29.1(0.79)| 90.9(1.73)| 90.4(1.59) 5.5| 80.8(0.79)| 21.6(0.79)| 82.4(1.95)| 86.2(1.68) 5.6| 78.8(0.91)| 22.1(0.91)| 80.5(1.87)| 82.1(1.62) 6.1| 87.4(0.55)| 23.8(0.73)| 92.9(2.30)| 94.5(2.02) | | | | 10.9| 87.5(0.61)| 37.6(0.91)| 93.6(1.12)| 87.4(1.53) 10.6| 86.5(0.55)| 34.3(0.79)| 92.5(1.06)| 90.9(1.11) 6.4| 86.5(0.49)| 22.5(0.55)| 88.7(0.98)| 89.2(0.89) 6.3| 92.2(0.49)| 30.5(0.79)| 93.3(1.12)| 91.9(1.16) 5.1| 79.1(0.91)| 20.9(0.91)| 83.9(2.14)| 82.3(2.11) | | | | 6.1| 88.1(0.61)| 26.7(0.79)| 90.3(1.33)| 92.6(1.08) 5.7| 89.7(0.67)| 23.6(0.91)| 89.8(3.46)| 91.1(2.73) 5.9| 89.8(0.61)| 27.1(0.85)| 94.5(1.73)| 91.3(1.89) 5.2| 85.8(0.67)| 22.1(0.85)| 81.9(3.35)| 77.9(2.92) 7.9| 90.2(0.55)| 30.1(0.79)| 86.9(3.18)| 85.1(3.63) | | | | 8.8| 85.9(0.49)| 31.4(0.61)| 91.8(0.98)| 90.1(1.02) 8.3| 81.6(0.91)| 25.4(1.03)| 82.4(2.99)| 83.0(2.74) 9.9| 83.7(0.36)| 28.8(0.49)| 87.1(0.77)| 86.3(0.77) 5.4| 80.1(0.73)| 22.4(0.73)| 85.5(1.26)| 86.1(1.16) 4.5| 89.0(0.61)| 25.3(0.79)| 96.6(2.14)| 94.4(2.69) | | | | 5.9| 87.3(0.43)| 24.5(0.55)| 88.4(0.92)| 87.7(0.91) 6.0| 85.1(0.67)| 20.4(0.73)| 87.0(1.91)| 85.7(1.82) 7.0| 87.7(0.61)| 27.1(0.85)| 82.7(2.12)| 82.3(1.92) 6.6| 86.1(0.43)| 26.1(0.55)| 89.5(0.89)| 89.0(0.86) 7.8| 80.1(0.67)| 30.1(0.79)| 89.4(3.30)| 87.9(3.19) | | | | 5.4| 80.2(0.85)| 23.3(0.85)| 88.0(1.64)| 85.1(1.74) 4.9| 89.2(0.55)| 23.6(0.73)| 91.5(3.27)| 92.0(2.78) 5.4| 80.1(0.85)| 21.5(0.85)| 84.6(1.51)| 89.0(1.32) 6.5| 78.1(0.49)| 26.2(0.55)| 79.5(0.87)| 79.4(0.82) 6.8| 91.0(0.67)| 26.8(0.97)| 93.6(1.52)| 90.0(1.62) | | | | 8.9| 87.4(0.67)| 30.8(0.91)| 88.1(4.34)| 90.8(3.87) 9.1| 86.7(0.67)| 34.6(0.91)| 87.7(1.23)| 87.3(1.28) 7.0| 90.4(0.61)| 28.3(0.91)| 85.7(1.44)| 87.4(1.25) 4.8| 78.5(0.73)| 15.9(0.61)| 86.8(2.38)| 89.6(2.15) 5.6| 86.8(0.55)| 24.7(0.73)| 93.7(1.03)| 90.0(1.25) 5.7| 91.6(0.55)| 19.6(0.79)| 90.8(3.98)| 86.5(4.53) __________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________

\1\Excludes students still enrolled in high school. Data reflect 3-year averages.

NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Some data revised from previously published figures

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, "Educational Attainment in the United States," various years; and Decennial Census, Minority Economic Profiles, unpublished data; and National Center for Education Statistics, Dropout Rates in the United States, various years. (This table was prepared May 2003.)

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