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| Table 13. | Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over for the 25 largest states, by sex: 2004 |
| State | Number of persons 25 years old and over (in thousands) | Percent with high school completion or higher | Percent with bachelor's or higher degree | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Males | Females | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| United States1 | 186,877 | (225.3) | 89,558 | (260.6) | 97,319 | (264.6) | 85.2 | (0.09) | 84.8 | (0.13) | 85.4 | (0.12) | 27.7 | (0.11) | 29.4 | (0.17) | 26.1 | (0.15) |
| Alabama | 2,891 | (58.7) | 1,353 | (40.3) | 1,537 | (42.9) | 82.4 | (0.73) | 81.9 | (1.09) | 82.9 | (0.97) | 22.3 | (0.79) | 25.2 | (1.22) | 19.7 | (1.03) |
| Arizona | 3,510 | (64.6) | 1,702 | (45.1) | 1,808 | (46.5) | 84.4 | (0.79) | 84.0 | (1.16) | 84.8 | (1.09) | 28.0 | (0.97) | 29.3 | (1.40) | 26.7 | (1.34) |
| California | 22,096 | (155.6) | 10,762 | (111.4) | 11,334 | (114.1) | 81.3 | (0.36) | 81.2 | (0.55) | 81.3 | (0.55) | 31.7 | (0.43) | 34.4 | (0.67) | 29.1 | (0.61) |
| Colorado | 2,856 | (58.3) | 1,401 | (41.0) | 1,456 | (41.8) | 88.3 | (0.55) | 87.8 | (0.79) | 88.9 | (0.73) | 35.5 | (0.79) | 36.0 | (1.16) | 35.2 | (1.16) |
| Florida | 11,489 | (114.9) | 5,481 | (80.4) | 6,008 | (84.1) | 85.9 | (0.43) | 85.6 | (0.61) | 86.3 | (0.55) | 26.0 | (0.49) | 29.3 | (0.79) | 23.0 | (0.67) |
| Georgia | 5,525 | (80.7) | 2,645 | (56.2) | 2,880 | (58.6) | 85.2 | (0.67) | 84.7 | (1.03) | 85.6 | (0.97) | 27.6 | (0.85) | 26.5 | (1.28) | 28.7 | (1.22) |
| Illinois | 8,090 | (97.1) | 3,895 | (68.0) | 4,196 | (70.5) | 86.8 | (0.43) | 87.0 | (0.61) | 86.7 | (0.61) | 27.4 | (0.55) | 28.6 | (0.85) | 26.3 | (0.79) |
| Indiana | 4,010 | (69.0) | 1,921 | (47.9) | 2,089 | (50.0) | 87.2 | (0.55) | 86.6 | (0.85) | 87.7 | (0.79) | 21.1 | (0.67) | 21.5 | (0.97) | 20.7 | (0.91) |
| Kentucky | 2,754 | (57.3) | 1,317 | (39.7) | 1,437 | (41.5) | 81.8 | (0.73) | 82.3 | (1.03) | 81.3 | (1.03) | 21.0 | (0.79) | 22.6 | (1.16) | 19.5 | (1.03) |
| Louisiana | 2,758 | (57.3) | 1,296 | (39.4) | 1,462 | (41.9) | 78.7 | (0.91) | 78.1 | (1.28) | 79.2 | (1.22) | 22.4 | (0.91) | 24.5 | (1.34) | 20.5 | (1.22) |
| Maryland | 3,609 | (65.5) | 1,688 | (45.0) | 1,922 | (48.0) | 87.4 | (0.61) | 85.2 | (0.97) | 89.3 | (0.79) | 35.2 | (0.91) | 37.1 | (1.34) | 33.4 | (1.22) |
| Massachusetts | 4,344 | (71.7) | 2,033 | (49.3) | 2,311 | (52.5) | 86.9 | (0.55) | 88.3 | (0.79) | 85.7 | (0.79) | 36.7 | (0.79) | 39.8 | (1.16) | 34.0 | (1.03) |
| Michigan | 6,444 | (87.0) | 3,040 | (60.2) | 3,404 | (63.6) | 87.9 | (0.43) | 88.4 | (0.67) | 87.4 | (0.61) | 24.4 | (0.61) | 26.4 | (0.91) | 22.6 | (0.79) |
| Minnesota | 3,337 | (63.0) | 1,665 | (44.7) | 1,672 | (44.7) | 92.3 | (0.43) | 91.4 | (0.67) | 93.2 | (0.61) | 32.5 | (0.79) | 32.4 | (1.09) | 32.6 | (1.09) |
| Missouri | 3,698 | (66.3) | 1,763 | (45.9) | 1,935 | (48.1) | 87.9 | (0.61) | 87.5 | (0.85) | 88.3 | (0.79) | 28.1 | (0.79) | 31.0 | (1.22) | 25.5 | (1.09) |
| New Jersey | 5,655 | (81.6) | 2,687 | (56.6) | 2,969 | (59.5) | 87.6 | (0.49) | 87.8 | (0.67) | 87.3 | (0.67) | 34.6 | (0.67) | 37.9 | (0.97) | 31.7 | (0.91) |
| New York | 12,508 | (119.6) | 5,829 | (82.8) | 6,679 | (88.5) | 85.4 | (0.36) | 85.1 | (0.55) | 85.7 | (0.49) | 30.6 | (0.49) | 31.0 | (0.73) | 30.2 | (0.67) |
| North Carolina | 5,313 | (79.2) | 2,556 | (55.2) | 2,757 | (57.3) | 80.9 | (0.67) | 79.6 | (1.03) | 82.2 | (0.91) | 23.4 | (0.73) | 24.3 | (1.09) | 22.6 | (1.03) |
| Ohio | 7,362 | (92.8) | 3,474 | (64.3) | 3,888 | (67.9) | 88.1 | (0.43) | 87.9 | (0.61) | 88.2 | (0.61) | 24.6 | (0.55) | 26.7 | (0.85) | 22.7 | (0.79) |
| Pennsylvania | 8,272 | (98.2) | 3,892 | (68.0) | 4,380 | (72.0) | 86.5 | (0.43) | 86.7 | (0.61) | 86.4 | (0.55) | 25.3 | (0.55) | 27.9 | (0.79) | 22.9 | (0.73) |
| Tennessee | 3,972 | (68.6) | 1,943 | (48.2) | 2,029 | (49.3) | 82.9 | (0.73) | 81.9 | (1.09) | 83.9 | (1.03) | 24.3 | (0.85) | 25.7 | (1.28) | 23.0 | (1.22) |
| Texas | 13,356 | (123.4) | 6,479 | (87.2) | 6,877 | (89.8) | 78.3 | (0.49) | 78.3 | (0.67) | 78.3 | (0.67) | 24.5 | (0.49) | 26.3 | (0.73) | 22.8 | (0.67) |
| Virginia | 4,865 | (75.8) | 2,373 | (53.2) | 2,492 | (54.5) | 88.4 | (0.61) | 87.1 | (0.91) | 89.6 | (0.79) | 33.1 | (0.85) | 35.5 | (1.28) | 30.8 | (1.22) |
| Washington | 4,029 | (69.1) | 1,980 | (48.7) | 2,049 | (49.5) | 89.7 | (0.61) | 89.3 | (0.91) | 90.2 | (0.85) | 29.9 | (0.91) | 32.3 | (1.34) | 27.5 | (1.34) |
| Wisconsin | 3,540 | (64.9) | 1,721 | (45.4) | 1,819 | (46.7) | 88.8 | (0.55) | 88.2 | (0.79) | 89.3 | (0.73) | 25.6 | (0.73) | 25.6 | (1.03) | 25.6 | (1.03) |
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1 Total includes all 50 states. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States, 2004. Retrieved on March 25, 2005, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2004.html. (This table was prepared April 2005.) |
