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| Number of | Distribution of population, by highest level of education attained
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State | 25 years | Less | 9th to | High | Some |Associate|Bachelor's|Graduate
| old and | than | 12th | school |college, | degree | degree | or pro-
| over | 9th |grade, no|graduate|no degree| | |fessional
| | grade | diploma | | | | | degree
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United States ......|158,868,436 | 10.4 | 14.4 | 30.0 | 18.7 | 6.2 | 13.1 | 7.2
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Alabama ...............| 2,545,969 | 13.7 | 19.4 | 29.4 | 16.8 | 5.0 | 10.1 | 5.5
Alaska ................| 323,429 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 28.7 | 27.6 | 7.2 | 15.0 | 8.0
Arizona ...............| 2,301,177 | 9.0 | 12.3 | 26.1 | 25.4 | 6.8 | 13.3 | 7.0
Arkansas ..............| 1,496,150 | 15.2 | 18.4 | 32.7 | 16.6 | 3.7 | 8.9 | 4.5
California ............| 18,695,499 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 22.3 | 22.6 | 7.9 | 15.3 | 8.1
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Colorado ..............| 2,107,072 | 5.6 | 10.0 | 26.5 | 24.0 | 6.9 | 18.0 | 9.0
Connecticut ...........| 2,198,963 | 8.4 | 12.4 | 29.5 | 15.9 | 6.6 | 16.2 | 11.0
Delaware ..............| 428,499 | 7.2 | 15.3 | 32.7 | 16.9 | 6.5 | 13.7 | 7.7
District of Columbia ..| 409,131 | 9.6 | 17.3 | 21.2 | 15.6 | 3.1 | 16.1 | 17.2
Florida ...............| 8,887,168 | 9.5 | 16.1 | 30.1 | 19.4 | 6.6 | 12.0 | 6.3
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Georgia ...............| 4,023,420 | 12.0 | 17.1 | 29.6 | 17.0 | 5.0 | 12.9 | 6.4
Hawaii ................| 709,820 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 28.7 | 20.1 | 8.3 | 15.8 | 7.1
Idaho .................| 601,292 | 7.4 | 12.9 | 30.4 | 24.2 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 5.3
Illinois ..............| 7,293,930 | 10.3 | 13.5 | 30.0 | 19.4 | 5.8 | 13.6 | 7.5
Indiana................| 3,489,470 | 8.5 | 15.8 | 38.2 | 16.6 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 6.4
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Iowa ..................| 1,776,798 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 38.5 | 17.0 | 7.7 | 11.7 | 5.2
Kansas ................| 1,565,936 | 7.7 | 11.0 | 32.8 | 21.9 | 5.4 | 14.1 | 7.0
Kentucky ..............| 2,333,833 | 19.0 | 16.4 | 31.8 | 15.2 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 5.5
Louisiana .............| 2,536,994 | 14.7 | 17.0 | 31.7 | 17.2 | 3.3 | 10.5 | 5.6
Maine .................| 795,613 | 8.8 | 12.4 | 37.1 | 16.1 | 6.9 | 12.7 | 6.1
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Maryland ..............| 3,122,665 | 7.9 | 13.7 | 28.1 | 18.6 | 5.2 | 15.6 | 10.9
Massachusetts .........| 3,962,223 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 29.7 | 15.8 | 7.2 | 16.6 | 10.6
Michigan ..............| 5,842,642 | 7.8 | 15.5 | 32.3 | 20.4 | 6.7 | 10.9 | 6.4
Minnesota .............| 2,770,562 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 33.0 | 19.0 | 8.6 | 15.6 | 6.3
Mississippi ...........| 1,538,997 | 15.6 | 20.1 | 27.5 | 16.9 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 5.1
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Missouri...............| 3,291,579 | 11.6 | 14.5 | 33.1 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 11.7 | 6.1
Montana ...............| 507,851 | 8.1 | 10.9 | 33.5 | 22.1 | 5.6 | 14.1 | 5.7
Nebraska ..............| 996,049 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 34.7 | 21.1 | 7.1 | 13.1 | 5.9
Nevada ................| 789,638 | 6.0 | 15.2 | 31.5 | 25.8 | 6.2 | 10.1 | 5.2
New Hampshire .........| 713,894 | 6.7 | 11.2 | 31.7 | 18.0 | 8.1 | 16.4 | 7.9
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New Jersey ............| 5,166,233 | 9.4 | 13.9 | 31.1 | 15.5 | 5.2 | 16.0 | 8.8
New Mexico ............| 922,590 | 11.4 | 13.5 | 28.7 | 20.9 | 5.0 | 12.1 | 8.3
New York ..............| 11,818,569 | 10.2 | 15.0 | 29.5 | 15.7 | 6.5 | 13.2 | 9.9
North Carolina ........| 4,253,494 | 12.7 | 17.3 | 29.0 | 16.8 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 5.4
North Dakota ..........| 396,550 | 15.0 | 8.3 | 28.0 | 20.5 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 4.5
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Ohio ..................| 6,924,764 | 7.9 | 16.4 | 36.3 | 17.0 | 5.3 | 11.1 | 5.9
Oklahoma ..............| 1,995,424 | 9.8 | 15.6 | 30.5 | 21.3 | 5.0 | 11.8 | 6.0
Oregon ................| 1,855,369 | 6.2 | 12.3 | 28.9 | 25.0 | 6.9 | 13.6 | 7.0
Pennsylvania ..........| 7,872,932 | 9.4 | 15.9 | 38.6 | 12.9 | 5.2 | 11.3 | 6.6
Rhode Island ..........| 658,956 | 11.1 | 16.9 | 29.5 | 15.0 | 6.3 | 13.5 | 7.8
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South Carolina ........| 2,167,590 | 13.6 | 18.1 | 29.5 | 15.8 | 6.3 | 11.2 | 5.4
South Dakota ..........| 430,500 | 13.4 | 9.5 | 33.7 | 18.8 | 7.4 | 12.3 | 4.9
Tennessee .............| 3,139,066 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 30.0 | 16.9 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 5.4
Texas .................| 10,310,605 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 25.6 | 21.1 | 5.2 | 13.9 | 6.5
Utah ..................| 897,321 | 3.4 | 11.5 | 27.2 | 27.9 | 7.8 | 15.4 | 6.8
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Vermont ...............| 357,245 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 34.6 | 14.7 | 7.2 | 15.4 | 8.9
Virginia ..............| 3,974,814 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 26.6 | 18.5 | 5.5 | 15.4 | 9.1
Washington ............| 3,126,390 | 5.5 | 10.7 | 27.9 | 25.0 | 7.9 | 15.9 | 7.0
West Virginia..........| 1,171,766 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 36.6 | 13.2 | 3.8 | 7.5 | 4.8
Wisconsin .............| 3,094,226 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 37.1 | 16.7 | 7.1 | 12.1 | 5.6
Wyoming ...............| 277,769 | 5.7 | 11.2 | 33.2 | 24.2 | 6.9 | 13.1 | 5.7
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