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                       |Number of persons 25 years |                                    |
                       |old and over (in thousands)|Percent high school graduate or more|      Percent completed bachelor's
         State         |                           |                                    |         or higher degree
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                       |  Total  |  Male  | Female |     Total |    Male   |   Female   |     Total |   Male    |  Female
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Alabama ...............|   2,701 |  1,277 |  1,424 | 74.4 (2.4)| 75.2 (3.4)| 73.7 (3.3) | 28.3 (2.0)| 21.0 (3.2)| 13.9 (2.6)
Arizona ...............|   2,584 |  1,268 |  1,315 | 82.3 (2.0)| 81.2 (3.0)| 83.4  (2.8)| 30.4 (2.1)| 22.3 (3.2)| 15.9 (2.7)
California ............|  19,887 |  9,716 | 10,171 | 79.6 (0.8)| 80.6 (1.2)| 78.6  (1.2)| 38.3 (0.9)| 27.6 (1.3)| 21.0 (1.2)
Florida ...............|   9,497 |  4,430 |  5,066 | 82.8 (1.0)| 83.5 (1.4)| 82.2  (1.3)| 36.0 (1.1)| 26.0 (1.6)| 18.7 (1.4)
Georgia ...............|   4,583 |  2,174 |  2,408 | 78.1 (2.1)| 77.9 (3.1)| 78.4  (2.9)| 35.7 (2.2)| 24.7 (3.2)| 20.9 (2.9)
Illinois ..............|   7,423 |  3,476 |  3,947 | 82.3 (1.1)| 82.7 (1.6)| 82.0  (1.5)| 39.4 (1.3)| 27.9 (1.9)| 21.7 (1.7)
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Indiana................|   3,589 |  1,667 |  1,921 | 81.6 (2.2)| 81.2 (3.3)| 82.0  (3.0)| 27.5 (2.1)| 19.7 (3.3)| 14.6 (2.7)
Kentucky ..............|   2,447 |  1,157 |  1,290 | 76.7 (2.3)| 78.5 (3.3)| 75.1  (3.2)| 31.4 (2.2)| 22.8 (3.3)| 16.3 (2.8)
Louisiana .............|   2,614 |  1,257 |  1,357 | 75.8 (2.5)| 76.0 (3.6)| 75.6  (3.5)| 32.1 (2.3)| 23.1 (3.5)| 17.3 (3.1)
Maryland ..............|   3,368 |  1,622 |  1,746 | 82.0 (2.1)| 82.4 (3.1)| 81.7  (3.0)| 41.4 (2.5)| 29.0 (3.6)| 23.9 (3.3)
Massachusetts .........|   3,961 |  1,878 |  2,083 | 85.8 (1.0)| 86.4 (1.5)| 85.3  (1.4)| 51.2 (1.4)| 35.4 (2.0)| 30.0 (1.8)
Michigan ..............|   6,000 |  2,824 |  3,176 | 83.7 (1.1)| 83.4 (1.6)| 84.0  (1.5)| 33.3 (1.2)| 23.7 (1.8)| 18.1 (1.5)
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Minnesota .............|   2,867 |  1,428 |  1,439 | 88.4 (1.8)| 89.2 (2.5)| 87.6  (2.6)| 40.8 (2.5)| 28.6 (3.6)| 24.4 (3.4)
Missouri...............|   3,367 |  1,637 |  1,730 | 82.2 (2.2)| 82.3 (3.1)| 82.2  (3.0)| 34.4 (2.3)| 24.3 (3.5)| 19.7 (3.1)
New Jersey ............|   5,168 |  2,485 |  2,683 | 85.4 (1.0)| 86.5 (1.4)| 84.4  (1.4)| 43.9 (1.3)| 30.9 (1.9)| 25.1 (1.7)
New York ..............|  11,818 |  5,414 |  6,404 | 82.5 (0.8)| 82.7 (1.2)| 82.3  (1.1)| 42.5 (0.9)| 29.9 (1.5)| 23.3 (1.2)
North Carolina ........|   4,604 |  2,139 |  2,465 | 76.3 (1.1)| 74.2 (1.7)| 78.2  (1.5)| 33.0 (1.1)| 23.0 (1.7)| 18.6 (1.4)
Ohio ..................|   6,980 |  3,219 |  3,761 | 83.4 (1.1)| 83.3 (1.6)| 83.4  (1.4)| 31.7 (1.1)| 22.3 (1.7)| 17.4 (1.5)
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Pennsylvania ..........|   7,916 |  3,776 |  4,140 | 81.5 (1.1)| 80.3 (1.6)| 82.5  (1.5)| 32.5 (1.1)| 23.0 (1.7)| 18.2 (1.5)
South Carolina ........|   2,300 |  1,096 |  1,204 | 74.3 (2.1)| 73.3 (3.1)| 75.2  (2.9)| 28.5 (1.9)| 19.7 (2.8)| 16.9 (2.5)
Tennessee .............|   3,337 |  1,508 |  1,829 | 77.4 (2.1)| 75.3 (3.3)| 79.1  (2.8)| 28.6 (2.0)| 19.7 (3.0)| 16.3 (2.6)
Texas .................|  11,262 |  5,464 |  5,798 | 76.2 (1.2)| 76.4 (1.7)| 76.0  (1.6)| 34.9 (1.1)| 25.1 (1.7)| 19.0 (1.5)
Virginia ..............|   4,320 |  2,103 |  2,217 | 82.7 (1.8)| 81.7 (2.6)| 83.7  (2.4)| 41.0 (2.1)| 29.3 (3.1)| 22.8 (2.8)
Washington ............|   3,329 |  1,627 |  1,702 | 91.4 (1.5)| 91.5 (2.1)| 91.3  (2.1)| 42.8 (2.3)| 31.9 (3.5)| 21.3 (3.0)
Wisconsin .............|   3,182 |  1,545 |  1,638 | 86.6 (1.8)| 86.8 (2.5)| 86.3  (2.5)| 31.7 (2.1)| 21.6 (3.0)| 19.7 (2.9)
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, "Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1995." (This table was prepared November 1997.)