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                | Number of persons 25 |                                 |
                | years old and over   | Percent high school completion o|  Percent completed bachelor's
                |  (in thousands)      |              higher             |       or higher degree
     State      |                      |                                 |
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                | Total | Male |Female |  Total   |  Male    | Female    |   Total  |   Male   |  Female
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Alabama ........| 2,771 |1,273 | 1,498 |75.7 (2.3)|76.2 (3.3)|75.2 (3.1) |18.0 (2.1)|18.6 (3.1)|17.5 (2.8)
Arizona ........| 2,600 |1,242 | 1,359 |83.5 (2.0)|83.9 (2.8)|83.0 (2.7) |20.4 (2.1)|24.9 (3.3)|16.3 (2.7)
California .....|19,849 |9,773 |10,076 |79.8 (0.8)|80.3 (1.2)|79.2 (1.2) |26.8 (0.9)|29.8 (1.4)|23.9 (1.2)
Florida ........| 9,641 |4,520 | 5,121 |81.5 (1.0)|81.0 (1.4)|81.9 (1.3) |20.4 (1.0)|23.1 (1.6)|18.1 (1.3)
Georgia ........| 4,645 |2,173 | 2,472 |76.5 (2.2)|76.5 (3.2)|76.6 (3.0) |22.4 (2.1)|24.8 (3.2)|20.3 (2.8)
Illinois .......| 7,520 |3,563 | 3,957 |83.2 (1.1)|83.3 (1.6)|83.1 (1.5) |24.5 (1.3)|26.6 (1.9)|22.5 (1.7)
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Indiana.........| 3,728 |1,783 | 1,945 |83.7 (2.1)|84.6 (2.9)|82.8 (2.9) |16.2 (2.1)|17.6 (3.1)|14.8 (2.8)
Kentucky .......| 2,565 |1,223 | 1,343 |74.0 (2.3)|74.4 (3.4)|73.7 (3.2) |17.5 (2.0)|19.4 (3.0)|15.8 (2.7)
Louisiana ......| 2,697 |1,274 | 1,424 |74.6 (2.5)|74.2 (3.6)|75.0 (3.4) |19.2 (2.3)|20.9 (3.4)|17.8 (3.0)
Maryland .......| 3,325 |1,603 | 1,722 |84.6 (2.0)|85.4 (2.8)|83.8 (2.9) |32.5 (2.6)|35.3 (3.9)|29.8 (3.6)
Massachusetts ..| 4,110 |2,011 | 2,099 |84.9 (1.0)|84.5 (1.5)|85.2 (1.4) |32.4 (1.3)|35.2 (2.0)|29.8 (1.8)
Michigan .......| 6,083 |2,841 | 3,242 |84.2 (1.0)|83.3 (1.6)|85.0 (1.4) |21.1 (1.2)|23.6 (1.8)|18.8 (1.5)
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Minnesota ......| 2,880 |1,392 | 1,488 |87.9 (1.8)|88.2 (2.6)|87.5 (2.6) |26.3 (2.5)|29.1 (3.6)|23.7 (3.3)
Missouri........| 3,384 |1,599 | 1,785 |83.9 (2.1)|84.8 (2.9)|83.0 (2.9) |24.3 (2.4)|24.3 (3.5)|24.4 (3.3)
New Jersey .....| 5,231 |2,487 | 2,745 |84.9 (1.0)|85.4 (1.4)|84.4 (1.4) |28.3 (1.3)|31.4 (1.9)|25.5 (1.7)
New York .......|11,839 |5,513 | 6,326 |81.6 (0.8)|82.7 (1.2)|80.7 (1.2) |25.6 (0.9)|27.7 (1.4)|23.8 (1.3)
North Carolina .| 4,708 |2,261 | 2,447 |76.0 (1.1)|73.9 (1.7)|78.0 (1.5) |21.0 (1.1)|22.6 (1.6)|19.6 (1.5)
Ohio ...........| 7,186 |3,430 | 3,756 |84.9 (1.0)|86.1 (1.4)|83.8 (1.4) |22.3 (1.2)|25.5 (1.8)|19.4 (1.5)
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Pennsylvania ...| 7,941 |3,685 | 4,256 |81.6 (1.1)|81.3 (1.6)|81.9 (1.5) |22.3 (1.2)|25.4 (1.8)|19.6 (1.5)
South Carolina .| 2,318 |1,088 | 1,230 |73.8 (2.2)|75.5 (3.1)|72.3 (3.0) |18.1 (1.9)|19.7 (2.8)|16.6 (2.5)
Tennessee ......| 3,466 |1,646 | 1,819 |79.0 (2.0)|77.8 (3.0)|80.0 (2.8) |19.5 (2.0)|21.0 (3.0)|18.0 (2.7)
Texas ..........|11,411 |5,524 | 5,887 |76.4 (1.2)|76.5 (1.7)|76.3 (1.6) |21.9 (1.1)|24.2 (1.7)|19.8 (1.5)
Virginia .......| 4,240 |1,974 | 2,265 |82.0 (1.8)|81.2 (2.7)|82.6 (2.5) |26.3 (2.1)|28.9 (3.1)|24.1 (2.8)
Washington .....| 3,418 |1,677 | 1,740 |90.2 (1.6)|89.4 (2.3)|91.0 (2.1) |25.6 (2.3)|27.6 (3.3)|23.6 (3.1)
Wisconsin ......| 3,259 |1,569 | 1,690 |88.7 (1.6)|90.4 (2.2)|87.1 (2.4) |24.0 (2.2)|26.2 (3.2)|22.0 (2.9)
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