Education in States and Nations: 1991

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               Primary and
                     lower     Upper    Higher
State            secondary secondary education  Unclassified   All levels*
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Alabama               35.3      11.0      12.5           1.0         59.6
Alaska                36.8       9.4       7.4           0.6         54.2
Arizona               34.2       9.7      13.1           0.9         57.9
Arkansas              36.2      11.2      10.2           0.9         58.5
California            32.4       9.9      13.8           1.3         57.4
Colorado              34.6      10.0      13.2           0.8         58.6
Connecticut           31.4       9.9      14.0           0.9         56.3
Delaware              33.0       9.4      14.5           0.8         57.7
District of Columbia  24.4       8.2      19.7           1.1         53.4
Florida               32.4       9.9      11.9           1.0         55.2
Georgia               33.6      10.0      10.6           0.8         55.0
Hawaii                33.1       9.5      12.0           0.8         55.4
Idaho                 41.0      11.4      10.4           0.5         63.3
Illinois              33.4      10.4      13.1           0.9         57.9
Indiana               34.7      10.4      12.3           0.7         58.1
Iowa                  36.1      10.5      13.7           0.6         60.9
Kansas                35.5      10.1      13.6           0.6         59.9
Kentucky              35.1      10.1      10.7           0.8         56.7
Louisiana             37.7      10.3      11.3           1.1         60.4
Maine                 35.1      10.6      10.3           0.7         56.6
Maryland              32.2       9.5      13.3           0.8         55.8
Massachusetts         29.0       9.5      17.2           0.7         56.4
Michigan              34.4      11.0      13.8           0.9         60.1
Minnesota             34.5      10.2      13.7           0.7         59.1
Mississippi           37.7      10.8      11.4           1.1         61.0
Missouri              34.4      10.1      12.2           0.7         57.4
Montana               39.9      11.6      11.2           0.7         63.4
Nebraska              35.8      10.9      13.6           0.7         60.9
Nevada                32.2       9.9       9.2           0.9         52.2
New Hampshire         33.2       9.5      12.3           0.6         55.5
New Jersey            31.6      10.6      12.7           1.0         56.0
New Mexico            38.4      10.6      10.8           1.1         60.9
New York              31.7      10.4      15.1           1.1         58.3
North Carolina        31.6      10.2      12.5           0.8         55.1
North Dakota          36.6      10.9      14.8           0.6         63.0
 
Ohio                  34.7      10.9      12.3           0.8         58.6
Oklahoma              36.1      10.7      11.9           0.8         59.5
Oregon                35.5      10.5      11.7           0.7         58.3
Pennsylvania          32.6      10.5      13.1           0.7         56.9
Rhode Island          29.9       9.2      17.2           0.8         57.1
South Carolina        34.3      10.6      11.4           1.0         57.3
South Dakota          38.1      10.5      11.2           0.8         60.6
Tennessee             33.6      10.5      11.1           0.8         56.0
Texas                 35.9      10.3      11.6           1.0         58.8
Utah                  40.8      10.9      13.6           0.7         66.1
Vermont               32.6      10.4      14.4           0.7         58.1
Virginia              31.3       9.7      12.8           0.8         54.5
Washington            34.3       9.9      11.3           0.6         56.2
West Virginia         36.5      11.9      11.1           0.9         60.4
Wisconsin             35.1      10.5      13.0           0.5         59.2
Wyoming               39.9      11.4      11.1           0.6         63.0
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NOTE: Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Unclassified figures represent persons who are attending school, who have completed the 12th grade, but who have not yet obtained a diploma. Those persons could be completing graduation requirements or attending a higher education institution with open enrollment.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing.

Table 8a

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