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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 21d: Percentage of the population having attained at least a certain level of education, by age group, level of education, and state: 1990

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                  Aged 25 to 34                  Aged 25 to 64
             -----------------------     -------------------------------
                               Higher                          Higher
                   Upper     education         Upper        education
State          secondary  (university)     secondary     (university)
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Alabama               80            19            74               18
Alaska                91            18            88               24
Arizona               83            20            81               22
Arkansas              81            15            74               15
California            78            23            79               25
Colorado              89            27            88               29
Connecticut           89            31            84               31
Delaware              87            24            83               23
District of Columbia  81            39            77               37
Florida               83            20            79               20
Georgia               83            22            77               21
Hawaii                91            23            87               25
Idaho                 85            16            84               19
Illinois              86            26            82               24
Indiana               86            18            81               17
Iowa                  91            20            88               20
Kansas                89            24            86               24
Kentucky              80            16            72               15
Louisiana             79            17            75               18
Maine                 89            19            84               21
Maryland              88            29            84               29
Massachusetts         90            34            86               31
Michigan              87            19            83               19
Minnesota             93            26            90               25
Mississippi           77            16            70               16
Missouri              86            22            81               20
Montana               90            19            87               22
Nebraska              92            22            86               22
Nevada                83            14            82               16
New Hampshire         90            26            87               27
New Jersey            88            30            82               29
New Mexico            82            17            79               22
New York              85            28            80               26
North Carolina        83            21            76               19
North Dakota          93            22            87               21
Ohio                  86            20            81               19
Oklahoma              84            19            81               20
Oregon                86            20            86               23
Pennsylvania          88            23            82               21
Rhode Island          85            26            79               25
South Carolina        80            18            74               18
South Dakota          89            22            84               20
Tennessee             81            19            74               18
Texas                 79            22            77               22
Utah                  89            21            88               24
Vermont               89            24            85               26
Virginia              85            27            80               27
Washington            88            23            88               25
West Virginia         81            14            74               14
Wisconsin             89            20            85               20
Wyoming               89            18            87               20
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing; Education in the United States, Table 1.



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