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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 22b: Proportion of women among those aged 25 to 64, by level of educational attainment and state: 1990

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                                         Higher                
              Less than               education        Higher
                  upper      Upper        (non-     education        All
State         secondary  secondary  university)  (university)     levels
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Alabama              51         54         55          46             52
Alaska               47         47         47          46             47
Arizona              51         53         51          44             51
Arkansas             50         53         58          47             52
California           50         52         52          44             50
Colorado             50         53         52          45             50
Connecticut          49         54         59          46             51
Delaware             48         54         57          46             51
District of Columbia 51         55         57          50             52
Florida              50         54         56          44             51
Georgia              51         53         55          46             41
Hawaii               53         50         51          47             50
Idaho                47         53         54          41             50
Illinois             49         54         55          46             51
Indiana              50         53         54          45             51
Iowa                 47         52         59          46             51
Kansas               49         52         55          45             50
Kentucky             49         53         60          46             51
Louisiana            50         54         60          47             52
Maine                47         52         55          49             51
Maryland             49         54         59          46             51
Massachusetts        50         53         59          47             51
Michigan             48         53         55          45             51
Minnesota            46         52         54          45             50
Mississippi          51         54         58          48             52
Missouri             51         53         55          45             51
Montana              47         52         58          45             50
Nebraska             48         52         53          46             51
Nevada               50         50         49          41             48
New Hampshire        47         53         55          45             50
New Jersey           50         54         59          45             51
New Mexico           52         52         54          45             51
New York             50         54         57          48             52
North Carolina       48         54         56          47             51
North Dakota         43         52         51          46             49
Ohio                 50         53         57          45             52
Oklahoma             51         53         52          44             51
Oregon               49         53         51          45             50
Pennsylvania         50         54         56          45             51
Rhode Island         50         54         54          46             51
South Carolina       50         53         54          46             51
South Dakota         45         51         60          46             50
Tennessee            50         54         58          46             52
Texas                50         53         52          44             51
Utah                 51         54         51          40             50
Vermont              43         52         57          49             50
Virginia             48         54         57          46             51
Washington           50         52         52          44             50
West Virginia        49         53         61          47             52
Wisconsin            46         52         54          46             50
Wyoming              49         51         54          44             50
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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.



Table 22a Achievement and Attainment Indicators Indicator 23