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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 26b: Unemployment rates among persons aged 25 to 64, by level of educational attainment and state: 1990

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                 Less than                          Higher        Higher
                     upper          Upper        education     education
State            secondary      secondary  (non-university) (university)
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Alabama                9.5            5.2           4.5         1.8
Alaska                16.9            8.2           4.1         2.5
Arizona               12.0            5.7           4.6         2.7
Arkansas               8.5            5.2           3.7         1.6
California            11.5            5.2           3.6         2.4
Colorado              10.0            4.6           3.7         2.7
Connecticut            9.8            4.9           3.2         2.0
Delaware               7.1            2.9           1.4         1.3
District of Columbia  13.0            6.7           5.4         2.1
Florida                8.6            4.6           3.2         2.5
Georgia                7.6            4.2           2.9         2.0
Hawaii                 5.6            2.9           1.8         1.4
Idaho                  9.4            4.8           3.6         1.7
Illinois              12.1            5.6           3.7         2.1
Indiana                8.5            4.3           2.9         1.6
Iowa                   7.7            3.7           2.7         1.7
Kansas                 8.9            3.7           2.5         1.5
Kentucky              10.6            5.2           2.6         1.5
Louisiana             15.0            7.1           5.7         2.1
Maine                 12.5            5.7           3.3         2.4
Maryland               8.0            3.5           2.1         1.5
Massachusetts         12.0            6.5           4.1         2.9
Michigan              15.2            7.0           4.2         2.2
Minnesota              9.4            4.7           3.1         2.3
Mississippi           11.0            6.2           3.8         1.8
Missouri              10.7            4.8           3.3         2.0
Montana               11.1            5.9           3.7         2.3
Nebraska               5.1            2.8           2.0         1.3
Nevada                 8.6            5.1           3.9         2.3
New Hampshire         10.4            5.3           3.5         2.9
New Jersey            10.0            4.9           3.1         2.3
New Mexico            12.8            6.4           4.1         2.4
New York              11.5            5.9           3.9         2.8
North Carolina         5.9            3.5           2.1         1.7
North Dakota           8.0            4.8           2.5         2.2
Ohio                  11.0            5.4           3.7         1.8
Oklahoma              10.7            5.5           4.3         2.1
Oregon                10.4            5.7           3.6         2.2
Pennsylvania           9.7            5.2           3.4         2.1
Rhode Island          10.2            5.9           3.9         2.6
South Carolina         7.6            3.9           2.1         1.5
South Dakota           6.5            3.7           2.0         1.6
Tennessee              8.5            4.8           2.8         1.9
Texas                 11.2            5.3           3.8         2.3
Utah                   8.6            3.8           3.0         1.9
Vermont                9.0            6.2           2.9         1.9
Virginia               6.7            3.3           2.1         1.6
Washington            10.7            5.0           3.5         2.5
West Virginia         15.5            7.3           5.0         2.2
Wisconsin              9.8            4.4           3.0         1.9
Wyoming                9.9            4.6           4.1         1.7
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing.



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