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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 27b: Ratio of average annual earnings to those of persons aged 25 to 64 with an upper secondary level of education (times 100), by sex, level of educational attainment, and state: 1990

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                       Male                                Female             
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                      Higher                            Higher
          Less than   education   Higher     Less than  education   Higher
          upper       non-       education   upper     (non-       education
State     secondary  university)(university) secondary university)(university)
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Alabama           71       103         176         74        121         166
Alaska            90       115         145         78        119         158
Arizona           71       110         170         72        116         157
Arkansas          75       111         181         80        134         161
California        63       111         164         63        113         152
Colorado          74       106         165         69        112         149
Connecticut       78       113         176         78        120         159
Delaware          78       112         175         69        126         164
District 
  of Columbia     81       123         218         69        116         173
Florida           73       112         181         70        125         161
Georgia           71       117         176         71        127         162
Hawaii            81       113         157         76        117         143
Idaho             74       101         159         87        117         162
Illinois          75       108         168         78        114         162
Indiana           79       107         159         80        123         163
Iowa              81       104         160         79        115         158
Kansas            76       108         168         80        117         151
Kentucky          75       113         169         75        135         168
Louisiana         68       105         176         66        135         171
Maine             82       115         159         78        121         158
Maryland          78       112         169         73        118         155
Massachusetts     78       115         163         78        120         157
Michigan          82       113         159         81        122         170
Minnesota         76       104         160         78        115         157
Mississippi       71       106         172         76        124         167
Missouri          76       111         168         75        125         163
Montana           80       107         140         77        125         150
Nebraska          81       104         163         78        114         164
Nevada            77       110         169         75        123         152
New Hampshire     81       113         157         81        119         148
New Jersey        76       109         166         74        121         159
New Mexico        72       118         172         70        124         169
New York          73       110         174         74        117         175
North Carolina    74       115         175         78        123         158
North Dakota      80       102         156         71        131         170
Ohio              80       109         167         81        124         163
Oklahoma          75       113         173         74        124         154
Oregon            78       105         154         73        117         153
Pennsylvania      82       116         176         80        123         169
Rhode Island      78       109         163         76        121         158
South Carolina    74       116         175         79        127         159
South Dakota      86       101         154         77        124         158
Tennessee         71       114         178         74        128         166
Texas             64       111         178         64        120         161
Utah              72       108         156         77        107         147
Vermont           85       114         157         87        119         155
Virginia          74       110         173         69        119         163
Washington        76       103         148         74        113         147
West Virginia     78       108         163         76        136         166
Wisconsin         81       107         159         82        119         161
Wyoming           75       101         140         78        117         158
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing.



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