Table 1.--Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: 1990 to 1996 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of |Percent of |Distribution of population, 25 years | population, 25 years |18- to 24- |old and over, by education level, 1990 | old and over, by | year-olds |_______________________________________ | education level, 1996|who are | | |Percent with bachelor's |______________________|high school|Percent|Percent| degree or higher State | Percent |Percent | graduates,| less | high |_______________________ | with high |with | 1993-95\1\| than |school | | |Graduate | school |bachelor's| | high |diploma|Total |Bache-| or pro- |diploma or |degree or | |school | or | |lor's |fessional | higher |higher | | |higher | |degree| degree _______________________|___________|__________|___________|_______|_______|______|______|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 _______________________|___________|__________|___________|_______|_______|______|______|_________ United States ......| 81.8 (0.1)|23.6 (0.2)| 85.3 (0.2)| 24.8 | 75.2 | 20.3 | 13.1 | 7.2 |___________|__________|___________|_______|_______|______|______|_________ Alabama ...............| 75.7 (2.3)|18.0 (2.1)| 84.0 (1.7)| 33.1 | 66.9 | 15.7 | 10.1 | 5.5 Alaska ................| 91.4 (1.4)|27.2 (2.2)| 90.5 (3.9)| 13.4 | 86.6 | 23.0 | 15.0 | 8.0 Arizona ...............| 83.5 (2.0)|20.4 (2.1)| 84.0 (1.8)| 21.3 | 78.7 | 20.3 | 13.3 | 7.0 Arkansas ..............| 76.2 (2.3)|14.6 (1.9)| 88.4 (2.0)| 33.7 | 66.3 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 4.5 California ............| 79.8 (0.8)|26.8 (0.9)| 78.9 (0.7)| 23.8 | 76.2 | 23.4 | 15.3 | 8.1 | | | | | | | | Colorado ..............| 89.1 (1.7)|30.4 (2.5)| 88.4 (1.6)| 15.6 | 84.4 | 27.0 | 18.0 | 9.0 Connecticut ...........| 85.3 (2.2)|32.3 (2.9)| 94.7 (1.3)| 20.8 | 79.2 | 27.2 | 16.2 | 11.0 Delaware ..............| 82.7 (2.2)|27.4 (2.6)| 93.3 (2.8)| 22.5 | 77.5 | 21.4 | 13.7 | 7.7 District of Columbia ..| 79.1 (2.7)|34.0 (3.1)| 87.7 (4.1)| 26.9 | 73.1 | 33.3 | 16.1 | 17.2 Florida ...............| 81.5 (1.0)|20.4 (1.0)| 80.7 (1.0)| 25.6 | 74.4 | 18.3 | 12.0 | 6.3 | | | | | | | | Georgia ...............| 76.5 (2.2)|22.4 (2.1)| 80.3 (1.4)| 29.1 | 70.9 | 19.3 | 12.9 | 6.4 Hawaii ................| 84.4 (2.1)|23.9 (2.4)| 92.0 (2.5)| 19.9 | 80.1 | 22.9 | 15.8 | 7.1 Idaho .................| 85.9 (1.7)|20.3 (2.0)| 86.4 (3.0)| 20.3 | 79.7 | 17.7 | 12.4 | 5.3 Illinois ..............| 83.2 (1.1)|24.5 (1.3)| 86.7 (0.9)| 23.8 | 76.2 | 21.0 | 13.6 | 7.5 Indiana................| 83.7 (2.1)|16.2 (2.1)| 88.5 (1.2)| 24.4 | 75.6 | 15.6 | 9.2 | 6.4 | | | | | | | | Iowa ..................| 87.4 (1.8)|21.3 (2.2)| 93.2 (1.3)| 19.9 | 80.1 | 16.9 | 11.7 | 5.2 Kansas ................| 87.7 (1.8)|26.5 (2.4)| 90.9 (1.7)| 18.7 | 81.3 | 21.1 | 14.1 | 7.0 Kentucky ..............| 74.0 (2.3)|17.5 (2.0)| 82.4 (2.0)| 35.4 | 64.6 | 13.6 | 8.1 | 5.5 Louisiana .............| 74.6 (2.5)|19.2 (2.3)| 80.5 (1.9)| 31.7 | 68.3 | 16.1 | 10.5 | 5.6 Maine .................| 84.7 (2.0)|19.7 (2.2)| 92.9 (2.3)| 21.2 | 78.8 | 18.8 | 12.7 | 6.1 | | | | | | | | Maryland ..............| 84.6 (2.0)|32.5 (2.6)| 93.6 (1.1)| 21.6 | 78.4 | 26.5 | 15.6 | 10.9 Massachusetts .........| 84.9 (1.0)|32.4 (1.3)| 92.5 (1.1)| 20.0 | 80.0 | 27.2 | 16.6 | 10.6 Michigan ..............| 84.2 (1.0)|21.1 (1.2)| 88.7 (1.0)| 23.2 | 76.8 | 17.4 | 10.9 | 6.4 Minnesota .............| 87.9 (1.8)|26.3 (2.5)| 93.3 (1.1)| 17.6 | 82.4 | 21.8 | 15.6 | 6.3 Mississippi ...........| 75.2 (2.3)|16.9 (2.0)| 83.9 (2.1)| 35.7 | 64.3 | 14.7 | 9.7 | 5.1 | | | | | | | | Missouri...............| 83.9 (2.1)|24.3 (2.4)| 90.3 (1.3)| 26.1 | 73.9 | 17.8 | 11.7 | 6.1 Montana ...............| 85.6 (1.8)|21.9 (2.2)| 89.8 (3.5)| 19.0 | 81.0 | 19.8 | 14.1 | 5.7 Nebraska ..............| 87.4 (1.8)|24.0 (2.3)| 94.5 (1.7)| 18.2 | 81.8 | 18.9 | 13.1 | 5.9 Nevada ................| 85.4 (1.7)|19.0 (1.9)| 81.9 (3.4)| 21.2 | 78.8 | 15.3 | 10.1 | 5.2 New Hampshire .........| 86.4 (2.1)|27.6 (2.8)| 86.9 (3.2)| 17.8 | 82.2 | 24.4 | 16.4 | 7.9 | | | | | | | | New Jersey ............| 84.9 (1.0)|28.3 (1.3)| 91.8 (1.0)| 23.3 | 76.7 | 24.9 | 16.0 | 8.8 New Mexico ............| 77.1 (2.2)|20.8 (2.1)| 82.4 (3.0)| 24.9 | 75.1 | 20.4 | 12.1 | 8.3 New York ..............| 81.6 (0.8)|25.6 (0.9)| 87.1 (0.8)| 25.2 | 74.8 | 23.1 | 13.2 | 9.9 North Carolina ........| 76.0 (1.1)|21.0 (1.1)| 85.5 (1.3)| 30.0 | 70.0 | 17.4 | 12.0 | 5.4 North Dakota ..........| 80.2 (2.1)|19.9 (2.1)| 96.6 (2.1)| 23.3 | 76.7 | 18.1 | 13.5 | 4.5 | | | | | | | | Ohio ..................| 84.9 (1.0)|22.3 (1.2)| 88.4 (0.9)| 24.3 | 75.7 | 17.0 | 11.1 | 5.9 Oklahoma ..............| 83.8 (2.0)|20.1 (2.2)| 87.0 (1.9)| 25.4 | 74.6 | 17.8 | 11.8 | 6.0 Oregon ................| 87.5 (1.9)|22.8 (2.4)| 82.7 (2.1)| 18.5 | 81.5 | 20.6 | 13.6 | 7.0 Pennsylvania ..........| 81.6 (1.1)|22.3 (1.2)| 89.5 (0.9)| 25.3 | 74.7 | 17.9 | 11.3 | 6.6 Rhode Island ..........| 78.6 (2.5)|24.5 (2.6)| 89.4 (3.3)| 28.0 | 72.0 | 21.3 | 13.5 | 7.8 | | | | | | | | South Carolina ........| 73.8 (2.2)|18.1 (1.9)| 88.0 (1.6)| 31.7 | 68.3 | 16.6 | 11.2 | 5.4 South Dakota ..........| 82.4 (1.9)|20.8 (2.0)| 91.5 (3.3)| 22.9 | 77.1 | 17.2 | 12.3 | 4.9 Tennessee .............| 79.0 (2.0)|19.5 (2.0)| 84.6 (1.5)| 32.9 | 67.1 | 16.0 | 10.5 | 5.4 Texas .................| 76.4 (1.2)|21.9 (1.1)| 79.5 (0.9)| 27.9 | 72.1 | 20.3 | 13.9 | 6.5 Utah ..................| 90.7 (1.6)|25.6 (2.4)| 93.6 (1.5)| 14.9 | 85.1 | 22.3 | 15.4 | 6.8 | | | | | | | | Vermont ...............| 86.9 (2.0)|27.1 (2.7)| 88.1 (4.3)| 19.2 | 80.8 | 24.3 | 15.4 | 8.9 Virginia ..............| 82.0 (1.8)|26.3 (2.1)| 87.7 (1.2)| 24.8 | 75.2 | 24.5 | 15.4 | 9.1 Washington ............| 90.2 (1.6)|25.6 (2.3)| 85.7 (1.4)| 16.2 | 83.8 | 22.9 | 15.9 | 7.0 West Virginia..........| 74.7 (2.3)|14.2 (1.9)| 86.8 (2.4)| 34.0 | 66.0 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 4.8 Wisconsin .............| 88.7 (1.6)|24.0 (2.2)| 93.7 (1.0)| 21.4 | 78.6 | 17.7 | 12.1 | 5.6 Wyoming ...............| 90.2 (1.9)|24.2 (2.7)| 90.8 (4.0)| 17.0 | 83.0 | 18.8 | 13.1 | 5.7 _______________________|___________|__________|___________|_______|_______|______|______|_________ \1\Excludes students still enrolled in school. Data reflect 3-year average. NOTE.--Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1996; and Decennial Census, Minority Economic Profiles, unpublished data. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Dropout Rates in the United States, 1995. (This table was prepared February 1998.)