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Table B.3.c.-1 Percentage distribution of adults age 25 and over, by highest level of educational attainment, locale, and age group: 2009 |
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| Age group and locale | Total | Less than high school graduate1 | High school completion or higher | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | High school graduate or equivalent | Some college/associate's degree | Bachelor's degree or higher | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Bachelor's degree | Graduate or professional degree | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error | ||||||||
| Ages 25 and over | 100.0 | (†) | 14.8 | (0.03) | 85.3 | (0.03) | 28.5 | (0.04) | 28.9 | (0.03) | 27.9 | (0.05) | 17.6 | (0.03) | 10.3 | (0.03) | |||||||
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 17.2 | (0.05) | 82.8 | (0.05) | 24.8 | (0.06) | 27.4 | (0.05) | 30.6 | (0.07) | 18.9 | (0.06) | 11.7 | (0.05) | |||||||
| Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 12.3 | (0.05) | 87.8 | (0.05) | 26.8 | (0.05) | 29.1 | (0.06) | 31.8 | (0.07) | 19.9 | (0.05) | 11.9 | (0.04) | |||||||
| Town | 100.0 | (†) | 17.4 | (0.10) | 82.6 | (0.10) | 33.0 | (0.12) | 30.0 | (0.11) | 19.5 | (0.12) | 12.7 | (0.08) | 6.8 | (0.06) | |||||||
| Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 14.1 | (0.06) | 85.9 | (0.06) | 33.9 | (0.07) | 29.9 | (0.06) | 22.1 | (0.07) | 14.5 | (0.05) | 7.7 | (0.04) | |||||||
| Ages 25–34 | 100.0 | (†) | 13.0 | (0.07) | 87.0 | (0.07) | 24.6 | (0.09) | 31.5 | (0.08) | 30.9 | (0.10) | 22.0 | (0.08) | 8.9 | (0.05) | |||||||
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 14.4 | (0.12) | 85.6 | (0.12) | 21.5 | (0.13) | 29.0 | (0.13) | 35.2 | (0.13) | 24.3 | (0.12) | 10.9 | (0.09) | |||||||
| Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 11.1 | (0.12) | 88.9 | (0.12) | 23.6 | (0.14) | 32.0 | (0.14) | 33.3 | (0.16) | 23.9 | (0.14) | 9.5 | (0.08) | |||||||
| Town | 100.0 | (†) | 15.8 | (0.27) | 84.2 | (0.27) | 30.3 | (0.31) | 34.6 | (0.29) | 19.3 | (0.26) | 14.6 | (0.21) | 4.7 | (0.12) | |||||||
| Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 12.2 | (0.13) | 87.8 | (0.13) | 29.6 | (0.18) | 34.2 | (0.18) | 24.1 | (0.17) | 18.1 | (0.14) | 6.0 | (0.07) | |||||||
| Ages 35–44 | 100.0 | (†) | 12.8 | (0.06) | 87.2 | (0.06) | 26.1 | (0.08) | 30.2 | (0.07) | 30.9 | (0.09) | 19.8 | (0.07) | 11.1 | (0.05) | |||||||
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 16.2 | (0.13) | 83.8 | (0.13) | 23.5 | (0.13) | 27.8 | (0.15) | 32.6 | (0.15) | 20.0 | (0.13) | 12.6 | (0.10) | |||||||
| Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 10.7 | (0.09) | 89.3 | (0.09) | 23.8 | (0.11) | 29.9 | (0.11) | 35.6 | (0.15) | 22.7 | (0.11) | 12.9 | (0.10) | |||||||
| Town | 100.0 | (†) | 14.7 | (0.20) | 85.3 | (0.20) | 31.7 | (0.26) | 33.3 | (0.28) | 20.4 | (0.25) | 13.9 | (0.20) | 6.5 | (0.13) | |||||||
| Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 10.6 | (0.10) | 89.4 | (0.10) | 30.8 | (0.15) | 32.9 | (0.13) | 25.7 | (0.16) | 17.6 | (0.13) | 8.2 | (0.08) | |||||||
| Ages 45–54 | 100.0 | (†) | 12.3 | (0.05) | 87.8 | (0.05) | 29.3 | (0.06) | 30.7 | (0.06) | 27.7 | (0.07) | 17.5 | (0.06) | 10.2 | (0.04) | |||||||
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 15.7 | (0.10) | 84.3 | (0.10) | 25.8 | (0.14) | 29.4 | (0.13) | 29.1 | (0.13) | 17.9 | (0.12) | 11.2 | (0.09) | |||||||
| Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 9.7 | (0.08) | 90.3 | (0.08) | 26.3 | (0.11) | 30.9 | (0.12) | 33.0 | (0.11) | 20.8 | (0.11) | 12.2 | (0.08) | |||||||
| Town | 100.0 | (†) | 14.6 | (0.18) | 85.4 | (0.18) | 34.1 | (0.22) | 32.0 | (0.22) | 19.2 | (0.21) | 12.4 | (0.15) | 6.8 | (0.12) | |||||||
| Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 11.0 | (0.10) | 89.0 | (0.10) | 35.9 | (0.13) | 31.6 | (0.13) | 21.5 | (0.14) | 14.1 | (0.12) | 7.5 | (0.07) | |||||||
| Ages 55–64 | 100.0 | (†) | 12.5 | (0.07) | 87.5 | (0.07) | 28.2 | (0.07) | 29.6 | (0.07) | 29.7 | (0.07) | 16.8 | (0.06) | 12.9 | (0.05) | |||||||
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 15.6 | (0.11) | 84.4 | (0.11) | 24.2 | (0.13) | 28.3 | (0.13) | 31.9 | (0.15) | 17.6 | (0.11) | 14.3 | (0.11) | |||||||
| Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 10.0 | (0.10) | 90.0 | (0.10) | 26.0 | (0.12) | 30.0 | (0.12) | 34.0 | (0.13) | 19.0 | (0.11) | 15.1 | (0.09) | |||||||
| Town | 100.0 | (†) | 14.3 | (0.16) | 85.7 | (0.16) | 31.3 | (0.22) | 30.4 | (0.21) | 24.0 | (0.20) | 14.1 | (0.18) | 9.9 | (0.14) | |||||||
| Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 11.7 | (0.11) | 88.3 | (0.11) | 34.3 | (0.11) | 30.2 | (0.12) | 23.8 | (0.11) | 14.2 | (0.09) | 9.7 | (0.08) | |||||||
| Ages 65 and above | 100.0 | (†) | 23.5 | (0.06) | 76.5 | (0.06) | 34.5 | (0.07) | 21.8 | (0.06) | 20.2 | (0.06) | 11.4 | (0.04) | 8.9 | (0.04) | |||||||
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 25.5 | (0.14) | 74.5 | (0.14) | 30.2 | (0.11) | 21.6 | (0.10) | 22.7 | (0.12) | 12.5 | (0.10) | 10.2 | (0.09) | |||||||
| Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 20.0 | (0.12) | 80.0 | (0.12) | 34.6 | (0.12) | 22.7 | (0.10) | 22.7 | (0.11) | 12.8 | (0.07) | 10.0 | (0.07) | |||||||
| Town | 100.0 | (†) | 25.9 | (0.20) | 74.1 | (0.20) | 36.7 | (0.20) | 21.5 | (0.20) | 16.0 | (0.17) | 9.3 | (0.12) | 6.7 | (0.11) | |||||||
| Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 24.8 | (0.13) | 75.2 | (0.13) | 38.1 | (0.14) | 21.1 | (0.11) | 16.0 | (0.11) | 9.1 | (0.08) | 6.9 | (0.07) | |||||||
| † Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Includes those currently enrolled in school, who have not completed a high school diploma. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. For more details on urban-centric locale categories, see http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ruraled/definitions.asp. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2009, previously unpublished data. |
