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                | Number of persons 25  |                                |
                | years old and over    | Percent high school completion |  Percent completed bachelor's
                |  (in thousands)       |              higher            |       or higher degree
     State      |                       |                                |
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                | Total | Male  |Female |  Total   |  Male    | Female   |   Total  |   Male   |  Female
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Alabama ........| 2,857 | 1,322 | 1,535 |78.8 (1.9)|81.5 (2.7)|76.4 (2.7)|20.6 (1.9)|23.9 (2.9)|17.9 (2.4)
Arizona ........| 2,824 | 1,373 | 1,451 |81.9 (1.9)|83.1 (2.6)|80.8 (2.7)|21.9 (2.0)|26.9 (3.1)|17.0 (2.6)
California .....|20,401 |10,048 |10,353 |80.1 (0.8)|80.1 (1.2)|80.0 (1.2)|26.4 (0.9)|28.2 (1.3)|24.6 (1.2)
Florida ........| 9,990 | 4,778 | 5,212 |81.9 (1.0)|82.4 (1.4)|81.5 (1.4)|22.5 (1.1)|25.2 (1.6)|20.1 (1.5)
Georgia ........| 4,699 | 2,204 | 2,494 |80.0 (1.8)|80.3 (2.6)|79.8 (2.5)|20.7 (1.8)|21.1 (2.7)|20.4 (2.5)
Illinois .......| 7,517 | 3,548 | 3,969 |84.2 (1.1)|83.6 (1.6)|84.7 (1.4)|25.8 (1.3)|29.0 (1.9)|22.9 (1.7)
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Indiana.........| 3,642 | 1,740 | 1,903 |83.5 (1.9)|84.4 (2.6)|82.7 (2.6)|17.7 (1.9)|18.5 (2.8)|16.9 (2.6)
Kentucky .......| 2,501 | 1,166 | 1,335 |77.9 (2.1)|76.3 (3.1)|79.3 (2.7)|20.1 (2.0)|21.8 (3.0)|18.6 (2.6)
Louisiana ......| 2,781 | 1,345 | 1,436 |78.6 (2.0)|78.3 (2.8)|79.0 (2.7)|19.5 (1.9)|21.2 (2.8)|17.9 (2.6)
Maryland .......| 3,398 | 1,599 | 1,799 |84.7 (2.0)|82.7 (3.0)|86.4 (2.6)|31.8 (2.5)|33.8 (3.8)|30.1 (3.4)
Massachusetts ..| 4,043 | 1,948 | 2,095 |85.6 (1.3)|85.6 (1.9)|85.7 (1.8)|31.0 (1.7)|33.2 (2.5)|28.9 (2.3)
Michigan .......| 6,136 | 2,919 | 3,217 |85.4 (1.1)|84.7 (1.6)|86.1 (1.5)|22.1 (1.3)|23.2 (1.9)|21.2 (1.8)
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Minnesota ......| 2,981 | 1,424 | 1,557 |89.4 (1.5)|88.9 (2.2)|89.9 (2.0)|31.0 (2.2)|34.0 (3.3)|28.3 (3.0)
Missouri........| 3,438 | 1,618 | 1,820 |82.9 (1.9)|83.3 (2.8)|82.5 (2.7)|22.4 (2.1)|22.9 (3.1)|22.0 (2.9)
New Jersey .....| 5,239 | 2,458 | 2,781 |86.5 (1.1)|86.9 (1.6)|86.2 (1.5)|30.1 (1.4)|32.9 (2.2)|27.7 (1.9)
New York .......|11,775 | 5,462 | 6,313 |81.5 (0.9)|82.3 (1.3)|80.8 (1.2)|26.8 (1.0)|28.6 (1.5)|25.2 (1.4)
North Carolina .| 4,843 | 2,316 | 2,527 |81.4 (1.5)|79.7 (2.3)|82.9 (2.0)|23.3 (1.6)|24.9 (2.4)|21.8 (2.2)
Ohio ...........| 7,235 | 3,400 | 3,835 |86.2 (1.0)|86.3 (1.5)|86.2 (1.4)|21.5 (1.2)|24.7 (1.9)|18.6 (1.6)
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Pennsylvania ...| 8,002 | 3,788 | 4,214 |84.1 (1.0)|84.2 (1.5)|84.1 (1.4)|22.1 (1.2)|24.9 (1.8)|19.6 (1.5)
South Carolina .| 2,403 | 1,119 | 1,284 |78.6 (2.3)|78.7 (3.3)|78.4 (3.1)|21.3 (2.3)|24.4 (3.5)|18.6 (3.0)
Tennessee ......| 3,561 | 1,692 | 1,870 |76.9 (2.1)|76.1 (3.1)|77.6 (2.9)|16.9 (1.9)|19.2 (2.9)|14.7 (2.5)
Texas ..........|11,906 | 5,734 | 6,171 |78.3 (1.0)|78.4 (1.5)|78.2 (1.4)|23.3 (1.1)|25.5 (1.6)|21.2 (1.4)
Virginia .......| 4,482 | 2,159 | 2,323 |82.6 (1.8)|82.1 (2.6)|83.2 (2.5)|30.3 (2.2)|35.1 (3.3)|25.8 (2.9)
Washington .....| 3,740 | 1,849 | 1,891 |92.0 (1.5)|91.3 (2.2)|92.7 (2.0)|28.1 (2.4)|28.5 (3.5)|27.7 (3.4)
Wisconsin ......| 3,405 | 1,675 | 1,729 |88.0 (1.5)|88.5 (2.2)|87.4 (2.2)|22.3 (2.0)|23.1 (2.9)|21.5 (2.7)
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, "Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1998." (This table was prepared August 1999.)