Table 13. | Years of school completed by persons age 25 and over in the 15 largest states and the 15 largest metropolitan areas: March 1993 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Percent completing -- || | Percent completing -- |----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------- | Less than |High school|Bachelor's|| Metropolitan | Less than |High school|Bachelor's State |high school| diploma |degree or || area\1\ |high school| diploma | degree or | diploma | | more || | diploma | | more --------------------|-----------|-----------|----------||-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 || 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 --------------------|-----------|-----------|----------||-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------- United States \2\ | 19.8 | 80.2 | 21.9 || | | | |-----------|-----------|----------|| | | | California .........| 20.3 | 79.7 | 25.0 ||Atlanta, Ga. ......................| 15.9 | 84.1 | 31.3 Florida ............| 20.4 | 79.6 | 19.8 ||Boston, Mass. .....................| 13.0 | 87.0 | 34.9 Georgia ............| 25.3 | 74.7 | 21.1 ||Chicago, Ill. .....................| 21.4 | 78.6 | 25.0 Illinois ...........| 20.8 | 79.2 | 22.1 ||Cleveland, OH ....................| 14.0 | 86.0 | 21.9 Indiana ............| 20.8 | 79.2 | 14.1 ||Dallas, Tex. ......................| 19.1 | 80.9 | 27.2 | | | || | | | Massachusetts ......| 15.4 | 84.6 | 30.0 ||Detroit, Mich. ....................| 18.3 | 81.7 | 22.1 Michigan ...........| 18.5 | 81.5 | 19.1 ||Houston, Tex. .....................| 16.7 | 83.3 | 30.7 Missouri ...........| 19.7 | 80.3 | 20.3 ||Los Angeles/Anaheim/Riverside, CA .| 23.4 | 76.6 | 23.6 New Jersey .........| 17.9 | 82.1 | 27.9 ||Miami, FL ........................| 24.6 | 75.4 | 21.2 New York ...........| 19.3 | 80.7 | 24.2 ||New York, N.Y. ....................| 19.7 | 80.3 | 27.7 | | | || | | | North Carolina .....| 25.2 | 74.8 | 18.5 ||Philadelphia, Penn./N.J. ..........| 20.4 | 79.6 | 23.4 Ohio ...............| 17.2 | 82.8 | 19.5 ||Pittsburgh, PA ...................| 17.7 | 82.3 | 20.5 Pennsylvania .......| 20.2 | 79.8 | 18.7 ||San Francisco, CA ................| 16.0 | 86.3 | 33.0 Texas ..............| 22.7 | 77.3 | 22.1 ||St. Louis, MO ....................| 19.1 | 80.9 | 21.2 Virginia ...........| 19.3 | 80.7 | 25.8 ||Washington, D.C./Md./Va. ........ | 12.0 | 88.0 | 38.2 --------------------|-----------|-----------|----------||-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------- |
\1\Metropolitan Statistical Area.
\2\Includes data for all states and the District of Columbia. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, No. 476, Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1993. (This table was prepared July 1995.)
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