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| Table 11. | Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: Selected years, 1994 to 2004 |
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| Percent of population, 25 years | Percent of | Percent of 18- to
|old and over, by education level, 2000 | population, 25 years | 24-year-olds who
|_______________________________________| old and over, by | were high school
State |Percent|Percent|Percent with bachelor's| education level, 2004 | completers\1\
| less| high| or higher degree |________________________|______________________
| than| school|_______________________| Percent| Percent| |
| high|comple-|Total|Bache-| Graduate| with high| with| |
| school|tion or| | lor's| or pro-| school| bachelor's| 1994-96| 1999-2001
|comple-| higher| |degree| fessional| completion| or higher| |
| tion| | | | degree| or higher| degree| |
______________________|_______|_______|_____|______|__________|____________|___________|___________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8| 9| 10
______________________|_______|_______|_____|______|__________|____________|___________|___________|__________
United States .....| 19.6| 80.4| 24.4| 15.5| 8.9|85.2 (0.09)| 27.7(0.11)| 85.8(0.19)|86.3(0.19)
|_______|_______|_____|______|__________|____________|___________|___________|__________
Alabama ..............| 24.7| 75.3| 19.0| 12.1| 6.9|82.4 (0.73)| 22.3(0.79)| 87.2(1.37)|82.0(1.70)
Alaska ...............| 11.7| 88.3| 24.7| 16.1| 8.6|90.2 (0.67)| 25.5(0.91)| 87.4(4.11)|90.9(3.64)
Arizona ..............| 19.0| 81.0| 23.5| 15.1| 8.4|84.4 (0.79)| 28.0(0.97)| 84.0(1.56)|77.6(1.64)
Arkansas .............| 24.7| 75.3| 16.7| 11.0| 5.7|79.2 (0.79)| 18.8(0.79)| 88.6(1.70)|86.7(1.94)
California ...........| 23.2| 76.8| 26.6| 17.1| 9.5|81.3 (0.36)| 31.7(0.43)| 78.6(0.64)|85.1(0.55)
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Colorado .............| 13.1| 86.9| 32.7| 21.6| 11.1|88.3 (0.55)| 35.5(0.79)| 87.9(1.42)|82.4(1.73)
Connecticut ..........| 16.0| 84.0| 31.4| 18.1| 13.3|88.8 (0.55)| 34.5(0.79)| 96.1(1.01)|93.6(1.45)
Delaware .............| 17.4| 82.6| 25.0| 15.6| 9.4|86.5 (0.73)| 26.9(0.97)| 90.3(3.09)|90.8(3.16)
District of Columbia .| 22.2| 77.8| 39.1| 18.1| 21.0|86.4 (0.73)| 45.7(1.09)| 86.2(3.85)|88.2(3.82)
Florida ..............| 20.1| 79.9| 22.3| 14.2| 8.1|85.9 (0.43)| 26.0(0.49)| 80.1(0.97)|83.8(0.91)
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Georgia ..............| 21.4| 78.6| 24.3| 16.0| 8.3|85.2 (0.67)| 27.6(0.85)| 81.3(1.26)|84.7(1.17)
Hawaii ...............| 15.4| 84.6| 26.2| 17.8| 8.4|88.0 (0.67)| 26.6(0.91)| 92.6(2.05)|91.3(2.51)
Idaho ................| 15.3| 84.7| 21.7| 14.9| 6.8|87.9 (0.67)| 23.8(0.85)| 84.9(2.73)|88.3(2.50)
Illinois .............| 18.6| 81.4| 26.1| 16.6| 9.5|86.8 (0.43)| 27.4(0.55)| 87.9(0.83)|88.4(0.86)
Indiana ..............| 17.9| 82.1| 19.4| 12.2| 7.2|87.2 (0.55)| 21.1(0.67)| 89.7(1.12)|89.4(1.26)
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Iowa .................| 13.9| 86.1| 21.2| 14.7| 6.5|89.8 (0.55)| 24.3(0.79)| 91.9(1.35)|92.4(1.45)
Kansas ...............| 14.0| 86.0| 25.8| 17.1| 8.7|89.6 (0.55)| 30.0(0.79)| 91.6(1.53)|88.2(1.79)
Kentucky .............| 25.9| 74.1| 17.1| 10.2| 6.9|81.8 (0.73)| 21.0(0.79)| 82.2(1.79)|87.4(1.57)
Louisiana ............| 25.2| 74.8| 18.7| 12.2| 6.5|78.7 (0.91)| 22.4(0.91)| 82.2(1.63)|82.6(1.63)
Maine ................| 14.6| 85.4| 22.9| 15.0| 7.9|87.1 (0.55)| 24.2(0.73)| 91.4(2.36)|93.6(2.19)
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Maryland .............| 16.2| 83.8| 31.4| 18.0| 13.4|87.4 (0.61)| 35.2(0.91)| 93.4(1.07)|84.9(1.60)
Massachusetts ........| 15.2| 84.8| 33.2| 19.5| 13.7|86.9 (0.55)| 36.7(0.79)| 92.4(1.01)|91.4(1.08)
Michigan .............| 16.6| 83.4| 21.8| 13.7| 8.1|87.9 (0.43)| 24.4(0.61)| 89.1(0.89)|88.1(0.92)
Minnesota ............| 12.1| 87.9| 27.4| 19.1| 8.3|92.3 (0.43)| 32.5(0.79)| 95.3(0.91)|93.1(1.06)
Mississippi ..........| 27.1| 72.9| 16.9| 11.1| 5.8|83.0 (0.79)| 20.1(0.85)| 82.0(2.07)|84.3(2.00)
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Missouri .............| 18.7| 81.3| 21.6| 14.0| 7.6|87.9 (0.61)| 28.1(0.79)| 89.9(1.19)|90.4(1.18)
Montana ..............| 12.8| 87.2| 24.4| 17.2| 7.2|91.9 (0.55)| 25.5(0.91)| 89.8(3.08)|92.4(2.67)
Nebraska .............| 13.4| 86.6| 23.7| 16.4| 7.3|91.3 (0.55)| 24.8(0.85)| 93.0(1.76)|90.8(1.94)
Nevada ...............| 19.3| 80.7| 18.2| 12.1| 6.1|86.3 (0.67)| 24.5(0.79)| 81.5(3.09)|79.6(2.84)
New Hampshire ........| 12.6| 87.4| 28.7| 18.7| 10.0|90.8 (0.55)| 35.4(0.85)| 87.4(3.03)|86.6(3.30)
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New Jersey ...........| 17.9| 82.1| 29.8| 18.8| 11.0|87.6 (0.49)| 34.6(0.67)| 93.0(0.86)|89.3(1.07)
New Mexico ...........| 21.1| 78.9| 23.5| 13.7| 9.8|82.9 (0.85)| 25.1(0.97)| 78.8(2.86)|85.0(2.59)
New York .............| 20.9| 79.1| 27.4| 15.6| 11.8|85.4 (0.36)| 30.6(0.49)| 86.4(0.72)|86.8(0.76)
North Carolina .......| 21.9| 78.1| 22.5| 15.3| 7.2|80.9 (0.67)| 23.4(0.73)| 85.3(1.16)|84.7(1.23)
North Dakota .........| 16.1| 83.9| 22.0| 16.5| 5.5|89.5 (0.55)| 25.2(0.79)| 97.9(1.56)|96.8(2.01)
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Ohio .................| 17.0| 83.0| 21.1| 13.7| 7.4|88.1 (0.43)| 24.6(0.55)| 87.7(0.88)|87.0(0.91)
Oklahoma .............| 19.4| 80.6| 20.3| 13.5| 6.8|85.2 (0.67)| 22.9(0.79)| 89.5(1.55)|86.0(1.74)
Oregon ...............| 14.9| 85.1| 25.1| 16.4| 8.7|87.4 (0.61)| 25.9(0.79)| 81.1(2.02)|86.3(1.70)
Pennsylvania .........| 18.1| 81.9| 22.4| 14.0| 8.4|86.5 (0.43)| 25.3(0.55)| 89.6(0.82)|89.8(0.83)
Rhode Island .........| 22.0| 78.0| 25.6| 15.9| 9.7|81.1 (0.67)| 27.2(0.73)| 87.5(3.33)|85.5(3.46)
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South Carolina .......| 23.7| 76.3| 20.4| 13.5| 6.9|83.6 (0.73)| 24.9(0.91)| 88.4(1.48)|84.5(1.71)
South Dakota .........| 15.4| 84.6| 21.5| 15.5| 6.0|87.5 (0.61)| 25.5(0.79)| 89.6(3.24)|91.6(2.90)
Tennessee ............| 24.1| 75.9| 19.6| 12.8| 6.8|82.9 (0.73)| 24.3(0.85)| 83.3(1.46)|86.6(1.36)
Texas ................| 24.3| 75.7| 23.2| 15.6| 7.6|78.3 (0.49)| 24.5(0.49)| 79.3(0.78)|79.9(0.79)
Utah .................| 12.3| 87.7| 26.1| 17.8| 8.3|91.0 (0.61)| 30.8(1.03)| 91.3(1.56)|88.9(1.67)
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Vermont ..............| 13.6| 86.4| 29.4| 18.3| 11.1|90.8 (0.61)| 34.2(0.97)| 87.2(3.99)|86.6(4.47)
Virginia .............| 18.5| 81.5| 29.5| 17.9| 11.6|88.4 (0.61)| 33.1(0.85)| 86.3(1.23)|88.2(1.20)
Washington ...........| 12.9| 87.1| 27.7| 18.4| 9.3|89.7 (0.61)| 29.9(0.91)| 86.8(1.30)|88.3(1.25)
West Virginia ........| 24.8| 75.2| 14.8| 8.9| 5.9|80.9 (0.67)| 15.3(0.61)| 87.7(2.25)|88.5(2.26)
Wisconsin ............| 14.9| 85.1| 22.4| 15.2| 7.2|88.8 (0.55)| 25.6(0.73)| 94.2(0.91)|90.3(1.19)
Wyoming ..............| 12.1| 87.9| 21.9| 14.9| 7.0|91.9 (0.55)| 22.5(0.79)| 89.4(3.93)|87.3(4.51)
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\1\Excludes students still enrolled in high school. Data reflect 3-year averages. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Census 2000 Brief, "Educational Attainment: 2000," "Educational Attainment in the United States, 2004." Retrieved on March 23, 2005 from http://www.census.gov/ population/www/socdemo/education/cps2004.html; Census 2000 Summary File 3. Retrieved on March 23, 2005 from http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/sumfile3.html; and National Center for Education Statistics, Dropout Rates in the United States, 2001. (This table was prepared March 2005.)
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