(45KB)| Table 11. | Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: Selected years, 1994 through 2004 |
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| Percent of population, 25 years | |
| old and over, by education level, 2000 | |
|_________________________________________| Percent of population, | Percent of 18- to 24-
|Percent| | Percent with bachelor's| 25 years old and over, by| year-olds who were high
| less|Percent| or higher degree | education level, 2004 | school completers\1\
| than| high|_________________________|__________________________|___________________________
| high| school| | | Graduate| Percent| Percent with| |
| school|comple-| | Bache-| or pro-| high school| bachelor's| |
|comple-|tion or| | lor's|fessional| completion| or higher| 1994 through| 1999 through
State | tion| higher| Total| degree| degree| or higher| degree| 1996| 2001
______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_____________|_____________
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)
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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\High school completers include diploma recipients and those completing through alternative credentials, such as a GED. 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" and "Educational Attainment in the United States: 2004," retrieved on March 23, 2005 from http://www.census.gov/ population/www/socdemo/education/cps2004.html; and Census 2000 Summary File 3, retrieved on March 23, 2005 from http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/sumfile3.html. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Dropout Rates in the United States, 2001. (This table was prepared March 2005.)
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