(45KB)| Table 11. | Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: 2000 and 2005 |
| State | Percent of 18- to 24-year-olds who were high school completers1 |
Percent of population, 25 years old and over, by education level | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2005 | 2000 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | High school completion or higher | Bachelor's or higher degree |
Less than high school completion | High school completion or higher | Bachelor's or higher degree | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Bachelor's degree | Graduate or professional degree | Total | Bachelor's degree | Graduate or professional degree | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||||
| United States | 74.7 | (0.02) | 80.4 | (0.16) | 19.6 | 80.4 | 24.4 | 15.5 | 8.9 | 15.8 | (0.03) | 84.2 | (0.06) | 27.2 | (0.04) | 17.2 | (0.03) | 10.0 | (0.02) |
| Alabama | 72.2 | (0.15) | 77.6 | (1.23) | 24.7 | 75.3 | 19.0 | 12.1 | 6.9 | 19.7 | (0.26) | 80.3 | (0.49) | 21.4 | (0.26) | 13.5 | (0.21) | 7.9 | (0.16) |
| Alaska | 76.9 | (0.40) | 76.9 | (2.55) | 11.7 | 88.3 | 24.7 | 16.1 | 8.6 | 9.0 | (0.41) | 91.0 | (1.21) | 27.3 | (0.68) | 17.2 | (0.55) | 10.1 | (0.40) |
| Arizona | 69.2 | (0.19) | 77.7 | (1.19) | 19.0 | 81.0 | 23.5 | 15.1 | 8.4 | 16.2 | (0.24) | 83.8 | (0.48) | 25.6 | (0.26) | 16.2 | (0.22) | 9.3 | (0.15) |
| Arkansas | 75.4 | (0.19) | 80.3 | (1.49) | 24.7 | 75.3 | 16.7 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 19.0 | (0.29) | 81.0 | (0.54) | 18.9 | (0.29) | 12.6 | (0.24) | 6.3 | (0.16) |
| California | 70.7 | (0.07) | 79.6 | (0.50) | 23.2 | 76.8 | 26.6 | 17.1 | 9.5 | 19.9 | (0.11) | 80.1 | (0.20) | 29.5 | (0.11) | 18.9 | (0.09) | 10.6 | (0.07) |
| Colorado | 75.1 | (0.15) | 80.4 | (1.30) | 13.1 | 86.9 | 32.7 | 21.6 | 11.1 | 11.3 | (0.22) | 88.7 | (0.49) | 35.5 | (0.29) | 23.1 | (0.23) | 12.3 | (0.18) |
| Connecticut | 78.2 | (0.21) | 84.5 | (1.61) | 16.0 | 84.0 | 31.4 | 18.1 | 13.3 | 12.1 | (0.25) | 87.9 | (0.56) | 34.9 | (0.35) | 20.0 | (0.27) | 15.0 | (0.22) |
| Delaware | 77.6 | (0.41) | 76.5 | (2.94) | 17.4 | 82.6 | 25.0 | 15.6 | 9.4 | 14.4 | (0.50) | 85.6 | (1.04) | 27.6 | (0.58) | 16.4 | (0.42) | 11.1 | (0.40) |
| District of Columbia | 79.4 | (0.40) | 83.1 | (4.01) | 22.2 | 77.8 | 39.1 | 18.1 | 21.0 | 16.4 | (0.69) | 83.6 | (1.32) | 45.3 | (0.97) | 20.0 | (0.66) | 25.2 | (0.70) |
| Florida | 71.7 | (0.11) | 79.4 | (0.66) | 20.1 | 79.9 | 22.3 | 14.2 | 8.1 | 15.4 | (0.13) | 84.6 | (0.26) | 25.1 | (0.14) | 16.3 | (0.11) | 8.8 | (0.08) |
| Georgia | 70.0 | (0.15) | 75.9 | (1.01) | 21.4 | 78.6 | 24.3 | 16.0 | 8.3 | 17.2 | (0.20) | 82.8 | (0.38) | 27.1 | (0.23) | 17.6 | (0.19) | 9.5 | (0.13) |
| Hawaii | 85.8 | (0.25) | 91.7 | (2.36) | 15.4 | 84.6 | 26.2 | 17.8 | 8.4 | 11.9 | (0.36) | 88.1 | (0.86) | 27.9 | (0.49) | 18.8 | (0.40) | 9.1 | (0.29) |
| Idaho | 77.3 | (0.25) | 80.4 | (1.93) | 15.3 | 84.7 | 21.7 | 14.9 | 6.8 | 13.3 | (0.37) | 86.7 | (0.83) | 23.3 | (0.44) | 15.9 | (0.36) | 7.4 | (0.26) |
| Illinois | 76.0 | (0.09) | 82.1 | (0.81) | 18.6 | 81.4 | 26.1 | 16.6 | 9.5 | 14.3 | (0.15) | 85.7 | (0.29) | 29.2 | (0.18) | 18.3 | (0.14) | 10.9 | (0.11) |
| Indiana | 76.5 | (0.15) | 78.5 | (1.02) | 17.9 | 82.1 | 19.4 | 12.2 | 7.2 | 14.7 | (0.18) | 85.3 | (0.37) | 21.3 | (0.20) | 13.5 | (0.16) | 7.7 | (0.12) |
| Iowa | 81.4 | (0.16) | 83.8 | (1.43) | 13.9 | 86.1 | 21.2 | 14.7 | 6.5 | 10.4 | (0.19) | 89.6 | (0.50) | 23.8 | (0.26) | 16.5 | (0.22) | 7.3 | (0.15) |
| Kansas | 78.3 | (0.18) | 84.2 | (1.40) | 14.0 | 86.0 | 25.8 | 17.1 | 8.7 | 11.3 | (0.25) | 88.7 | (0.59) | 28.2 | (0.33) | 18.6 | (0.26) | 9.6 | (0.20) |
| Kentucky | 74.9 | (0.15) | 79.1 | (1.33) | 25.9 | 74.1 | 17.1 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 21.0 | (0.28) | 79.0 | (0.46) | 19.3 | (0.22) | 11.5 | (0.17) | 7.8 | (0.15) |
| Louisiana | 72.3 | (0.15) | 77.7 | (1.36) | 25.2 | 74.8 | 18.7 | 12.2 | 6.5 | 19.5 | (0.28) | 80.5 | (0.52) | 20.6 | (0.26) | 13.4 | (0.21) | 7.1 | (0.16) |
| Maine | 78.9 | (0.28) | 83.0 | (2.21) | 14.6 | 85.4 | 22.9 | 15.0 | 7.9 | 11.0 | (0.30) | 89.0 | (0.74) | 25.6 | (0.43) | 17.0 | (0.36) | 8.6 | (0.24) |
| Maryland | 79.6 | (0.16) | 82.9 | (1.30) | 16.2 | 83.8 | 31.4 | 18.0 | 13.4 | 13.0 | (0.22) | 87.0 | (0.46) | 34.5 | (0.28) | 19.3 | (0.21) | 15.2 | (0.18) |
| Massachusetts | 82.2 | (0.13) | 84.1 | (1.32) | 15.2 | 84.8 | 33.2 | 19.5 | 13.7 | 12.0 | (0.19) | 88.0 | (0.43) | 36.9 | (0.25) | 21.1 | (0.19) | 15.7 | (0.17) |
| Michigan | 76.5 | (0.10) | 82.7 | (0.79) | 16.6 | 83.4 | 21.8 | 13.7 | 8.1 | 13.0 | (0.14) | 87.0 | (0.32) | 24.7 | (0.16) | 15.1 | (0.13) | 9.5 | (0.10) |
| Minnesota | 79.3 | (0.13) | 84.0 | (1.01) | 12.1 | 87.9 | 27.4 | 19.1 | 8.3 | 9.1 | (0.14) | 90.9 | (0.38) | 30.7 | (0.23) | 21.0 | (0.18) | 9.7 | (0.14) |
| Mississippi | 71.3 | (0.18) | 75.1 | (1.47) | 27.1 | 72.9 | 16.9 | 11.1 | 5.8 | 21.5 | (0.34) | 78.5 | (0.59) | 18.7 | (0.30) | 12.2 | (0.24) | 6.5 | (0.18) |
| Missouri | 76.5 | (0.13) | 80.8 | (1.08) | 18.7 | 81.3 | 21.6 | 14.0 | 7.6 | 15.0 | (0.18) | 85.0 | (0.41) | 24.0 | (0.22) | 15.4 | (0.18) | 8.6 | (0.13) |
| Montana | 78.6 | (0.31) | 84.6 | (2.50) | 12.8 | 87.2 | 24.4 | 17.2 | 7.2 | 9.3 | (0.34) | 90.7 | (0.91) | 26.5 | (0.51) | 18.4 | (0.41) | 8.0 | (0.30) |
| Nebraska | 80.0 | (0.21) | 84.0 | (1.82) | 13.4 | 86.6 | 23.7 | 16.4 | 7.3 | 10.5 | (0.26) | 89.5 | (0.63) | 27.3 | (0.34) | 18.8 | (0.28) | 8.5 | (0.20) |
| Nevada | 66.7 | (0.32) | 74.8 | (1.85) | 19.3 | 80.7 | 18.2 | 12.1 | 6.1 | 17.2 | (0.41) | 82.8 | (0.74) | 20.6 | (0.36) | 14.0 | (0.30) | 6.6 | (0.19) |
| New Hampshire | 77.8 | (0.29) | 82.4 | (2.45) | 12.6 | 87.4 | 28.7 | 18.7 | 10.0 | 10.1 | (0.32) | 89.9 | (0.79) | 31.8 | (0.50) | 20.1 | (0.39) | 11.7 | (0.31) |
| New Jersey | 76.3 | (0.14) | 84.2 | (1.07) | 17.9 | 82.1 | 29.8 | 18.8 | 11.0 | 13.7 | (0.17) | 86.3 | (0.34) | 34.2 | (0.21) | 21.7 | (0.15) | 12.5 | (0.14) |
| New Mexico | 70.5 | (0.24) | 76.9 | (1.94) | 21.1 | 78.9 | 23.5 | 13.7 | 9.8 | 18.0 | (0.41) | 82.0 | (0.72) | 25.1 | (0.41) | 14.2 | (0.31) | 10.9 | (0.27) |
| New York | 76.1 | (0.09) | 80.9 | (0.66) | 20.9 | 79.1 | 27.4 | 15.6 | 11.8 | 15.7 | (0.12) | 84.3 | (0.25) | 31.3 | (0.15) | 17.9 | (0.11) | 13.4 | (0.10) |
| North Carolina | 74.2 | (0.11) | 78.0 | (0.99) | 21.9 | 78.1 | 22.5 | 15.3 | 7.2 | 17.7 | (0.19) | 82.3 | (0.35) | 25.1 | (0.19) | 17.1 | (0.15) | 8.0 | (0.11) |
| North Dakota | 84.4 | (0.24) | 88.1 | (2.59) | 16.1 | 83.9 | 22.0 | 16.5 | 5.5 | 11.8 | (0.38) | 88.2 | (1.05) | 25.5 | (0.58) | 18.7 | (0.49) | 6.7 | (0.32) |
| Ohio | 76.8 | (0.09) | 81.3 | (0.79) | 17.0 | 83.0 | 21.1 | 13.7 | 7.4 | 13.7 | (0.13) | 86.3 | (0.28) | 23.3 | (0.15) | 14.8 | (0.12) | 8.5 | (0.09) |
| Oklahoma | 74.8 | (0.16) | 79.2 | (1.24) | 19.4 | 80.6 | 20.3 | 13.5 | 6.8 | 15.7 | (0.25) | 84.3 | (0.51) | 22.4 | (0.27) | 15.2 | (0.22) | 7.2 | (0.15) |
| Oregon | 74.2 | (0.17) | 80.8 | (1.45) | 14.9 | 85.1 | 25.1 | 16.4 | 8.7 | 12.5 | (0.24) | 87.5 | (0.51) | 27.7 | (0.27) | 17.8 | (0.21) | 10.0 | (0.17) |
| Pennsylvania | 79.8 | (0.09) | 83.8 | (0.80) | 18.1 | 81.9 | 22.4 | 14.0 | 8.4 | 13.3 | (0.12) | 86.7 | (0.27) | 25.7 | (0.16) | 15.9 | (0.12) | 9.8 | (0.10) |
| Rhode Island | 81.3 | (0.32) | 82.4 | (2.96) | 22.0 | 78.0 | 25.6 | 15.9 | 9.7 | 16.5 | (0.51) | 83.5 | (1.01) | 29.3 | (0.59) | 17.9 | (0.46) | 11.5 | (0.36) |
| South Carolina | 74.3 | (0.18) | 78.0 | (1.40) | 23.7 | 76.3 | 20.4 | 13.5 | 6.9 | 18.3 | (0.27) | 81.7 | (0.47) | 23.0 | (0.26) | 15.0 | (0.21) | 7.9 | (0.15) |
| South Dakota | 78.2 | (0.33) | 81.2 | (2.07) | 15.4 | 84.6 | 21.5 | 15.5 | 6.0 | 11.4 | (0.36) | 88.6 | (0.93) | 24.7 | (0.54) | 17.6 | (0.45) | 7.0 | (0.29) |
| Tennessee | 75.1 | (0.16) | 80.5 | (1.11) | 24.1 | 75.9 | 19.6 | 12.8 | 6.8 | 18.8 | (0.21) | 81.2 | (0.40) | 21.8 | (0.21) | 14.1 | (0.18) | 7.6 | (0.12) |
| Texas | 68.6 | (0.08) | 76.5 | (0.53) | 24.3 | 75.7 | 23.2 | 15.6 | 7.6 | 21.2 | (0.14) | 78.8 | (0.23) | 25.1 | (0.12) | 17.0 | (0.10) | 8.2 | (0.07) |
| Utah | 80.3 | (0.16) | 84.7 | (1.57) | 12.3 | 87.7 | 26.1 | 17.8 | 8.3 | 9.9 | (0.28) | 90.1 | (0.67) | 27.9 | (0.37) | 19.2 | (0.31) | 8.7 | (0.20) |
| Vermont | 83.0 | (0.28) | 85.6 | (3.08) | 13.6 | 86.4 | 29.4 | 18.3 | 11.1 | 10.5 | (0.40) | 89.5 | (0.99) | 32.5 | (0.62) | 20.2 | (0.48) | 12.3 | (0.40) |
| Virginia | 79.4 | (0.13) | 82.5 | (1.06) | 18.5 | 81.5 | 29.5 | 17.9 | 11.6 | 14.6 | (0.17) | 85.4 | (0.37) | 33.2 | (0.22) | 19.8 | (0.17) | 13.4 | (0.14) |
| Washington | 75.3 | (0.16) | 79.5 | (1.05) | 12.9 | 87.1 | 27.7 | 18.4 | 9.3 | 11.2 | (0.18) | 88.8 | (0.40) | 30.1 | (0.22) | 19.6 | (0.16) | 10.5 | (0.15) |
| West Virginia | 78.2 | (0.22) | 82.0 | (1.93) | 24.8 | 75.2 | 14.8 | 8.9 | 5.9 | 18.8 | (0.34) | 81.2 | (0.69) | 16.9 | (0.32) | 10.2 | (0.25) | 6.8 | (0.20) |
| Wisconsin | 78.9 | (0.13) | 84.4 | (1.01) | 14.9 | 85.1 | 22.4 | 15.2 | 7.2 | 11.2 | (0.15) | 88.8 | (0.34) | 25.0 | (0.19) | 16.8 | (0.15) | 8.1 | (0.11) |
| Wyoming | 79.0 | (0.41) | 82.1 | (2.77) | 12.1 | 87.9 | 21.9 | 14.9 | 7.0 | 8.7 | (0.46) | 91.3 | (1.26) | 23.2 | (0.70) | 15.5 | (0.55) | 7.7 | (0.42) |
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1 High school completers include diploma recipients and those completing through alternative credentials, such as a GED. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, retrieved on October 11, 2006, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPage Servlet?_ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&_program=DEC&_lang=en; Census Briefs, Educational Attainment: 2000; and 2005 American Community Survey, American FactFinder, retrieved on October 10, 2006, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPage Servlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts=. (This table was prepared October 2006.) |