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Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


Table 13. Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over for the 25 largest states, by sex: 2004 
State Number of persons 25 years old and over (in thousands) Percent with high school completion or higher Percent with bachelor's or higher degree
Total Males Females Total Male Female Total Male Female
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
United States1  186,877 (225.3) 89,558 (260.6) 97,319 (264.6) 85.2 (0.09) 84.8 (0.13) 85.4 (0.12) 27.7 (0.11) 29.4 (0.17) 26.1 (0.15)
Alabama 2,891 (58.7) 1,353 (40.3) 1,537 (42.9) 82.4 (0.73) 81.9 (1.09) 82.9 (0.97) 22.3 (0.79) 25.2 (1.22) 19.7 (1.03)
Arizona 3,510 (64.6) 1,702 (45.1) 1,808 (46.5) 84.4 (0.79) 84.0 (1.16) 84.8 (1.09) 28.0 (0.97) 29.3 (1.40) 26.7 (1.34)
California 22,096 (155.6) 10,762 (111.4) 11,334 (114.1) 81.3 (0.36) 81.2 (0.55) 81.3 (0.55) 31.7 (0.43) 34.4 (0.67) 29.1 (0.61)
Colorado 2,856 (58.3) 1,401 (41.0) 1,456 (41.8) 88.3 (0.55) 87.8 (0.79) 88.9 (0.73) 35.5 (0.79) 36.0 (1.16) 35.2 (1.16)
Florida 11,489 (114.9) 5,481 (80.4) 6,008 (84.1) 85.9 (0.43) 85.6 (0.61) 86.3 (0.55) 26.0 (0.49) 29.3 (0.79) 23.0 (0.67)
                                     
Georgia 5,525 (80.7) 2,645 (56.2) 2,880 (58.6) 85.2 (0.67) 84.7 (1.03) 85.6 (0.97) 27.6 (0.85) 26.5 (1.28) 28.7 (1.22)
Illinois 8,090 (97.1) 3,895 (68.0) 4,196 (70.5) 86.8 (0.43) 87.0 (0.61) 86.7 (0.61) 27.4 (0.55) 28.6 (0.85) 26.3 (0.79)
Indiana 4,010 (69.0) 1,921 (47.9) 2,089 (50.0) 87.2 (0.55) 86.6 (0.85) 87.7 (0.79) 21.1 (0.67) 21.5 (0.97) 20.7 (0.91)
Kentucky 2,754 (57.3) 1,317 (39.7) 1,437 (41.5) 81.8 (0.73) 82.3 (1.03) 81.3 (1.03) 21.0 (0.79) 22.6 (1.16) 19.5 (1.03)
Louisiana 2,758 (57.3) 1,296 (39.4) 1,462 (41.9) 78.7 (0.91) 78.1 (1.28) 79.2 (1.22) 22.4 (0.91) 24.5 (1.34) 20.5 (1.22)
                                     
Maryland 3,609 (65.5) 1,688 (45.0) 1,922 (48.0) 87.4 (0.61) 85.2 (0.97) 89.3 (0.79) 35.2 (0.91) 37.1 (1.34) 33.4 (1.22)
Massachusetts 4,344 (71.7) 2,033 (49.3) 2,311 (52.5) 86.9 (0.55) 88.3 (0.79) 85.7 (0.79) 36.7 (0.79) 39.8 (1.16) 34.0 (1.03)
Michigan 6,444 (87.0) 3,040 (60.2) 3,404 (63.6) 87.9 (0.43) 88.4 (0.67) 87.4 (0.61) 24.4 (0.61) 26.4 (0.91) 22.6 (0.79)
Minnesota 3,337 (63.0) 1,665 (44.7) 1,672 (44.7) 92.3 (0.43) 91.4 (0.67) 93.2 (0.61) 32.5 (0.79) 32.4 (1.09) 32.6 (1.09)
Missouri 3,698 (66.3) 1,763 (45.9) 1,935 (48.1) 87.9 (0.61) 87.5 (0.85) 88.3 (0.79) 28.1 (0.79) 31.0 (1.22) 25.5 (1.09)
                                     
New Jersey 5,655 (81.6) 2,687 (56.6) 2,969 (59.5) 87.6 (0.49) 87.8 (0.67) 87.3 (0.67) 34.6 (0.67) 37.9 (0.97) 31.7 (0.91)
New York 12,508 (119.6) 5,829 (82.8) 6,679 (88.5) 85.4 (0.36) 85.1 (0.55) 85.7 (0.49) 30.6 (0.49) 31.0 (0.73) 30.2 (0.67)
North Carolina 5,313 (79.2) 2,556 (55.2) 2,757 (57.3) 80.9 (0.67) 79.6 (1.03) 82.2 (0.91) 23.4 (0.73) 24.3 (1.09) 22.6 (1.03)
Ohio 7,362 (92.8) 3,474 (64.3) 3,888 (67.9) 88.1 (0.43) 87.9 (0.61) 88.2 (0.61) 24.6 (0.55) 26.7 (0.85) 22.7 (0.79)
Pennsylvania 8,272 (98.2) 3,892 (68.0) 4,380 (72.0) 86.5 (0.43) 86.7 (0.61) 86.4 (0.55) 25.3 (0.55) 27.9 (0.79) 22.9 (0.73)
                                     
Tennessee 3,972 (68.6) 1,943 (48.2) 2,029 (49.3) 82.9 (0.73) 81.9 (1.09) 83.9 (1.03) 24.3 (0.85) 25.7 (1.28) 23.0 (1.22)
Texas 13,356 (123.4) 6,479 (87.2) 6,877 (89.8) 78.3 (0.49) 78.3 (0.67) 78.3 (0.67) 24.5 (0.49) 26.3 (0.73) 22.8 (0.67)
Virginia 4,865 (75.8) 2,373 (53.2) 2,492 (54.5) 88.4 (0.61) 87.1 (0.91) 89.6 (0.79) 33.1 (0.85) 35.5 (1.28) 30.8 (1.22)
Washington 4,029 (69.1) 1,980 (48.7) 2,049 (49.5) 89.7 (0.61) 89.3 (0.91) 90.2 (0.85) 29.9 (0.91) 32.3 (1.34) 27.5 (1.34)
Wisconsin 3,540 (64.9) 1,721 (45.4) 1,819 (46.7) 88.8 (0.55) 88.2 (0.79) 89.3 (0.73) 25.6 (0.73) 25.6 (1.03) 25.6 (1.03)
1 Total includes all 50 states.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States, 2004. Retrieved on March 25, 2005, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2004.html. (This table was prepared April 2005.)