(29KB)| Table 13. | Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over for the 25 largest states, by sex: 2006 |
| 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 | 195,981 | (90.7) | 94,361 | (56.0) | 101,620 | (52.6) | 84.1 | (0.04) | 83.5 | (0.05) | 84.6 | (0.05) | 27.0 | (0.05) | 27.9 | (0.06) | 26.2 | (0.07) |
| Alabama | 3,024 | (8.5) | 1,425 | (6.4) | 1,599 | (5.4) | 80.0 | (0.34) | 79.1 | (0.44) | 80.8 | (0.40) | 21.0 | (0.29) | 21.7 | (0.38) | 20.3 | (0.32) |
| Arizona | 3,970 | (7.9) | 1,953 | (4.9) | 2,018 | (5.7) | 83.6 | (0.24) | 82.8 | (0.32) | 84.4 | (0.29) | 25.5 | (0.30) | 26.4 | (0.42) | 24.6 | (0.35) |
| California | 23,112 | (24.2) | 11,358 | (17.1) | 11,753 | (12.5) | 80.1 | (0.10) | 79.9 | (0.14) | 80.3 | (0.11) | 29.1 | (0.11) | 30.1 | (0.13) | 28.1 | (0.15) |
| Colorado | 3,120 | (8.3) | 1,548 | (6.0) | 1,571 | (5.5) | 88.1 | (0.21) | 87.5 | (0.34) | 88.8 | (0.27) | 34.5 | (0.28) | 35.6 | (0.36) | 33.5 | (0.37) |
| Florida | 12,464 | (10.5) | 5,983 | (7.6) | 6,481 | (7.8) | 84.7 | (0.14) | 83.9 | (0.19) | 85.4 | (0.15) | 25.3 | (0.16) | 26.9 | (0.22) | 23.8 | (0.18) |
| Georgia | 5,963 | (10.5) | 2,863 | (7.5) | 3,100 | (6.2) | 82.3 | (0.18) | 81.1 | (0.30) | 83.4 | (0.20) | 26.4 | (0.20) | 26.7 | (0.24) | 26.2 | (0.27) |
| Illinois | 8,341 | (13.6) | 4,009 | (9.7) | 4,332 | (8.7) | 85.0 | (0.17) | 84.7 | (0.22) | 85.3 | (0.22) | 28.8 | (0.22) | 29.8 | (0.29) | 27.9 | (0.25) |
| Indiana | 4,109 | (8.9) | 1,976 | (6.6) | 2,134 | (5.9) | 85.3 | (0.20) | 84.7 | (0.27) | 85.9 | (0.28) | 21.8 | (0.24) | 22.7 | (0.30) | 21.0 | (0.30) |
| Louisiana | 2,746 | (8.3) | 1,295 | (6.1) | 1,451 | (5.6) | 79.1 | (0.33) | 77.7 | (0.41) | 80.3 | (0.41) | 20.0 | (0.27) | 19.7 | (0.39) | 20.2 | (0.35) |
| Maryland | 3,719 | (8.2) | 1,746 | (4.9) | 1,973 | (6.5) | 87.2 | (0.18) | 86.4 | (0.29) | 87.9 | (0.24) | 35.3 | (0.28) | 36.2 | (0.36) | 34.4 | (0.34) |
| Massachusetts | 4,340 | (8.3) | 2,054 | (5.4) | 2,286 | (5.3) | 88.0 | (0.23) | 87.4 | (0.30) | 88.5 | (0.28) | 36.7 | (0.28) | 37.9 | (0.35) | 35.7 | (0.33) |
| Michigan | 6,648 | (14.6) | 3,207 | (9.2) | 3,440 | (9.8) | 87.3 | (0.17) | 86.4 | (0.25) | 88.0 | (0.22) | 24.6 | (0.24) | 25.5 | (0.29) | 23.9 | (0.26) |
| Minnesota | 3,397 | (11.6) | 1,663 | (8.1) | 1,734 | (8.0) | 90.7 | (0.23) | 89.8 | (0.30) | 91.4 | (0.27) | 30.2 | (0.39) | 30.8 | (0.49) | 29.7 | (0.43) |
| Missouri | 3,838 | (11.8) | 1,826 | (6.0) | 2,012 | (8.4) | 84.9 | (0.22) | 84.6 | (0.30) | 85.3 | (0.27) | 24.0 | (0.27) | 24.7 | (0.34) | 23.4 | (0.35) |
| New Jersey | 5,867 | (9.8) | 2,797 | (7.4) | 3,070 | (6.9) | 85.9 | (0.18) | 85.4 | (0.26) | 86.3 | (0.22) | 33.3 | (0.23) | 35.0 | (0.27) | 31.8 | (0.29) |
| New York | 12,846 | (15.9) | 6,052 | (10.7) | 6,794 | (10.9) | 84.1 | (0.15) | 83.9 | (0.21) | 84.2 | (0.19) | 31.1 | (0.15) | 31.8 | (0.21) | 30.5 | (0.18) |
| North Carolina | 5,838 | (11.3) | 2,777 | (7.9) | 3,061 | (6.8) | 82.1 | (0.21) | 80.6 | (0.32) | 83.5 | (0.23) | 24.8 | (0.23) | 25.0 | (0.27) | 24.5 | (0.30) |
| Ohio | 7,596 | (13.6) | 3,620 | (7.6) | 3,975 | (8.9) | 86.3 | (0.14) | 86.2 | (0.18) | 86.4 | (0.17) | 22.9 | (0.17) | 24.0 | (0.22) | 21.8 | (0.21) |
| Pennsylvania | 8,423 | (14.6) | 3,992 | (10.9) | 4,431 | (9.9) | 86.3 | (0.17) | 86.2 | (0.22) | 86.3 | (0.20) | 25.5 | (0.19) | 26.7 | (0.25) | 24.5 | (0.21) |
| South Carolina | 2,849 | (6.2) | 1,349 | (5.3) | 1,499 | (3.9) | 81.5 | (0.31) | 80.5 | (0.44) | 82.3 | (0.35) | 22.9 | (0.30) | 23.7 | (0.39) | 22.1 | (0.37) |
| Tennessee | 4,040 | (9.1) | 1,927 | (6.4) | 2,113 | (5.6) | 80.8 | (0.24) | 80.1 | (0.34) | 81.4 | (0.31) | 22.0 | (0.26) | 22.9 | (0.30) | 21.2 | (0.35) |
| Texas | 14,557 | (16.6) | 7,104 | (12.6) | 7,453 | (11.7) | 78.6 | (0.15) | 78.0 | (0.19) | 79.1 | (0.17) | 24.7 | (0.15) | 25.7 | (0.20) | 23.8 | (0.17) |
| Virginia | 5,078 | (10.5) | 2,425 | (7.1) | 2,653 | (6.8) | 85.3 | (0.22) | 84.7 | (0.27) | 85.9 | (0.29) | 32.8 | (0.25) | 33.5 | (0.29) | 32.0 | (0.36) |
| Washington | 4,246 | (8.7) | 2,079 | (5.4) | 2,167 | (6.0) | 88.9 | (0.20) | 88.8 | (0.25) | 89.0 | (0.26) | 30.3 | (0.29) | 31.8 | (0.35) | 28.9 | (0.34) |
| Wisconsin | 3,681 | (13.5) | 1,801 | (9.4) | 1,880 | (6.8) | 88.4 | (0.22) | 87.6 | (0.33) | 89.2 | (0.24) | 25.5 | (0.29) | 25.5 | (0.39) | 25.5 | (0.36) |
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1 Total includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. (This table was prepared August 2008.) |