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| Table 11. | Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: 2000 and 2006-08 |
| 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 | 2006-08 (3-year average)2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 profes-sional degree | Total | Bachelor's degree | Graduate or profes-sional degree | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2006-08 (3-year average)2 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| United States | 74.7 | (0.02) | 82.9 | (0.06) | 19.6 | (0.01) | 80.4 | (0.01) | 24.4 | (0.01) | 15.5 | (0.01) | 8.9 | (#) | 15.4 | (0.03) | 84.6 | (0.03) | 27.4 | (0.04) | 17.3 | (0.02) | 10.1 | (0.02) |
| Alabama | 72.2 | (0.15) | 79.9 | (0.53) | 24.7 | (0.06) | 75.3 | (0.06) | 19.0 | (0.05) | 12.1 | (0.04) | 6.9 | (0.03) | 19.1 | (0.20) | 80.9 | (0.20) | 21.5 | (0.17) | 13.8 | (0.15) | 7.8 | (0.11) |
| Alaska | 76.9 | (0.40) | 80.4 | (1.37) | 11.7 | (0.12) | 88.3 | (0.12) | 24.7 | (0.16) | 16.1 | (0.13) | 8.6 | (0.10) | 9.3 | (0.36) | 90.7 | (0.36) | 26.4 | (0.52) | 16.6 | (0.37) | 9.8 | (0.35) |
| Arizona | 69.2 | (0.19) | 77.5 | (0.43) | 19.0 | (0.06) | 81.0 | (0.06) | 23.5 | (0.07) | 15.1 | (0.06) | 8.4 | (0.04) | 16.4 | (0.16) | 83.6 | (0.16) | 25.4 | (0.13) | 16.2 | (0.12) | 9.2 | (0.07) |
| Arkansas | 75.4 | (0.19) | 81.5 | (0.55) | 24.7 | (0.07) | 75.3 | (0.07) | 16.7 | (0.06) | 11.0 | (0.05) | 5.7 | (0.04) | 18.7 | (0.23) | 81.3 | (0.23) | 19.0 | (0.22) | 12.6 | (0.18) | 6.4 | (0.13) |
| California | 70.7 | (0.07) | 81.8 | (0.16) | 23.2 | (0.03) | 76.8 | (0.03) | 26.6 | (0.03) | 17.1 | (0.02) | 9.5 | (0.02) | 19.7 | (0.07) | 80.3 | (0.07) | 29.4 | (0.07) | 18.9 | (0.06) | 10.6 | (0.04) |
| Colorado | 75.1 | (0.15) | 82.9 | (0.36) | 13.1 | (0.05) | 86.9 | (0.05) | 32.7 | (0.06) | 21.6 | (0.06) | 11.1 | (0.04) | 11.4 | (0.14) | 88.6 | (0.14) | 35.1 | (0.19) | 22.6 | (0.20) | 12.4 | (0.13) |
| Connecticut | 78.2 | (0.21) | 87.3 | (0.50) | 16.0 | (0.06) | 84.0 | (0.06) | 31.4 | (0.08) | 18.1 | (0.07) | 13.3 | (0.06) | 11.7 | (0.17) | 88.3 | (0.17) | 34.8 | (0.21) | 19.9 | (0.17) | 14.9 | (0.14) |
| Delaware | 77.6 | (0.41) | 81.9 | (1.18) | 17.4 | (0.14) | 82.6 | (0.14) | 25.0 | (0.16) | 15.6 | (0.14) | 9.4 | (0.11) | 13.5 | (0.32) | 86.5 | (0.32) | 26.8 | (0.48) | 16.1 | (0.37) | 10.7 | (0.29) |
| District of Columbia | 79.4 | (0.40) | 86.4 | (0.94) | 22.2 | (0.18) | 77.8 | (0.18) | 39.1 | (0.21) | 18.1 | (0.17) | 21.0 | (0.18) | 14.8 | (0.39) | 85.2 | (0.39) | 46.9 | (0.47) | 20.8 | (0.37) | 26.2 | (0.38) |
| Florida | 71.7 | (0.11) | 80.6 | (0.26) | 20.1 | (0.04) | 79.9 | (0.04) | 22.3 | (0.04) | 14.2 | (0.03) | 8.1 | (0.02) | 15.0 | (0.08) | 85.0 | (0.08) | 25.7 | (0.08) | 16.7 | (0.07) | 9.0 | (0.05) |
| Georgia | 70.0 | (0.15) | 78.4 | (0.35) | 21.4 | (0.05) | 78.6 | (0.05) | 24.3 | (0.05) | 16.0 | (0.05) | 8.3 | (0.04) | 17.1 | (0.12) | 82.9 | (0.12) | 26.9 | (0.12) | 17.5 | (0.09) | 9.4 | (0.08) |
| Hawaii | 85.8 | (0.25) | 90.6 | (0.63) | 15.4 | (0.10) | 84.6 | (0.10) | 26.2 | (0.12) | 17.8 | (0.10) | 8.4 | (0.08) | 10.5 | (0.27) | 89.5 | (0.27) | 29.0 | (0.39) | 19.2 | (0.32) | 9.8 | (0.22) |
| Idaho | 77.3 | (0.25) | 83.7 | (0.75) | 15.3 | (0.09) | 84.7 | (0.09) | 21.7 | (0.10) | 14.9 | (0.09) | 6.8 | (0.06) | 12.0 | (0.28) | 88.0 | (0.28) | 24.1 | (0.31) | 16.7 | (0.26) | 7.5 | (0.15) |
| Illinois | 76.0 | (0.09) | 84.2 | (0.24) | 18.6 | (0.03) | 81.4 | (0.03) | 26.1 | (0.03) | 16.6 | (0.03) | 9.5 | (0.02) | 14.4 | (0.10) | 85.6 | (0.10) | 29.5 | (0.11) | 18.5 | (0.09) | 11.0 | (0.07) |
| Indiana | 76.5 | (0.15) | 81.0 | (0.39) | 17.9 | (0.05) | 82.1 | (0.05) | 19.4 | (0.05) | 12.2 | (0.04) | 7.2 | (0.04) | 14.2 | (0.13) | 85.8 | (0.13) | 22.5 | (0.15) | 14.4 | (0.11) | 8.1 | (0.09) |
| Iowa | 81.4 | (0.16) | 87.9 | (0.50) | 13.9 | (0.06) | 86.1 | (0.06) | 21.2 | (0.07) | 14.7 | (0.06) | 6.5 | (0.04) | 10.4 | (0.16) | 89.6 | (0.16) | 24.2 | (0.22) | 16.8 | (0.22) | 7.4 | (0.15) |
| Kansas | 78.3 | (0.18) | 85.8 | (0.56) | 14.0 | (0.06) | 86.0 | (0.06) | 25.8 | (0.08) | 17.1 | (0.06) | 8.7 | (0.05) | 11.0 | (0.19) | 89.0 | (0.19) | 29.2 | (0.30) | 19.3 | (0.25) | 9.9 | (0.19) |
| Kentucky | 74.9 | (0.15) | 82.6 | (0.52) | 25.9 | (0.06) | 74.1 | (0.06) | 17.1 | (0.05) | 10.2 | (0.04) | 6.9 | (0.03) | 19.5 | (0.18) | 80.5 | (0.18) | 19.9 | (0.16) | 12.0 | (0.11) | 8.0 | (0.10) |
| Louisiana | 72.3 | (0.15) | 77.5 | (0.53) | 25.2 | (0.06) | 74.8 | (0.06) | 18.7 | (0.05) | 12.2 | (0.04) | 6.5 | (0.03) | 19.9 | (0.20) | 80.1 | (0.20) | 20.3 | (0.17) | 13.6 | (0.15) | 6.7 | (0.10) |
| Maine | 78.9 | (0.28) | 85.0 | (0.91) | 14.6 | (0.08) | 85.4 | (0.08) | 22.9 | (0.10) | 15.0 | (0.09) | 7.9 | (0.06) | 10.6 | (0.26) | 89.4 | (0.26) | 25.6 | (0.35) | 16.6 | (0.32) | 9.0 | (0.26) |
| Maryland | 79.6 | (0.16) | 85.6 | (0.39) | 16.2 | (0.05) | 83.8 | (0.05) | 31.4 | (0.07) | 18.0 | (0.06) | 13.4 | (0.05) | 12.5 | (0.14) | 87.5 | (0.14) | 35.3 | (0.18) | 19.6 | (0.15) | 15.7 | (0.10) |
| Massachusetts | 82.2 | (0.13) | 87.6 | (0.33) | 15.2 | (0.05) | 84.8 | (0.05) | 33.2 | (0.06) | 19.5 | (0.05) | 13.7 | (0.04) | 11.6 | (0.11) | 88.4 | (0.11) | 37.7 | (0.17) | 21.8 | (0.14) | 16.0 | (0.13) |
| Michigan | 76.5 | (0.10) | 84.0 | (0.29) | 16.6 | (0.03) | 83.4 | (0.03) | 21.8 | (0.04) | 13.7 | (0.03) | 8.1 | (0.02) | 12.3 | (0.11) | 87.7 | (0.11) | 24.8 | (0.15) | 15.4 | (0.11) | 9.4 | (0.09) |
| Minnesota | 79.3 | (0.13) | 86.7 | (0.38) | 12.1 | (0.04) | 87.9 | (0.04) | 27.4 | (0.06) | 19.1 | (0.05) | 8.3 | (0.03) | 8.9 | (0.13) | 91.1 | (0.13) | 31.0 | (0.19) | 21.1 | (0.19) | 9.8 | (0.13) |
| Mississippi | 71.3 | (0.18) | 78.4 | (0.62) | 27.1 | (0.08) | 72.9 | (0.08) | 16.9 | (0.06) | 11.1 | (0.05) | 5.8 | (0.04) | 21.1 | (0.23) | 78.9 | (0.23) | 19.1 | (0.23) | 12.5 | (0.20) | 6.6 | (0.12) |
| Missouri | 76.5 | (0.13) | 82.4 | (0.40) | 18.7 | (0.05) | 81.3 | (0.05) | 21.6 | (0.05) | 14.0 | (0.04) | 7.6 | (0.03) | 14.3 | (0.15) | 85.7 | (0.15) | 24.6 | (0.17) | 15.7 | (0.14) | 9.0 | (0.10) |
| Montana | 78.6 | (0.31) | 83.4 | (0.93) | 12.8 | (0.10) | 87.2 | (0.10) | 24.4 | (0.13) | 17.2 | (0.11) | 7.2 | (0.08) | 9.4 | (0.23) | 90.6 | (0.23) | 26.8 | (0.43) | 18.5 | (0.37) | 8.3 | (0.26) |
| Nebraska | 80.0 | (0.21) | 86.8 | (0.60) | 13.4 | (0.07) | 86.6 | (0.07) | 23.7 | (0.09) | 16.4 | (0.08) | 7.3 | (0.06) | 10.0 | (0.22) | 90.0 | (0.22) | 27.0 | (0.31) | 18.5 | (0.27) | 8.6 | (0.20) |
| Nevada | 66.7 | (0.32) | 77.6 | (0.65) | 19.3 | (0.10) | 80.7 | (0.10) | 18.2 | (0.10) | 12.1 | (0.08) | 6.1 | (0.06) | 16.3 | (0.20) | 83.7 | (0.20) | 21.4 | (0.21) | 14.3 | (0.19) | 7.1 | (0.12) |
| New Hampshire | 77.8 | (0.29) | 87.4 | (0.75) | 12.6 | (0.08) | 87.4 | (0.08) | 28.7 | (0.11) | 18.7 | (0.10) | 10.0 | (0.07) | 9.6 | (0.23) | 90.4 | (0.23) | 32.4 | (0.39) | 20.9 | (0.32) | 11.5 | (0.24) |
| New Jersey | 76.3 | (0.14) | 85.9 | (0.32) | 17.9 | (0.04) | 82.1 | (0.04) | 29.8 | (0.05) | 18.8 | (0.04) | 11.0 | (0.04) | 13.2 | (0.11) | 86.8 | (0.11) | 33.9 | (0.14) | 21.2 | (0.12) | 12.7 | (0.09) |
| New Mexico | 70.5 | (0.24) | 77.2 | (0.71) | 21.1 | (0.09) | 78.9 | (0.09) | 23.5 | (0.09) | 13.7 | (0.07) | 9.8 | (0.06) | 17.7 | (0.26) | 82.3 | (0.26) | 24.8 | (0.26) | 14.2 | (0.20) | 10.5 | (0.17) |
| New York | 76.1 | (0.09) | 84.3 | (0.21) | 20.9 | (0.03) | 79.1 | (0.03) | 27.4 | (0.04) | 15.6 | (0.03) | 11.8 | (0.03) | 15.9 | (0.08) | 84.1 | (0.08) | 31.6 | (0.11) | 18.0 | (0.09) | 13.6 | (0.08) |
| North Carolina | 74.2 | (0.11) | 82.4 | (0.33) | 21.9 | (0.04) | 78.1 | (0.04) | 22.5 | (0.04) | 15.3 | (0.04) | 7.2 | (0.03) | 17.1 | (0.11) | 82.9 | (0.11) | 25.7 | (0.12) | 17.1 | (0.10) | 8.5 | (0.08) |
| North Dakota | 84.4 | (0.24) | 90.9 | (0.82) | 16.1 | (0.10) | 83.9 | (0.10) | 22.0 | (0.12) | 16.5 | (0.10) | 5.5 | (0.06) | 10.9 | (0.38) | 89.1 | (0.38) | 26.1 | (0.62) | 19.7 | (0.55) | 6.4 | (0.29) |
| Ohio | 76.8 | (0.09) | 84.1 | (0.28) | 17.0 | (0.03) | 83.0 | (0.03) | 21.1 | (0.03) | 13.7 | (0.03) | 7.4 | (0.02) | 13.0 | (0.09) | 87.0 | (0.09) | 23.8 | (0.10) | 15.2 | (0.09) | 8.7 | (0.06) |
| Oklahoma | 74.8 | (0.16) | 81.3 | (0.57) | 19.4 | (0.06) | 80.6 | (0.06) | 20.3 | (0.06) | 13.5 | (0.05) | 6.8 | (0.04) | 15.2 | (0.19) | 84.8 | (0.19) | 22.4 | (0.20) | 15.0 | (0.18) | 7.4 | (0.10) |
| Oregon | 74.2 | (0.17) | 82.8 | (0.48) | 14.9 | (0.05) | 85.1 | (0.05) | 25.1 | (0.06) | 16.4 | (0.06) | 8.7 | (0.04) | 11.9 | (0.14) | 88.1 | (0.14) | 27.9 | (0.19) | 17.8 | (0.15) | 10.1 | (0.12) |
| Pennsylvania | 79.8 | (0.09) | 86.1 | (0.28) | 18.1 | (0.03) | 81.9 | (0.03) | 22.4 | (0.03) | 14.0 | (0.03) | 8.4 | (0.02) | 13.2 | (0.09) | 86.8 | (0.09) | 25.9 | (0.12) | 16.0 | (0.09) | 9.8 | (0.07) |
| Rhode Island | 81.3 | (0.32) | 88.5 | (0.60) | 22.0 | (0.13) | 78.0 | (0.13) | 25.6 | (0.14) | 15.9 | (0.12) | 9.7 | (0.10) | 17.0 | (0.33) | 83.0 | (0.33) | 29.7 | (0.37) | 18.3 | (0.34) | 11.3 | (0.24) |
| South Carolina | 74.3 | (0.18) | 81.3 | (0.43) | 23.7 | (0.07) | 76.3 | (0.07) | 20.4 | (0.07) | 13.5 | (0.06) | 6.9 | (0.04) | 17.7 | (0.19) | 82.3 | (0.19) | 23.4 | (0.15) | 15.2 | (0.14) | 8.2 | (0.10) |
| South Dakota | 78.2 | (0.33) | 83.7 | (1.15) | 15.4 | (0.12) | 84.6 | (0.12) | 21.5 | (0.13) | 15.5 | (0.12) | 6.0 | (0.08) | 11.4 | (0.41) | 88.6 | (0.41) | 24.3 | (0.56) | 17.2 | (0.47) | 7.1 | (0.29) |
| Tennessee | 75.1 | (0.16) | 82.9 | (0.35) | 24.1 | (0.06) | 75.9 | (0.06) | 19.6 | (0.06) | 12.8 | (0.05) | 6.8 | (0.03) | 18.2 | (0.14) | 81.8 | (0.14) | 22.3 | (0.15) | 14.5 | (0.10) | 7.8 | (0.08) |
| Texas | 68.6 | (0.08) | 79.7 | (0.20) | 24.3 | (0.03) | 75.7 | (0.03) | 23.2 | (0.03) | 15.6 | (0.03) | 7.6 | (0.02) | 20.8 | (0.09) | 79.2 | (0.09) | 25.1 | (0.08) | 16.9 | (0.07) | 8.2 | (0.05) |
| Utah | 80.3 | (0.16) | 86.8 | (0.42) | 12.3 | (0.07) | 87.7 | (0.07) | 26.1 | (0.09) | 17.8 | (0.08) | 8.3 | (0.06) | 9.5 | (0.19) | 90.5 | (0.19) | 28.9 | (0.27) | 19.6 | (0.21) | 9.3 | (0.16) |
| Vermont | 83.0 | (0.28) | 90.4 | (1.00) | 13.6 | (0.10) | 86.4 | (0.10) | 29.4 | (0.13) | 18.3 | (0.11) | 11.1 | (0.09) | 9.0 | (0.34) | 91.0 | (0.34) | 33.4 | (0.58) | 20.6 | (0.49) | 12.8 | (0.37) |
| Virginia | 79.4 | (0.13) | 86.5 | (0.29) | 18.5 | (0.05) | 81.5 | (0.05) | 29.5 | (0.06) | 17.9 | (0.05) | 11.6 | (0.04) | 14.3 | (0.11) | 85.7 | (0.11) | 33.2 | (0.16) | 19.7 | (0.13) | 13.6 | (0.09) |
| Washington | 75.3 | (0.16) | 82.1 | (0.42) | 12.9 | (0.05) | 87.1 | (0.05) | 27.7 | (0.06) | 18.4 | (0.05) | 9.3 | (0.04) | 10.6 | (0.13) | 89.4 | (0.13) | 30.5 | (0.17) | 19.8 | (0.15) | 10.7 | (0.11) |
| West Virginia | 78.2 | (0.22) | 83.6 | (0.74) | 24.8 | (0.09) | 75.2 | (0.09) | 14.8 | (0.07) | 8.9 | (0.06) | 5.9 | (0.05) | 18.6 | (0.25) | 81.4 | (0.25) | 16.9 | (0.27) | 10.3 | (0.22) | 6.6 | (0.15) |
| Wisconsin | 78.9 | (0.13) | 86.3 | (0.39) | 14.9 | (0.04) | 85.1 | (0.04) | 22.4 | (0.05) | 15.2 | (0.04) | 7.2 | (0.03) | 11.0 | (0.13) | 89.0 | (0.13) | 25.6 | (0.17) | 16.9 | (0.14) | 8.6 | (0.11) |
| Wyoming | 79.0 | (0.41) | 86.9 | (1.04) | 12.1 | (0.13) | 87.9 | (0.13) | 21.9 | (0.16) | 14.9 | (0.14) | 7.0 | (0.10) | 9.0 | (0.40) | 91.0 | (0.40) | 22.9 | (0.52) | 15.4 | (0.46) | 7.5 | (0.30) |
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 High school completers include diploma recipients and those completing through alternative credentials, such as a GED. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Use of a 3-year average increases the sample size, thereby reducing the size of sampling errors and producing more stable estimates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: 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 October 11, 2006, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&_program=DEC&_lang=en; Census Briefs, Educational Attainment: 2000; and 2006-2008 American Community Survey (ACS) 3-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. (This table was prepared June 2010.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
