Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 12. Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over, by race/ethnicity and state: 2006-08
State Percent with high school completion or higher Percent with bachelor's degree or higher
Total White Black Hispanic Asian Native Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander
American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races Total White Black Hispanic Asian Native Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander
American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States 84.6 (0.03) 89.5 (0.03) 80.2 (0.06) 60.6 (0.11) 85.5 (0.09) 85.6 (0.55) 79.1 (0.24) 87.3 (0.17) 27.4 (0.04) 30.4 (0.04) 17.2   (0.07) 12.6   (0.06) 49.7   (0.15) 15.5   (0.61) 13.3   (0.21) 24.9   (0.20)
Alabama 80.9 (0.20) 83.3 (0.22) 75.5 (0.39) 57.5 (1.56) 84.6 (1.79) (†) 75.7 (2.42) 77.9 (1.59) 21.5 (0.17) 23.8 (0.21) 14.4   (0.33) 12.2   (1.04) 51.3   (2.17)   (†) 13.9   (1.80) 15.6   (1.48)
Alaska 90.7 (0.36) 94.5 (0.36) 89.4 (2.97) 75.5 (3.26) 81.8 (2.32) 77.2 (9.95) 78.9 (1.10) 88.4 (2.23) 26.4 (0.52) 31.7 (0.71) 15.6   (2.81) 15.7   (2.40) 23.2   (2.37)   (†) 5.9   (0.66) 19.5   (2.82)
Arizona 83.6 (0.16) 92.4 (0.13) 87.3 (0.92) 59.7 (0.51) 87.8 (0.84) 89.1 (2.96) 72.2 (0.89) 89.1 (0.99) 25.4 (0.13) 31.1 (0.19) 23.9   (1.00) 9.5   (0.24) 51.3   (1.22) 17.2   (3.73) 8.5   (0.58) 24.3   (1.40)
Arkansas 81.3 (0.23) 83.7 (0.24) 77.2 (0.69) 48.8 (1.86) 81.9 (2.19) 58.9 (13.32) 78.8 (2.95) 76.8 (2.07) 19.0 (0.22) 20.4 (0.23) 12.6   (0.54) 9.3   (0.82) 37.8   (2.94)   (†) 15.1   (2.08) 12.2   (1.59)
California 80.3 (0.07) 92.8 (0.06) 86.7 (0.20) 56.3 (0.16) 85.4 (0.15) 84.9 (0.96) 83.0 (0.82) 89.4 (0.38) 29.4 (0.07) 37.9 (0.09) 21.1   (0.28) 9.9   (0.08) 47.6   (0.24) 15.1   (1.16) 14.7   (0.71) 29.5   (0.55)
                                                                             
Colorado 88.6 (0.14) 94.2 (0.10) 86.3 (0.86) 63.5 (0.57) 85.4 (0.99) 82.3 (5.88) 82.4 (1.87) 92.9 (1.15) 35.1 (0.19) 40.5 (0.24) 21.8   (1.14) 11.5   (0.36) 47.0   (1.25) 20.2   (5.75) 19.9   (2.20) 31.4   (1.63)
Connecticut 88.3 (0.17) 91.5 (0.14) 81.2 (0.70) 68.1 (0.85) 89.0 (0.98) (†) 72.2 (5.24) 89.5 (1.53) 34.8 (0.21) 37.9 (0.25) 18.1   (0.66) 14.3   (0.65) 62.9   (1.48)   (†) 18.6   (3.86) 32.9   (2.23)
Delaware 86.5 (0.32) 89.3 (0.35) 82.5 (1.07) 57.6 (2.74) 90.1 (1.77) (†) 78.1 (5.40) 91.0 (3.74) 26.8 (0.48) 28.4 (0.56) 18.8   (1.14) 12.7   (1.72) 62.5   (2.42)   (†) 8.0 ! (3.77) 24.4   (4.48)
District of Columbia 85.2 (0.39) 98.6 (0.29) 80.0 (0.63) 57.0 (2.50) 91.5 (1.36) (†) (†) 95.1 (1.73) 46.9 (0.47) 86.7 (0.64) 20.8   (0.61) 31.8   (2.45) 74.3   (2.68)   (†)   (†) 58.4   (5.49)
Florida 85.0 (0.08) 89.8 (0.09) 77.3 (0.22) 73.4 (0.24) 85.8 (0.47) 81.0 (5.58) 81.2 (1.49) 86.4 (0.68) 25.7 (0.08) 28.2 (0.10) 15.9   (0.21) 21.5   (0.21) 45.7   (0.61) 14.6   (3.63) 18.2   (1.48) 23.5   (0.90)
                                                                             
Georgia 82.9 (0.12) 86.7 (0.13) 80.6 (0.23) 54.4 (0.77) 85.0 (0.72) 87.6 (4.36) 80.5 (2.36) 86.2 (1.11) 26.9 (0.12) 30.7 (0.16) 18.9   (0.25) 12.8   (0.43) 49.7   (0.89) 15.8 ! (5.64) 22.8   (2.29) 29.0   (1.51)
Hawaii 89.5 (0.27) 95.4 (0.33) 97.8 (1.13) 88.1 (1.14) 85.8 (0.45) 84.8 (1.04) 94.7 (2.43) 91.8 (0.64) 29.0 (0.39) 41.1 (0.73) 26.8   (2.71) 16.3   (0.99) 29.5   (0.59) 12.1   (0.98) 29.1   (8.54) 18.5   (0.89)
Idaho 88.0 (0.28) 91.0 (0.22) 88.4 (3.37) 52.2 (1.65) 86.9 (2.52) 92.0 (4.77) 82.2 (2.73) 86.0 (2.55) 24.1 (0.31) 25.4 (0.34) 19.3   (4.34) 8.4   (0.85) 39.4   (3.24)   (†) 11.3   (1.94) 21.9   (2.94)
Illinois 85.6 (0.10) 90.8 (0.10) 81.0 (0.33) 59.0 (0.44) 90.7 (0.42) 99.8 (0.24) 81.5 (2.23) 87.0 (0.87) 29.5 (0.11) 32.8 (0.14) 18.5   (0.35) 11.4   (0.28) 61.6   (0.74) 67.5   (9.29) 20.3   (2.53) 28.2   (1.18)
Indiana 85.8 (0.13) 87.3 (0.13) 81.5 (0.54) 60.5 (1.05) 89.4 (1.11) (†) 79.5 (3.05) 85.1 (1.19) 22.5 (0.15) 23.1 (0.16) 14.4   (0.54) 12.0   (0.65) 60.3   (1.68)   (†) 17.2   (3.32) 20.0   (1.49)
                                                                             
Iowa 89.6 (0.16) 90.9 (0.16) 78.3 (1.77) 56.7 (2.26) 86.1 (1.87) (†) 85.0 (3.60) 87.7 (2.79) 24.2 (0.22) 24.3 (0.23) 16.5   (1.60) 11.2   (1.20) 54.2   (2.51)   (†) 19.8   (4.36) 18.4   (2.85)
Kansas 89.0 (0.19) 92.0 (0.18) 85.4 (1.10) 57.9 (1.09) 83.2 (2.11) (†) 90.8 (1.78) 86.0 (1.62) 29.2 (0.30) 30.8 (0.32) 18.5   (1.15) 12.3   (0.79) 51.0   (2.87)   (†) 23.7   (2.49) 20.8   (2.17)
Kentucky 80.5 (0.18) 80.7 (0.19) 80.6 (0.57) 64.3 (2.11) 89.7 (1.35) 83.0 (9.43) 83.5 (3.59) 77.7 (2.13) 19.9 (0.16) 20.2 (0.17) 13.9   (0.63) 14.7   (1.09) 54.4   (2.49) 20.5 ! (9.87) 9.8   (2.60) 16.9   (1.95)
Louisiana 80.1 (0.20) 84.2 (0.22) 71.9 (0.45) 70.1 (1.78) 73.9 (2.09) (†) 66.1 (2.88) 81.1 (1.58) 20.3 (0.17) 23.7 (0.23) 11.4   (0.31) 19.2   (1.11) 41.6   (2.09)   (†) 12.9   (2.03) 18.6   (1.81)
Maine 89.4 (0.26) 89.8 (0.25) 85.1 (4.54) 78.9 (5.06) 78.8 (4.12) (†) 75.7 (4.35) 79.5 (3.24) 25.6 (0.35) 25.8 (0.35) 16.2   (4.75) 18.6   (4.46) 37.5   (4.27)   (†) 7.9   (2.17) 16.9   (3.03)
                                                                             
Maryland 87.5 (0.14) 90.5 (0.15) 85.0 (0.27) 63.5 (1.04) 89.7 (0.70) 91.2 (6.85) 86.2 (2.13) 91.2 (1.13) 35.3 (0.18) 39.3 (0.22) 24.3   (0.33) 20.7   (0.66) 61.0   (0.99) 21.4 ! (8.67) 20.6   (2.90) 32.9   (1.80)
Massachusetts 88.4 (0.11) 91.0 (0.11) 82.2 (0.54) 65.3 (0.65) 83.1 (0.56) (†) 84.5 (2.79) 85.7 (1.20) 37.7 (0.17) 39.6 (0.19) 22.3   (0.76) 15.4   (0.62) 57.4   (0.79)   (†) 23.6   (3.37) 32.7   (1.94)
Michigan 87.7 (0.11) 89.6 (0.11) 80.8 (0.38) 65.7 (1.09) 88.4 (0.88) 93.7 (4.57) 83.7 (1.46) 84.1 (1.12) 24.8 (0.15) 25.8 (0.16) 14.4   (0.34) 15.1   (0.65) 62.3   (1.17) 31.7 ! (11.36) 13.1   (1.28) 21.0   (1.22)
Minnesota 91.1 (0.13) 93.1 (0.09) 80.5 (1.30) 60.3 (1.73) 79.0 (1.38) (†) 80.6 (1.92) 88.5 (1.27) 31.0 (0.19) 31.9 (0.19) 19.8   (1.19) 15.5   (1.04) 40.9   (1.63)   (†) 11.0   (0.97) 23.7   (1.85)
Mississippi 78.9 (0.23) 83.5 (0.25) 71.0 (0.41) 59.1 (2.04) 77.2 (3.43) (†) 70.8 (3.75) 84.1 (2.22) 19.1 (0.23) 22.6 (0.29) 12.1   (0.32) 11.8   (1.14) 43.0   (3.11)   (†) 9.8   (2.15) 18.8   (3.06)
                                                                             
Missouri 85.7 (0.15) 86.9 (0.14) 80.0 (0.52) 66.6 (1.35) 83.9 (1.26) 79.5 (8.91) 79.0 (2.23) 82.6 (1.22) 24.6 (0.17) 25.6 (0.16) 15.0   (0.42) 17.3   (0.94) 53.0   (1.77) 3.4 ! (2.26) 18.3   (1.86) 16.9   (1.33)
Montana 90.6 (0.23) 91.4 (0.26) 84.8 (7.16) 85.6 (2.66) 81.9 (4.86) (†) 77.8 (1.54) 91.7 (1.91) 26.8 (0.43) 27.9 (0.44) 27.2 ! (10.87) 14.5   (2.67) 35.3   (5.73)   (†) 11.3   (1.44) 17.2   (2.91)
Nebraska 90.0 (0.22) 92.9 (0.19) 85.9 (1.56) 51.0 (1.79) 82.0 (3.23) (†) 78.8 (3.52) 87.5 (3.21) 27.0 (0.31) 28.4 (0.32) 17.1   (1.59) 8.3   (0.91) 46.3   (3.81)   (†) 15.2   (3.46) 21.8   (3.69)
Nevada 83.7 (0.20) 91.2 (0.19) 86.8 (0.68) 56.5 (0.71) 89.0 (0.57) 89.9 (2.17) 84.3 (1.73) 89.5 (1.47) 21.4 (0.21) 24.8 (0.27) 15.1   (0.75) 8.2   (0.31) 37.1   (0.95) 9.0   (2.40) 11.7   (1.81) 22.5   (1.87)
New Hampshire 90.4 (0.23) 90.6 (0.22) 88.2 (3.24) 81.6 (2.97) 92.5 (1.62) (†) 80.0 (6.38) 86.0 (3.37) 32.4 (0.39) 31.9 (0.39) 26.3   (5.40) 27.4   (3.30) 61.9   (3.54)   (†) 38.6   (8.97) 24.1   (3.51)
                                                                             
New Jersey 86.8 (0.11) 90.9 (0.10) 82.7 (0.35) 69.1 (0.46) 92.2 (0.37) (†) 83.6 (3.01) 86.6 (1.38) 33.9 (0.14) 36.7 (0.17) 20.0   (0.39) 15.4   (0.33) 66.7   (0.53)   (†) 20.6   (3.10) 34.6   (1.52)
New Mexico 82.3 (0.26) 93.0 (0.27) 85.2 (2.07) 70.4 (0.45) 86.5 (2.01) (†) 73.5 (1.11) 92.0 (1.57) 24.8 (0.26) 36.7 (0.40) 24.6   (2.43) 12.4   (0.41) 45.8   (2.74)   (†) 9.2   (0.72) 28.7   (2.78)
New York 84.1 (0.08) 90.3 (0.08) 79.6 (0.26) 64.1 (0.32) 78.7 (0.35) 86.6 (5.09) 82.8 (1.48) 86.1 (0.65) 31.6 (0.11) 36.6 (0.14) 19.7   (0.24) 15.0   (0.21) 45.1   (0.41) 29.0   (7.25) 15.4   (1.50) 32.6   (1.06)
North Carolina 82.9 (0.11) 86.5 (0.11) 79.2 (0.25) 50.9 (0.91) 85.1 (0.91) 85.8 (8.95) 67.4 (1.38) 84.9 (1.09) 25.7 (0.12) 28.9 (0.13) 16.1   (0.27) 12.0   (0.50) 52.2   (1.09) 6.3 ! (3.14) 10.5   (0.86) 24.3   (1.37)
North Dakota 89.1 (0.38) 89.5 (0.37) 89.5 (9.03) 73.7 (6.30) 79.6 (6.64) (†) 84.3 (1.92) 94.1 (2.66) 26.1 (0.62) 26.6 (0.61) 10.7 ! (6.45) 10.7 ! (4.78) 45.3   (8.58)   (†) 17.4   (3.19) 28.1   (7.21)
                                                                             
Ohio 87.0 (0.09) 88.3 (0.09) 80.1 (0.38) 69.9 (0.99) 89.6 (0.76) (†) 79.7 (1.98) 85.8 (0.87) 23.8 (0.10) 24.5 (0.11) 14.2   (0.32) 17.5   (0.70) 62.6   (1.22)   (†) 15.3   (1.86) 19.5   (1.05)
Oklahoma 84.8 (0.19) 87.3 (0.19) 83.6 (0.89) 55.0 (1.35) 82.8 (1.82) 90.1 (6.46) 81.5 (0.77) 84.8 (0.67) 22.4 (0.20) 24.2 (0.24) 15.9   (0.86) 10.3   (0.75) 41.2   (2.30) 17.2 ! (8.99) 14.2   (0.63) 17.6   (0.85)
Oregon 88.1 (0.14) 91.5 (0.14) 86.5 (1.26) 52.9 (1.11) 86.2 (0.95) 86.2 (3.84) 84.5 (1.56) 87.5 (1.16) 27.9 (0.19) 29.2 (0.22) 18.3   (1.48) 10.4   (0.53) 45.4   (1.49) 19.7   (4.60) 13.6   (1.44) 23.9   (1.16)
Pennsylvania 86.8 (0.09) 88.5 (0.09) 80.6 (0.36) 64.0 (0.90) 84.0 (0.62) 77.8 (9.48) 82.6 (2.63) 84.2 (1.26) 25.9 (0.12) 26.9 (0.13) 14.2   (0.33) 12.7   (0.47) 54.0   (0.95) 21.7 ! (7.88) 22.1   (3.37) 21.9   (1.47)
Rhode Island 83.0 (0.33) 86.1 (0.31) 77.8 (2.09) 58.6 (1.51) 78.2 (2.61) (†) 72.9 (7.64) 86.3 (2.77) 29.7 (0.37) 31.7 (0.41) 18.7   (1.77) 13.7   (1.22) 47.1   (2.76)   (†) 7.6 ! (4.04) 18.1   (3.28)
                                                                             
South Carolina 82.3 (0.19) 86.1 (0.19) 74.8 (0.35) 58.1 (1.39) 84.8 (1.47) 86.6 (5.84) 74.0 (3.45) 85.5 (1.71) 23.4 (0.15) 27.7 (0.18) 12.3   (0.27) 11.9   (0.69) 47.4   (2.10) 25.4 ! (10.73) 13.0   (2.22) 21.9   (1.97)
South Dakota 88.6 (0.41) 89.7 (0.35) 93.4 (5.28) 64.8 (6.01) 96.1 (2.25) (†) 78.5 (1.82) 87.3 (4.47) 24.3 (0.56) 25.5 (0.60) 18.6 ! (6.06) 14.2   (3.15) 47.8   (9.42)   (†) 9.5   (1.20) 16.6   (4.29)
Tennessee 81.8 (0.14) 83.3 (0.15) 78.6 (0.37) 54.3 (1.33) 87.1 (1.12) (†) 76.7 (2.48) 79.9 (1.59) 22.3 (0.15) 23.5 (0.15) 15.1   (0.39) 11.4   (0.64) 52.3   (1.95)   (†) 14.0   (2.18) 17.6   (1.39)
Texas 79.2 (0.09) 90.8 (0.06) 83.2 (0.19) 56.6 (0.22) 86.7 (0.37) 91.9 (3.18) 87.6 (0.99) 89.1 (0.71) 25.1 (0.08) 33.0 (0.10) 18.2   (0.22) 10.7   (0.11) 53.2   (0.60) 20.2   (3.26) 22.5   (1.34) 27.7   (0.82)
Utah 90.5 (0.19) 93.9 (0.16) 88.1 (2.40) 63.3 (1.30) 87.9 (1.53) 91.7 (2.45) 79.0 (2.15) 91.0 (2.10) 28.9 (0.27) 30.9 (0.27) 29.4   (3.69) 11.6   (0.67) 45.3   (2.54) 13.9   (2.37) 10.5   (1.71) 24.9   (3.53)
                                                                             
Vermont 91.0 (0.34) 91.1 (0.35) 89.3 (9.29) 93.8 (2.04) 85.3 (4.26) (†) 67.7 (7.62) 87.5 (3.53) 33.4 (0.58) 33.4 (0.59) 42.9   (11.02) 32.5   (5.26) 50.9   (6.55)   (†) 9.4 ! (5.12) 20.4   (4.35)
Virginia 85.7 (0.11) 88.7 (0.10) 78.7 (0.30) 66.7 (0.82) 88.6 (0.51) 89.6 (4.68) 79.0 (2.40) 90.3 (1.08) 33.2 (0.16) 36.4 (0.18) 17.7   (0.29) 23.0   (0.77) 56.0   (0.77) 36.4   (7.02) 19.9   (2.44) 35.5   (1.29)
Washington 89.4 (0.13) 92.7 (0.12) 86.6 (0.80) 57.9 (0.85) 84.8 (0.55) 80.8 (2.00) 82.1 (1.14) 90.8 (0.78) 30.5 (0.17) 31.9 (0.18) 19.6   (0.68) 11.5   (0.51) 43.8   (0.83) 10.5   (1.72) 12.7   (1.02) 23.9   (0.95)
West Virginia 81.4 (0.25) 81.3 (0.26) 84.7 (1.21) 75.3 (3.46) 93.2 (2.21) (†) 82.4 (4.22) 79.3 (3.12) 16.9 (0.27) 16.7 (0.27) 14.8   (1.38) 21.0   (3.06) 61.4   (4.75)   (†) 15.5 ! (5.88) 15.6   (2.66)
Wisconsin 89.0 (0.13) 91.0 (0.13) 77.2 (0.93) 62.9 (1.30) 79.8 (1.35) (†) 83.1 (1.97) 86.7 (2.06) 25.6 (0.17) 26.6 (0.19) 12.5   (0.66) 12.7   (0.79) 47.1   (1.90)   (†) 11.6   (1.26) 21.0   (2.36)
Wyoming 91.0 (0.40) 92.4 (0.36) 91.0 (4.74) 71.2 (2.61) 84.0 (6.31) (†) 87.5 (3.13) 89.9 (2.87) 22.9 (0.52) 24.2 (0.57) 9.9 ! (4.78) 8.2   (1.52) 45.1   (9.45)   (†) 6.7   (1.95) 18.5   (4.12)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution.
‡Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Estimates are 3-year averages of 2006–08 data. Use of a 3-year average increases the sample size, thereby reducing the size of sampling errors and producing more stable estimates. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2006-2008 American Community Survey (ACS) 3-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. (This table was prepared June 2010.)

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