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.)