Table 15.

Percentage of persons age 25 and over with high school completion or higher and a bachelor's or higher degree, by race/ethnicity and state: 2008-10

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State	Percent with high school completion or higher																Percent with bachelor's or higher degree
	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	85.3	(0.03)	90.4	(0.02)	81.6	(0.06)	61.7	(0.11)	85.7	(0.09)	86.9	(0.59)	80.1	(0.23)	88.3	(0.16)	28.0	(0.04)	31.1	(0.04)	17.8		(0.06)	13.1		(0.06)	50.4		(0.14)	14.8		(0.51)	13.9		(0.20)	27.4		(0.25)
Alabama	82.0	(0.17)	84.5	(0.18)	77.6	(0.35)	54.6	(1.68)	86.9	(1.23)	‡	(†)	77.2	(2.03)	82.0	(1.40)	22.0	(0.16)	24.6	(0.22)	14.5		(0.27)	10.9		(0.81)	49.9		(2.02)	‡		(†)	13.9		(1.51)	20.0		(1.40)
Alaska	91.5	(0.34)	94.9	(0.32)	92.5	(1.53)	77.9	(3.30)	84.0	(1.85)	87.6	(5.18)	81.4	(1.27)	88.8	(1.53)	27.6	(0.52)	33.2	(0.71)	17.0		(2.47)	17.3		(2.15)	23.6		(2.03)	6.6	!	(3.01)	6.2		(0.66)	21.8		(2.57)
Arizona	85.0	(0.13)	93.0	(0.09)	88.1	(0.76)	62.6	(0.43)	89.0	(0.75)	92.2	(1.95)	71.9	(0.81)	90.2	(0.96)	26.1	(0.16)	31.5	(0.18)	23.3		(0.79)	10.4		(0.28)	52.0		(1.25)	14.1		(3.36)	7.2		(0.44)	25.2		(1.59)
Arkansas	82.5	(0.20)	85.2	(0.20)	77.7	(0.60)	49.4	(1.69)	80.0	(2.33)	63.5	(9.24)	85.9	(1.99)	81.3	(1.36)	19.1	(0.22)	20.5	(0.26)	12.5		(0.45)	9.1		(0.91)	38.9		(2.68)	‡		(†)	18.0		(2.38)	14.9		(1.70)
California	80.7	(0.05)	93.4	(0.06)	87.5	(0.20)	57.2	(0.14)	85.7	(0.15)	85.3	(1.01)	82.6	(0.90)	90.5	(0.34)	30.0	(0.07)	38.8	(0.10)	21.3		(0.26)	10.3		(0.08)	48.2		(0.22)	15.1		(1.09)	16.7		(0.83)	32.9		(0.58)
Colorado	89.5	(0.12)	95.2	(0.09)	87.3	(0.70)	64.2	(0.51)	85.6	(0.89)	87.4	(4.30)	85.5	(1.95)	91.6	(0.86)	36.2	(0.17)	42.0	(0.21)	20.6		(0.82)	12.2		(0.36)	45.1		(1.39)	15.0		(3.55)	18.3		(1.49)	31.8		(1.47)
Connecticut	88.5	(0.15)	92.3	(0.13)	81.2	(0.50)	67.1	(0.84)	87.6	(0.99)	‡	(†)	83.8	(3.44)	90.2	(1.28)	35.6	(0.21)	39.3	(0.24)	17.6		(0.73)	14.0		(0.47)	61.3		(1.40)	‡		(†)	20.5		(4.17)	35.2		(2.30)
Delaware	87.2	(0.29)	90.3	(0.31)	83.7	(0.79)	59.6	(2.28)	90.2	(1.74)	‡	(†)	82.3	(5.58)	88.0	(2.81)	27.5	(0.40)	29.4	(0.50)	17.6		(0.90)	14.5		(1.85)	68.0		(2.61)	‡		(†)	14.2	!	(6.00)	28.9		(3.70)
District of Columbia	87.0	(0.44)	99.1	(0.19)	81.6	(0.72)	61.2	(2.52)	92.8	(1.37)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	96.4	(1.48)	49.8	(0.45)	87.5	(0.48)	21.8		(0.71)	35.4		(2.18)	78.5		(2.56)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	60.7		(4.30)
Florida	85.4	(0.08)	90.5	(0.08)	78.0	(0.24)	74.1	(0.22)	85.1	(0.49)	88.7	(2.57)	84.4	(1.50)	86.3	(0.91)	25.8	(0.08)	28.6	(0.10)	16.0		(0.19)	20.8		(0.17)	45.5		(0.77)	22.2		(4.44)	20.4		(1.45)	26.4		(0.85)
Georgia	84.1	(0.11)	87.9	(0.12)	82.3	(0.20)	56.5	(0.66)	86.3	(0.51)	95.3	(2.49)	83.0	(2.22)	88.4	(1.27)	27.4	(0.13)	31.3	(0.15)	19.5		(0.22)	13.6		(0.47)	51.2		(0.88)	8.8	!	(3.22)	22.0		(2.85)	30.6		(1.62)
Hawaii	90.2	(0.24)	95.8	(0.31)	95.5	(1.69)	86.7	(1.09)	87.1	(0.42)	86.5	(0.98)	93.3	(3.79)	92.8	(0.56)	29.3	(0.38)	41.3	(0.72)	30.5		(3.32)	18.9		(1.20)	30.4		(0.53)	11.5		(0.91)	21.7	!	(6.63)	19.1		(0.71)
Idaho	88.4	(0.22)	91.7	(0.20)	83.7	(4.82)	53.2	(1.45)	87.2	(1.91)	‡	(†)	82.9	(2.31)	87.3	(1.86)	24.4	(0.29)	25.8	(0.33)	16.7		(4.17)	7.1		(0.74)	46.1		(2.76)	‡		(†)	10.3		(1.96)	20.7		(2.13)
Illinois	86.5	(0.09)	91.9	(0.08)	81.9	(0.29)	59.8	(0.45)	91.1	(0.37)	‡	(†)	90.5	(1.98)	90.6	(0.82)	30.5	(0.12)	33.8	(0.14)	18.8		(0.26)	12.4		(0.27)	63.0		(0.70)	‡		(†)	21.8		(2.48)	37.2		(1.40)
Indiana	86.6	(0.11)	88.2	(0.11)	83.1	(0.58)	62.1	(0.83)	86.3	(1.05)	‡	(†)	84.2	(2.26)	85.3	(1.03)	22.8	(0.15)	23.5	(0.16)	14.7		(0.41)	11.7		(0.59)	58.1		(1.58)	‡		(†)	18.4		(2.55)	22.5		(1.72)
Iowa	90.4	(0.14)	92.0	(0.14)	81.2	(1.51)	55.0	(1.86)	83.6	(1.83)	‡	(†)	85.1	(3.24)	89.4	(1.91)	25.0	(0.24)	25.4	(0.24)	15.9		(1.48)	9.3		(0.96)	51.0		(2.48)	‡		(†)	16.9		(4.30)	17.7		(2.55)
Kansas	89.5	(0.18)	92.6	(0.15)	87.0	(0.70)	58.6	(1.32)	85.6	(1.30)	‡	(†)	88.3	(2.03)	87.6	(1.54)	29.8	(0.22)	31.8	(0.24)	17.5		(0.99)	11.8		(0.59)	49.5		(2.14)	‡		(†)	18.7		(2.55)	21.9		(2.13)
Kentucky	81.7	(0.18)	82.0	(0.19)	82.7	(0.58)	63.5	(1.85)	86.2	(1.68)	‡	(†)	79.3	(3.05)	82.7	(1.95)	20.5	(0.16)	20.7	(0.18)	14.0		(0.49)	12.9		(1.22)	57.1		(2.59)	‡		(†)	14.5		(3.21)	21.0		(1.79)
Louisiana	81.8	(0.18)	85.6	(0.19)	75.0	(0.31)	71.6	(1.16)	75.7	(1.57)	‡	(†)	71.0	(2.45)	82.4	(1.51)	21.1	(0.18)	24.5	(0.20)	13.1		(0.33)	18.4		(0.86)	40.7		(1.75)	‡		(†)	11.7		(1.55)	22.6		(1.62)
Maine	90.1	(0.23)	90.4	(0.23)	81.5	(3.52)	87.7	(3.31)	82.9	(3.59)	‡	(†)	79.7	(4.17)	80.9	(3.41)	26.2	(0.43)	26.4	(0.43)	14.3		(3.04)	22.7		(3.12)	38.6		(4.45)	‡		(†)	15.5		(3.67)	15.1		(2.70)
Maryland	87.9	(0.13)	91.5	(0.14)	86.5	(0.24)	59.9	(0.85)	89.5	(0.42)	‡	(†)	85.9	(2.44)	91.4	(0.90)	35.6	(0.16)	40.1	(0.19)	24.7		(0.34)	19.4		(0.66)	61.4		(0.81)	‡		(†)	24.0		(2.58)	34.7		(1.69)
Massachusetts	89.0	(0.11)	91.9	(0.09)	83.2	(0.58)	65.8	(0.69)	83.1	(0.59)	‡	(†)	80.5	(3.57)	86.1	(1.05)	38.6	(0.18)	40.6	(0.18)	23.5		(0.65)	16.6		(0.49)	56.6		(0.81)	‡		(†)	25.1		(4.08)	33.8		(1.67)
Michigan	88.6	(0.08)	90.4	(0.08)	82.5	(0.36)	67.5	(0.82)	88.6	(0.67)	90.9	(5.83)	84.1	(1.24)	85.9	(0.88)	25.2	(0.11)	26.2	(0.11)	15.5		(0.29)	15.5		(0.67)	61.5		(1.02)	26.1	!	(8.60)	11.5		(1.02)	22.6		(1.08)
Minnesota	91.4	(0.11)	93.7	(0.09)	78.9	(1.07)	59.1	(1.70)	80.9	(1.07)	‡	(†)	79.8	(2.01)	88.7	(1.42)	31.8	(0.17)	32.7	(0.18)	20.3		(0.95)	14.6		(1.01)	45.0		(1.19)	‡		(†)	11.1		(1.34)	26.3		(1.82)
Mississippi	80.7	(0.19)	85.4	(0.22)	73.1	(0.39)	58.9	(2.30)	77.4	(2.42)	‡	(†)	78.3	(2.88)	81.1	(2.72)	19.8	(0.19)	23.5	(0.27)	13.0		(0.30)	13.4		(1.36)	39.2		(2.65)	‡		(†)	9.0		(2.16)	19.3		(2.99)
Missouri	86.8	(0.12)	88.1	(0.12)	81.4	(0.48)	66.8	(1.30)	87.7	(1.01)	78.2	(6.29)	85.7	(2.07)	83.3	(1.32)	25.4	(0.15)	26.2	(0.16)	16.1		(0.41)	17.8		(0.88)	57.4		(1.61)	13.2	!	(5.83)	19.5		(2.47)	21.3		(1.36)
Montana	91.7	(0.28)	92.7	(0.27)	‡	(†)	83.3	(2.48)	80.5	(4.64)	‡	(†)	77.5	(1.95)	91.6	(2.24)	28.5	(0.36)	29.6	(0.41)	‡		(†)	16.8		(2.49)	40.7		(6.83)	‡		(†)	13.3		(1.45)	20.6		(2.83)
Nebraska	90.1	(0.19)	93.3	(0.18)	82.4	(1.76)	52.4	(1.61)	85.4	(2.19)	‡	(†)	85.6	(2.84)	87.4	(2.39)	27.6	(0.31)	29.1	(0.33)	15.5		(1.51)	8.2		(0.81)	51.0		(3.16)	‡		(†)	13.0		(2.57)	27.8		(3.52)
Nevada	84.1	(0.15)	91.7	(0.19)	87.4	(0.69)	57.4	(0.65)	89.9	(0.58)	91.1	(1.96)	85.3	(1.72)	90.2	(1.17)	21.8	(0.19)	25.0	(0.26)	16.9		(0.89)	8.2		(0.32)	39.1		(1.21)	11.3		(2.19)	10.4		(1.47)	21.5		(1.78)
New Hampshire	91.3	(0.21)	91.7	(0.23)	87.8	(3.09)	76.3	(2.85)	86.3	(2.04)	‡	(†)	78.7	(6.50)	90.1	(2.27)	33.0	(0.40)	32.8	(0.42)	24.1		(3.59)	25.9		(2.44)	55.9		(3.10)	‡		(†)	18.5	!	(5.86)	31.7		(3.60)
New Jersey	87.7	(0.08)	92.0	(0.08)	84.4	(0.30)	69.7	(0.39)	92.3	(0.26)	‡	(†)	82.8	(2.51)	90.0	(0.95)	35.0	(0.15)	38.0	(0.19)	20.3		(0.34)	15.9		(0.30)	67.5		(0.51)	‡		(†)	16.4		(2.72)	37.5		(1.52)
New Mexico	83.1	(0.25)	93.8	(0.24)	89.0	(1.54)	71.0	(0.51)	87.5	(1.80)	‡	(†)	75.9	(0.89)	95.2	(1.15)	25.2	(0.28)	37.1	(0.41)	24.5		(1.79)	12.8		(0.37)	50.2		(2.81)	‡		(†)	9.8		(0.62)	33.3		(2.84)
New York	84.5	(0.09)	91.2	(0.08)	80.7	(0.20)	64.0	(0.35)	78.0	(0.31)	85.6	(4.83)	83.4	(1.29)	85.6	(0.83)	32.3	(0.09)	37.4	(0.12)	20.5		(0.24)	15.7		(0.24)	45.8		(0.42)	38.9		(8.55)	18.1		(1.45)	34.4		(1.05)
North Carolina	84.1	(0.11)	88.1	(0.12)	79.9	(0.25)	53.9	(0.70)	84.7	(0.80)	95.7	(2.43)	66.8	(1.47)	88.0	(0.97)	26.4	(0.12)	29.8	(0.15)	16.8		(0.23)	12.3		(0.40)	52.3		(1.05)	12.0	!	(5.68)	11.7		(1.02)	24.6		(1.24)
North Dakota	90.1	(0.35)	90.7	(0.36)	83.2	(6.33)	81.7	(3.53)	72.4	(6.77)	‡	(†)	84.2	(2.17)	91.2	(2.94)	27.0	(0.53)	27.4	(0.57)	28.7		(7.44)	17.8		(3.98)	35.8		(8.67)	‡		(†)	18.6		(2.17)	35.3		(6.76)
Ohio	87.7	(0.07)	89.0	(0.08)	81.4	(0.29)	70.2	(0.91)	90.1	(0.70)	74.3	(9.55)	80.4	(2.31)	86.2	(0.65)	24.4	(0.10)	25.1	(0.12)	14.8		(0.31)	16.4		(0.66)	62.7		(0.99)	16.6	!	(5.95)	21.8		(2.56)	23.8		(1.12)
Oklahoma	85.8	(0.16)	88.4	(0.15)	86.1	(0.73)	56.1	(1.02)	81.8	(1.72)	83.7	(6.88)	84.1	(0.63)	86.0	(0.63)	22.5	(0.20)	24.2	(0.23)	17.7		(0.75)	9.8		(0.62)	42.2		(2.46)	8.9	!	(3.97)	16.0		(0.60)	19.1		(0.81)
Oregon	88.8	(0.14)	92.3	(0.14)	86.7	(1.22)	55.3	(0.90)	85.6	(0.81)	84.5	(3.62)	86.2	(1.38)	88.6	(1.03)	28.7	(0.20)	30.1	(0.21)	24.6		(1.67)	10.8		(0.49)	45.6		(1.17)	20.2		(4.51)	13.2		(1.30)	22.8		(1.26)
Pennsylvania	88.0	(0.07)	89.7	(0.07)	82.6	(0.34)	67.2	(0.67)	82.5	(0.67)	81.2	(6.61)	83.6	(2.37)	87.7	(0.96)	26.6	(0.11)	27.6	(0.12)	14.7		(0.33)	14.0		(0.50)	53.8		(0.75)	21.1	!	(6.57)	21.5		(3.03)	24.9		(1.51)
Rhode Island	84.0	(0.26)	87.5	(0.28)	75.6	(1.92)	58.7	(1.55)	79.6	(2.16)	‡	(†)	70.6	(7.97)	83.9	(2.39)	30.3	(0.38)	32.9	(0.41)	18.1		(1.70)	11.7		(0.84)	43.1		(2.84)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	25.3		(3.52)
South Carolina	83.7	(0.15)	87.7	(0.17)	76.9	(0.33)	58.2	(1.13)	86.0	(1.14)	‡	(†)	72.5	(2.86)	84.5	(1.58)	24.3	(0.13)	28.6	(0.16)	13.5		(0.35)	11.4		(0.63)	49.8		(1.87)	‡		(†)	10.0		(1.80)	23.3		(1.83)
South Dakota	89.9	(0.34)	91.3	(0.33)	83.6	(7.80)	80.1	(2.87)	86.7	(5.08)	‡	(†)	75.9	(1.90)	86.8	(2.78)	26.0	(0.43)	27.3	(0.49)	21.3		(4.98)	21.0		(3.81)	46.3		(5.62)	‡		(†)	10.3		(1.24)	19.0		(4.09)
Tennessee	83.2	(0.14)	84.7	(0.15)	80.5	(0.39)	57.1	(1.14)	87.1	(1.13)	‡	(†)	78.6	(2.86)	79.7	(1.36)	22.8	(0.16)	24.1	(0.17)	16.0		(0.34)	12.1		(0.61)	49.4		(1.63)	‡		(†)	17.0		(2.78)	19.8		(1.65)
Texas	80.3	(0.08)	91.7	(0.06)	85.4	(0.21)	58.6	(0.21)	86.5	(0.30)	93.1	(1.67)	86.8	(0.93)	89.8	(0.52)	25.8	(0.08)	33.7	(0.10)	19.2		(0.24)	11.4		(0.11)	54.0		(0.45)	13.8		(2.60)	22.8		(1.13)	30.1		(0.86)
Utah	90.5	(0.18)	94.2	(0.15)	84.4	(3.10)	63.4	(1.05)	87.1	(1.35)	87.7	(2.45)	79.6	(2.00)	90.7	(2.03)	29.1	(0.26)	31.3	(0.28)	26.6		(3.53)	10.9		(0.57)	44.2		(2.12)	11.2		(2.08)	12.1		(1.98)	27.7		(2.83)
Vermont	91.1	(0.32)	91.1	(0.32)	92.1	(3.45)	93.3	(2.09)	87.0	(3.56)	‡	(†)	68.5	(10.91)	89.4	(2.55)	33.7	(0.56)	33.8	(0.57)	37.9		(8.78)	29.6		(4.87)	38.9		(6.25)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	23.3		(5.01)
Virginia	86.2	(0.11)	89.4	(0.12)	80.0	(0.34)	66.8	(0.84)	88.7	(0.50)	90.2	(4.51)	81.5	(2.14)	90.7	(0.91)	33.9	(0.16)	37.1	(0.17)	18.9		(0.26)	22.5		(0.64)	56.3		(0.78)	26.1		(6.26)	19.4		(2.26)	39.3		(1.58)
Washington	89.7	(0.12)	93.3	(0.11)	87.7	(0.68)	59.1	(0.86)	85.3	(0.52)	85.8	(2.29)	83.2	(0.99)	91.8	(0.58)	31.0	(0.14)	32.3	(0.18)	20.7		(0.73)	12.3		(0.38)	46.0		(0.64)	11.0		(1.61)	14.2		(0.97)	26.2		(0.88)
West Virginia	82.5	(0.25)	82.5	(0.26)	85.2	(1.29)	79.8	(2.88)	85.4	(3.13)	‡	(†)	83.8	(4.11)	76.4	(2.14)	17.1	(0.21)	17.0	(0.22)	12.4		(1.25)	20.6		(2.46)	65.5		(3.40)	‡		(†)	7.9	!	(2.88)	13.6		(1.77)
Wisconsin	89.9	(0.12)	92.1	(0.11)	79.8	(0.71)	59.6	(1.25)	81.7	(1.25)	‡	(†)	85.6	(1.40)	86.1	(1.62)	25.8	(0.19)	26.9	(0.20)	13.6		(0.92)	11.5		(0.64)	46.0		(1.73)	‡		(†)	13.2		(1.32)	22.1		(2.15)
Wyoming	92.2	(0.32)	93.3	(0.31)	89.9	(4.95)	78.1	(1.78)	94.3	(3.45)	‡	(†)	82.4	(3.73)	94.5	(2.14)	23.7	(0.51)	24.9	(0.53)	22.4	!	(7.12)	9.9		(1.41)	39.2		(8.32)	‡		(†)	12.0	!	(3.82)	18.1		(3.55)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

NOTE: Estimates are 3-year averages of 2008–10 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2008-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) 3-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. (This table was prepared August 2012.)