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| Table 104.88. | Rates of high school completion and bachelor's degree attainment among persons age 25 and over, by sex and state: 2011 and 2012 |
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| State | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Percent with high school completion or higher | Percent with bachelor's or higher degree | Percent with high school completion or higher | Percent with bachelor's or higher degree | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| United States | 85.9 | (0.04) | 85.2 | (0.04) | 86.5 | (0.04) | 28.6 | (0.06) | 28.8 | (0.07) | 28.4 | (0.07) | 86.4 | (0.04) | 85.7 | (0.05) | 87.0 | (0.04) | 29.2 | (0.05) | 29.2 | (0.06) | 29.2 | (0.06) |
| Alabama | 82.7 | (0.37) | 81.2 | (0.48) | 84.1 | (0.40) | 22.5 | (0.32) | 22.5 | (0.40) | 22.5 | (0.40) | 83.8 | (0.24) | 82.9 | (0.37) | 84.6 | (0.32) | 23.4 | (0.29) | 23.3 | (0.36) | 23.4 | (0.39) |
| Alaska | 92.8 | (0.50) | 93.7 | (0.63) | 91.9 | (0.68) | 25.8 | (1.24) | 22.2 | (1.37) | 29.6 | (1.61) | 91.8 | (0.56) | 92.2 | (0.57) | 91.4 | (0.92) | 28.9 | (1.22) | 25.6 | (1.48) | 32.4 | (1.57) |
| Arizona | 85.7 | (0.23) | 85.1 | (0.31) | 86.3 | (0.31) | 26.4 | (0.26) | 27.4 | (0.37) | 25.4 | (0.30) | 85.8 | (0.21) | 85.3 | (0.29) | 86.2 | (0.25) | 27.5 | (0.29) | 28.5 | (0.37) | 26.5 | (0.36) |
| Arkansas | 83.7 | (0.43) | 82.9 | (0.56) | 84.4 | (0.48) | 20.4 | (0.38) | 20.5 | (0.49) | 20.2 | (0.48) | 85.1 | (0.34) | 84.2 | (0.48) | 86.0 | (0.42) | 21.2 | (0.35) | 20.6 | (0.51) | 21.8 | (0.44) |
| California | 81.1 | (0.10) | 80.9 | (0.12) | 81.3 | (0.11) | 30.3 | (0.13) | 30.7 | (0.18) | 30.0 | (0.15) | 81.4 | (0.09) | 81.1 | (0.13) | 81.7 | (0.12) | 31.0 | (0.11) | 31.4 | (0.16) | 30.6 | (0.13) |
| Colorado | 90.2 | (0.21) | 89.5 | (0.29) | 91.0 | (0.28) | 36.8 | (0.37) | 37.2 | (0.45) | 36.5 | (0.47) | 90.4 | (0.20) | 89.7 | (0.30) | 91.1 | (0.23) | 37.6 | (0.34) | 37.7 | (0.43) | 37.5 | (0.43) |
| Connecticut | 89.0 | (0.27) | 88.4 | (0.39) | 89.5 | (0.30) | 36.2 | (0.42) | 36.6 | (0.50) | 35.8 | (0.54) | 89.9 | (0.26) | 89.3 | (0.36) | 90.4 | (0.31) | 37.2 | (0.35) | 37.8 | (0.51) | 36.7 | (0.39) |
| Delaware | 87.3 | (0.52) | 86.1 | (0.75) | 88.5 | (0.57) | 28.2 | (0.68) | 28.2 | (0.92) | 28.2 | (0.97) | 88.3 | (0.60) | 87.1 | (0.81) | 89.3 | (0.67) | 30.2 | (0.82) | 29.0 | (1.00) | 31.3 | (1.06) |
| District of Columbia | 87.1 | (0.73) | 85.9 | (0.99) | 88.1 | (0.90) | 52.5 | (0.80) | 52.5 | (1.12) | 52.5 | (0.95) | 89.2 | (0.46) | 88.9 | (0.68) | 89.5 | (0.65) | 53.7 | (0.76) | 55.5 | (1.07) | 52.1 | (0.84) |
| Florida | 85.9 | (0.12) | 84.9 | (0.17) | 86.9 | (0.12) | 25.9 | (0.16) | 26.7 | (0.21) | 25.1 | (0.21) | 86.4 | (0.13) | 85.5 | (0.20) | 87.3 | (0.14) | 26.8 | (0.15) | 27.8 | (0.21) | 25.9 | (0.19) |
| Georgia | 84.3 | (0.19) | 83.2 | (0.25) | 85.2 | (0.26) | 27.6 | (0.24) | 27.7 | (0.28) | 27.6 | (0.37) | 85.2 | (0.21) | 84.0 | (0.30) | 86.2 | (0.23) | 28.3 | (0.23) | 27.9 | (0.27) | 28.7 | (0.30) |
| Hawaii | 90.5 | (0.40) | 90.6 | (0.52) | 90.4 | (0.55) | 29.7 | (0.55) | 29.1 | (0.79) | 30.3 | (0.74) | 90.0 | (0.43) | 90.8 | (0.54) | 89.2 | (0.59) | 30.1 | (0.58) | 27.9 | (0.70) | 32.2 | (0.82) |
| Idaho | 88.7 | (0.35) | 87.9 | (0.49) | 89.4 | (0.50) | 25.6 | (0.68) | 26.5 | (0.85) | 24.6 | (0.93) | 89.8 | (0.40) | 89.1 | (0.54) | 90.4 | (0.55) | 25.8 | (0.70) | 26.5 | (0.80) | 25.1 | (0.95) |
| Illinois | 87.3 | (0.14) | 86.9 | (0.20) | 87.7 | (0.18) | 31.0 | (0.22) | 31.1 | (0.27) | 30.8 | (0.27) | 87.7 | (0.17) | 86.9 | (0.23) | 88.4 | (0.21) | 31.5 | (0.20) | 31.2 | (0.26) | 31.8 | (0.25) |
| Indiana | 87.2 | (0.20) | 86.5 | (0.30) | 87.8 | (0.27) | 22.8 | (0.27) | 23.3 | (0.34) | 22.3 | (0.35) | 87.3 | (0.22) | 86.7 | (0.31) | 87.9 | (0.26) | 23.3 | (0.29) | 23.3 | (0.37) | 23.4 | (0.32) |
| Iowa | 91.0 | (0.28) | 90.2 | (0.33) | 91.7 | (0.35) | 25.8 | (0.47) | 25.1 | (0.63) | 26.4 | (0.56) | 92.1 | (0.27) | 91.6 | (0.37) | 92.5 | (0.32) | 26.8 | (0.37) | 26.5 | (0.50) | 27.1 | (0.48) |
| Kansas | 89.6 | (0.32) | 88.6 | (0.44) | 90.4 | (0.41) | 30.5 | (0.51) | 30.3 | (0.60) | 30.6 | (0.63) | 90.1 | (0.30) | 89.3 | (0.44) | 90.9 | (0.34) | 30.2 | (0.44) | 29.6 | (0.63) | 30.7 | (0.47) |
| Kentucky | 83.1 | (0.31) | 82.1 | (0.41) | 84.1 | (0.38) | 20.7 | (0.33) | 20.6 | (0.41) | 20.9 | (0.41) | 83.5 | (0.29) | 82.3 | (0.40) | 84.6 | (0.36) | 21.5 | (0.31) | 21.0 | (0.36) | 22.1 | (0.38) |
| Louisiana | 82.6 | (0.29) | 80.6 | (0.37) | 84.4 | (0.35) | 21.1 | (0.36) | 20.3 | (0.43) | 21.8 | (0.42) | 83.2 | (0.31) | 81.3 | (0.41) | 85.0 | (0.36) | 22.2 | (0.31) | 21.3 | (0.51) | 23.0 | (0.36) |
| Maine | 90.8 | (0.40) | 89.6 | (0.62) | 91.9 | (0.49) | 28.6 | (0.70) | 27.5 | (0.84) | 29.5 | (0.85) | 92.1 | (0.38) | 90.9 | (0.56) | 93.3 | (0.44) | 28.0 | (0.71) | 27.0 | (0.91) | 29.0 | (0.77) |
| Maryland | 89.0 | (0.21) | 88.3 | (0.28) | 89.7 | (0.23) | 37.0 | (0.28) | 36.8 | (0.39) | 37.2 | (0.35) | 89.2 | (0.22) | 88.2 | (0.28) | 90.1 | (0.25) | 37.0 | (0.31) | 36.9 | (0.41) | 37.0 | (0.38) |
| Massachusetts | 89.1 | (0.20) | 88.8 | (0.23) | 89.3 | (0.26) | 39.2 | (0.32) | 39.8 | (0.42) | 38.7 | (0.34) | 89.7 | (0.17) | 89.2 | (0.24) | 90.2 | (0.20) | 39.5 | (0.30) | 39.8 | (0.37) | 39.2 | (0.36) |
| Michigan | 88.7 | (0.17) | 87.9 | (0.22) | 89.4 | (0.23) | 25.8 | (0.22) | 25.9 | (0.29) | 25.6 | (0.29) | 89.6 | (0.17) | 89.2 | (0.21) | 89.9 | (0.20) | 26.3 | (0.23) | 26.4 | (0.28) | 26.2 | (0.26) |
| Minnesota | 92.1 | (0.16) | 91.6 | (0.25) | 92.6 | (0.21) | 32.6 | (0.40) | 32.0 | (0.56) | 33.3 | (0.44) | 92.4 | (0.19) | 91.8 | (0.26) | 92.9 | (0.23) | 32.7 | (0.42) | 31.9 | (0.54) | 33.5 | (0.51) |
| Mississippi | 80.8 | (0.37) | 78.3 | (0.55) | 83.1 | (0.42) | 20.1 | (0.47) | 19.0 | (0.56) | 21.1 | (0.54) | 82.5 | (0.35) | 80.6 | (0.54) | 84.2 | (0.37) | 20.6 | (0.41) | 18.9 | (0.49) | 22.1 | (0.52) |
| Missouri | 87.7 | (0.21) | 87.4 | (0.31) | 88.0 | (0.26) | 26.4 | (0.34) | 26.9 | (0.42) | 25.9 | (0.42) | 87.8 | (0.21) | 87.3 | (0.28) | 88.2 | (0.27) | 26.0 | (0.30) | 25.4 | (0.37) | 26.6 | (0.39) |
| Montana | 92.5 | (0.47) | 91.9 | (0.64) | 93.2 | (0.62) | 29.4 | (0.82) | 29.5 | (0.99) | 29.3 | (0.98) | 92.8 | (0.46) | 92.3 | (0.59) | 93.3 | (0.57) | 28.5 | (0.71) | 27.6 | (1.01) | 29.4 | (0.99) |
| Nebraska | 91.1 | (0.32) | 90.5 | (0.45) | 91.6 | (0.37) | 28.1 | (0.54) | 28.1 | (0.74) | 28.2 | (0.77) | 90.8 | (0.29) | 90.4 | (0.47) | 91.1 | (0.38) | 29.7 | (0.50) | 29.2 | (0.68) | 30.2 | (0.75) |
| Nevada | 84.0 | (0.37) | 83.6 | (0.49) | 84.4 | (0.45) | 22.4 | (0.43) | 22.2 | (0.62) | 22.6 | (0.52) | 85.6 | (0.30) | 85.6 | (0.44) | 85.6 | (0.38) | 22.6 | (0.34) | 23.0 | (0.44) | 22.3 | (0.48) |
| New Hampshire | 91.8 | (0.42) | 90.9 | (0.58) | 92.6 | (0.45) | 33.5 | (0.65) | 33.0 | (0.77) | 33.9 | (0.82) | 92.0 | (0.46) | 91.0 | (0.54) | 92.9 | (0.57) | 35.3 | (0.74) | 34.5 | (0.83) | 36.1 | (0.95) |
| New Jersey | 88.0 | (0.15) | 87.7 | (0.22) | 88.2 | (0.19) | 35.2 | (0.24) | 36.4 | (0.32) | 34.2 | (0.26) | 88.4 | (0.18) | 88.1 | (0.23) | 88.6 | (0.20) | 36.3 | (0.26) | 36.8 | (0.34) | 35.8 | (0.28) |
| New Mexico | 83.0 | (0.42) | 81.7 | (0.53) | 84.2 | (0.55) | 25.6 | (0.49) | 25.8 | (0.60) | 25.3 | (0.60) | 84.5 | (0.38) | 83.5 | (0.55) | 85.5 | (0.48) | 26.2 | (0.43) | 26.0 | (0.63) | 26.4 | (0.55) |
| New York | 85.1 | (0.12) | 84.8 | (0.18) | 85.3 | (0.14) | 33.1 | (0.15) | 32.9 | (0.22) | 33.3 | (0.16) | 85.4 | (0.11) | 84.9 | (0.17) | 85.8 | (0.13) | 33.5 | (0.17) | 32.9 | (0.20) | 34.0 | (0.23) |
| North Carolina | 84.8 | (0.20) | 83.3 | (0.25) | 86.3 | (0.25) | 26.7 | (0.26) | 26.3 | (0.33) | 27.1 | (0.32) | 85.1 | (0.21) | 83.2 | (0.31) | 86.7 | (0.20) | 27.3 | (0.23) | 26.7 | (0.28) | 27.9 | (0.29) |
| North Dakota | 90.8 | (0.49) | 90.5 | (0.72) | 91.1 | (0.71) | 26.2 | (0.97) | 23.7 | (1.18) | 28.7 | (1.29) | 91.8 | (0.49) | 91.2 | (0.57) | 92.3 | (0.69) | 28.8 | (0.91) | 27.9 | (1.29) | 29.7 | (1.14) |
| Ohio | 88.4 | (0.14) | 87.8 | (0.20) | 88.9 | (0.19) | 24.8 | (0.21) | 25.5 | (0.29) | 24.2 | (0.29) | 88.9 | (0.15) | 88.3 | (0.18) | 89.4 | (0.19) | 25.2 | (0.19) | 25.5 | (0.23) | 24.9 | (0.26) |
| Oklahoma | 86.1 | (0.33) | 85.3 | (0.44) | 86.8 | (0.40) | 23.8 | (0.42) | 23.6 | (0.52) | 23.9 | (0.54) | 86.6 | (0.30) | 86.1 | (0.43) | 87.1 | (0.36) | 23.7 | (0.38) | 23.3 | (0.48) | 24.0 | (0.48) |
| Oregon | 89.3 | (0.27) | 88.5 | (0.39) | 90.1 | (0.33) | 29.2 | (0.33) | 29.6 | (0.49) | 28.8 | (0.42) | 90.1 | (0.23) | 89.1 | (0.36) | 91.1 | (0.26) | 30.2 | (0.35) | 30.3 | (0.43) | 30.0 | (0.40) |
| Pennsylvania | 88.7 | (0.17) | 88.5 | (0.22) | 88.9 | (0.19) | 27.1 | (0.20) | 27.3 | (0.27) | 26.8 | (0.25) | 88.9 | (0.15) | 88.6 | (0.20) | 89.2 | (0.18) | 28.1 | (0.23) | 28.5 | (0.30) | 27.7 | (0.26) |
| Rhode Island | 84.5 | (0.52) | 83.3 | (0.69) | 85.6 | (0.67) | 31.0 | (0.61) | 31.8 | (0.81) | 30.3 | (0.78) | 85.8 | (0.53) | 85.4 | (0.76) | 86.2 | (0.57) | 31.2 | (0.65) | 31.7 | (0.90) | 30.8 | (0.71) |
| South Carolina | 84.2 | (0.25) | 82.9 | (0.40) | 85.4 | (0.31) | 23.8 | (0.35) | 23.7 | (0.43) | 23.8 | (0.40) | 84.9 | (0.20) | 83.8 | (0.31) | 85.8 | (0.29) | 25.3 | (0.34) | 25.4 | (0.47) | 25.3 | (0.38) |
| South Dakota | 90.4 | (0.52) | 89.5 | (0.69) | 91.3 | (0.67) | 25.7 | (0.92) | 25.1 | (1.09) | 26.3 | (1.25) | 90.6 | (0.49) | 90.0 | (0.74) | 91.2 | (0.70) | 26.7 | (1.02) | 26.1 | (1.33) | 27.2 | (1.16) |
| Tennessee | 84.2 | (0.21) | 83.0 | (0.30) | 85.3 | (0.27) | 23.7 | (0.26) | 23.5 | (0.36) | 23.8 | (0.30) | 85.1 | (0.23) | 84.2 | (0.30) | 85.9 | (0.28) | 24.6 | (0.21) | 24.3 | (0.31) | 24.8 | (0.29) |
| Texas | 81.1 | (0.13) | 80.5 | (0.17) | 81.6 | (0.17) | 26.5 | (0.15) | 26.9 | (0.20) | 26.1 | (0.18) | 81.5 | (0.11) | 80.8 | (0.18) | 82.2 | (0.14) | 26.9 | (0.14) | 27.0 | (0.18) | 26.9 | (0.19) |
| Utah | 90.7 | (0.28) | 90.0 | (0.39) | 91.4 | (0.31) | 29.7 | (0.47) | 32.7 | (0.64) | 26.8 | (0.60) | 91.3 | (0.32) | 91.0 | (0.41) | 91.6 | (0.42) | 30.7 | (0.45) | 33.0 | (0.53) | 28.5 | (0.64) |
| Vermont | 92.0 | (0.50) | 90.6 | (0.77) | 93.3 | (0.59) | 37.0 | (1.20) | 33.0 | (1.46) | 40.9 | (1.52) | 92.3 | (0.51) | 90.9 | (0.68) | 93.6 | (0.63) | 35.1 | (1.07) | 32.9 | (1.14) | 37.3 | (1.46) |
| Virginia | 87.8 | (0.16) | 87.0 | (0.23) | 88.5 | (0.21) | 35.4 | (0.27) | 36.0 | (0.32) | 34.7 | (0.35) | 88.1 | (0.15) | 87.4 | (0.23) | 88.7 | (0.20) | 35.7 | (0.25) | 36.2 | (0.32) | 35.4 | (0.31) |
| Washington | 90.0 | (0.18) | 89.7 | (0.26) | 90.3 | (0.23) | 31.8 | (0.31) | 32.9 | (0.40) | 30.6 | (0.37) | 90.6 | (0.18) | 90.0 | (0.25) | 91.1 | (0.21) | 31.8 | (0.32) | 32.4 | (0.38) | 31.3 | (0.39) |
| West Virginia | 83.9 | (0.42) | 82.7 | (0.59) | 85.0 | (0.52) | 18.6 | (0.52) | 18.7 | (0.69) | 18.6 | (0.57) | 83.9 | (0.44) | 83.0 | (0.67) | 84.8 | (0.52) | 18.2 | (0.40) | 17.7 | (0.52) | 18.7 | (0.52) |
| Wisconsin | 90.5 | (0.22) | 89.5 | (0.27) | 91.4 | (0.29) | 26.4 | (0.34) | 25.5 | (0.43) | 27.2 | (0.45) | 90.9 | (0.21) | 90.0 | (0.29) | 91.7 | (0.23) | 27.5 | (0.36) | 26.8 | (0.42) | 28.1 | (0.46) |
| Wyoming | 92.4 | (0.52) | 91.3 | (0.78) | 93.5 | (0.64) | 24.8 | (1.04) | 23.1 | (1.35) | 26.5 | (1.23) | 91.5 | (0.58) | 91.5 | (0.75) | 91.6 | (0.84) | 25.4 | (1.02) | 25.0 | (1.23) | 25.8 | (1.30) |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2011 and 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. (This table was prepared January 2014.) |
