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| Table 104.85. | Rates of high school completion and bachelor's degree attainment among persons age 25 and over, by race/ethnicity and state: 2014 |
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| State | Percent with high school completion1 or higher | Percent with bachelor's or higher degree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total2 | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Two or more races | Total2 | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Two or more races | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| United States | 86.9 | (0.04) | 92.0 | (0.03) | 84.5 | (0.09) | 65.4 | (0.16) | 86.4 | (0.12) | 90.3 | (0.24) | 30.1 | (0.06) | 33.6 | (0.06) | 19.8 | (0.12) | 14.4 | (0.10) | 51.7 | (0.22) | 32.0 | (0.35) | ||||
| Alabama | 84.6 | (0.29) | 87.4 | (0.29) | 79.8 | (0.57) | 59.4 | (2.68) | 86.5 | (2.44) | 89.2 | (2.32) | 23.0 | (0.30) | 25.6 | (0.34) | 15.1 | (0.69) | 17.4 | (1.80) | 52.1 | (3.69) | 24.5 | (3.23) | ||||
| Alaska | 91.9 | (0.65) | 95.0 | (0.65) | 84.6 | (7.68) | 85.2 | (4.46) | 83.3 | (4.17) | 91.4 | (3.54) | 29.1 | (1.15) | 34.8 | (1.47) | ‡ | (†) | 23.1 | (5.02) | 37.8 | (4.88) | 15.4 | (3.84) | ||||
| Arizona | 86.2 | (0.22) | 94.2 | (0.16) | 89.9 | (0.94) | 65.4 | (0.62) | 86.3 | (1.27) | 92.7 | (1.30) | 27.4 | (0.24) | 33.5 | (0.32) | 25.2 | (1.39) | 11.4 | (0.41) | 49.1 | (1.64) | 29.3 | (2.16) | ||||
| Arkansas | 85.6 | (0.34) | 88.1 | (0.33) | 83.7 | (0.91) | 50.7 | (2.53) | 89.9 | (2.56) | 90.1 | (2.41) | 21.4 | (0.47) | 22.8 | (0.55) | 15.1 | (0.87) | 9.1 | (1.03) | 54.3 | (4.22) | 24.2 | (3.61) | ||||
| California | 82.1 | (0.09) | 94.5 | (0.09) | 89.8 | (0.32) | 60.9 | (0.24) | 87.3 | (0.20) | 91.5 | (0.54) | 31.7 | (0.13) | 41.6 | (0.20) | 22.8 | (0.47) | 11.2 | (0.15) | 50.2 | (0.36) | 37.6 | (0.84) | ||||
| Colorado | 90.5 | (0.20) | 95.6 | (0.16) | 89.9 | (1.15) | 69.7 | (0.97) | 83.5 | (1.86) | 93.1 | (1.54) | 38.0 | (0.30) | 43.9 | (0.36) | 24.1 | (1.78) | 13.9 | (0.65) | 51.6 | (2.14) | 36.0 | (2.40) | ||||
| Connecticut | 90.1 | (0.28) | 93.5 | (0.25) | 86.8 | (0.80) | 72.3 | (1.19) | 91.1 | (1.33) | 88.2 | (2.90) | 37.9 | (0.37) | 41.7 | (0.45) | 22.9 | (1.36) | 17.8 | (1.09) | 66.3 | (1.86) | 33.2 | (3.53) | ||||
| Delaware | 89.1 | (0.56) | 92.0 | (0.62) | 86.5 | (1.41) | 67.7 | (3.70) | 90.5 | (3.09) | 86.1 | (5.59) | 30.3 | (0.69) | 31.4 | (0.82) | 23.8 | (1.60) | 15.4 | (2.50) | 69.0 | (4.37) | 28.2 | ! | (9.40) | |||
| District of Columbia | 90.1 | (0.52) | 98.9 | (0.34) | 86.9 | (0.77) | 67.2 | (3.39) | 91.7 | (2.64) | 98.9 | (0.85) | 54.8 | (0.73) | 89.6 | (0.74) | 24.7 | (1.21) | 41.3 | (3.42) | 75.4 | (3.71) | 85.0 | (4.62) | ||||
| Florida | 87.2 | (0.10) | 92.0 | (0.11) | 81.3 | (0.39) | 78.0 | (0.35) | 85.0 | (0.76) | 89.1 | (1.07) | 27.4 | (0.14) | 30.9 | (0.20) | 17.3 | (0.35) | 21.7 | (0.32) | 44.6 | (1.09) | 28.5 | (1.67) | ||||
| Georgia | 85.6 | (0.17) | 89.5 | (0.20) | 84.1 | (0.36) | 58.9 | (1.12) | 85.9 | (0.90) | 90.3 | (1.54) | 29.0 | (0.22) | 33.3 | (0.27) | 20.7 | (0.47) | 15.2 | (0.78) | 51.5 | (1.41) | 36.5 | (2.68) | ||||
| Hawaii | 91.4 | (0.36) | 96.7 | (0.52) | 97.9 | (0.90) | 91.4 | (1.32) | 87.3 | (0.61) | 94.1 | (0.80) | 31.6 | (0.70) | 45.8 | (1.39) | 28.4 | (4.82) | 20.7 | (1.86) | 31.2 | (0.97) | 25.5 | (1.52) | ||||
| Idaho | 90.1 | (0.38) | 93.5 | (0.34) | 76.2 | (10.48) | 58.1 | (2.45) | 85.4 | (6.54) | 92.1 | (2.01) | 25.2 | (0.63) | 26.8 | (0.70) | 26.7 | ! | (9.49) | 8.1 | (1.29) | 45.7 | (8.39) | 22.0 | (4.97) | |||
| Illinois | 88.4 | (0.13) | 93.5 | (0.12) | 84.5 | (0.47) | 64.9 | (0.64) | 91.2 | (0.60) | 93.5 | (0.95) | 33.0 | (0.19) | 36.7 | (0.25) | 21.0 | (0.53) | 14.0 | (0.51) | 63.3 | (1.03) | 37.8 | (2.50) | ||||
| Indiana | 88.7 | (0.21) | 90.3 | (0.22) | 86.3 | (0.75) | 65.1 | (1.56) | 87.5 | (1.81) | 88.8 | (1.87) | 24.8 | (0.30) | 25.5 | (0.33) | 16.5 | (0.94) | 13.6 | (1.13) | 58.3 | (2.76) | 26.2 | (3.00) | ||||
| Iowa | 92.2 | (0.26) | 93.7 | (0.25) | 84.4 | (2.30) | 63.1 | (2.49) | 87.1 | (2.20) | 90.9 | (3.23) | 27.9 | (0.41) | 28.0 | (0.46) | 20.9 | (3.13) | 14.6 | (1.72) | 56.6 | (4.49) | 31.1 | (6.12) | ||||
| Kansas | 90.2 | (0.35) | 93.6 | (0.29) | 85.9 | (1.86) | 60.2 | (2.20) | 86.2 | (2.59) | 92.3 | (1.92) | 31.5 | (0.37) | 33.9 | (0.42) | 17.7 | (1.87) | 12.4 | (1.10) | 53.0 | (3.25) | 28.0 | (2.96) | ||||
| Kentucky | 84.5 | (0.31) | 84.9 | (0.32) | 86.3 | (1.25) | 64.5 | (2.55) | 83.5 | (2.78) | 85.2 | (2.89) | 22.7 | (0.31) | 23.1 | (0.35) | 15.2 | (0.99) | 17.1 | (1.95) | 54.4 | (3.21) | 23.9 | (3.07) | ||||
| Louisiana | 83.6 | (0.28) | 87.3 | (0.34) | 78.0 | (0.63) | 73.2 | (1.97) | 75.5 | (2.51) | 81.6 | (3.87) | 22.9 | (0.30) | 26.8 | (0.38) | 14.0 | (0.44) | 19.9 | (1.79) | 40.7 | (2.89) | 20.4 | (2.83) | ||||
| Maine | 92.2 | (0.35) | 92.4 | (0.34) | 76.8 | (8.33) | 95.9 | (1.71) | 84.4 | (5.84) | 88.9 | (3.54) | 29.7 | (0.72) | 29.7 | (0.73) | 20.3 | ! | (6.85) | 35.9 | (6.94) | 45.9 | (8.79) | 19.2 | (4.60) | |||
| Maryland | 89.7 | (0.23) | 93.0 | (0.25) | 89.8 | (0.44) | 63.6 | (1.93) | 91.1 | (0.77) | 91.1 | (1.42) | 38.2 | (0.31) | 43.2 | (0.33) | 27.8 | (0.60) | 21.4 | (1.00) | 61.7 | (1.19) | 40.3 | (2.83) | ||||
| Massachusetts | 89.6 | (0.19) | 93.1 | (0.16) | 83.8 | (0.88) | 67.3 | (1.20) | 83.3 | (0.98) | 89.1 | (1.87) | 41.4 | (0.29) | 44.4 | (0.36) | 23.5 | (1.08) | 17.9 | (0.85) | 56.2 | (1.48) | 37.3 | (2.66) | ||||
| Michigan | 89.9 | (0.18) | 91.8 | (0.16) | 84.0 | (0.53) | 72.2 | (1.29) | 87.5 | (1.28) | 87.1 | (1.84) | 27.4 | (0.21) | 28.4 | (0.25) | 17.1 | (0.47) | 16.7 | (1.09) | 63.8 | (1.49) | 26.0 | (1.77) | ||||
| Minnesota | 92.6 | (0.19) | 95.0 | (0.15) | 83.0 | (1.65) | 68.3 | (2.50) | 78.8 | (1.83) | 91.1 | (2.33) | 34.0 | (0.36) | 35.4 | (0.36) | 19.0 | (1.93) | 19.7 | (1.89) | 39.5 | (2.41) | 33.8 | (3.57) | ||||
| Mississippi | 82.7 | (0.37) | 86.9 | (0.37) | 76.8 | (0.64) | 62.9 | (3.25) | 80.9 | (3.77) | 87.4 | (4.34) | 20.9 | (0.44) | 24.4 | (0.50) | 14.9 | (0.72) | 11.6 | (1.80) | 37.6 | (4.40) | 24.2 | (6.62) | ||||
| Missouri | 88.8 | (0.22) | 90.0 | (0.22) | 85.3 | (0.64) | 70.4 | (2.59) | 87.5 | (1.92) | 82.6 | (1.90) | 27.5 | (0.31) | 28.5 | (0.33) | 17.2 | (0.81) | 20.6 | (1.80) | 61.3 | (2.39) | 25.1 | (2.24) | ||||
| Montana | 92.2 | (0.50) | 93.0 | (0.49) | ‡ | (†) | 78.8 | (5.96) | 95.6 | (2.73) | 89.7 | (4.02) | 28.1 | (0.74) | 29.4 | (0.78) | ‡ | (†) | 19.1 | (4.33) | 34.5 | ! | (11.34) | 20.6 | (5.80) | |||
| Nebraska | 90.5 | (0.28) | 94.3 | (0.23) | 85.4 | (2.29) | 52.8 | (2.68) | 77.4 | (4.28) | 93.2 | (2.38) | 30.2 | (0.56) | 32.0 | (0.65) | 25.5 | (3.28) | 9.5 | (1.47) | 47.3 | (5.51) | 32.2 | (6.49) | ||||
| Nevada | 85.4 | (0.34) | 92.7 | (0.35) | 85.8 | (1.35) | 63.6 | (1.01) | 90.3 | (1.00) | 94.3 | (1.23) | 22.9 | (0.36) | 27.6 | (0.47) | 13.6 | (1.31) | 9.0 | (0.61) | 37.6 | (1.62) | 28.0 | (2.66) | ||||
| New Hampshire | 92.6 | (0.42) | 92.9 | (0.43) | 95.1 | (2.69) | 82.2 | (3.83) | 91.6 | (2.81) | 92.4 | (3.19) | 35.3 | (0.60) | 35.2 | (0.64) | 30.0 | (5.89) | 17.6 | (3.09) | 64.4 | (4.78) | 29.1 | (4.97) | ||||
| New Jersey | 89.0 | (0.16) | 93.3 | (0.15) | 88.0 | (0.51) | 72.6 | (0.71) | 92.7 | (0.43) | 94.2 | (1.17) | 37.2 | (0.25) | 41.0 | (0.33) | 23.6 | (0.60) | 17.1 | (0.48) | 67.2 | (0.91) | 38.6 | (2.72) | ||||
| New Mexico | 84.5 | (0.43) | 95.4 | (0.29) | 88.8 | (2.25) | 73.9 | (0.94) | 83.9 | (4.19) | 92.6 | (2.46) | 26.6 | (0.50) | 39.0 | (0.81) | 26.6 | (4.01) | 14.6 | (0.62) | 57.7 | (4.18) | 40.2 | (6.35) | ||||
| New York | 85.8 | (0.13) | 92.5 | (0.11) | 83.4 | (0.34) | 67.6 | (0.49) | 78.5 | (0.62) | 86.5 | (1.16) | 34.7 | (0.16) | 40.7 | (0.18) | 23.4 | (0.46) | 17.7 | (0.39) | 44.8 | (0.71) | 36.1 | (1.78) | ||||
| North Carolina | 86.4 | (0.19) | 90.3 | (0.19) | 84.0 | (0.38) | 55.2 | (1.17) | 85.6 | (1.40) | 88.8 | (1.46) | 28.7 | (0.23) | 32.4 | (0.29) | 19.3 | (0.43) | 11.9 | (0.68) | 53.6 | (2.11) | 32.9 | (2.52) | ||||
| North Dakota | 92.9 | (0.44) | 94.0 | (0.41) | ‡ | (†) | 70.3 | (9.12) | 88.1 | (6.94) | ‡ | (†) | 25.7 | (0.96) | 26.6 | (0.99) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 59.1 | (7.47) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Ohio | 89.3 | (0.14) | 90.5 | (0.16) | 83.8 | (0.55) | 73.8 | (1.27) | 88.8 | (1.10) | 87.1 | (1.35) | 26.5 | (0.20) | 27.4 | (0.21) | 16.2 | (0.60) | 19.7 | (1.10) | 63.0 | (1.69) | 22.4 | (1.67) | ||||
| Oklahoma | 87.5 | (0.23) | 90.5 | (0.23) | 88.8 | (0.88) | 58.8 | (1.76) | 84.0 | (2.75) | 89.5 | (1.02) | 24.1 | (0.42) | 26.4 | (0.50) | 18.6 | (1.40) | 8.7 | (0.93) | 40.2 | (3.69) | 22.9 | (1.55) | ||||
| Oregon | 89.7 | (0.28) | 92.9 | (0.23) | 87.5 | (1.89) | 62.0 | (1.76) | 88.9 | (1.37) | 88.2 | (2.18) | 30.6 | (0.33) | 32.3 | (0.39) | 24.2 | (3.32) | 12.0 | (0.90) | 47.9 | (2.24) | 25.6 | (2.14) | ||||
| Pennsylvania | 89.5 | (0.15) | 91.7 | (0.15) | 85.3 | (0.56) | 67.7 | (1.17) | 81.2 | (1.03) | 89.2 | (1.81) | 28.8 | (0.21) | 30.3 | (0.23) | 16.5 | (0.65) | 13.6 | (0.73) | 54.3 | (1.45) | 31.7 | (2.09) | ||||
| Rhode Island | 85.5 | (0.55) | 88.9 | (0.53) | 86.4 | (2.63) | 63.7 | (2.30) | 73.4 | (4.65) | 87.3 | (3.78) | 30.2 | (0.73) | 33.1 | (0.84) | 21.7 | (2.89) | 13.1 | (1.76) | 34.4 | (4.96) | 29.8 | (5.95) | ||||
| South Carolina | 86.0 | (0.29) | 90.0 | (0.29) | 79.8 | (0.55) | 59.5 | (2.17) | 87.0 | (1.95) | 86.7 | (2.48) | 26.2 | (0.30) | 30.9 | (0.38) | 14.7 | (0.51) | 13.6 | (1.29) | 50.0 | (3.50) | 27.4 | (3.61) | ||||
| South Dakota | 91.5 | (0.45) | 93.0 | (0.45) | 74.3 | (10.06) | 77.1 | (5.50) | 69.5 | (8.01) | 89.6 | (3.67) | 26.5 | (0.86) | 28.0 | (0.93) | 12.8 | ! | (6.30) | 28.5 | (7.94) | 31.9 | ! | (9.92) | 20.4 | (4.84) | ||
| Tennessee | 85.8 | (0.21) | 87.2 | (0.23) | 85.2 | (0.59) | 58.6 | (1.70) | 84.5 | (1.87) | 82.6 | (2.05) | 25.4 | (0.28) | 26.9 | (0.32) | 18.5 | (0.61) | 13.4 | (1.18) | 50.2 | (2.36) | 22.9 | (2.36) | ||||
| Texas | 82.3 | (0.12) | 93.4 | (0.11) | 88.2 | (0.25) | 62.7 | (0.26) | 86.9 | (0.53) | 91.8 | (0.95) | 27.9 | (0.14) | 36.4 | (0.21) | 21.9 | (0.40) | 13.0 | (0.18) | 58.1 | (0.80) | 34.9 | (1.41) | ||||
| Utah | 91.5 | (0.32) | 95.5 | (0.26) | 89.1 | (3.36) | 65.5 | (1.83) | 87.3 | (2.40) | 91.8 | (2.62) | 31.2 | (0.44) | 34.0 | (0.50) | 27.8 | (5.49) | 12.2 | (1.03) | 39.8 | (3.97) | 38.0 | (5.06) | ||||
| Vermont | 92.0 | (0.58) | 92.6 | (0.53) | ‡ | (†) | 96.3 | (3.46) | 60.4 | (13.45) | 97.6 | (1.96) | 36.2 | (1.07) | 36.2 | (1.05) | ‡ | (†) | 40.3 | (9.32) | 32.4 | ! | (9.77) | 28.4 | ! | (9.06) | ||
| Virginia | 88.6 | (0.19) | 91.7 | (0.17) | 84.4 | (0.45) | 69.3 | (1.29) | 89.1 | (0.72) | 92.9 | (1.08) | 36.6 | (0.26) | 40.1 | (0.32) | 21.2 | (0.54) | 22.5 | (1.12) | 59.9 | (1.10) | 44.3 | (2.38) | ||||
| Washington | 90.4 | (0.19) | 94.2 | (0.18) | 87.9 | (1.10) | 63.1 | (1.13) | 86.9 | (0.90) | 93.0 | (0.88) | 33.2 | (0.29) | 34.8 | (0.34) | 22.1 | (1.51) | 14.5 | (0.75) | 47.8 | (0.97) | 33.0 | (1.64) | ||||
| West Virginia | 85.6 | (0.42) | 85.5 | (0.43) | 87.9 | (1.81) | 85.2 | (4.19) | 92.0 | (2.94) | 89.0 | (3.30) | 19.3 | (0.41) | 19.1 | (0.43) | 15.3 | (2.43) | 26.8 | (7.30) | 58.9 | (5.45) | 23.2 | (4.39) | ||||
| Wisconsin | 91.5 | (0.18) | 93.6 | (0.20) | 84.1 | (1.27) | 63.0 | (1.64) | 84.7 | (1.80) | 91.6 | (2.25) | 28.5 | (0.34) | 29.9 | (0.38) | 12.8 | (1.21) | 14.6 | (1.45) | 44.5 | (2.81) | 30.6 | (3.23) | ||||
| Wyoming | 92.2 | (0.62) | 94.6 | (0.49) | ‡ | (†) | 66.7 | (4.14) | 92.3 | (3.32) | 85.8 | (6.51) | 25.9 | (0.80) | 27.7 | (0.83) | ‡ | (†) | 9.3 | (2.45) | 50.8 | (10.92) | 22.4 | ! | (7.01) | |||
| †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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Includes completion of high school through equivalency programs, such as a GED program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Total includes racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. (This table was prepared December 2015.) |
