 |
| 2015 Tables and Figures | All Years of Tables and Figures | Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest |
 Previous Page |
Download Excel  (56KB) |
| Table 104.88. | Rates of high school completion and bachelor's degree attainment among persons age 25 and over, by sex and state: 2014 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Number of persons age 25 and over (in thousands) |
Percent with high school completion1 or higher |
Percent with bachelor's or higher degree |
|||||||||||||||
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| United States | 213,806 | (50.5) | 103,072 | (31.5) | 110,734 | (32.0) | 86.9 | (0.04) | 86.3 | (0.05) | 87.5 | (0.05) | 30.1 | (0.06) | 29.9 | (0.06) | 30.2 | (0.07) |
| Alabama | 3,259 | (3.6) | 1,536 | (3.0) | 1,723 | (2.7) | 84.6 | (0.29) | 83.7 | (0.41) | 85.5 | (0.31) | 23.0 | (0.30) | 22.7 | (0.40) | 23.3 | (0.43) |
| Alaska | 468 | (2.5) | 243 | (2.3) | 225 | (2.2) | 91.9 | (0.65) | 92.6 | (0.69) | 91.3 | (1.05) | 29.1 | (1.15) | 25.3 | (1.30) | 33.1 | (1.56) |
| Arizona | 4,438 | (3.8) | 2,167 | (2.8) | 2,271 | (3.4) | 86.2 | (0.22) | 85.6 | (0.33) | 86.7 | (0.23) | 27.4 | (0.24) | 27.8 | (0.33) | 27.0 | (0.37) |
| Arkansas | 1,970 | (3.4) | 946 | (2.6) | 1,024 | (2.4) | 85.6 | (0.34) | 85.0 | (0.46) | 86.1 | (0.43) | 21.4 | (0.47) | 20.7 | (0.52) | 22.0 | (0.56) |
| California | 25,656 | (8.4) | 12,515 | (6.7) | 13,141 | (5.3) | 82.1 | (0.09) | 81.8 | (0.12) | 82.3 | (0.10) | 31.7 | (0.13) | 32.0 | (0.14) | 31.4 | (0.15) |
| Colorado | 3,587 | (3.3) | 1,776 | (3.2) | 1,811 | (2.9) | 90.5 | (0.20) | 89.7 | (0.29) | 91.3 | (0.24) | 38.0 | (0.30) | 37.4 | (0.43) | 38.6 | (0.38) |
| Connecticut | 2,478 | (2.8) | 1,183 | (2.7) | 1,295 | (2.1) | 90.1 | (0.28) | 89.8 | (0.38) | 90.4 | (0.31) | 37.9 | (0.37) | 37.7 | (0.47) | 38.2 | (0.50) |
| Delaware | 639 | (1.7) | 302 | (1.3) | 337 | (1.1) | 89.1 | (0.56) | 88.0 | (0.83) | 90.1 | (0.64) | 30.3 | (0.69) | 29.3 | (0.91) | 31.2 | (0.96) |
| District of Columbia | 465 | (1.0) | 217 | (0.9) | 247 | (0.7) | 90.1 | (0.52) | 89.3 | (0.76) | 90.8 | (0.60) | 54.8 | (0.73) | 54.0 | (1.03) | 55.5 | (0.88) |
| Florida | 14,042 | (6.4) | 6,722 | (5.8) | 7,320 | (4.4) | 87.2 | (0.10) | 86.5 | (0.18) | 87.9 | (0.12) | 27.4 | (0.14) | 28.1 | (0.23) | 26.7 | (0.18) |
| Georgia | 6,576 | (6.0) | 3,114 | (4.7) | 3,462 | (4.1) | 85.6 | (0.17) | 84.2 | (0.25) | 86.9 | (0.20) | 29.0 | (0.22) | 28.8 | (0.29) | 29.3 | (0.29) |
| Hawaii | 974 | (2.2) | 481 | (1.8) | 493 | (1.6) | 91.4 | (0.36) | 92.4 | (0.45) | 90.4 | (0.47) | 31.6 | (0.70) | 30.5 | (0.90) | 32.6 | (0.83) |
| Idaho | 1,045 | (2.1) | 513 | (2.2) | 532 | (1.9) | 90.1 | (0.38) | 89.2 | (0.55) | 91.0 | (0.40) | 25.2 | (0.63) | 26.5 | (0.80) | 24.0 | (0.84) |
| Illinois | 8,640 | (5.6) | 4,153 | (4.6) | 4,487 | (4.1) | 88.4 | (0.13) | 87.9 | (0.17) | 88.8 | (0.17) | 33.0 | (0.19) | 32.7 | (0.26) | 33.3 | (0.23) |
| Indiana | 4,344 | (4.2) | 2,093 | (3.2) | 2,251 | (3.3) | 88.7 | (0.21) | 88.3 | (0.29) | 89.0 | (0.23) | 24.8 | (0.30) | 24.2 | (0.33) | 25.2 | (0.38) |
| Iowa | 2,063 | (3.1) | 1,007 | (2.8) | 1,056 | (2.4) | 92.2 | (0.26) | 91.0 | (0.36) | 93.2 | (0.30) | 27.9 | (0.41) | 26.8 | (0.53) | 28.8 | (0.54) |
| Kansas | 1,881 | (4.0) | 917 | (3.2) | 964 | (2.8) | 90.2 | (0.35) | 89.6 | (0.42) | 90.7 | (0.40) | 31.5 | (0.37) | 31.4 | (0.52) | 31.6 | (0.44) |
| Kentucky | 2,969 | (4.1) | 1,433 | (3.0) | 1,535 | (2.6) | 84.5 | (0.31) | 83.2 | (0.34) | 85.6 | (0.36) | 22.7 | (0.31) | 21.9 | (0.39) | 23.5 | (0.40) |
| Louisiana | 3,063 | (4.3) | 1,461 | (3.4) | 1,602 | (2.8) | 83.6 | (0.28) | 81.9 | (0.37) | 85.1 | (0.36) | 22.9 | (0.30) | 21.6 | (0.33) | 24.0 | (0.40) |
| Maine | 957 | (1.6) | 457 | (1.7) | 500 | (1.6) | 92.2 | (0.35) | 91.0 | (0.51) | 93.2 | (0.47) | 29.7 | (0.72) | 28.7 | (0.94) | 30.6 | (0.77) |
| Maryland | 4,066 | (4.2) | 1,924 | (3.5) | 2,142 | (2.9) | 89.7 | (0.23) | 88.8 | (0.32) | 90.5 | (0.24) | 38.2 | (0.31) | 38.2 | (0.37) | 38.3 | (0.37) |
| Massachusetts | 4,653 | (3.3) | 2,208 | (3.3) | 2,445 | (2.4) | 89.6 | (0.19) | 89.3 | (0.27) | 89.8 | (0.24) | 41.4 | (0.29) | 41.2 | (0.36) | 41.5 | (0.38) |
| Michigan | 6,689 | (5.2) | 3,219 | (4.2) | 3,471 | (4.1) | 89.9 | (0.18) | 89.1 | (0.24) | 90.7 | (0.21) | 27.4 | (0.21) | 27.1 | (0.25) | 27.7 | (0.27) |
| Minnesota | 3,683 | (5.1) | 1,807 | (4.2) | 1,876 | (3.8) | 92.6 | (0.19) | 92.6 | (0.22) | 92.6 | (0.28) | 34.0 | (0.36) | 32.9 | (0.48) | 35.0 | (0.42) |
| Mississippi | 1,948 | (2.7) | 920 | (2.0) | 1,029 | (2.0) | 82.7 | (0.37) | 81.0 | (0.55) | 84.3 | (0.40) | 20.9 | (0.44) | 18.9 | (0.57) | 22.7 | (0.48) |
| Missouri | 4,077 | (4.6) | 1,959 | (3.5) | 2,118 | (3.2) | 88.8 | (0.22) | 88.4 | (0.29) | 89.2 | (0.27) | 27.5 | (0.31) | 26.7 | (0.37) | 28.3 | (0.42) |
| Montana | 694 | (2.0) | 343 | (1.5) | 351 | (1.7) | 92.2 | (0.50) | 91.9 | (0.71) | 92.4 | (0.58) | 28.1 | (0.74) | 27.8 | (0.92) | 28.5 | (1.00) |
| Nebraska | 1,225 | (2.7) | 600 | (2.4) | 625 | (2.2) | 90.5 | (0.28) | 89.7 | (0.46) | 91.2 | (0.36) | 30.2 | (0.56) | 29.7 | (0.71) | 30.7 | (0.69) |
| Nevada | 1,919 | (2.3) | 953 | (2.1) | 967 | (1.7) | 85.4 | (0.34) | 85.2 | (0.49) | 85.6 | (0.42) | 22.9 | (0.36) | 23.3 | (0.48) | 22.6 | (0.47) |
| New Hampshire | 930 | (1.5) | 452 | (1.4) | 478 | (1.3) | 92.6 | (0.42) | 91.1 | (0.68) | 94.0 | (0.43) | 35.3 | (0.60) | 34.5 | (0.76) | 36.0 | (0.81) |
| New Jersey | 6,129 | (3.5) | 2,927 | (3.1) | 3,201 | (3.1) | 89.0 | (0.16) | 88.7 | (0.23) | 89.4 | (0.21) | 37.2 | (0.25) | 37.7 | (0.33) | 36.8 | (0.31) |
| New Mexico | 1,371 | (3.3) | 663 | (2.8) | 708 | (2.2) | 84.5 | (0.43) | 83.8 | (0.50) | 85.3 | (0.56) | 26.6 | (0.50) | 25.6 | (0.62) | 27.5 | (0.62) |
| New York | 13,546 | (6.1) | 6,423 | (5.0) | 7,123 | (4.6) | 85.8 | (0.13) | 85.7 | (0.15) | 85.9 | (0.17) | 34.7 | (0.16) | 34.2 | (0.20) | 35.1 | (0.20) |
| North Carolina | 6,666 | (6.9) | 3,155 | (5.5) | 3,511 | (3.7) | 86.4 | (0.18) | 84.7 | (0.27) | 87.9 | (0.23) | 28.7 | (0.23) | 27.8 | (0.33) | 29.4 | (0.25) |
| North Dakota | 477 | (1.5) | 239 | (1.4) | 238 | (1.5) | 92.9 | (0.44) | 92.4 | (0.57) | 93.3 | (0.55) | 25.7 | (0.96) | 23.3 | (1.23) | 28.2 | (1.16) |
| Ohio | 7,858 | (4.9) | 3,765 | (4.4) | 4,093 | (3.5) | 89.3 | (0.14) | 88.6 | (0.20) | 89.9 | (0.20) | 26.5 | (0.20) | 26.8 | (0.26) | 26.3 | (0.24) |
| Oklahoma | 2,536 | (3.8) | 1,230 | (3.0) | 1,306 | (2.9) | 87.5 | (0.23) | 86.8 | (0.31) | 88.1 | (0.30) | 24.1 | (0.42) | 23.3 | (0.52) | 25.0 | (0.55) |
| Oregon | 2,748 | (3.7) | 1,336 | (3.0) | 1,412 | (2.7) | 89.7 | (0.28) | 89.2 | (0.36) | 90.1 | (0.35) | 30.6 | (0.33) | 30.4 | (0.37) | 30.8 | (0.48) |
| Pennsylvania | 8,875 | (6.1) | 4,262 | (5.3) | 4,613 | (4.4) | 89.5 | (0.15) | 88.9 | (0.20) | 90.1 | (0.19) | 28.8 | (0.21) | 28.6 | (0.30) | 29.0 | (0.24) |
| Rhode Island | 726 | (1.3) | 344 | (1.1) | 382 | (1.2) | 85.5 | (0.55) | 84.3 | (0.74) | 86.5 | (0.67) | 30.2 | (0.73) | 31.1 | (1.00) | 29.3 | (0.85) |
| South Carolina | 3,261 | (4.0) | 1,546 | (3.7) | 1,715 | (2.5) | 86.0 | (0.29) | 84.5 | (0.39) | 87.4 | (0.32) | 26.2 | (0.30) | 26.0 | (0.42) | 26.4 | (0.38) |
| South Dakota | 556 | (2.1) | 276 | (1.9) | 280 | (1.8) | 91.5 | (0.45) | 90.1 | (0.72) | 92.8 | (0.56) | 26.5 | (0.86) | 24.3 | (1.11) | 28.7 | (1.12) |
| Tennessee | 4,422 | (3.9) | 2,105 | (3.7) | 2,317 | (3.1) | 85.8 | (0.21) | 84.8 | (0.28) | 86.7 | (0.30) | 25.4 | (0.28) | 25.4 | (0.39) | 25.5 | (0.34) |
| Texas | 17,099 | (8.4) | 8,325 | (6.6) | 8,774 | (5.6) | 82.3 | (0.12) | 81.6 | (0.15) | 82.8 | (0.14) | 27.9 | (0.14) | 27.8 | (0.19) | 28.0 | (0.17) |
| Utah | 1,708 | (2.8) | 849 | (2.4) | 860 | (2.3) | 91.5 | (0.32) | 91.1 | (0.45) | 91.8 | (0.34) | 31.2 | (0.44) | 34.1 | (0.54) | 28.3 | (0.58) |
| Vermont | 439 | (1.2) | 211 | (1.0) | 228 | (1.1) | 92.0 | (0.58) | 91.3 | (0.77) | 92.8 | (0.74) | 36.2 | (1.07) | 35.3 | (1.50) | 37.0 | (1.18) |
| Virginia | 5,622 | (5.5) | 2,707 | (4.6) | 2,915 | (3.6) | 88.6 | (0.19) | 87.6 | (0.26) | 89.5 | (0.21) | 36.6 | (0.26) | 36.8 | (0.31) | 36.5 | (0.31) |
| Washington | 4,787 | (5.3) | 2,357 | (4.0) | 2,431 | (3.9) | 90.4 | (0.19) | 90.2 | (0.25) | 90.7 | (0.24) | 33.2 | (0.29) | 34.0 | (0.36) | 32.5 | (0.36) |
| West Virginia | 1,296 | (2.1) | 630 | (1.6) | 666 | (1.8) | 85.6 | (0.42) | 85.1 | (0.56) | 86.0 | (0.55) | 19.3 | (0.41) | 18.2 | (0.54) | 20.4 | (0.57) |
| Wisconsin | 3,896 | (4.6) | 1,906 | (4.0) | 1,990 | (3.3) | 91.5 | (0.18) | 90.6 | (0.29) | 92.3 | (0.24) | 28.5 | (0.34) | 27.7 | (0.43) | 29.3 | (0.46) |
| Wyoming | 390 | (1.9) | 196 | (1.5) | 193 | (1.3) | 92.2 | (0.62) | 91.5 | (0.84) | 92.8 | (0.80) | 25.9 | (0.80) | 25.0 | (1.20) | 26.8 | (1.03) |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Includes completion of high school through equivalency programs, such as a GED program. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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.) |