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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: 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.)

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