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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: 2015 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 216,531 | (52.8) | 104,467 | (32.6) | 112,063 | (30.9) | 87.2 | (0.04) | 86.5 | (0.05) | 87.8 | (0.04) | 30.7 | (0.06) | 30.4 | (0.07) | 30.9 | (0.07) |
| Alabama | 3,283 | (4.0) | 1,550 | (3.4) | 1,733 | (3.1) | 85.1 | (0.29) | 84.1 | (0.41) | 86.1 | (0.35) | 24.0 | (0.34) | 23.7 | (0.49) | 24.3 | (0.40) |
| Alaska | 468 | (3.0) | 242 | (2.8) | 226 | (2.0) | 91.8 | (0.73) | 91.8 | (0.88) | 91.8 | (0.89) | 28.3 | (1.00) | 27.2 | (1.26) | 29.5 | (1.33) |
| Arizona | 4,536 | (3.5) | 2,211 | (3.1) | 2,324 | (2.6) | 86.0 | (0.23) | 85.6 | (0.25) | 86.3 | (0.30) | 27.9 | (0.27) | 28.1 | (0.33) | 27.7 | (0.37) |
| Arkansas | 1,989 | (3.1) | 955 | (2.3) | 1,034 | (2.7) | 85.5 | (0.29) | 84.3 | (0.44) | 86.5 | (0.40) | 21.5 | (0.32) | 20.4 | (0.46) | 22.5 | (0.44) |
| California | 26,088 | (7.7) | 12,747 | (6.4) | 13,341 | (5.9) | 82.2 | (0.10) | 81.8 | (0.13) | 82.7 | (0.13) | 32.3 | (0.10) | 32.2 | (0.14) | 32.3 | (0.13) |
| Colorado | 3,674 | (3.6) | 1,823 | (3.0) | 1,852 | (2.5) | 91.4 | (0.22) | 91.0 | (0.28) | 91.8 | (0.26) | 39.4 | (0.30) | 38.7 | (0.40) | 40.1 | (0.38) |
| Connecticut | 2,473 | (2.1) | 1,179 | (1.8) | 1,294 | (2.1) | 90.1 | (0.22) | 89.9 | (0.31) | 90.4 | (0.29) | 38.3 | (0.38) | 38.8 | (0.48) | 38.0 | (0.47) |
| Delaware | 654 | (1.7) | 307 | (1.3) | 347 | (1.1) | 89.3 | (0.51) | 88.0 | (0.86) | 90.5 | (0.48) | 31.3 | (0.67) | 31.0 | (1.00) | 31.6 | (0.86) |
| District of Columbia | 472 | (0.9) | 223 | (0.6) | 250 | (0.8) | 90.0 | (0.57) | 89.6 | (0.82) | 90.4 | (0.76) | 57.4 | (0.69) | 58.6 | (1.03) | 56.3 | (0.92) |
| Florida | 14,389 | (6.8) | 6,885 | (5.7) | 7,504 | (4.8) | 87.6 | (0.12) | 86.7 | (0.16) | 88.4 | (0.17) | 28.6 | (0.17) | 29.0 | (0.23) | 28.1 | (0.20) |
| Georgia | 6,683 | (5.7) | 3,172 | (4.7) | 3,511 | (3.6) | 86.0 | (0.21) | 84.9 | (0.25) | 87.0 | (0.24) | 29.8 | (0.22) | 29.2 | (0.29) | 30.3 | (0.28) |
| Hawaii | 983 | (1.9) | 488 | (1.8) | 495 | (1.6) | 91.0 | (0.43) | 91.2 | (0.43) | 90.8 | (0.65) | 31.4 | (0.56) | 29.4 | (0.76) | 33.5 | (0.74) |
| Idaho | 1,066 | (2.3) | 527 | (2.4) | 540 | (2.0) | 89.6 | (0.44) | 88.5 | (0.65) | 90.6 | (0.53) | 25.6 | (0.53) | 26.9 | (0.75) | 24.3 | (0.69) |
| Illinois | 8,667 | (5.5) | 4,169 | (4.4) | 4,498 | (4.9) | 88.4 | (0.15) | 87.6 | (0.22) | 89.2 | (0.19) | 33.0 | (0.20) | 32.5 | (0.26) | 33.4 | (0.28) |
| Indiana | 4,364 | (4.5) | 2,106 | (3.7) | 2,258 | (3.0) | 88.2 | (0.21) | 87.9 | (0.28) | 88.6 | (0.27) | 25.0 | (0.26) | 24.8 | (0.35) | 25.2 | (0.32) |
| Iowa | 2,078 | (3.7) | 1,013 | (3.0) | 1,064 | (2.8) | 92.0 | (0.26) | 91.2 | (0.35) | 92.8 | (0.35) | 27.2 | (0.45) | 26.5 | (0.55) | 27.9 | (0.58) |
| Kansas | 1,897 | (3.5) | 925 | (3.0) | 972 | (2.9) | 90.1 | (0.25) | 89.4 | (0.35) | 90.7 | (0.31) | 31.7 | (0.49) | 31.7 | (0.66) | 31.7 | (0.60) |
| Kentucky | 2,991 | (3.7) | 1,444 | (3.3) | 1,548 | (2.5) | 85.0 | (0.30) | 84.1 | (0.38) | 85.9 | (0.34) | 23.0 | (0.32) | 22.3 | (0.44) | 23.7 | (0.35) |
| Louisiana | 3,097 | (4.0) | 1,477 | (3.5) | 1,619 | (2.5) | 84.6 | (0.24) | 82.5 | (0.34) | 86.5 | (0.30) | 23.2 | (0.30) | 21.4 | (0.39) | 24.8 | (0.42) |
| Maine | 962 | (1.9) | 461 | (1.6) | 501 | (1.6) | 91.9 | (0.41) | 90.3 | (0.64) | 93.4 | (0.48) | 30.4 | (0.62) | 29.2 | (0.86) | 31.6 | (0.78) |
| Maryland | 4,102 | (4.1) | 1,937 | (3.1) | 2,165 | (2.8) | 89.8 | (0.20) | 88.9 | (0.26) | 90.7 | (0.24) | 39.1 | (0.30) | 38.8 | (0.36) | 39.4 | (0.46) |
| Massachusetts | 4,710 | (3.1) | 2,238 | (3.0) | 2,473 | (2.6) | 90.4 | (0.17) | 89.9 | (0.22) | 90.8 | (0.22) | 41.7 | (0.30) | 41.7 | (0.39) | 41.7 | (0.32) |
| Michigan | 6,731 | (6.3) | 3,241 | (4.6) | 3,490 | (4.0) | 90.3 | (0.16) | 89.7 | (0.23) | 90.9 | (0.20) | 28.0 | (0.23) | 27.6 | (0.28) | 28.4 | (0.30) |
| Minnesota | 3,705 | (5.3) | 1,818 | (4.7) | 1,887 | (4.1) | 92.7 | (0.18) | 92.2 | (0.25) | 93.2 | (0.23) | 34.9 | (0.38) | 34.1 | (0.45) | 35.7 | (0.46) |
| Mississippi | 1,950 | (3.3) | 922 | (2.6) | 1,029 | (2.8) | 83.8 | (0.31) | 81.6 | (0.45) | 85.7 | (0.39) | 20.8 | (0.33) | 19.1 | (0.48) | 22.4 | (0.48) |
| Missouri | 4,098 | (4.4) | 1,965 | (4.0) | 2,133 | (3.4) | 88.9 | (0.21) | 88.2 | (0.27) | 89.6 | (0.27) | 27.9 | (0.29) | 26.8 | (0.32) | 28.9 | (0.41) |
| Montana | 706 | (1.8) | 351 | (1.7) | 355 | (1.4) | 93.4 | (0.41) | 92.2 | (0.62) | 94.7 | (0.41) | 29.5 | (0.77) | 29.2 | (1.05) | 29.7 | (0.94) |
| Nebraska | 1,231 | (3.2) | 602 | (2.7) | 630 | (1.8) | 91.0 | (0.32) | 90.8 | (0.43) | 91.3 | (0.48) | 29.9 | (0.52) | 29.2 | (0.66) | 30.6 | (0.67) |
| Nevada | 1,968 | (2.3) | 976 | (1.7) | 992 | (1.7) | 85.9 | (0.33) | 85.8 | (0.42) | 85.9 | (0.46) | 23.9 | (0.36) | 23.9 | (0.51) | 24.0 | (0.45) |
| New Hampshire | 938 | (1.7) | 458 | (1.6) | 480 | (1.2) | 93.3 | (0.35) | 92.3 | (0.49) | 94.3 | (0.46) | 35.5 | (0.68) | 34.9 | (0.89) | 36.1 | (0.75) |
| New Jersey | 6,169 | (4.1) | 2,947 | (3.5) | 3,222 | (3.0) | 89.1 | (0.16) | 88.7 | (0.19) | 89.5 | (0.20) | 37.8 | (0.25) | 38.0 | (0.32) | 37.5 | (0.28) |
| New Mexico | 1,377 | (2.9) | 675 | (2.3) | 703 | (2.3) | 84.5 | (0.45) | 83.7 | (0.65) | 85.2 | (0.51) | 26.5 | (0.50) | 24.9 | (0.64) | 27.9 | (0.61) |
| New York | 13,653 | (6.6) | 6,492 | (5.6) | 7,161 | (4.3) | 85.9 | (0.14) | 85.6 | (0.18) | 86.3 | (0.16) | 35.1 | (0.17) | 34.3 | (0.21) | 35.9 | (0.21) |
| North Carolina | 6,765 | (6.6) | 3,200 | (5.2) | 3,565 | (4.1) | 86.6 | (0.17) | 85.1 | (0.23) | 88.0 | (0.21) | 29.5 | (0.21) | 28.6 | (0.29) | 30.4 | (0.27) |
| North Dakota | 491 | (2.3) | 251 | (2.4) | 240 | (1.6) | 93.2 | (0.51) | 92.0 | (0.70) | 94.3 | (0.65) | 29.8 | (0.93) | 27.0 | (1.11) | 32.7 | (1.32) |
| Ohio | 7,900 | (5.1) | 3,784 | (4.0) | 4,115 | (3.7) | 89.7 | (0.15) | 89.2 | (0.21) | 90.1 | (0.16) | 26.7 | (0.21) | 26.7 | (0.26) | 26.7 | (0.25) |
| Oklahoma | 2,560 | (3.3) | 1,242 | (3.2) | 1,319 | (2.5) | 87.4 | (0.33) | 87.0 | (0.38) | 87.9 | (0.40) | 25.2 | (0.42) | 24.9 | (0.48) | 25.5 | (0.61) |
| Oregon | 2,803 | (2.6) | 1,365 | (2.8) | 1,438 | (2.6) | 90.1 | (0.25) | 89.7 | (0.33) | 90.5 | (0.31) | 32.2 | (0.36) | 32.2 | (0.53) | 32.1 | (0.37) |
| Pennsylvania | 8,905 | (6.5) | 4,268 | (5.4) | 4,638 | (4.6) | 89.6 | (0.17) | 89.2 | (0.24) | 89.9 | (0.19) | 29.6 | (0.22) | 29.6 | (0.28) | 29.6 | (0.23) |
| Rhode Island | 731 | (1.3) | 348 | (1.1) | 383 | (1.3) | 87.8 | (0.51) | 87.5 | (0.72) | 88.1 | (0.64) | 32.7 | (0.66) | 32.4 | (0.79) | 33.0 | (0.89) |
| South Carolina | 3,320 | (3.2) | 1,573 | (2.8) | 1,747 | (2.3) | 86.5 | (0.28) | 85.2 | (0.35) | 87.7 | (0.34) | 26.7 | (0.31) | 27.0 | (0.38) | 26.5 | (0.39) |
| South Dakota | 565 | (2.2) | 281 | (2.0) | 283 | (1.6) | 91.0 | (0.50) | 90.1 | (0.71) | 91.9 | (0.63) | 27.6 | (0.91) | 26.6 | (1.31) | 28.6 | (1.15) |
| Tennessee | 4,474 | (4.7) | 2,132 | (3.9) | 2,342 | (3.0) | 86.1 | (0.21) | 85.0 | (0.30) | 87.2 | (0.24) | 25.9 | (0.25) | 25.2 | (0.32) | 26.6 | (0.33) |
| Texas | 17,486 | (8.1) | 8,519 | (6.6) | 8,967 | (5.8) | 82.4 | (0.16) | 81.7 | (0.20) | 83.1 | (0.17) | 28.3 | (0.13) | 28.2 | (0.17) | 28.3 | (0.16) |
| Utah | 1,739 | (3.1) | 864 | (2.4) | 874 | (2.1) | 91.6 | (0.31) | 91.1 | (0.42) | 92.1 | (0.34) | 31.6 | (0.49) | 33.8 | (0.68) | 29.5 | (0.63) |
| Vermont | 441 | (1.2) | 214 | (1.4) | 227 | (1.1) | 91.6 | (0.65) | 89.7 | (0.92) | 93.4 | (0.75) | 37.5 | (1.22) | 33.7 | (1.50) | 41.0 | (1.42) |
| Virginia | 5,687 | (5.8) | 2,740 | (4.0) | 2,947 | (4.1) | 89.0 | (0.17) | 88.3 | (0.22) | 89.6 | (0.22) | 36.9 | (0.27) | 37.1 | (0.33) | 36.8 | (0.35) |
| Washington | 4,896 | (3.9) | 2,419 | (4.0) | 2,477 | (2.6) | 90.9 | (0.17) | 90.5 | (0.25) | 91.3 | (0.20) | 34.1 | (0.28) | 34.0 | (0.34) | 34.2 | (0.31) |
| West Virginia | 1,301 | (1.7) | 632 | (1.7) | 669 | (1.5) | 86.2 | (0.41) | 84.8 | (0.58) | 87.4 | (0.50) | 19.7 | (0.43) | 18.9 | (0.51) | 20.5 | (0.60) |
| Wisconsin | 3,928 | (4.2) | 1,922 | (4.6) | 2,006 | (3.9) | 91.4 | (0.20) | 90.7 | (0.28) | 92.2 | (0.26) | 28.7 | (0.31) | 27.5 | (0.42) | 30.0 | (0.39) |
| Wyoming | 388 | (1.6) | 191 | (1.5) | 197 | (1.4) | 93.2 | (0.54) | 93.2 | (0.68) | 93.1 | (0.82) | 26.9 | (0.93) | 26.6 | (1.28) | 27.1 | (1.17) |
| 1 Includes completion of high school through equivalency programs, such as a GED program. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population in the given age range residing within the United States, including both noninstitutionalized persons (e.g., those living in households, college housing, or military housing located within the United States) and institutionalized persons (e.g., those living in prisons, nursing facilities, or other healthcare facilities). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2015 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. (This table was prepared March 2017.) |
