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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: 2016
[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 218,558   (52.1) 105,463   (31.2) 113,095   (32.8) 87.4   (0.04) 86.7   (0.05) 88.1   (0.05) 31.3   (0.06) 30.9   (0.07) 31.7   (0.08)
                                                       
Alabama 3,300   (4.4) 1,558   (3.5) 1,742   (3.4) 84.9   (0.29) 83.3   (0.38) 86.3   (0.35) 24.7   (0.30) 24.5   (0.39) 24.9   (0.37)
Alaska 478   (2.2) 245   (2.3) 233   (1.8) 92.5   (0.49) 92.5   (0.75) 92.5   (0.83) 29.3   (1.04) 26.4   (1.24) 32.3   (1.30)
Arizona 4,632   (3.3) 2,262   (3.0) 2,370   (2.8) 86.8   (0.20) 86.1   (0.29) 87.4   (0.24) 28.7   (0.25) 28.8   (0.29) 28.6   (0.35)
Arkansas 1,990   (3.3) 953   (2.6) 1,037   (2.5) 85.8   (0.32) 84.6   (0.44) 86.9   (0.38) 22.1   (0.41) 21.2   (0.51) 22.9   (0.49)
California 26,311   (8.3) 12,852   (6.6) 13,459   (5.6) 82.4   (0.09) 82.2   (0.13) 82.6   (0.11) 33.0   (0.12) 33.0   (0.16) 32.9   (0.14)
                                                       
Colorado 3,744   (3.6) 1,863   (3.2) 1,881   (2.8) 91.4   (0.18) 90.9   (0.28) 91.9   (0.23) 40.0   (0.29) 39.5   (0.42) 40.4   (0.36)
Connecticut 2,470   (2.5) 1,176   (2.4) 1,294   (2.0) 90.7   (0.25) 90.4   (0.35) 90.9   (0.36) 38.8   (0.29) 38.5   (0.42) 39.1   (0.43)
Delaware 664   (1.4) 316   (1.1) 348   (1.2) 89.7   (0.49) 88.2   (0.72) 91.1   (0.63) 31.7   (0.82) 31.6   (1.05) 31.8   (0.96)
District of Columbia 479   (1.1) 226   (1.0) 254   (0.8) 89.9   (0.61) 90.0   (0.77) 89.9   (0.74) 57.3   (0.69) 58.4   (0.99) 56.3   (0.99)
Florida 14,696   (7.5) 7,040   (6.0) 7,656   (6.1) 87.4   (0.11) 86.6   (0.17) 88.2   (0.14) 28.7   (0.16) 28.9   (0.20) 28.5   (0.20)
                                                       
Georgia 6,784   (5.4) 3,211   (5.1) 3,573   (3.9) 86.5   (0.19) 85.1   (0.28) 87.7   (0.21) 30.6   (0.24) 29.6   (0.31) 31.5   (0.32)
Hawaii 994   (2.3) 489   (1.8) 504   (1.5) 92.3   (0.42) 92.5   (0.52) 92.1   (0.54) 33.0   (0.59) 31.7   (0.83) 34.3   (0.73)
Idaho 1,086   (2.2) 533   (2.0) 554   (2.0) 90.5   (0.43) 89.8   (0.53) 91.2   (0.58) 27.3   (0.54) 27.8   (0.71) 26.8   (0.80)
Illinois 8,672   (5.1) 4,184   (4.9) 4,488   (4.4) 88.7   (0.14) 87.9   (0.19) 89.5   (0.15) 33.8   (0.18) 33.1   (0.23) 34.5   (0.22)
Indiana 4,391   (4.3) 2,114   (3.8) 2,278   (3.3) 88.2   (0.21) 87.4   (0.26) 89.0   (0.28) 25.7   (0.28) 25.3   (0.36) 26.1   (0.35)
                                                       
Iowa 2,089   (3.1) 1,021   (2.9) 1,068   (2.5) 91.6   (0.25) 90.3   (0.32) 92.8   (0.31) 28.9   (0.44) 27.7   (0.57) 30.2   (0.57)
Kansas 1,893   (3.7) 920   (3.3) 973   (2.6) 90.5   (0.27) 89.9   (0.33) 91.1   (0.36) 33.0   (0.45) 32.6   (0.58) 33.4   (0.55)
Kentucky 2,995   (3.4) 1,440   (3.4) 1,555   (2.6) 85.5   (0.28) 84.4   (0.39) 86.4   (0.35) 23.4   (0.33) 22.3   (0.39) 24.4   (0.39)
Louisiana 3,118   (4.8) 1,494   (4.0) 1,624   (3.1) 84.2   (0.27) 81.7   (0.39) 86.5   (0.32) 23.3   (0.31) 21.8   (0.35) 24.6   (0.45)
Maine 964   (1.5) 462   (1.3) 502   (1.4) 92.5   (0.36) 91.1   (0.59) 93.8   (0.50) 30.6   (0.71) 28.5   (0.89) 32.6   (0.91)
                                                       
Maryland 4,125   (4.1) 1,948   (3.0) 2,178   (3.2) 90.2   (0.20) 89.0   (0.28) 91.3   (0.24) 39.2   (0.29) 38.9   (0.37) 39.4   (0.36)
Massachusetts 4,729   (3.2) 2,250   (2.8) 2,479   (2.3) 90.5   (0.19) 89.7   (0.27) 91.2   (0.21) 42.8   (0.26) 42.2   (0.35) 43.3   (0.33)
Michigan 6,770   (5.0) 3,266   (4.2) 3,504   (3.7) 90.4   (0.13) 89.6   (0.19) 91.1   (0.18) 28.2   (0.24) 28.0   (0.28) 28.4   (0.31)
Minnesota 3,740   (4.9) 1,835   (4.6) 1,905   (3.8) 92.9   (0.18) 92.4   (0.26) 93.3   (0.26) 34.4   (0.33) 34.0   (0.42) 34.9   (0.43)
Mississippi 1,957   (3.7) 918   (2.8) 1,039   (2.5) 84.0   (0.31) 82.0   (0.48) 85.8   (0.40) 21.9   (0.42) 19.7   (0.52) 23.9   (0.49)
                                                       
Missouri 4,122   (5.4) 1,979   (4.0) 2,143   (2.9) 89.7   (0.22) 89.3   (0.28) 90.1   (0.30) 28.6   (0.32) 27.7   (0.37) 29.4   (0.41)
Montana 711   (2.1) 352   (1.9) 359   (1.6) 92.4   (0.45) 91.3   (0.65) 93.4   (0.51) 31.3   (0.79) 29.6   (0.90) 33.0   (1.00)
Nebraska 1,247   (3.2) 614   (2.5) 633   (2.3) 90.8   (0.36) 89.5   (0.50) 92.0   (0.46) 32.3   (0.58) 30.8   (0.70) 33.8   (0.73)
Nevada 2,007   (2.6) 997   (1.8) 1,011   (1.9) 86.0   (0.33) 85.7   (0.39) 86.3   (0.44) 23.4   (0.41) 22.9   (0.47) 23.8   (0.52)
New Hampshire 948   (1.7) 465   (1.7) 483   (1.3) 93.0   (0.37) 91.6   (0.52) 94.4   (0.42) 36.7   (0.65) 35.5   (0.87) 37.8   (0.79)
                                                       
New Jersey 6,167   (3.4) 2,944   (3.1) 3,224   (2.8) 89.2   (0.15) 88.7   (0.23) 89.6   (0.19) 38.7   (0.24) 38.6   (0.33) 38.8   (0.29)
New Mexico 1,390   (3.4) 678   (2.5) 712   (2.4) 85.6   (0.42) 85.1   (0.57) 86.2   (0.56) 27.4   (0.50) 26.8   (0.61) 27.9   (0.66)
New York 13,662   (6.8) 6,494   (5.7) 7,168   (5.5) 86.3   (0.12) 85.8   (0.15) 86.7   (0.17) 35.7   (0.17) 34.6   (0.20) 36.6   (0.24)
North Carolina 6,879   (7.0) 3,256   (4.9) 3,623   (5.2) 87.2   (0.17) 85.7   (0.26) 88.6   (0.19) 30.5   (0.22) 29.8   (0.28) 31.0   (0.27)
North Dakota 499   (1.9) 255   (2.0) 244   (1.5) 91.2   (0.56) 90.1   (0.81) 92.5   (0.68) 29.2   (0.94) 25.1   (1.16) 33.4   (1.21)
                                                       
Ohio 7,924   (4.8) 3,807   (4.5) 4,117   (3.9) 90.1   (0.15) 89.5   (0.22) 90.6   (0.19) 27.8   (0.19) 27.5   (0.24) 28.0   (0.26)
Oklahoma 2,573   (3.5) 1,249   (3.3) 1,324   (3.3) 87.9   (0.24) 87.1   (0.33) 88.8   (0.35) 25.5   (0.39) 24.8   (0.57) 26.2   (0.45)
Oregon 2,856   (3.5) 1,393   (2.7) 1,463   (2.9) 90.3   (0.22) 89.7   (0.33) 90.9   (0.26) 32.6   (0.35) 32.0   (0.45) 33.1   (0.43)
Pennsylvania 8,930   (6.6) 4,294   (6.4) 4,636   (4.8) 89.9   (0.17) 89.5   (0.22) 90.3   (0.19) 30.8   (0.23) 30.7   (0.30) 31.0   (0.25)
Rhode Island 733   (1.0) 346   (1.1) 386   (1.1) 88.4   (0.47) 88.6   (0.59) 88.2   (0.61) 34.4   (0.70) 33.8   (1.01) 35.0   (0.89)
                                                       
South Carolina 3,388   (3.5) 1,600   (3.0) 1,788   (2.0) 86.6   (0.26) 85.4   (0.37) 87.7   (0.33) 27.5   (0.31) 26.8   (0.40) 28.1   (0.39)
South Dakota 565   (1.7) 280   (1.5) 286   (1.5) 91.4   (0.49) 90.2   (0.68) 92.6   (0.67) 29.6   (0.95) 27.0   (1.26) 32.2   (1.19)
Tennessee 4,530   (4.0) 2,158   (3.4) 2,371   (3.0) 86.9   (0.20) 85.7   (0.27) 88.0   (0.26) 26.2   (0.22) 25.4   (0.32) 26.8   (0.28)
Texas 17,791   (8.8) 8,664   (6.8) 9,128   (6.1) 82.9   (0.14) 82.3   (0.17) 83.6   (0.17) 28.9   (0.15) 28.9   (0.20) 28.9   (0.17)
Utah 1,783   (3.2) 886   (3.0) 897   (2.5) 91.9   (0.27) 91.5   (0.36) 92.3   (0.35) 32.4   (0.49) 34.5   (0.64) 30.3   (0.67)
                                                       
Vermont 439   (1.3) 212   (1.5) 228   (1.1) 91.9   (0.67) 90.0   (1.07) 93.6   (0.71) 36.1   (1.17) 34.2   (1.44) 37.9   (1.32)
Virginia 5,724   (5.5) 2,754   (4.1) 2,970   (4.4) 89.1   (0.16) 88.3   (0.21) 89.9   (0.21) 38.1   (0.27) 37.8   (0.34) 38.5   (0.33)
Washington 5,002   (3.9) 2,463   (3.4) 2,539   (3.4) 90.7   (0.17) 90.3   (0.21) 91.2   (0.22) 34.9   (0.26) 35.1   (0.31) 34.7   (0.36)
West Virginia 1,292   (2.1) 627   (2.0) 665   (1.6) 86.2   (0.44) 84.4   (0.57) 87.8   (0.56) 21.1   (0.52) 20.5   (0.58) 21.7   (0.66)
Wisconsin 3,935   (4.2) 1,926   (4.1) 2,008   (3.6) 92.2   (0.21) 91.3   (0.31) 93.1   (0.26) 29.8   (0.33) 28.2   (0.41) 31.4   (0.39)
Wyoming 391   (1.7) 199   (1.4) 192   (1.3) 93.2   (0.53) 93.0   (0.74) 93.5   (0.66) 26.5   (0.94) 25.5   (1.12) 27.6   (1.22)
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, 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. (This table was prepared May 2018.)

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