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| Table 104.80. | Percentage of persons 18 to 24 years old and age 25 and over, by educational attainment and state: 2000 and 2017 |
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| State | Percent of 18- to 24-year-olds who were high school completers1 | Percent of population 25 years old and over, by educational attainment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | High school completion1 or higher | Bachelor's or higher degree | Less than high school completion | High school completion1 or higher | Bachelor's or higher degree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2017 | Total | Bachelor's degree | Graduate degree | Total | High school only | Total | Bachelor's degree | Graduate degree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 74.7 | (0.02) | 87.4 | (0.08) | 19.6 | (0.01) | 80.4 | (0.01) | 24.4 | (0.01) | 15.5 | (0.01) | 8.9 | (#) | 12.0 | (0.04) | 88.0 | (0.04) | 27.1 | (0.06) | 32.0 | (0.07) | 19.7 | (0.05) | 12.3 | (0.04) | |||||||||||||
| Alabama | 72.2 | (0.15) | 85.5 | (0.71) | 24.7 | (0.06) | 75.3 | (0.06) | 19.0 | (0.05) | 12.1 | (0.04) | 6.9 | (0.03) | 14.0 | (0.26) | 86.0 | (0.26) | 31.0 | (0.38) | 25.6 | (0.26) | 15.9 | (0.22) | 9.7 | (0.18) | |||||||||||||
| Alaska | 76.9 | (0.40) | 83.0 | (2.69) | 11.7 | (0.12) | 88.3 | (0.12) | 24.7 | (0.16) | 16.1 | (0.13) | 8.6 | (0.10) | 8.4 | (0.59) | 91.6 | (0.59) | 27.3 | (0.85) | 29.0 | (1.24) | 18.7 | (1.07) | 10.3 | (0.71) | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | 69.2 | (0.19) | 84.2 | (0.60) | 19.0 | (0.06) | 81.0 | (0.06) | 23.5 | (0.07) | 15.1 | (0.06) | 8.4 | (0.04) | 12.9 | (0.20) | 87.1 | (0.20) | 24.1 | (0.22) | 29.2 | (0.27) | 18.2 | (0.22) | 10.9 | (0.17) | |||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 75.4 | (0.19) | 87.3 | (0.78) | 24.7 | (0.07) | 75.3 | (0.07) | 16.7 | (0.06) | 11.0 | (0.05) | 5.7 | (0.04) | 13.3 | (0.28) | 86.7 | (0.28) | 34.0 | (0.42) | 23.5 | (0.39) | 15.1 | (0.30) | 8.4 | (0.22) | |||||||||||||
| California | 70.7 | (0.07) | 89.5 | (0.20) | 23.2 | (0.03) | 76.8 | (0.03) | 26.6 | (0.03) | 17.1 | (0.02) | 9.5 | (0.02) | 16.6 | (0.09) | 83.4 | (0.09) | 20.7 | (0.10) | 33.7 | (0.13) | 21.1 | (0.11) | 12.6 | (0.08) | |||||||||||||
| Colorado | 75.1 | (0.15) | 88.6 | (0.59) | 13.1 | (0.05) | 86.9 | (0.05) | 32.7 | (0.06) | 21.6 | (0.06) | 11.1 | (0.04) | 8.3 | (0.21) | 91.7 | (0.21) | 21.4 | (0.29) | 41.2 | (0.30) | 25.9 | (0.24) | 15.3 | (0.23) | |||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 78.2 | (0.21) | 89.6 | (0.61) | 16.0 | (0.06) | 84.0 | (0.06) | 31.4 | (0.08) | 18.1 | (0.07) | 13.3 | (0.06) | 9.5 | (0.25) | 90.5 | (0.25) | 27.3 | (0.43) | 38.4 | (0.34) | 21.3 | (0.28) | 17.1 | (0.25) | |||||||||||||
| Delaware | 77.6 | (0.41) | 89.4 | (1.38) | 17.4 | (0.14) | 82.6 | (0.14) | 25.0 | (0.16) | 15.6 | (0.14) | 9.4 | (0.11) | 9.3 | (0.60) | 90.7 | (0.60) | 31.8 | (0.86) | 31.9 | (0.80) | 18.5 | (0.60) | 13.4 | (0.57) | |||||||||||||
| District of Columbia | 79.4 | (0.40) | 90.1 | (1.31) | 22.2 | (0.18) | 77.8 | (0.18) | 39.1 | (0.21) | 18.1 | (0.17) | 21.0 | (0.18) | 9.4 | (0.58) | 90.6 | (0.58) | 17.1 | (0.75) | 57.2 | (0.87) | 23.5 | (0.80) | 33.7 | (0.74) | |||||||||||||
| Florida | 71.7 | (0.11) | 84.9 | (0.35) | 20.1 | (0.04) | 79.9 | (0.04) | 22.3 | (0.04) | 14.2 | (0.03) | 8.1 | (0.02) | 11.6 | (0.12) | 88.4 | (0.12) | 28.8 | (0.18) | 29.6 | (0.17) | 18.9 | (0.14) | 10.7 | (0.10) | |||||||||||||
| Georgia | 70.0 | (0.15) | 84.7 | (0.46) | 21.4 | (0.05) | 78.6 | (0.05) | 24.3 | (0.05) | 16.0 | (0.05) | 8.3 | (0.04) | 13.0 | (0.17) | 87.0 | (0.17) | 28.0 | (0.26) | 30.9 | (0.22) | 19.1 | (0.19) | 11.9 | (0.17) | |||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 85.8 | (0.25) | 92.4 | (1.02) | 15.4 | (0.10) | 84.6 | (0.10) | 26.2 | (0.12) | 17.8 | (0.10) | 8.4 | (0.08) | 8.3 | (0.42) | 91.7 | (0.42) | 28.9 | (0.65) | 32.8 | (0.74) | 21.9 | (0.59) | 10.9 | (0.40) | |||||||||||||
| Idaho | 77.3 | (0.25) | 88.0 | (1.00) | 15.3 | (0.09) | 84.7 | (0.09) | 21.7 | (0.10) | 14.9 | (0.09) | 6.8 | (0.06) | 8.8 | (0.37) | 91.2 | (0.37) | 28.5 | (0.57) | 26.8 | (0.56) | 18.6 | (0.47) | 8.2 | (0.35) | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | 76.0 | (0.09) | 87.2 | (0.48) | 18.6 | (0.03) | 81.4 | (0.03) | 26.1 | (0.03) | 16.6 | (0.03) | 9.5 | (0.02) | 11.0 | (0.15) | 89.0 | (0.15) | 26.0 | (0.22) | 34.4 | (0.21) | 20.9 | (0.17) | 13.4 | (0.15) | |||||||||||||
| Indiana | 76.5 | (0.15) | 84.9 | (0.55) | 17.9 | (0.05) | 82.1 | (0.05) | 19.4 | (0.05) | 12.2 | (0.04) | 7.2 | (0.04) | 11.2 | (0.19) | 88.8 | (0.19) | 33.0 | (0.30) | 26.9 | (0.29) | 17.1 | (0.22) | 9.8 | (0.20) | |||||||||||||
| Iowa | 81.4 | (0.16) | 90.7 | (0.67) | 13.9 | (0.06) | 86.1 | (0.06) | 21.2 | (0.07) | 14.7 | (0.06) | 6.5 | (0.04) | 8.0 | (0.27) | 92.0 | (0.27) | 30.2 | (0.44) | 29.2 | (0.47) | 19.6 | (0.37) | 9.5 | (0.30) | |||||||||||||
| Kansas | 78.3 | (0.18) | 88.2 | (0.75) | 14.0 | (0.06) | 86.0 | (0.06) | 25.8 | (0.08) | 17.1 | (0.06) | 8.7 | (0.05) | 9.0 | (0.28) | 91.0 | (0.28) | 25.4 | (0.43) | 33.9 | (0.43) | 21.2 | (0.37) | 12.7 | (0.32) | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 74.9 | (0.15) | 88.4 | (0.66) | 25.9 | (0.06) | 74.1 | (0.06) | 17.1 | (0.05) | 10.2 | (0.04) | 6.9 | (0.03) | 13.5 | (0.24) | 86.5 | (0.24) | 33.5 | (0.34) | 23.9 | (0.32) | 14.1 | (0.26) | 9.8 | (0.22) | |||||||||||||
| Louisiana | 72.3 | (0.15) | 82.1 | (0.76) | 25.2 | (0.06) | 74.8 | (0.06) | 18.7 | (0.05) | 12.2 | (0.04) | 6.5 | (0.03) | 15.0 | (0.33) | 85.0 | (0.33) | 33.6 | (0.34) | 23.9 | (0.33) | 15.5 | (0.25) | 8.4 | (0.23) | |||||||||||||
| Maine | 78.9 | (0.28) | 89.5 | (1.25) | 14.6 | (0.08) | 85.4 | (0.08) | 22.9 | (0.10) | 15.0 | (0.09) | 7.9 | (0.06) | 7.3 | (0.41) | 92.7 | (0.41) | 30.6 | (0.71) | 32.9 | (0.68) | 20.5 | (0.50) | 12.3 | (0.50) | |||||||||||||
| Maryland | 79.6 | (0.16) | 90.5 | (0.43) | 16.2 | (0.05) | 83.8 | (0.05) | 31.4 | (0.07) | 18.0 | (0.06) | 13.4 | (0.05) | 10.1 | (0.21) | 89.9 | (0.21) | 24.2 | (0.22) | 40.0 | (0.31) | 21.4 | (0.24) | 18.6 | (0.24) | |||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 82.2 | (0.13) | 88.8 | (0.48) | 15.2 | (0.05) | 84.8 | (0.05) | 33.2 | (0.06) | 19.5 | (0.05) | 13.7 | (0.04) | 9.2 | (0.16) | 90.8 | (0.16) | 24.3 | (0.25) | 43.6 | (0.28) | 24.0 | (0.25) | 19.6 | (0.20) | |||||||||||||
| Michigan | 76.5 | (0.10) | 87.7 | (0.38) | 16.6 | (0.03) | 83.4 | (0.03) | 21.8 | (0.04) | 13.7 | (0.03) | 8.1 | (0.02) | 9.1 | (0.15) | 90.9 | (0.15) | 29.0 | (0.22) | 29.0 | (0.23) | 17.4 | (0.20) | 11.6 | (0.16) | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 79.3 | (0.13) | 88.2 | (0.60) | 12.1 | (0.04) | 87.9 | (0.04) | 27.4 | (0.06) | 19.1 | (0.05) | 8.3 | (0.03) | 7.0 | (0.18) | 93.0 | (0.18) | 24.7 | (0.31) | 35.7 | (0.36) | 23.4 | (0.31) | 12.4 | (0.24) | |||||||||||||
| Mississippi | 71.3 | (0.18) | 85.2 | (0.92) | 27.1 | (0.08) | 72.9 | (0.08) | 16.9 | (0.06) | 11.1 | (0.05) | 5.8 | (0.04) | 15.4 | (0.38) | 84.6 | (0.38) | 30.3 | (0.44) | 21.7 | (0.43) | 13.4 | (0.34) | 8.3 | (0.26) | |||||||||||||
| Missouri | 76.5 | (0.13) | 87.3 | (0.56) | 18.7 | (0.05) | 81.3 | (0.05) | 21.6 | (0.05) | 14.0 | (0.04) | 7.6 | (0.03) | 10.4 | (0.21) | 89.6 | (0.21) | 30.3 | (0.32) | 29.0 | (0.29) | 17.8 | (0.24) | 11.2 | (0.21) | |||||||||||||
| Montana | 78.6 | (0.31) | 88.5 | (1.56) | 12.8 | (0.10) | 87.2 | (0.10) | 24.4 | (0.13) | 17.2 | (0.11) | 7.2 | (0.08) | 7.4 | (0.41) | 92.6 | (0.41) | 27.8 | (0.76) | 31.4 | (0.82) | 20.7 | (0.70) | 10.7 | (0.49) | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 80.0 | (0.21) | 88.5 | (1.06) | 13.4 | (0.07) | 86.6 | (0.07) | 23.7 | (0.09) | 16.4 | (0.08) | 7.3 | (0.06) | 8.6 | (0.34) | 91.4 | (0.34) | 26.8 | (0.52) | 31.2 | (0.49) | 20.7 | (0.42) | 10.5 | (0.34) | |||||||||||||
| Nevada | 66.7 | (0.32) | 85.4 | (0.95) | 19.3 | (0.10) | 80.7 | (0.10) | 18.2 | (0.10) | 12.1 | (0.08) | 6.1 | (0.06) | 13.2 | (0.33) | 86.8 | (0.33) | 28.9 | (0.40) | 25.2 | (0.38) | 16.7 | (0.30) | 8.4 | (0.24) | |||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 77.8 | (0.29) | 91.0 | (1.24) | 12.6 | (0.08) | 87.4 | (0.08) | 28.7 | (0.11) | 18.7 | (0.10) | 10.0 | (0.07) | 6.8 | (0.34) | 93.2 | (0.34) | 28.0 | (0.60) | 37.1 | (0.67) | 22.6 | (0.53) | 14.5 | (0.47) | |||||||||||||
| New Jersey | 76.3 | (0.14) | 89.6 | (0.42) | 17.9 | (0.04) | 82.1 | (0.04) | 29.8 | (0.05) | 18.8 | (0.04) | 11.0 | (0.04) | 9.8 | (0.16) | 90.2 | (0.16) | 27.3 | (0.23) | 39.7 | (0.24) | 24.2 | (0.20) | 15.5 | (0.15) | |||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 70.5 | (0.24) | 83.9 | (1.14) | 21.1 | (0.09) | 78.9 | (0.09) | 23.5 | (0.09) | 13.7 | (0.07) | 9.8 | (0.06) | 14.1 | (0.37) | 85.9 | (0.37) | 26.6 | (0.50) | 27.3 | (0.46) | 15.3 | (0.36) | 12.0 | (0.31) | |||||||||||||
| New York | 76.1 | (0.09) | 88.3 | (0.34) | 20.9 | (0.03) | 79.1 | (0.03) | 27.4 | (0.04) | 15.6 | (0.03) | 11.8 | (0.03) | 13.4 | (0.13) | 86.6 | (0.13) | 26.2 | (0.14) | 36.2 | (0.17) | 20.3 | (0.15) | 15.9 | (0.12) | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 74.2 | (0.11) | 86.3 | (0.44) | 21.9 | (0.04) | 78.1 | (0.04) | 22.5 | (0.04) | 15.3 | (0.04) | 7.2 | (0.03) | 12.0 | (0.16) | 88.0 | (0.16) | 25.8 | (0.23) | 31.4 | (0.22) | 20.2 | (0.18) | 11.2 | (0.14) | |||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 84.4 | (0.24) | 90.1 | (1.61) | 16.1 | (0.10) | 83.9 | (0.10) | 22.0 | (0.12) | 16.5 | (0.10) | 5.5 | (0.06) | 6.9 | (0.50) | 93.1 | (0.50) | 26.5 | (0.82) | 30.6 | (0.84) | 22.0 | (0.77) | 8.6 | (0.45) | |||||||||||||
| Ohio | 76.8 | (0.09) | 87.0 | (0.37) | 17.0 | (0.03) | 83.0 | (0.03) | 21.1 | (0.03) | 13.7 | (0.03) | 7.4 | (0.02) | 9.7 | (0.14) | 90.3 | (0.14) | 33.1 | (0.22) | 28.0 | (0.19) | 17.4 | (0.14) | 10.6 | (0.13) | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 74.8 | (0.16) | 84.5 | (0.85) | 19.4 | (0.06) | 80.6 | (0.06) | 20.3 | (0.06) | 13.5 | (0.05) | 6.8 | (0.04) | 11.9 | (0.28) | 88.1 | (0.28) | 31.4 | (0.42) | 25.5 | (0.38) | 16.8 | (0.31) | 8.6 | (0.26) | |||||||||||||
| Oregon | 74.2 | (0.17) | 84.9 | (0.70) | 14.9 | (0.05) | 85.1 | (0.05) | 25.1 | (0.06) | 16.4 | (0.06) | 8.7 | (0.04) | 9.1 | (0.23) | 90.9 | (0.23) | 23.3 | (0.33) | 33.7 | (0.30) | 21.0 | (0.24) | 12.7 | (0.22) | |||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 79.8 | (0.09) | 88.2 | (0.41) | 18.1 | (0.03) | 81.9 | (0.03) | 22.4 | (0.03) | 14.0 | (0.03) | 8.4 | (0.02) | 9.5 | (0.12) | 90.5 | (0.12) | 34.7 | (0.22) | 31.7 | (0.19) | 19.1 | (0.15) | 12.5 | (0.14) | |||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 81.3 | (0.32) | 91.8 | (1.09) | 22.0 | (0.13) | 78.0 | (0.13) | 25.6 | (0.14) | 15.9 | (0.12) | 9.7 | (0.10) | 11.8 | (0.50) | 88.2 | (0.50) | 29.2 | (0.66) | 33.8 | (0.63) | 20.4 | (0.58) | 13.4 | (0.54) | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 74.3 | (0.18) | 87.6 | (0.67) | 23.7 | (0.07) | 76.3 | (0.07) | 20.4 | (0.07) | 13.5 | (0.06) | 6.9 | (0.04) | 12.4 | (0.22) | 87.6 | (0.22) | 29.5 | (0.33) | 28.0 | (0.29) | 17.6 | (0.24) | 10.4 | (0.19) | |||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 78.2 | (0.33) | 86.8 | (1.48) | 15.4 | (0.12) | 84.6 | (0.12) | 21.5 | (0.13) | 15.5 | (0.12) | 6.0 | (0.08) | 8.2 | (0.50) | 91.8 | (0.50) | 30.5 | (0.94) | 27.7 | (0.75) | 19.0 | (0.73) | 8.7 | (0.48) | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 75.1 | (0.16) | 87.3 | (0.59) | 24.1 | (0.06) | 75.9 | (0.06) | 19.6 | (0.06) | 12.8 | (0.05) | 6.8 | (0.03) | 12.3 | (0.21) | 87.7 | (0.21) | 32.3 | (0.31) | 27.4 | (0.28) | 17.3 | (0.21) | 10.1 | (0.19) | |||||||||||||
| Texas | 68.6 | (0.08) | 85.2 | (0.32) | 24.3 | (0.03) | 75.7 | (0.03) | 23.2 | (0.03) | 15.6 | (0.03) | 7.6 | (0.02) | 16.3 | (0.11) | 83.7 | (0.11) | 25.1 | (0.16) | 29.6 | (0.14) | 19.4 | (0.13) | 10.3 | (0.09) | |||||||||||||
| Utah | 80.3 | (0.16) | 89.8 | (0.63) | 12.3 | (0.07) | 87.7 | (0.07) | 26.1 | (0.09) | 17.8 | (0.08) | 8.3 | (0.06) | 7.9 | (0.29) | 92.1 | (0.29) | 22.0 | (0.48) | 34.3 | (0.47) | 22.2 | (0.40) | 12.0 | (0.30) | |||||||||||||
| Vermont | 83.0 | (0.28) | 86.4 | (2.65) | 13.6 | (0.10) | 86.4 | (0.10) | 29.4 | (0.13) | 18.3 | (0.11) | 11.1 | (0.09) | 7.6 | (0.60) | 92.4 | (0.60) | 29.7 | (1.03) | 37.2 | (1.14) | 22.6 | (0.81) | 14.6 | (0.82) | |||||||||||||
| Virginia | 79.4 | (0.13) | 90.8 | (0.47) | 18.5 | (0.05) | 81.5 | (0.05) | 29.5 | (0.06) | 17.9 | (0.05) | 11.6 | (0.04) | 10.4 | (0.18) | 89.6 | (0.18) | 24.1 | (0.22) | 38.8 | (0.28) | 22.0 | (0.24) | 16.9 | (0.19) | |||||||||||||
| Washington | 75.3 | (0.16) | 86.0 | (0.64) | 12.9 | (0.05) | 87.1 | (0.05) | 27.7 | (0.06) | 18.4 | (0.05) | 9.3 | (0.04) | 8.7 | (0.17) | 91.3 | (0.17) | 22.0 | (0.25) | 35.6 | (0.29) | 22.2 | (0.23) | 13.4 | (0.17) | |||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 78.2 | (0.22) | 88.2 | (1.00) | 24.8 | (0.09) | 75.2 | (0.09) | 14.8 | (0.07) | 8.9 | (0.06) | 5.9 | (0.05) | 13.0 | (0.46) | 87.0 | (0.46) | 41.4 | (0.50) | 20.2 | (0.42) | 12.0 | (0.35) | 8.2 | (0.26) | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 78.9 | (0.13) | 88.6 | (0.60) | 14.9 | (0.04) | 85.1 | (0.04) | 22.4 | (0.05) | 15.2 | (0.04) | 7.2 | (0.03) | 7.5 | (0.19) | 92.5 | (0.19) | 30.8 | (0.33) | 30.5 | (0.34) | 20.0 | (0.35) | 10.5 | (0.20) | |||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 79.0 | (0.41) | 85.6 | (2.73) | 12.1 | (0.13) | 87.9 | (0.13) | 21.9 | (0.16) | 14.9 | (0.14) | 7.0 | (0.10) | 6.9 | (0.48) | 93.1 | (0.48) | 29.5 | (1.04) | 27.6 | (0.88) | 17.2 | (0.76) | 10.3 | (0.56) | |||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 High school completers include those graduating from high school with a diploma as well as those completing 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, Census 2000 Summary File 3, retrieved October 11, 2006, from https://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_00_SF3_QTP20&prodType=table; Census Briefs, Educational Attainment: 2000; and 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. (This table was prepared February 2019.) |
