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Table 104.88. Number of persons age 25 and over and rates of high school completion and bachelor's degree attainment among persons in this age group, by sex and state: 2018
[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 223,246   (53.4) 107,863   (31.2) 115,383   (32.6) 88.3   (0.04) 87.7   (0.05) 88.9   (0.05) 32.6   (0.07) 31.9   (0.07) 33.3   (0.08)
Alabama 3,340   (3.9) 1,574   (3.4) 1,766   (3.3) 86.5   (0.28) 84.7   (0.40) 88.1   (0.31) 25.3   (0.34) 24.4   (0.39) 26.1   (0.44)
Alaska 484   (2.1) 253   (2.2) 231   (1.9) 94.0   (0.52) 94.0   (0.58) 93.9   (0.73) 30.1   (1.13) 26.7   (1.49) 33.8   (1.39)
Arizona 4,841   (3.5) 2,369   (2.7) 2,471   (2.7) 87.6   (0.17) 87.6   (0.28) 87.7   (0.23) 29.6   (0.26) 29.8   (0.35) 29.4   (0.33)
Arkansas 2,019   (3.6) 969   (3.3) 1,050   (2.3) 87.3   (0.30) 86.4   (0.44) 88.2   (0.36) 23.3   (0.40) 22.3   (0.49) 24.2   (0.53)
California 26,828   (8.4) 13,142   (6.2) 13,686   (6.3) 83.9   (0.09) 83.7   (0.11) 84.1   (0.12) 34.4   (0.11) 34.1   (0.13) 34.7   (0.16)

Colorado
3,898   (4.1) 1,938   (3.5) 1,961   (2.9) 92.2   (0.19) 91.9   (0.28) 92.4   (0.24) 42.0   (0.29) 41.0   (0.41) 43.0   (0.36)
Connecticut 2,493   (2.3) 1,188   (2.3) 1,305   (1.8) 90.8   (0.24) 90.1   (0.36) 91.5   (0.28) 39.7   (0.35) 38.8   (0.51) 40.5   (0.39)
Delaware 680   (1.5) 322   (1.2) 358   (1.2) 89.6   (0.57) 88.2   (0.72) 91.0   (0.69) 31.2   (0.77) 29.2   (0.98) 33.0   (1.02)
District of Columbia 501   (0.9) 235   (0.7) 266   (0.8) 91.8   (0.57) 91.9   (0.75) 91.6   (0.75) 60.2   (0.61) 61.4   (0.91) 59.3   (0.86)
Florida 15,301   (7.2) 7,330   (5.6) 7,971   (4.8) 88.5   (0.09) 87.8   (0.14) 89.1   (0.12) 30.5   (0.15) 30.3   (0.19) 30.6   (0.21)

Georgia
6,982   (6.2) 3,311   (4.5) 3,671   (4.1) 87.5   (0.18) 86.3   (0.26) 88.6   (0.21) 32.0   (0.21) 30.9   (0.23) 33.0   (0.30)
Hawaii 999   (2.0) 492   (1.6) 507   (1.4) 91.7   (0.42) 92.0   (0.52) 91.4   (0.50) 33.2   (0.65) 31.6   (0.84) 34.7   (0.77)
Idaho 1,144   (2.6) 565   (2.0) 579   (2.3) 90.7   (0.39) 89.8   (0.55) 91.6   (0.49) 27.4   (0.52) 27.5   (0.66) 27.3   (0.74)
Illinois 8,704   (6.0) 4,197   (4.9) 4,507   (4.3) 89.4   (0.14) 88.7   (0.20) 90.1   (0.18) 35.2   (0.21) 34.3   (0.27) 36.0   (0.26)
Indiana 4,470   (4.2) 2,157   (3.6) 2,313   (3.4) 88.8   (0.22) 88.2   (0.28) 89.3   (0.27) 26.9   (0.29) 26.3   (0.35) 27.5   (0.38)

Iowa
2,109   (3.4) 1,030   (2.8) 1,079   (3.1) 92.2   (0.27) 91.5   (0.40) 92.9   (0.29) 28.6   (0.49) 27.6   (0.64) 29.6   (0.54)
Kansas 1,910   (3.7) 936   (3.0) 975   (2.5) 90.9   (0.27) 90.0   (0.40) 91.8   (0.31) 33.4   (0.38) 32.0   (0.52) 34.7   (0.49)
Kentucky 3,041   (4.0) 1,464   (3.1) 1,578   (2.7) 87.1   (0.28) 85.9   (0.38) 88.1   (0.34) 25.2   (0.30) 24.0   (0.39) 26.2   (0.36)
Louisiana 3,123   (4.5) 1,488   (3.8) 1,635   (3.1) 86.0   (0.33) 84.4   (0.44) 87.5   (0.36) 24.3   (0.31) 22.2   (0.41) 26.2   (0.44)
Maine 985   (1.8) 472   (1.7) 513   (1.6) 92.8   (0.43) 92.1   (0.53) 93.5   (0.52) 30.6   (0.62) 28.1   (0.88) 33.0   (0.77)

Maryland
4,168   (3.9) 1,975   (2.5) 2,194   (3.1) 90.5   (0.21) 89.6   (0.30) 91.4   (0.26) 40.7   (0.33) 39.9   (0.44) 41.5   (0.37)
Massachusetts 4,839   (3.5) 2,309   (2.9) 2,530   (2.6) 90.8   (0.18) 90.4   (0.24) 91.1   (0.22) 44.4   (0.28) 44.1   (0.37) 44.8   (0.37)
Michigan 6,877   (4.9) 3,329   (4.5) 3,549   (4.6) 91.0   (0.16) 90.4   (0.21) 91.7   (0.19) 29.6   (0.27) 29.3   (0.34) 29.8   (0.32)
Minnesota 3,816   (5.7) 1,880   (5.2) 1,936   (4.4) 93.4   (0.20) 92.8   (0.30) 94.1   (0.27) 37.2   (0.40) 35.7   (0.44) 38.6   (0.53)
Mississippi 1,978   (4.1) 929   (2.9) 1,049   (2.7) 85.4   (0.34) 83.3   (0.43) 87.3   (0.42) 23.4   (0.43) 21.0   (0.50) 25.6   (0.51)

Missouri
4,183   (4.3) 2,007   (3.4) 2,177   (3.5) 90.3   (0.22) 89.8   (0.29) 90.9   (0.30) 29.6   (0.26) 28.7   (0.35) 30.4   (0.32)
Montana 739   (2.1) 367   (2.0) 372   (2.1) 93.4   (0.39) 92.9   (0.57) 93.9   (0.56) 30.4   (0.80) 28.7   (0.96) 32.0   (1.07)
Nebraska 1,270   (2.5) 623   (2.3) 646   (2.2) 91.8   (0.24) 90.9   (0.36) 92.7   (0.34) 32.9   (0.53) 31.8   (0.68) 33.9   (0.73)
Nevada 2,098   (2.2) 1,042   (1.6) 1,056   (1.5) 86.8   (0.29) 86.6   (0.35) 86.9   (0.38) 24.9   (0.41) 24.7   (0.52) 25.1   (0.50)
New Hampshire 971   (1.7) 476   (1.4) 495   (1.5) 92.9   (0.31) 92.0   (0.52) 93.8   (0.37) 37.2   (0.59) 36.1   (0.74) 38.1   (0.81)

New Jersey
6,185   (3.7) 2,959   (3.4) 3,226   (2.8) 90.1   (0.17) 89.7   (0.23) 90.4   (0.19) 40.6   (0.24) 40.1   (0.31) 40.9   (0.28)
New Mexico 1,412   (3.2) 689   (2.8) 723   (2.1) 85.3   (0.43) 83.8   (0.65) 86.7   (0.51) 27.5   (0.50) 26.8   (0.71) 28.1   (0.62)
New York 13,679   (5.3) 6,497   (4.7) 7,182   (4.3) 87.2   (0.12) 87.1   (0.16) 87.4   (0.16) 37.3   (0.18) 36.0   (0.26) 38.4   (0.22)
North Carolina 7,105   (5.9) 3,370   (5.2) 3,736   (4.5) 88.3   (0.17) 86.6   (0.27) 89.8   (0.18) 31.9   (0.23) 30.4   (0.30) 33.2   (0.30)
North Dakota 501   (2.5) 256   (2.2) 245   (1.9) 92.6   (0.51) 92.7   (0.69) 92.4   (0.66) 28.8   (1.00) 26.1   (1.20) 31.6   (1.34)

Ohio
8,032   (5.7) 3,861   (4.5) 4,171   (3.9) 90.5   (0.13) 90.0   (0.17) 91.0   (0.16) 28.8   (0.21) 28.3   (0.27) 29.4   (0.24)
Oklahoma 2,613   (4.4) 1,266   (3.7) 1,347   (3.5) 88.5   (0.28) 87.4   (0.34) 89.5   (0.38) 25.8   (0.38) 25.1   (0.49) 26.6   (0.46)
Oregon 2,958   (3.3) 1,447   (2.5) 1,511   (2.5) 90.2   (0.26) 89.1   (0.36) 91.3   (0.28) 34.2   (0.38) 33.5   (0.49) 34.9   (0.46)
Pennsylvania 8,996   (5.8) 4,320   (5.5) 4,676   (4.3) 91.1   (0.15) 90.8   (0.18) 91.5   (0.20) 31.8   (0.22) 31.4   (0.27) 32.2   (0.28)
Rhode Island 741   (1.4) 356   (1.5) 385   (1.0) 88.8   (0.45) 88.1   (0.61) 89.5   (0.58) 34.5   (0.71) 34.3   (0.83) 34.7   (0.97)

South Carolina
3,490   (3.9) 1,642   (3.3) 1,848   (3.0) 88.1   (0.25) 86.7   (0.36) 89.3   (0.30) 28.2   (0.31) 27.7   (0.44) 28.7   (0.40)
South Dakota 580   (2.3) 290   (2.0) 290   (2.1) 92.2   (0.46) 91.5   (0.64) 92.9   (0.61) 28.9   (0.92) 28.0   (1.11) 29.8   (1.24)
Tennessee 4,641   (4.7) 2,215   (3.7) 2,426   (3.2) 87.8   (0.20) 87.2   (0.25) 88.3   (0.25) 27.4   (0.29) 26.8   (0.33) 27.9   (0.37)
Texas 18,483   (8.8) 9,011   (6.6) 9,472   (5.7) 83.9   (0.13) 83.3   (0.18) 84.4   (0.14) 30.3   (0.14) 29.8   (0.17) 30.7   (0.19)
Utah 1,874   (2.6) 931   (2.2) 943   (2.6) 92.7   (0.33) 92.5   (0.42) 92.9   (0.38) 35.0   (0.51) 36.7   (0.66) 33.4   (0.64)

Vermont
448   (1.5) 217   (1.4) 231   (1.3) 93.4   (0.61) 92.1   (0.88) 94.6   (0.60) 39.1   (1.00) 35.8   (1.24) 42.2   (1.41)
Virginia 5,820   (5.7) 2,804   (5.0) 3,017   (3.7) 90.0   (0.17) 89.0   (0.24) 91.0   (0.20) 39.5   (0.29) 39.1   (0.33) 39.8   (0.39)
Washington 5,222   (4.2) 2,580   (3.9) 2,642   (3.1) 91.6   (0.15) 91.2   (0.22) 92.0   (0.20) 36.7   (0.31) 36.4   (0.37) 36.9   (0.35)
West Virginia 1,281   (2.3) 623   (1.6) 658   (1.7) 88.1   (0.39) 86.7   (0.54) 89.3   (0.51) 21.4   (0.56) 20.8   (0.67) 21.9   (0.71)
Wisconsin 3,999   (4.0) 1,962   (3.8) 2,037   (3.9) 92.3   (0.19) 91.5   (0.26) 93.1   (0.24) 30.2   (0.37) 28.6   (0.43) 31.7   (0.47)
Wyoming 394   (1.8) 200   (1.7) 194   (1.3) 92.7   (0.60) 92.5   (0.80) 93.0   (0.76) 27.0   (0.83) 25.6   (1.10) 28.4   (1.23)
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, American Community Survey (ACS), 2018. (This table was prepared February 2020.)

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