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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: 2019
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State Number of persons age 25 and over
(in thousands)
Percent with high school completion1or 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 224,958   (51.2) 108,697   (33.7) 116,261   (29.9) 88.6   (0.04) 88.0   (0.05) 89.2   (0.04) 33.2   (0.07) 32.3   (0.08) 33.9   (0.08)
Alabama 3,362   (4.2) 1,584   (3.3) 1,779   (3.5) 86.9   (0.25) 85.8   (0.36) 87.9   (0.31) 26.3   (0.40) 25.4   (0.44) 27.1   (0.50)
Alaska 486   (3.3) 247   (2.8) 239   (2.0) 94.0   (0.46) 93.8   (0.72) 94.3   (0.58) 31.1   (1.22) 28.6   (1.44) 33.7   (1.64)
Arizona 4,944   (3.5) 2,424   (3.1) 2,520   (2.6) 87.7   (0.23) 87.3   (0.32) 88.1   (0.26) 30.1   (0.24) 29.9   (0.31) 30.3   (0.34)
Arkansas 2,036   (3.4) 975   (3.2) 1,061   (2.8) 87.3   (0.29) 86.3   (0.39) 88.1   (0.33) 23.2   (0.41) 21.9   (0.52) 24.4   (0.53)
California 26,944   (6.6) 13,208   (6.4) 13,736   (5.7) 84.1   (0.09) 83.9   (0.11) 84.3   (0.12) 35.0   (0.11) 34.6   (0.13) 35.5   (0.15)

Colorado
3,978   (4.0) 1,987   (3.4) 1,991   (3.0) 92.5   (0.18) 92.2   (0.25) 92.8   (0.25) 42.8   (0.35) 41.8   (0.41) 43.8   (0.41)
Connecticut 2,492   (2.6) 1,193   (1.9) 1,299   (2.0) 90.9   (0.20) 90.4   (0.29) 91.3   (0.28) 40.1   (0.34) 39.3   (0.43) 40.9   (0.44)
Delaware 686   (1.4) 326   (1.3) 360   (1.1) 90.4   (0.51) 89.8   (0.75) 91.0   (0.65) 34.0   (0.78) 33.4   (1.05) 34.4   (0.97)
District of Columbia 506   (0.8) 238   (0.9) 268   (0.6) 91.8   (0.60) 91.2   (0.78) 92.4   (0.69) 59.8   (0.81) 60.3   (1.07) 59.2   (0.92)
Florida 15,486   (6.4) 7,437   (6.1) 8,049   (4.4) 88.4   (0.13) 87.7   (0.19) 89.2   (0.14) 30.7   (0.17) 30.6   (0.20) 30.9   (0.22)

Georgia
7,085   (7.4) 3,356   (5.3) 3,730   (4.3) 87.9   (0.16) 86.6   (0.24) 89.1   (0.18) 32.5   (0.24) 31.0   (0.30) 33.8   (0.30)
Hawaii 999   (1.7) 490   (1.4) 509   (1.4) 92.3   (0.39) 93.1   (0.46) 91.4   (0.58) 33.0   (0.58) 30.6   (0.86) 35.4   (0.67)
Idaho 1,175   (2.4) 583   (2.3) 592   (1.8) 91.9   (0.32) 91.5   (0.43) 92.3   (0.43) 29.1   (0.65) 28.8   (0.83) 29.5   (0.72)
Illinois 8,702   (6.0) 4,194   (4.4) 4,508   (4.7) 89.9   (0.15) 89.3   (0.20) 90.5   (0.19) 36.0   (0.22) 35.1   (0.26) 36.9   (0.28)
Indiana 4,500   (5.0) 2,171   (4.1) 2,329   (3.7) 89.6   (0.22) 88.9   (0.30) 90.3   (0.26) 27.1   (0.26) 26.6   (0.36) 27.7   (0.32)

Iowa
2,120   (3.7) 1,033   (3.3) 1,087   (3.2) 92.9   (0.25) 92.3   (0.39) 93.4   (0.34) 29.6   (0.45) 28.0   (0.61) 31.1   (0.58)
Kansas 1,916   (3.4) 931   (3.1) 986   (3.3) 91.6   (0.30) 91.0   (0.37) 92.2   (0.41) 33.2   (0.49) 32.4   (0.66) 33.9   (0.58)
Kentucky 3,048   (3.6) 1,469   (3.4) 1,580   (2.7) 87.2   (0.26) 85.9   (0.36) 88.5   (0.30) 25.3   (0.29) 23.8   (0.41) 26.7   (0.36)
Louisiana 3,140   (4.0) 1,492   (3.4) 1,649   (3.2) 86.0   (0.25) 84.1   (0.40) 87.7   (0.29) 25.0   (0.33) 22.8   (0.46) 27.0   (0.37)
Maine 990   (1.5) 473   (1.6) 516   (1.5) 93.1   (0.32) 92.3   (0.47) 93.8   (0.42) 32.9   (0.69) 30.1   (0.86) 35.4   (0.96)

Maryland
4,189   (3.4) 1,982   (3.2) 2,207   (2.5) 90.5   (0.20) 89.6   (0.29) 91.2   (0.22) 40.9   (0.28) 39.7   (0.37) 41.9   (0.34)
Massachusetts 4,852   (3.0) 2,317   (2.7) 2,535   (2.7) 91.4   (0.20) 91.1   (0.27) 91.7   (0.21) 45.0   (0.30) 44.2   (0.36) 45.7   (0.38)
Michigan 6,900   (6.0) 3,334   (5.2) 3,566   (4.2) 91.4   (0.15) 91.1   (0.18) 91.6   (0.20) 30.2   (0.25) 29.5   (0.30) 30.8   (0.29)
Minnesota 3,846   (6.4) 1,896   (5.7) 1,950   (5.1) 93.5   (0.18) 93.4   (0.24) 93.6   (0.27) 37.3   (0.33) 36.0   (0.45) 38.5   (0.48)
Mississippi 1,980   (4.5) 927   (3.4) 1,052   (2.7) 85.1   (0.31) 83.0   (0.41) 87.0   (0.43) 22.0   (0.43) 20.0   (0.55) 23.8   (0.49)

Missouri
4,208   (4.9) 2,023   (4.3) 2,185   (4.0) 90.6   (0.20) 89.9   (0.30) 91.3   (0.22) 30.2   (0.33) 29.0   (0.39) 31.3   (0.44)
Montana 740   (2.6) 366   (2.1) 375   (2.2) 94.2   (0.38) 93.8   (0.55) 94.7   (0.49) 33.0   (0.67) 32.5   (1.03) 33.5   (0.78)
Nebraska 1,271   (3.1) 623   (2.9) 648   (2.2) 92.2   (0.31) 91.9   (0.39) 92.5   (0.52) 33.8   (0.60) 32.2   (0.82) 35.2   (0.68)
Nevada 2,137   (2.4) 1,062   (1.8) 1,075   (2.0) 86.9   (0.33) 86.8   (0.43) 87.0   (0.39) 25.7   (0.37) 25.1   (0.50) 26.3   (0.47)
New Hampshire 979   (1.5) 479   (1.4) 500   (1.5) 93.5   (0.33) 92.3   (0.44) 94.6   (0.36) 38.1   (0.67) 36.3   (0.77) 39.9   (0.84)

New Jersey
6,194   (4.2) 2,967   (3.4) 3,227   (3.1) 90.4   (0.15) 90.1   (0.22) 90.6   (0.18) 41.2   (0.24) 40.8   (0.33) 41.5   (0.28)
New Mexico 1,425   (2.8) 687   (2.4) 738   (2.1) 86.1   (0.40) 85.6   (0.57) 86.6   (0.57) 28.2   (0.43) 26.6   (0.57) 29.7   (0.63)
New York 13,675   (5.6) 6,505   (4.9) 7,170   (5.0) 87.6   (0.13) 87.4   (0.17) 87.8   (0.16) 37.9   (0.18) 36.6   (0.24) 39.1   (0.22)
North Carolina 7,180   (5.9) 3,396   (5.3) 3,784   (4.3) 88.6   (0.17) 87.1   (0.23) 90.0   (0.18) 32.2   (0.25) 31.0   (0.29) 33.3   (0.30)
North Dakota 505   (2.6) 255   (2.4) 250   (1.8) 93.4   (0.50) 92.2   (0.74) 94.6   (0.59) 29.4   (1.03) 25.5   (1.22) 33.4   (1.33)

Ohio
8,049   (5.7) 3,872   (5.8) 4,177   (4.9) 90.9   (0.14) 90.3   (0.18) 91.4   (0.17) 29.4   (0.19) 28.5   (0.24) 30.2   (0.27)
Oklahoma 2,621   (4.7) 1,264   (4.1) 1,357   (3.3) 88.3   (0.26) 87.4   (0.36) 89.1   (0.35) 26.1   (0.36) 25.2   (0.48) 26.9   (0.45)
Oregon 2,990   (3.6) 1,461   (3.7) 1,528   (2.6) 91.3   (0.23) 90.3   (0.29) 92.2   (0.30) 34.2   (0.34) 33.2   (0.39) 35.1   (0.48)
Pennsylvania 9,036   (6.3) 4,348   (6.0) 4,688   (5.5) 91.1   (0.14) 90.6   (0.19) 91.6   (0.19) 32.5   (0.22) 31.9   (0.29) 33.0   (0.23)
Rhode Island 747   (1.7) 359   (1.3) 388   (1.2) 89.5   (0.54) 89.0   (0.75) 89.9   (0.64) 35.0   (0.65) 34.5   (0.83) 35.4   (0.74)

South Carolina
3,565   (4.5) 1,679   (3.3) 1,886   (3.0) 88.3   (0.23) 86.7   (0.34) 89.6   (0.32) 29.4   (0.28) 28.6   (0.40) 30.1   (0.34)
South Dakota 587   (2.3) 294   (1.7) 293   (2.0) 92.3   (0.58) 91.0   (0.87) 93.6   (0.64) 29.9   (1.01) 28.9   (1.18) 30.9   (1.18)
Tennessee 4,691   (4.6) 2,234   (3.7) 2,458   (3.1) 88.0   (0.21) 86.8   (0.31) 89.0   (0.23) 28.8   (0.29) 27.4   (0.37) 30.0   (0.32)
Texas 18,773   (8.0) 9,162   (7.0) 9,611   (6.2) 84.7   (0.11) 84.1   (0.16) 85.2   (0.16) 30.8   (0.15) 30.4   (0.20) 31.1   (0.18)
Utah 1,915   (2.5) 952   (2.5) 964   (2.0) 93.1   (0.25) 92.6   (0.35) 93.5   (0.29) 35.2   (0.50) 37.5   (0.62) 33.0   (0.63)

Vermont
446   (1.4) 217   (1.1) 229   (1.2) 93.2   (0.51) 92.1   (0.69) 94.3   (0.71) 39.3   (1.10) 35.7   (1.33) 42.7   (1.44)
Virginia 5,877   (5.1) 2,825   (4.6) 3,052   (3.9) 90.3   (0.18) 89.7   (0.26) 90.8   (0.20) 39.8   (0.26) 38.8   (0.29) 40.6   (0.33)
Washington 5,295   (4.7) 2,614   (3.6) 2,680   (3.7) 91.7   (0.19) 91.1   (0.25) 92.2   (0.23) 36.9   (0.25) 36.7   (0.29) 37.1   (0.35)
West Virginia 1,282   (2.4) 624   (1.9) 657   (2.0) 87.0   (0.40) 86.3   (0.52) 87.7   (0.56) 21.5   (0.45) 20.1   (0.51) 22.9   (0.66)
Wisconsin 4,017   (5.2) 1,964   (4.2) 2,053   (4.5) 92.7   (0.19) 91.9   (0.28) 93.5   (0.22) 31.2   (0.35) 29.4   (0.41) 32.9   (0.48)
Wyoming 388   (2.3) 195   (1.9) 193   (1.4) 94.5   (0.45) 93.8   (0.61) 95.2   (0.54) 29.1   (0.89) 27.4   (1.14) 30.8   (1.19)
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 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), 2019. (This table was prepared April 2021.)

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