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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 or jurisdiction: 2021 |
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| State or jurisdiction | Number of persons age 25 and over (in thousands) |
Percent with high school completion1 or higher |
Percent with bachelor's or higher degree |
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| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 228,290 | (52.8) | 111,276 | (31.5) | 117,014 | (31.9) | 89.4 | (0.04) | 88.6 | (0.05) | 90.2 | (0.04) | 35.0 | (0.06) | 33.9 | (0.07) | 36.1 | (0.07) | |||||||||
| Alabama | 3,454 | (4.7) | 1,641 | (3.4) | 1,813 | (3.4) | 88.0 | (0.26) | 86.5 | (0.36) | 89.4 | (0.31) | 27.6 | (0.34) | 26.8 | (0.42) | 28.3 | (0.43) | |||||||||
| Alaska | 485 | (1.9) | 248 | (1.8) | 237 | (1.9) | 92.8 | (0.58) | 91.3 | (0.81) | 94.4 | (0.64) | 32.5 | (1.05) | 26.7 | (1.41) | 38.5 | (1.35) | |||||||||
| Arizona | 4,981 | (2.3) | 2,457 | (2.5) | 2,524 | (2.0) | 88.9 | (0.17) | 88.3 | (0.23) | 89.6 | (0.24) | 32.4 | (0.27) | 32.3 | (0.34) | 32.4 | (0.33) | |||||||||
| Arkansas | 2,035 | (3.6) | 981 | (3.1) | 1,054 | (2.6) | 88.5 | (0.30) | 87.2 | (0.46) | 89.8 | (0.34) | 25.1 | (0.40) | 23.6 | (0.54) | 26.6 | (0.50) | |||||||||
| California | 26,922 | (5.9) | 13,311 | (5.3) | 13,612 | (4.6) | 84.5 | (0.09) | 83.9 | (0.11) | 85.1 | (0.11) | 36.2 | (0.12) | 35.4 | (0.16) | 36.9 | (0.15) | |||||||||
Colorado |
4,045 | (3.7) | 2,035 | (3.3) | 2,011 | (2.9) | 92.5 | (0.18) | 91.7 | (0.25) | 93.4 | (0.21) | 44.5 | (0.29) | 43.1 | (0.40) | 45.8 | (0.36) | |||||||||
| Connecticut | 2,533 | (2.1) | 1,220 | (1.8) | 1,313 | (1.4) | 91.2 | (0.30) | 90.3 | (0.41) | 92.0 | (0.28) | 41.9 | (0.37) | 40.3 | (0.48) | 43.3 | (0.43) | |||||||||
| Delaware | 711 | (1.5) | 339 | (1.4) | 372 | (1.4) | 91.1 | (0.49) | 90.2 | (0.71) | 91.9 | (0.60) | 34.9 | (0.73) | 33.4 | (0.81) | 36.3 | (1.03) | |||||||||
| District of Columbia | 479 | (0.5) | 226 | (0.5) | 253 | (0.4) | 92.8 | (0.58) | 93.3 | (0.85) | 92.4 | (0.77) | 63.1 | (0.92) | 63.7 | (1.23) | 62.5 | (1.12) | |||||||||
| Florida | 15,763 | (6.5) | 7,632 | (5.1) | 8,131 | (4.5) | 89.8 | (0.10) | 89.1 | (0.13) | 90.5 | (0.13) | 33.2 | (0.18) | 32.6 | (0.24) | 33.8 | (0.20) | |||||||||
Georgia |
7,238 | (6.7) | 3,447 | (5.2) | 3,791 | (5.1) | 89.0 | (0.15) | 87.7 | (0.24) | 90.3 | (0.19) | 34.6 | (0.28) | 33.2 | (0.35) | 35.9 | (0.32) | |||||||||
| Hawaii | 1,018 | (2.1) | 502 | (1.7) | 515 | (1.8) | 92.8 | (0.35) | 92.2 | (0.46) | 93.5 | (0.42) | 36.0 | (0.60) | 33.6 | (0.81) | 38.4 | (0.73) | |||||||||
| Idaho | 1,259 | (2.1) | 625 | (2.0) | 634 | (1.6) | 91.2 | (0.41) | 90.2 | (0.52) | 92.1 | (0.53) | 31.0 | (0.55) | 29.6 | (0.72) | 32.3 | (0.70) | |||||||||
| Illinois | 8,733 | (6.3) | 4,251 | (5.0) | 4,482 | (4.1) | 90.2 | (0.16) | 89.5 | (0.21) | 91.0 | (0.17) | 37.2 | (0.18) | 35.8 | (0.27) | 38.5 | (0.23) | |||||||||
| Indiana | 4,560 | (4.6) | 2,226 | (3.8) | 2,334 | (3.4) | 90.7 | (0.20) | 90.2 | (0.24) | 91.1 | (0.25) | 29.1 | (0.27) | 27.4 | (0.38) | 30.7 | (0.30) | |||||||||
Iowa |
2,142 | (4.0) | 1,056 | (3.1) | 1,086 | (2.8) | 93.5 | (0.23) | 93.0 | (0.32) | 94.0 | (0.33) | 30.1 | (0.49) | 28.1 | (0.59) | 32.1 | (0.60) | |||||||||
| Kansas | 1,945 | (3.1) | 958 | (3.0) | 987 | (2.7) | 92.1 | (0.24) | 91.0 | (0.37) | 93.2 | (0.31) | 35.9 | (0.48) | 34.9 | (0.66) | 36.9 | (0.52) | |||||||||
| Kentucky | 3,078 | (2.6) | 1,494 | (2.6) | 1,584 | (2.7) | 88.1 | (0.28) | 86.8 | (0.36) | 89.3 | (0.33) | 27.3 | (0.34) | 25.5 | (0.41) | 29.0 | (0.43) | |||||||||
| Louisiana | 3,122 | (4.5) | 1,498 | (3.8) | 1,624 | (3.4) | 86.8 | (0.25) | 84.5 | (0.39) | 88.9 | (0.29) | 26.4 | (0.39) | 24.5 | (0.51) | 28.2 | (0.43) | |||||||||
| Maine | 1,018 | (1.7) | 495 | (1.7) | 523 | (1.5) | 94.3 | (0.32) | 93.0 | (0.46) | 95.5 | (0.45) | 36.2 | (0.71) | 33.4 | (0.97) | 38.8 | (0.82) | |||||||||
Maryland |
4,277 | (3.0) | 2,039 | (2.0) | 2,238 | (2.4) | 91.1 | (0.18) | 90.0 | (0.24) | 92.1 | (0.20) | 42.5 | (0.30) | 41.3 | (0.41) | 43.6 | (0.35) | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | 4,935 | (2.9) | 2,374 | (2.7) | 2,561 | (2.0) | 91.1 | (0.17) | 90.7 | (0.20) | 91.5 | (0.22) | 46.7 | (0.30) | 45.7 | (0.40) | 47.5 | (0.37) | |||||||||
| Michigan | 6,976 | (5.9) | 3,407 | (4.1) | 3,570 | (4.7) | 91.7 | (0.14) | 90.9 | (0.21) | 92.5 | (0.17) | 31.6 | (0.23) | 30.3 | (0.30) | 32.7 | (0.26) | |||||||||
| Minnesota | 3,905 | (5.6) | 1,928 | (4.6) | 1,977 | (5.6) | 94.0 | (0.18) | 93.7 | (0.24) | 94.4 | (0.20) | 38.8 | (0.35) | 37.0 | (0.48) | 40.5 | (0.45) | |||||||||
| Mississippi | 1,966 | (4.3) | 930 | (3.2) | 1,036 | (3.1) | 86.7 | (0.28) | 84.1 | (0.47) | 89.0 | (0.34) | 24.8 | (0.42) | 21.4 | (0.55) | 27.8 | (0.51) | |||||||||
Missouri |
4,227 | (5.0) | 2,043 | (4.0) | 2,184 | (3.2) | 91.6 | (0.18) | 90.8 | (0.29) | 92.4 | (0.22) | 31.9 | (0.34) | 30.9 | (0.46) | 32.9 | (0.38) | |||||||||
| Montana | 766 | (2.0) | 386 | (1.7) | 380 | (1.6) | 94.5 | (0.35) | 93.5 | (0.53) | 95.5 | (0.46) | 35.5 | (0.75) | 34.7 | (0.92) | 36.2 | (1.00) | |||||||||
| Nebraska | 1,294 | (2.6) | 639 | (2.3) | 655 | (2.3) | 92.0 | (0.31) | 91.1 | (0.44) | 92.8 | (0.42) | 34.7 | (0.54) | 33.0 | (0.72) | 36.3 | (0.65) | |||||||||
| Nevada | 2,191 | (2.2) | 1,096 | (1.7) | 1,095 | (1.5) | 87.2 | (0.39) | 86.8 | (0.46) | 87.5 | (0.43) | 27.8 | (0.43) | 27.2 | (0.54) | 28.4 | (0.58) | |||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1,008 | (1.8) | 498 | (1.5) | 510 | (1.3) | 94.4 | (0.31) | 94.3 | (0.37) | 94.6 | (0.42) | 40.3 | (0.77) | 39.9 | (1.08) | 40.6 | (0.85) | |||||||||
New Jersey |
6,477 | (3.1) | 3,131 | (2.8) | 3,345 | (2.2) | 91.0 | (0.16) | 90.6 | (0.20) | 91.4 | (0.20) | 43.3 | (0.26) | 42.8 | (0.27) | 43.8 | (0.35) | |||||||||
| New Mexico | 1,449 | (3.6) | 712 | (3.0) | 737 | (2.3) | 87.4 | (0.42) | 86.9 | (0.49) | 87.9 | (0.54) | 30.1 | (0.45) | 28.7 | (0.60) | 31.5 | (0.57) | |||||||||
| New York | 13,994 | (6.1) | 6,721 | (4.4) | 7,273 | (4.6) | 88.0 | (0.12) | 87.4 | (0.19) | 88.6 | (0.15) | 39.9 | (0.19) | 38.1 | (0.23) | 41.5 | (0.25) | |||||||||
| North Carolina | 7,247 | (5.4) | 3,459 | (4.7) | 3,788 | (4.6) | 89.7 | (0.14) | 88.4 | (0.21) | 91.0 | (0.17) | 35.0 | (0.26) | 33.2 | (0.32) | 36.7 | (0.30) | |||||||||
| North Dakota | 506 | (2.5) | 259 | (2.0) | 247 | (1.8) | 94.2 | (0.45) | 93.4 | (0.61) | 94.9 | (0.66) | 31.9 | (1.04) | 29.8 | (1.42) | 34.1 | (1.29) | |||||||||
Ohio |
8,123 | (5.3) | 3,938 | (4.1) | 4,185 | (4.6) | 91.7 | (0.13) | 91.2 | (0.15) | 92.3 | (0.19) | 30.6 | (0.23) | 29.6 | (0.30) | 31.5 | (0.28) | |||||||||
| Oklahoma | 2,642 | (4.0) | 1,288 | (3.2) | 1,354 | (3.0) | 89.0 | (0.26) | 87.8 | (0.34) | 90.2 | (0.35) | 28.5 | (0.43) | 28.1 | (0.57) | 28.8 | (0.45) | |||||||||
| Oregon | 3,033 | (2.9) | 1,493 | (3.0) | 1,539 | (3.0) | 91.8 | (0.21) | 91.0 | (0.31) | 92.4 | (0.23) | 36.5 | (0.37) | 35.0 | (0.47) | 38.1 | (0.45) | |||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 9,178 | (5.2) | 4,469 | (5.0) | 4,709 | (4.8) | 92.0 | (0.13) | 91.3 | (0.16) | 92.6 | (0.19) | 34.6 | (0.22) | 33.7 | (0.29) | 35.5 | (0.25) | |||||||||
| Rhode Island | 772 | (1.6) | 371 | (1.1) | 402 | (1.3) | 89.3 | (0.47) | 88.7 | (0.65) | 89.8 | (0.57) | 36.4 | (0.66) | 35.5 | (0.86) | 37.2 | (0.85) | |||||||||
South Carolina |
3,602 | (4.2) | 1,710 | (3.2) | 1,893 | (2.8) | 89.6 | (0.24) | 88.6 | (0.33) | 90.4 | (0.28) | 31.5 | (0.36) | 30.8 | (0.48) | 32.1 | (0.42) | |||||||||
| South Dakota | 589 | (2.5) | 297 | (1.9) | 292 | (1.9) | 93.5 | (0.50) | 92.5 | (0.64) | 94.5 | (0.67) | 31.2 | (1.06) | 29.5 | (1.28) | 33.0 | (1.28) | |||||||||
| Tennessee | 4,817 | (4.3) | 2,317 | (3.7) | 2,500 | (3.7) | 89.7 | (0.17) | 88.5 | (0.25) | 90.8 | (0.19) | 30.7 | (0.28) | 29.4 | (0.34) | 31.8 | (0.35) | |||||||||
| Texas | 19,230 | (9.2) | 9,465 | (7.4) | 9,764 | (5.8) | 85.4 | (0.13) | 84.6 | (0.17) | 86.2 | (0.14) | 33.2 | (0.14) | 32.3 | (0.18) | 34.0 | (0.20) | |||||||||
| Utah | 2,015 | (2.9) | 1,012 | (2.7) | 1,003 | (2.3) | 93.1 | (0.25) | 92.7 | (0.32) | 93.6 | (0.34) | 36.2 | (0.50) | 38.0 | (0.63) | 34.4 | (0.55) | |||||||||
Vermont |
463 | (1.3) | 226 | (1.2) | 238 | (1.1) | 94.4 | (0.46) | 92.4 | (0.86) | 96.3 | (0.50) | 43.6 | (0.96) | 37.9 | (1.34) | 49.0 | (1.12) | |||||||||
| Virginia | 5,946 | (5.8) | 2,892 | (4.2) | 3,054 | (4.0) | 91.4 | (0.15) | 90.9 | (0.20) | 92.0 | (0.19) | 41.8 | (0.26) | 41.1 | (0.30) | 42.4 | (0.33) | |||||||||
| Washington | 5,399 | (4.1) | 2,692 | (3.3) | 2,707 | (3.2) | 92.4 | (0.14) | 91.9 | (0.18) | 93.0 | (0.18) | 39.2 | (0.26) | 38.2 | (0.33) | 40.1 | (0.30) | |||||||||
| West Virginia | 1,267 | (2.2) | 622 | (2.1) | 645 | (1.7) | 88.8 | (0.36) | 87.9 | (0.52) | 89.6 | (0.45) | 24.0 | (0.52) | 22.4 | (0.74) | 25.5 | (0.57) | |||||||||
| Wisconsin | 4,078 | (5.3) | 2,019 | (4.1) | 2,059 | (4.3) | 93.5 | (0.18) | 92.5 | (0.24) | 94.5 | (0.22) | 32.4 | (0.35) | 30.5 | (0.43) | 34.3 | (0.46) | |||||||||
| Wyoming | 395 | (1.5) | 202 | (1.5) | 194 | (1.3) | 93.5 | (0.47) | 93.4 | (0.65) | 93.7 | (0.63) | 29.1 | (1.08) | 28.1 | (1.30) | 30.2 | (1.36) | |||||||||
Other jurisdictions |
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| Puerto Rico | 2,402 | (2.2) | 1,108 | (1.9) | 1,294 | (1.5) | 79.7 | (0.37) | 77.2 | (0.54) | 81.9 | (0.44) | 28.5 | (0.41) | 22.9 | (0.52) | 33.4 | (0.50) | |||||||||
| 1Includes equivalency credentials, such as the GED. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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), 2021. (This table was prepared March 2023.) |