Educational Attainment by State |
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High school graduate or more |
Bachelor's degree or more |
Advanced degree or more |
High school graduate or more |
Bachelor's degree or more |
Advanced degree or more |
High school graduate or more |
Bachelor's degree or more |
Advanced degree or more |
High school graduate or more |
Bachelor's degree or more |
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| United States | US | 24.8 | 75.2 | 20.3 | 7.2 | 80.4 | 24.4 | 8.9 | 84.1 | 27.0 | 9.9 | 84.5 | 27.5 | 10.1 |
| Alabama | AL | 33.1 | 66.9 | 15.7 | 5.5 | 75.3 | 19.0 | 6.9 | 80.1 | 21.1 | 7.7 | 80.4 | 21.4 | 8.0 |
| Alaska | AK | 13.4 | 86.6 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 88.3 | 24.7 | 8.6 | 89.7 | 26.9 | 9.5 | 90.5 | 26.0 | 9.9 |
| Arizona | AZ | 21.3 | 78.7 | 20.3 | 7.0 | 81.0 | 23.5 | 8.4 | 83.8 | 25.5 | 9.2 | 83.5 | 25.3 | 9.2 |
| Arkansas | AR | 33.7 | 66.3 | 13.3 | 4.5 | 75.3 | 16.7 | 5.7 | 80.5 | 18.2 | 6.2 | 81.1 | 19.3 | 6.5 |
| California | CA | 23.8 | 76.2 | 23.4 | 8.1 | 76.8 | 26.6 | 9.5 | 80.1 | 29.0 | 10.4 | 80.2 | 29.5 | 10.5 |
| Colorado | CO | 15.6 | 84.4 | 27.0 | 9.0 | 86.9 | 32.7 | 11.1 | 88.0 | 34.3 | 12.4 | 88.9 | 35.0 | 12.5 |
| Connecticut | CT | 20.8 | 79.2 | 27.2 | 11.0 | 84.0 | 31.4 | 13.3 | 88.0 | 33.7 | 14.4 | 88.0 | 34.7 | 15.4 |
| Delaware | DE | 22.5 | 77.5 | 21.4 | 7.7 | 82.6 | 25.0 | 9.4 | 85.5 | 27.0 | 10.5 | 87.4 | 26.1 | 10.4 |
| District of Columbia | DC | 26.9 | 73.1 | 33.3 | 17.2 | 77.8 | 39.1 | 21.0 | 84.3 | 45.9 | 25.4 | 85.7 | 47.5 | 26.0 |
| Florida | FL | 25.6 | 74.4 | 18.3 | 6.3 | 79.9 | 22.3 | 8.1 | 84.5 | 25.3 | 8.9 | 84.9 | 25.8 | 8.9 |
| Georgia | GA | 29.1 | 70.9 | 19.3 | 6.4 | 78.6 | 24.3 | 8.3 | 82.2 | 26.6 | 9.2 | 82.9 | 27.1 | 9.5 |
| Hawaii | HI | 19.9 | 80.1 | 22.9 | 7.1 | 84.6 | 26.2 | 8.4 | 89.0 | 29.7 | 9.8 | 89.4 | 29.2 | 9.9 |
| Idaho | ID | 20.3 | 79.7 | 17.7 | 5.3 | 84.7 | 21.7 | 6.8 | 87.3 | 23.3 | 7.1 | 88.4 | 24.5 | 7.6 |
| Illinois | IL | 23.8 | 76.2 | 21.0 | 7.5 | 81.4 | 26.1 | 9.5 | 85.0 | 28.9 | 10.8 | 85.7 | 29.5 | 11.0 |
| Indiana | IN | 24.4 | 75.6 | 15.6 | 6.4 | 82.1 | 19.4 | 7.2 | 85.2 | 21.7 | 8.0 | 85.8 | 22.1 | 7.9 |
| Iowa | IA | 19.9 | 80.1 | 16.9 | 5.2 | 86.1 | 21.2 | 6.5 | 88.9 | 24.0 | 7.4 | 89.6 | 24.3 | 7.5 |
| Kansas | KS | 18.7 | 81.3 | 21.1 | 7.0 | 86.0 | 25.8 | 8.7 | 88.5 | 28.6 | 9.8 | 89.1 | 28.8 | 9.8 |
| Kentucky | KY | 35.4 | 64.6 | 13.6 | 5.5 | 74.1 | 17.1 | 6.9 | 79.6 | 20.0 | 8.2 | 80.1 | 20.0 | 8.0 |
| Louisiana | LA | 31.7 | 68.3 | 16.1 | 5.6 | 74.8 | 18.7 | 6.5 | 79.4 | 20.3 | 6.8 | 79.9 | 20.4 | 6.6 |
| Maine | ME | 21.2 | 78.8 | 18.8 | 6.1 | 85.4 | 22.9 | 7.9 | 88.7 | 25.8 | 8.9 | 89.4 | 26.7 | 9.2 |
| Maryland | MD | 21.6 | 78.4 | 26.5 | 10.9 | 83.8 | 31.4 | 13.4 | 87.1 | 35.1 | 15.7 | 87.4 | 35.2 | 15.7 |
| Massachusetts | MA | 20.0 | 80.0 | 27.2 | 10.6 | 84.8 | 33.2 | 13.7 | 87.9 | 37.0 | 15.6 | 88.4 | 37.9 | 16.0 |
| Michigan | MI | 23.2 | 76.8 | 17.4 | 6.4 | 83.4 | 21.8 | 8.1 | 87.2 | 24.5 | 9.2 | 87.4 | 24.7 | 9.5 |
| Minnesota | MN | 17.6 | 82.4 | 21.8 | 6.3 | 87.9 | 27.4 | 8.3 | 90.7 | 30.4 | 9.6 | 91.0 | 31.0 | 10.0 |
| Mississippi | MS | 35.7 | 64.3 | 14.7 | 5.1 | 72.9 | 16.9 | 5.8 | 77.9 | 18.8 | 6.1 | 78.5 | 18.9 | 6.4 |
| Missouri | MO | 26.1 | 73.9 | 17.8 | 6.1 | 81.3 | 21.6 | 7.6 | 84.8 | 24.3 | 8.7 | 85.6 | 24.5 | 8.9 |
| Montana | MT | 19.0 | 81.0 | 19.8 | 5.7 | 87.2 | 24.4 | 7.2 | 90.1 | 27.4 | 8.4 | 90.0 | 27.0 | 8.6 |
| Nebraska | NE | 18.2 | 81.8 | 18.9 | 5.9 | 86.6 | 23.7 | 7.3 | 89.5 | 26.9 | 8.4 | 89.6 | 27.5 | 8.8 |
| Nevada | NV | 21.2 | 78.8 | 15.3 | 5.2 | 80.7 | 18.2 | 6.1 | 83.9 | 20.8 | 7.2 | 83.7 | 21.8 | 7.5 |
| New Hampshire | NH | 17.8 | 82.2 | 24.4 | 7.9 | 87.4 | 28.7 | 10.0 | 89.9 | 31.9 | 11.2 | 90.5 | 32.5 | 11.5 |
| New Jersey | NJ | 23.3 | 76.7 | 24.9 | 8.8 | 82.1 | 29.8 | 11.0 | 86.1 | 33.4 | 12.4 | 87.0 | 33.9 | 12.7 |
| New Mexico | NM | 24.9 | 75.1 | 20.4 | 8.3 | 78.9 | 23.5 | 9.8 | 81.5 | 25.3 | 10.9 | 82.3 | 24.8 | 10.2 |
| New York | NY | 25.2 | 74.8 | 23.1 | 9.9 | 79.1 | 27.4 | 11.8 | 84.1 | 31.2 | 13.3 | 84.1 | 31.7 | 13.5 |
| North Carolina | NC | 30.0 | 70.0 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 78.1 | 22.5 | 7.2 | 82.0 | 24.8 | 8.3 | 83.0 | 25.6 | 8.6 |
| North Dakota | ND | 23.3 | 76.7 | 18.1 | 4.5 | 83.9 | 22.0 | 5.5 | 88.1 | 25.6 | 6.5 | 89.0 | 25.7 | 6.4 |
| Ohio | OH | 24.3 | 75.7 | 17.0 | 5.9 | 83.0 | 21.1 | 7.4 | 86.2 | 23.0 | 8.3 | 87.1 | 24.1 | 8.8 |
| Oklahoma | OK | 25.4 | 74.6 | 17.8 | 6.0 | 80.6 | 20.3 | 6.8 | 84.3 | 22.1 | 7.2 | 84.8 | 22.8 | 7.6 |
| Oregon | OR | 18.5 | 81.5 | 20.6 | 7.0 | 85.1 | 25.1 | 8.7 | 87.6 | 27.5 | 10.0 | 88.0 | 28.3 | 10.3 |
| Pennsylvania | PA | 25.3 | 74.7 | 17.9 | 6.6 | 81.9 | 22.4 | 8.4 | 86.2 | 25.4 | 9.6 | 86.8 | 25.8 | 9.9 |
| Rhode Island | RI | 28.0 | 72.0 | 21.3 | 7.8 | 78.0 | 25.6 | 9.7 | 82.4 | 29.6 | 11.3 | 83.0 | 29.8 | 11.8 |
| South Carolina | SC | 31.7 | 68.3 | 16.6 | 5.4 | 76.3 | 20.4 | 6.9 | 81.3 | 22.7 | 7.9 | 82.1 | 23.5 | 8.2 |
| South Dakota | SD | 22.9 | 77.1 | 17.2 | 4.9 | 84.6 | 21.5 | 6.0 | 88.3 | 24.8 | 7.2 | 88.2 | 25.0 | 7.0 |
| Tennessee | TN | 32.9 | 67.1 | 16.0 | 5.4 | 75.9 | 19.6 | 6.8 | 80.9 | 21.7 | 7.5 | 81.4 | 21.8 | 7.6 |
| Texas | TX | 27.9 | 72.1 | 20.3 | 6.5 | 75.7 | 23.2 | 7.6 | 78.6 | 24.7 | 8.0 | 79.1 | 25.2 | 8.2 |
| Utah | UT | 14.9 | 85.1 | 22.3 | 6.8 | 87.7 | 26.1 | 8.3 | 90.2 | 28.6 | 9.4 | 90.2 | 28.7 | 9.1 |
| Vermont | VT | 19.2 | 80.8 | 24.3 | 8.9 | 86.4 | 29.4 | 11.1 | 89.8 | 32.4 | 12.8 | 90.3 | 33.6 | 12.9 |
| Virginia | VA | 24.8 | 75.2 | 24.5 | 9.1 | 81.5 | 29.5 | 11.6 | 85.4 | 32.7 | 13.2 | 85.9 | 33.6 | 13.7 |
| Washington | WA | 16.2 | 83.8 | 22.9 | 7.0 | 87.1 | 27.7 | 9.3 | 89.0 | 30.5 | 10.7 | 89.3 | 30.3 | 10.8 |
| West Virginia | WV | 34.0 | 66.0 | 12.3 | 4.8 | 75.2 | 14.8 | 5.9 | 81.0 | 16.5 | 6.6 | 81.2 | 17.3 | 6.6 |
| Wisconsin | WI | 21.4 | 78.6 | 17.7 | 5.6 | 85.1 | 22.4 | 7.2 | 88.4 | 25.1 | 8.4 | 89.0 | 25.4 | 8.5 |
| Wyoming | WY | 17.0 | 83.0 | 18.8 | 5.7 | 87.9 | 21.9 | 7.0 | 90.2 | 22.7 | 7.4 | 91.2 | 23.4 | 7.7 |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Census of Population, CPH-L-96; 2000 Census of Population, Table P37, Sex by Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and Over, using American FactFinder; 2007 American Community Survey, Table R1501 "Percent ofPersons 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed High School," Table R1502 "Percent of Persons 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree," and Table R1503 "Percent of Persons 25 | ||||||||||||||
