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Educational attainment of domestic migrants between 2005 and 2007 Excel file
Rank, total
migration
population
22-29
State
Net Migration Estimate, Population Age 22-39 All Education Levels 
Rank,
graduate or professional degree
Net Migration Estimate, Population Age 22-39 with a Graduate or Professional Degree 
Rank, bachelors degree
Net Migration Estimate, Population Age 22-39 with just a Bachelors Degree 
Rank, associates degree(2)
Net Migration Estimate, Population Age 22-39 with just an Associates Degree 
Rank, high school diploma
Net Migration Estimate, Population Age 22-39 with just a High School Diploma 
1 Texas 133371 2 11474 2 29656 1 7500 1 27112
2 California 87584 1 18026 1 39360 8 2241 9 5793
3 Florida 70048 3 9080 4 15815 4 3892 2 23218
4 Arizona 60524 10 4278 10 10614 3 4609 3 15540
5 Georgia 59509 7 5670 8 11801 2 4929 4 14470
6 North Carolina 48355 12 4014 6 13342 6 2502 6 8111
7 Washington 46292 4 8613 3 15930 5 2755 7 7826
8 Colorado 30611 9 5178 11 8938 27 780 8 6899
9 Virginia 30385 13 3924 7 12856 9 2233 23 2828
10 New Jersey 26345 5 7815 9 11244 23 868 18 3429
11 Maryland 26058 8 5436 12 6350 7 2488 24 2692
12 Oregon 21551 14 3818 15 4275 17 1153 12 4762
13 Pennsylvania 20415 19 2153 47 -2242 19 990 5 8137
14 South Carolina 19578 18 2156 14 5108 24 852 26 2483
15 Illinois 19506 15 2871 5 15074 42 -408 21 3144
16 Nevada 18799 16 2463 18 3045 10 2106 19 3407
17 Tennessee 17783 20 1880 24 1548 13 1405 10 5232
18 Massachusetts 13969 17 2297 13 6127 15 1197 14 3849
19 Oklahoma 13035 45 -318 32 193 14 1310 11 4875
20 Kentucky 12920 25 811 27 1226 20 925 13 4353
21 Alabama 12908 36 188 28 921 16 1164 16 3591
22 Connecticut 12251 11 4272 20 2604 12 1467 37 586
23 Idaho 12023 23 1007 22 1672 38 -67 15 3611
24 Utah 11536 29 461 45 -1678 21 921 20 3345
25 Minnesota 8409 22 1233 17 3134 43 -455 42 34
26 Arkansas 8322 39 -45 21 2556 45 -695 22 2950
27 Wisconsin 7964 21 1505 41 -1225 25 840 27 2465
28 New Mexico 6203 26 748 23 1580 45 -695 33 829
29 Missouri 5899 47 -769 31 298 31 251 17 3431
30 Kansas 5353 43 -241 40 -1162 22 920 36 634
31 Iowa 5270 27 493 19 2701 30 254 31 1395
32 Hawaii 5090 24 852 26 1411 11 1483 40 148
33 Indiana 4867 44 -269 46 -1839 32 247 29 1535
34 Nebraska 4563 41 -62 25 1524 36 17 41 103
35 Montana 4096 38 52 29 502 18 1059 28 1702
36 New Hampshire 3618 32 422 30 447 37 8 30 1451
37 Ohio 3224 30 435 42 -1493 26 830 25 2616
38 South Dakota 2081 33 395 35 -324 33 175 34 801
39 Delaware 1982 28 487 34 -151 29 269 35 695
40 West Virginia 214 37 180 44 -1575 39 -184 32 1116
41 Maine -313 35 268 39 -1143 28 582 38 170
42 Vermont -704 40 -46 36 -804 41 -194 44 -739
43 North Dakota -1402 46 -619 38 -1112 40 -189 39 151
44 Wyoming -1924 42 -100 33 -71 34 153 45 -785
45 Rhode Island -2091 34 325 37 -820 44 -639 47 -1131
46 Alaska -4710 31 434 43 -1521 35 38 48 -2798
47 Mississippi -6775 48 -801 48 -2394 47 -1031 43 -22
48 New York -13381 6 6360 16 3449 50 -3646 50 -8944
49 Michigan -13477 50 -2206 49 -5105 49 -1893 46 -1027
50 Louisiana -21543 49 -1380 50 -6543 48 -1205 49 -6130
Source: The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems