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| Table 13. | Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over for the 25 largest states, by sex: 2006 |
| State | Number of persons 25 years old and over (in thousands) | Percent with high school completion or higher | Percent with bachelor's or higher degree | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Males | Females | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| United States1 | 191,884 | (217.5) | 92,233 | (262.1) | 99,651 | (265.6) | 85.5 | (0.09) | 85.0 | (0.13) | 85.9 | (0.12) | 28.0 | (0.11) | 29.2 | (0.16) | 26.9 | (0.15) |
| Alabama | 3,009 | (59.9) | 1,437 | (41.5) | 1,572 | (43.4) | 82.1 | (0.73) | 79.8 | (1.09) | 84.1 | (0.97) | 20.8 | (0.79) | 21.3 | (1.09) | 20.4 | (1.03) |
| Arizona | 3,821 | (67.3) | 1,862 | (47.2) | 1,960 | (48.4) | 83.1 | (0.79) | 81.8 | (1.16) | 84.3 | (1.03) | 24.5 | (0.91) | 26.2 | (1.28) | 22.8 | (1.22) |
| California | 22,710 | (157.5) | 11,112 | (113.1) | 11,597 | (115.4) | 80.8 | (0.36) | 81.2 | (0.55) | 80.4 | (0.55) | 29.8 | (0.43) | 30.8 | (0.61) | 28.8 | (0.61) |
| Colorado | 3,034 | (60.1) | 1,506 | (42.5) | 1,528 | (42.8) | 90.0 | (0.49) | 90.7 | (0.67) | 89.4 | (0.73) | 36.4 | (0.79) | 38.8 | (1.16) | 34.1 | (1.09) |
| Florida | 12,282 | (118.6) | 5,911 | (83.4) | 6,372 | (86.5) | 86.7 | (0.36) | 85.6 | (0.55) | 87.7 | (0.49) | 27.2 | (0.49) | 28.5 | (0.73) | 26.0 | (0.67) |
| Georgia | 5,708 | (82.0) | 2,715 | (56.9) | 2,993 | (59.7) | 84.2 | (0.73) | 81.6 | (1.09) | 86.5 | (0.91) | 28.1 | (0.85) | 28.8 | (1.28) | 27.4 | (1.16) |
| Illinois | 8,094 | (97.1) | 3,903 | (68.1) | 4,191 | (70.5) | 87.6 | (0.43) | 87.9 | (0.61) | 87.4 | (0.61) | 31.2 | (0.61) | 33.2 | (0.85) | 29.2 | (0.79) |
| Indiana | 3,956 | (68.5) | 1,876 | (47.4) | 2,080 | (49.9) | 88.2 | (0.55) | 88.3 | (0.79) | 88.1 | (0.73) | 21.9 | (0.67) | 23.2 | (1.03) | 20.7 | (0.91) |
| Kentucky | 2,658 | (56.3) | 1,242 | (38.6) | 1,416 | (41.2) | 79.9 | (0.79) | 77.3 | (1.22) | 82.1 | (1.03) | 20.2 | (0.79) | 21.0 | (1.16) | 19.5 | (1.03) |
| Maryland | 3,681 | (66.1) | 1,737 | (45.6) | 1,944 | (48.2) | 87.2 | (0.61) | 86.2 | (0.91) | 88.1 | (0.85) | 35.7 | (0.91) | 36.5 | (1.28) | 35.0 | (1.22) |
| Massachusetts | 4,243 | (70.9) | 2,004 | (49.0) | 2,239 | (51.7) | 89.9 | (0.49) | 89.6 | (0.73) | 90.2 | (0.67) | 40.4 | (0.79) | 42.9 | (1.22) | 38.2 | (1.09) |
| Michigan | 6,534 | (87.6) | 3,110 | (60.8) | 3,424 | (63.8) | 89.7 | (0.43) | 89.1 | (0.61) | 90.2 | (0.55) | 26.1 | (0.61) | 27.7 | (0.91) | 24.6 | (0.79) |
| Minnesota | 3,386 | (63.5) | 1,667 | (44.7) | 1,719 | (45.4) | 93.0 | (0.43) | 92.7 | (0.61) | 93.3 | (0.61) | 33.5 | (0.79) | 35.2 | (1.16) | 31.7 | (1.09) |
| Missouri | 3,792 | (67.1) | 1,810 | (46.5) | 1,981 | (48.7) | 87.1 | (0.61) | 86.7 | (0.85) | 87.6 | (0.79) | 24.3 | (0.73) | 26.4 | (1.16) | 22.3 | (1.03) |
| New Jersey | 5,788 | (82.5) | 2,788 | (57.6) | 3,000 | (59.8) | 86.7 | (0.49) | 86.3 | (0.67) | 87.1 | (0.67) | 35.6 | (0.67) | 37.0 | (0.97) | 34.3 | (0.91) |
| New York | 12,693 | (120.4) | 6,038 | (84.3) | 6,656 | (88.3) | 85.1 | (0.36) | 85.5 | (0.55) | 84.8 | (0.49) | 32.2 | (0.49) | 32.9 | (0.73) | 31.5 | (0.67) |
| North Carolina | 5,666 | (81.7) | 2,661 | (56.3) | 3,005 | (59.8) | 84.2 | (0.61) | 83.2 | (0.91) | 85.2 | (0.85) | 25.6 | (0.73) | 26.1 | (1.09) | 25.1 | (0.97) |
| Ohio | 7,467 | (93.4) | 3,539 | (64.8) | 3,927 | (68.3) | 88.1 | (0.43) | 87.2 | (0.67) | 88.9 | (0.55) | 23.3 | (0.55) | 23.3 | (0.79) | 23.3 | (0.79) |
| Pennsylvania | 8,266 | (98.1) | 3,972 | (68.6) | 4,294 | (71.3) | 87.5 | (0.43) | 87.6 | (0.55) | 87.5 | (0.55) | 26.6 | (0.55) | 27.2 | (0.79) | 26.1 | (0.73) |
| South Carolina | 2,759 | (57.4) | 1,266 | (39.0) | 1,493 | (42.3) | 83.1 | (0.73) | 83.2 | (1.09) | 83.1 | (1.03) | 22.6 | (0.85) | 22.4 | (1.22) | 22.8 | (1.16) |
| Tennessee | 3,869 | (67.8) | 1,806 | (46.5) | 2,063 | (49.7) | 80.7 | (0.79) | 80.5 | (1.16) | 80.8 | (1.09) | 22.0 | (0.85) | 22.3 | (1.22) | 21.7 | (1.16) |
| Texas | 14,190 | (126.9) | 6,855 | (89.6) | 7,335 | (92.6) | 78.7 | (0.43) | 78.7 | (0.67) | 78.7 | (0.61) | 25.5 | (0.49) | 26.8 | (0.73) | 24.2 | (0.67) |
| Virginia | 4,923 | (76.3) | 2,334 | (52.8) | 2,589 | (55.6) | 86.5 | (0.61) | 85.1 | (0.97) | 87.7 | (0.85) | 32.1 | (0.85) | 34.2 | (1.28) | 30.2 | (1.16) |
| Washington | 4,145 | (70.1) | 1,992 | (48.8) | 2,153 | (50.7) | 91.1 | (0.55) | 91.3 | (0.79) | 90.9 | (0.79) | 31.4 | (0.91) | 34.6 | (1.34) | 28.4 | (1.22) |
| Wisconsin | 3,652 | (65.9) | 1,756 | (45.9) | 1,896 | (47.6) | 91.1 | (0.49) | 91.4 | (0.67) | 90.8 | (0.67) | 24.6 | (0.73) | 26.0 | (1.03) | 23.4 | (0.97) |
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1 Total includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States, 2006. Retrieved on August 21, 2007, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2006.html. (This table was prepared August 2007.) |
