Educational attainment of persons 18 years old and over, by state: Selected years, 1994 through 2004

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Table 11.

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                      |      Percent of population, 25 years    |                          |
                      |  old and over, by education level, 2000 |                          |
                      |_________________________________________|   Percent of population, |  Percent of 18- to 24-
                      |Percent|       |  Percent with bachelor's| 25 years old and over, by| year-olds who were high
                      |   less|Percent|     or higher degree    |   education level, 2004  |   school completers\1\
                      |   than|   high|_________________________|__________________________|___________________________
                      |   high| school|       |       | Graduate|     Percent| Percent with|             |
                      | school|comple-|       | Bache-|  or pro-| high school|   bachelor's|             |
                      |comple-|tion or|       |  lor's|fessional|  completion|    or higher| 1994 through| 1999 through
State                 |   tion| higher|  Total| degree|   degree|   or higher|       degree|         1996|         2001
______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_____________|_____________
1                     |      2|     3 |     4 |     5 |       6 |           7|            8|            9|           10
______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_____________|_____________
   United States .....|   19.6|   80.4|   24.4|   15.5|      8.9|85.2  (0.09)| 27.7  (0.11)| 85.8  (0.19)| 86.3  (0.19)
                      |_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_____________|_____________
Alabama ..............|   24.7|   75.3|   19.0|   12.1|      6.9|82.4  (0.73)| 22.3  (0.79)| 87.2  (1.37)| 82.0  (1.70)
Alaska ...............|   11.7|   88.3|   24.7|   16.1|      8.6|90.2  (0.67)| 25.5  (0.91)| 87.4  (4.11)| 90.9  (3.64)
Arizona ..............|   19.0|   81.0|   23.5|   15.1|      8.4|84.4  (0.79)| 28.0  (0.97)| 84.0  (1.56)| 77.6  (1.64)
Arkansas .............|   24.7|   75.3|   16.7|   11.0|      5.7|79.2  (0.79)| 18.8  (0.79)| 88.6  (1.70)| 86.7  (1.94)
California ...........|   23.2|   76.8|   26.6|   17.1|      9.5|81.3  (0.36)| 31.7  (0.43)| 78.6  (0.64)| 85.1  (0.55)
                      |       |       |       |       |         |            |             |             |
Colorado .............|   13.1|   86.9|   32.7|   21.6|     11.1|88.3  (0.55)| 35.5  (0.79)| 87.9  (1.42)| 82.4  (1.73)
Connecticut ..........|   16.0|   84.0|   31.4|   18.1|     13.3|88.8  (0.55)| 34.5  (0.79)| 96.1  (1.01)| 93.6  (1.45)
Delaware .............|   17.4|   82.6|   25.0|   15.6|      9.4|86.5  (0.73)| 26.9  (0.97)| 90.3  (3.09)| 90.8  (3.16)
District of Columbia .|   22.2|   77.8|   39.1|   18.1|     21.0|86.4  (0.73)| 45.7  (1.09)| 86.2  (3.85)| 88.2  (3.82)
Florida ..............|   20.1|   79.9|   22.3|   14.2|      8.1|85.9  (0.43)| 26.0  (0.49)| 80.1  (0.97)| 83.8  (0.91)
                      |       |       |       |       |         |            |             |             |
Georgia ..............|   21.4|   78.6|   24.3|   16.0|      8.3|85.2  (0.67)| 27.6  (0.85)| 81.3  (1.26)| 84.7  (1.17)
Hawaii ...............|   15.4|   84.6|   26.2|   17.8|      8.4|88.0  (0.67)| 26.6  (0.91)| 92.6  (2.05)| 91.3  (2.51)
Idaho ................|   15.3|   84.7|   21.7|   14.9|      6.8|87.9  (0.67)| 23.8  (0.85)| 84.9  (2.73)| 88.3  (2.50)
Illinois .............|   18.6|   81.4|   26.1|   16.6|      9.5|86.8  (0.43)| 27.4  (0.55)| 87.9  (0.83)| 88.4  (0.86)
Indiana ..............|   17.9|   82.1|   19.4|   12.2|      7.2|87.2  (0.55)| 21.1  (0.67)| 89.7  (1.12)| 89.4  (1.26)
                      |       |       |       |       |         |            |             |             |
Iowa .................|   13.9|   86.1|   21.2|   14.7|      6.5|89.8  (0.55)| 24.3  (0.79)| 91.9  (1.35)| 92.4  (1.45)
Kansas ...............|   14.0|   86.0|   25.8|   17.1|      8.7|89.6  (0.55)| 30.0  (0.79)| 91.6  (1.53)| 88.2  (1.79)
Kentucky .............|   25.9|   74.1|   17.1|   10.2|      6.9|81.8  (0.73)| 21.0  (0.79)| 82.2  (1.79)| 87.4  (1.57)
Louisiana ............|   25.2|   74.8|   18.7|   12.2|      6.5|78.7  (0.91)| 22.4  (0.91)| 82.2  (1.63)| 82.6  (1.63)
Maine ................|   14.6|   85.4|   22.9|   15.0|      7.9|87.1  (0.55)| 24.2  (0.73)| 91.4  (2.36)| 93.6  (2.19)
                      |       |       |       |       |         |            |             |             |
Maryland .............|   16.2|   83.8|   31.4|   18.0|     13.4|87.4  (0.61)| 35.2  (0.91)| 93.4  (1.07)| 84.9  (1.60)
Massachusetts ........|   15.2|   84.8|   33.2|   19.5|     13.7|86.9  (0.55)| 36.7  (0.79)| 92.4  (1.01)| 91.4  (1.08)
Michigan .............|   16.6|   83.4|   21.8|   13.7|      8.1|87.9  (0.43)| 24.4  (0.61)| 89.1  (0.89)| 88.1  (0.92)
Minnesota ............|   12.1|   87.9|   27.4|   19.1|      8.3|92.3  (0.43)| 32.5  (0.79)| 95.3  (0.91)| 93.1  (1.06)
Mississippi ..........|   27.1|   72.9|   16.9|   11.1|      5.8|83.0  (0.79)| 20.1  (0.85)| 82.0  (2.07)| 84.3  (2.00)
                      |       |       |       |       |         |            |             |             |
Missouri .............|   18.7|   81.3|   21.6|   14.0|      7.6|87.9  (0.61)| 28.1  (0.79)| 89.9  (1.19)| 90.4  (1.18)
Montana ..............|   12.8|   87.2|   24.4|   17.2|      7.2|91.9  (0.55)| 25.5  (0.91)| 89.8  (3.08)| 92.4  (2.67)
Nebraska .............|   13.4|   86.6|   23.7|   16.4|      7.3|91.3  (0.55)| 24.8  (0.85)| 93.0  (1.76)| 90.8  (1.94)
Nevada ...............|   19.3|   80.7|   18.2|   12.1|      6.1|86.3  (0.67)| 24.5  (0.79)| 81.5  (3.09)| 79.6  (2.84)
New Hampshire ........|   12.6|   87.4|   28.7|   18.7|     10.0|90.8  (0.55)| 35.4  (0.85)| 87.4  (3.03)| 86.6  (3.30)
                      |       |       |       |       |         |            |             |             |
New Jersey ...........|   17.9|   82.1|   29.8|   18.8|     11.0|87.6  (0.49)| 34.6  (0.67)| 93.0  (0.86)| 89.3  (1.07)
New Mexico ...........|   21.1|   78.9|   23.5|   13.7|      9.8|82.9  (0.85)| 25.1  (0.97)| 78.8  (2.86)| 85.0  (2.59)
New York .............|   20.9|   79.1|   27.4|   15.6|     11.8|85.4  (0.36)| 30.6  (0.49)| 86.4  (0.72)| 86.8  (0.76)
North Carolina .......|   21.9|   78.1|   22.5|   15.3|      7.2|80.9  (0.67)| 23.4  (0.73)| 85.3  (1.16)| 84.7  (1.23)
North Dakota .........|   16.1|   83.9|   22.0|   16.5|      5.5|89.5  (0.55)| 25.2  (0.79)| 97.9  (1.56)| 96.8  (2.01)
                      |       |       |       |       |         |            |             |             |
Ohio .................|   17.0|   83.0|   21.1|   13.7|      7.4|88.1  (0.43)| 24.6  (0.55)| 87.7  (0.88)| 87.0  (0.91)
Oklahoma .............|   19.4|   80.6|   20.3|   13.5|      6.8|85.2  (0.67)| 22.9  (0.79)| 89.5  (1.55)| 86.0  (1.74)
Oregon ...............|   14.9|   85.1|   25.1|   16.4|      8.7|87.4  (0.61)| 25.9  (0.79)| 81.1  (2.02)| 86.3  (1.70)
Pennsylvania .........|   18.1|   81.9|   22.4|   14.0|      8.4|86.5  (0.43)| 25.3  (0.55)| 89.6  (0.82)| 89.8  (0.83)
Rhode Island .........|   22.0|   78.0|   25.6|   15.9|      9.7|81.1  (0.67)| 27.2  (0.73)| 87.5  (3.33)| 85.5  (3.46)
                      |       |       |       |       |         |            |             |             |
South Carolina .......|   23.7|   76.3|   20.4|   13.5|      6.9|83.6  (0.73)| 24.9  (0.91)| 88.4  (1.48)| 84.5  (1.71)
South Dakota .........|   15.4|   84.6|   21.5|   15.5|      6.0|87.5  (0.61)| 25.5  (0.79)| 89.6  (3.24)| 91.6  (2.90)
Tennessee ............|   24.1|   75.9|   19.6|   12.8|      6.8|82.9  (0.73)| 24.3  (0.85)| 83.3  (1.46)| 86.6  (1.36)
Texas ................|   24.3|   75.7|   23.2|   15.6|      7.6|78.3  (0.49)| 24.5  (0.49)| 79.3  (0.78)| 79.9  (0.79)
Utah .................|   12.3|   87.7|   26.1|   17.8|      8.3|91.0  (0.61)| 30.8  (1.03)| 91.3  (1.56)| 88.9  (1.67)
                      |       |       |       |       |         |            |             |             |
Vermont ..............|   13.6|   86.4|   29.4|   18.3|     11.1|90.8  (0.61)| 34.2  (0.97)| 87.2  (3.99)| 86.6  (4.47)
Virginia .............|   18.5|   81.5|   29.5|   17.9|     11.6|88.4  (0.61)| 33.1  (0.85)| 86.3  (1.23)| 88.2  (1.20)
Washington ...........|   12.9|   87.1|   27.7|   18.4|      9.3|89.7  (0.61)| 29.9  (0.91)| 86.8  (1.30)| 88.3  (1.25)
West Virginia ........|   24.8|   75.2|   14.8|    8.9|      5.9|80.9  (0.67)| 15.3  (0.61)| 87.7  (2.25)| 88.5  (2.26)
Wisconsin ............|   14.9|   85.1|   22.4|   15.2|      7.2|88.8  (0.55)| 25.6  (0.73)| 94.2  (0.91)| 90.3  (1.19)
Wyoming ..............|   12.1|   87.9|   21.9|   14.9|      7.0|91.9  (0.55)| 22.5  (0.79)| 89.4  (3.93)| 87.3  (4.51)
______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_____________|_____________

\1\High school completers include diploma recipients and those completing through alternative credentials, such as a GED. Data reflect 3-year averages.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Census 2000 Brief, "Educational Attainment: 2000" and "Educational Attainment in the United States: 2004," retrieved on March 23, 2005 from http://www.census.gov/ population/www/socdemo/education/cps2004.html; and Census 2000 Summary File 3, retrieved on March 23, 2005 from http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/sumfile3.html. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Dropout Rates in the United States, 2001. (This table was prepared March 2005.)

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