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| Percent of |Percent of |Distribution of population, 25 years
| population, 25 years |18- to 24- |old and over, by education level, 1990
| old and over, by | year-olds |_______________________________________
| education level, 1998|who are | | |Percent with bachelor's
|______________________|high school|Percent|Percent| degree or higher
State | Percent |Percent | graduates,| less | high |_______________________
| with high |with | 1993-95\1\| than |school | | |Graduate
| school |bachelor's| | high |diploma|Total |Bache-| or pro-
|diploma or |degree or | |school | or | |lor's |fessional
| higher |higher | | |higher | |degree| degree
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United States ......| 82.8 (0.1)|24.4 (0.2)| 85.3 (0.2)| 24.8 | 75.2 | 20.3 | 13.1 | 7.2
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Alabama ...............| 78.8 (1.9)|20.6 (1.9)| 84.0 (1.7)| 33.1 | 66.9 | 15.7 | 10.1 | 5.5
Alaska ................| 90.6 (1.6)|24.2 (2.4)| 90.5 (3.9)| 13.4 | 86.6 | 23.0 | 15.0 | 8.0
Arizona ...............| 81.9 (1.9)|21.9 (2.0)| 84.0 (1.8)| 21.3 | 78.7 | 20.3 | 13.3 | 7.0
Arkansas ..............| 76.8 (2.0)|16.2 (1.7)| 88.4 (2.0)| 33.7 | 66.3 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 4.5
California ............| 80.1 (0.8)|26.4 (0.9)| 78.9 (0.7)| 23.8 | 76.2 | 23.4 | 15.3 | 8.1
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Colorado ..............| 89.6 (1.5)|34.0 (2.3)| 88.4 (1.6)| 15.6 | 84.4 | 27.0 | 18.0 | 9.0
Connecticut ...........| 83.7 (2.0)|31.4 (2.5)| 94.7 (1.3)| 20.8 | 79.2 | 27.2 | 16.2 | 11.0
Delaware ..............| 85.2 (2.1)|25.1 (2.6)| 93.3 (2.8)| 22.5 | 77.5 | 21.4 | 13.7 | 7.7
District of Columbia ..| 83.8 (2.1)|36.5 (2.8)| 87.7 (4.1)| 26.9 | 73.1 | 33.3 | 16.1 | 17.2
Florida ...............| 81.9 (1.0)|22.5 (1.1)| 80.7 (1.0)| 25.6 | 74.4 | 18.3 | 12.0 | 6.3
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Georgia ...............| 80.0 (1.8)|20.7 (1.8)| 80.3 (1.4)| 29.1 | 70.9 | 19.3 | 12.9 | 6.4
Hawaii ................| 84.6 (2.2)|24.0 (2.6)| 92.0 (2.5)| 19.9 | 80.1 | 22.9 | 15.8 | 7.1
Idaho .................| 82.7 (1.8)|20.3 (1.9)| 86.4 (3.0)| 20.3 | 79.7 | 17.7 | 12.4 | 5.3
Illinois ..............| 84.2 (1.1)|25.8 (1.3)| 86.7 (0.9)| 23.8 | 76.2 | 21.0 | 13.6 | 7.5
Indiana................| 83.5 (1.9)|17.7 (1.9)| 88.5 (1.2)| 24.4 | 75.6 | 15.6 | 9.2 | 6.4
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Iowa ..................| 87.7 (1.7)|20.3 (2.0)| 93.2 (1.3)| 19.9 | 80.1 | 16.9 | 11.7 | 5.2
Kansas ................| 89.2 (1.5)|28.5 (2.2)| 90.9 (1.7)| 18.7 | 81.3 | 21.1 | 14.1 | 7.0
Kentucky ..............| 77.9 (2.1)|20.1 (2.0)| 82.4 (2.0)| 35.4 | 64.6 | 13.6 | 8.1 | 5.5
Louisiana .............| 78.6 (2.0)|19.5 (1.9)| 80.5 (1.9)| 31.7 | 68.3 | 16.1 | 10.5 | 5.6
Maine .................| 86.7 (1.8)|19.2 (2.1)| 92.9 (2.3)| 21.2 | 78.8 | 18.8 | 12.7 | 6.1
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Maryland ..............| 84.7 (2.0)|31.8 (2.5)| 93.6 (1.1)| 21.6 | 78.4 | 26.5 | 15.6 | 10.9
Massachusetts .........| 85.6 (1.3)|31.0 (1.7)| 92.5 (1.1)| 20.0 | 80.0 | 27.2 | 16.6 | 10.6
Michigan ..............| 85.4 (1.1)|22.1 (1.3)| 88.7 (1.0)| 23.2 | 76.8 | 17.4 | 10.9 | 6.4
Minnesota .............| 89.4 (1.5)|31.0 (2.2)| 93.3 (1.1)| 17.6 | 82.4 | 21.8 | 15.6 | 6.3
Mississippi ...........| 77.3 (2.0)|19.5 (1.9)| 83.9 (2.1)| 35.7 | 64.3 | 14.7 | 9.7 | 5.1
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Missouri...............| 82.9 (1.9)|22.4 (2.1)| 90.3 (1.3)| 26.1 | 73.9 | 17.8 | 11.7 | 6.1
Montana ...............| 89.1 (1.4)|23.9 (2.0)| 89.8 (3.5)| 19.0 | 81.0 | 19.8 | 14.1 | 5.7
Nebraska ..............| 87.7 (1.7)|20.9 (2.1)| 94.5 (1.7)| 18.2 | 81.8 | 18.9 | 13.1 | 5.9
Nevada ................| 89.1 (1.7)|20.6 (2.2)| 81.9 (3.4)| 21.2 | 78.8 | 15.3 | 10.1 | 5.2
New Hampshire .........| 84.0 (2.2)|26.6 (2.7)| 86.9 (3.2)| 17.8 | 82.2 | 24.4 | 16.4 | 7.9
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New Jersey ............| 86.5 (1.1)|30.1 (1.4)| 91.8 (1.0)| 23.3 | 76.7 | 24.9 | 16.0 | 8.8
New Mexico ............| 79.6 (2.0)|23.1 (2.1)| 82.4 (3.0)| 24.9 | 75.1 | 20.4 | 12.1 | 8.3
New York ..............| 81.5 (0.9)|26.8 (1.0)| 87.1 (0.8)| 25.2 | 74.8 | 23.1 | 13.2 | 9.9
North Carolina ........| 81.4 (1.5)|23.3 (1.6)| 85.5 (1.3)| 30.0 | 70.0 | 17.4 | 12.0 | 5.4
North Dakota ..........| 84.3 (1.8)|22.5 (2.1)| 96.6 (2.1)| 23.3 | 76.7 | 18.1 | 13.5 | 4.5
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Ohio ..................| 86.2 (1.0)|21.5 (1.2)| 88.4 (0.9)| 24.3 | 75.7 | 17.0 | 11.1 | 5.9
Oklahoma ..............| 84.6 (1.6)|20.5 (1.8)| 87.0 (1.9)| 25.4 | 74.6 | 17.8 | 11.8 | 6.0
Oregon ................| 85.5 (1.7)|27.7 (2.2)| 82.7 (2.1)| 18.5 | 81.5 | 20.6 | 13.6 | 7.0
Pennsylvania ..........| 84.1 (1.0)|22.1 (1.2)| 89.5 (0.9)| 25.3 | 74.7 | 17.9 | 11.3 | 6.6
Rhode Island ..........| 80.7 (2.1)|27.8 (2.4)| 89.4 (3.3)| 28.0 | 72.0 | 21.3 | 13.5 | 7.8
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South Carolina ........| 78.6 (2.3)|21.3 (2.3)| 88.0 (1.6)| 31.7 | 68.3 | 16.6 | 11.2 | 5.4
South Dakota ..........| 86.3 (1.7)|21.8 (2.1)| 91.5 (3.3)| 22.9 | 77.1 | 17.2 | 12.3 | 4.9
Tennessee .............| 76.9 (2.1)|16.9 (1.9)| 84.6 (1.5)| 32.9 | 67.1 | 16.0 | 10.5 | 5.4
Texas .................| 78.3 (1.0)|23.3 (1.1)| 79.5 (0.9)| 27.9 | 72.1 | 20.3 | 13.9 | 6.5
Utah ..................| 89.3 (1.6)|27.6 (2.3)| 93.6 (1.5)| 14.9 | 85.1 | 22.3 | 15.4 | 6.8
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Vermont ...............| 86.7 (2.2)|27.1 (2.8)| 88.1 (4.3)| 19.2 | 80.8 | 24.3 | 15.4 | 8.9
Virginia ..............| 82.6 (1.8)|30.3 (2.2)| 87.7 (1.2)| 24.8 | 75.2 | 24.5 | 15.4 | 9.1
Washington ............| 92.0 (1.5)|28.1 (2.4)| 85.7 (1.4)| 16.2 | 83.8 | 22.9 | 15.9 | 7.0
West Virginia..........| 76.4 (1.9)|16.3 (1.6)| 86.8 (2.4)| 34.0 | 66.0 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 4.8
Wisconsin .............| 88.0 (1.5)|22.3 (2.0)| 93.7 (1.0)| 21.4 | 78.6 | 17.7 | 12.1 | 5.6
Wyoming ...............| 90.0 (1.5)|19.8 (2.0)| 90.8 (4.0)| 17.0 | 83.0 | 18.8 | 13.1 | 5.7
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