Table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 4 and 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Table 233. Educational Attainment by State ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "[In percent. 1990 and 2000 as of April. Starting 2006, represents annual averages for calendar year. For persons 25 years old and over. Based on the 1990 and 2000 Census of Population and the American Community Survey, which includes the household population and the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters; see text Section 1 and Appendix III. For margin of error data, see source. ANSI means American National Standards Institute] ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, State,Post Office Abbreviation,ANSI Code,1990,,,,2000,,,2006,,,2007,,,2008,,,2009,, ,,,Not a high school graduate,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,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 United States,US,00000,24.8,75.2,20.3,7.2,80.4,24.4,8.9,84.1,27.0,9.9,84.5,27.5,10.1,85.0,27.7,10.2,85.3,27.9,10.3 Alabama,AL,01000,33.1,66.9,15.7,5.5,75.3,19.0,6.9,80.1,21.1,7.7,80.4,21.4,8.0,81.9,22.0,7.7,82.1,22.0,7.7 Alaska,AK,02000,13.4,86.6,23.0,8.0,88.3,24.7,8.6,89.7,26.9,9.5,90.5,26.0,9.9,91.6,27.3,9.7,91.4,26.6,9.0 Arizona,AZ,04000,21.3,78.7,20.3,7.0,81.0,23.5,8.4,83.8,25.5,9.2,83.5,25.3,9.2,83.8,25.1,9.2,84.2,25.6,9.3 Arkansas,AR,05000,33.7,66.3,13.3,4.5,75.3,16.7,5.7,80.5,18.2,6.2,81.1,19.3,6.5,82.0,18.8,6.3,82.4,18.9,6.1 California,CA,06000,23.8,76.2,23.4,8.1,76.8,26.6,9.5,80.1,29.0,10.4,80.2,29.5,10.5,80.2,29.6,10.8,80.6,29.9,10.7 Colorado,CO,08000,15.6,84.4,27.0,9.0,86.9,32.7,11.1,88.0,34.3,12.4,88.9,35.0,12.5,88.9,35.6,12.7,89.3,35.9,12.7 Connecticut,CT,09000,20.8,79.2,27.2,11.0,84.0,31.4,13.3,88.0,33.7,14.4,88.0,34.7,15.4,88.6,35.6,15.2,88.6,35.6,15.5 Delaware,DE,10000,22.5,77.5,21.4,7.7,82.6,25.0,9.4,85.5,27.0,10.5,87.4,26.1,10.4,87.2,27.5,10.8,87.4,28.7,11.4 District of Columbia,DC,11000,26.9,73.1,33.3,17.2,77.8,39.1,21.0,84.3,45.9,25.4,85.7,47.5,26.0,85.8,48.2,26.7,87.1,48.5,28.0 Florida,FL,12000,25.6,74.4,18.3,6.3,79.9,22.3,8.1,84.5,25.3,8.9,84.9,25.8,8.9,85.2,25.8,9.0,85.3,25.3,9.0 Georgia,GA,13000,29.1,70.9,19.3,6.4,78.6,24.3,8.3,82.2,26.6,9.2,82.9,27.1,9.5,83.9,27.5,9.7,83.9,27.5,9.9 Hawaii,HI,15000,19.9,80.1,22.9,7.1,84.6,26.2,8.4,89.0,29.7,9.8,89.4,29.2,9.9,90.3,29.1,9.9,90.4,29.6,9.9 Idaho,ID,16000,20.3,79.7,17.7,5.3,84.7,21.7,6.8,87.3,23.3,7.1,88.4,24.5,7.6,87.9,24.0,7.4,88.4,23.9,7.5 Illinois,IL,17000,23.8,76.2,21.0,7.5,81.4,26.1,9.5,85.0,28.9,10.8,85.7,29.5,11.0,85.9,29.9,11.2,86.4,30.6,11.7 Indiana,IN,18000,24.4,75.6,15.6,6.4,82.1,19.4,7.2,85.2,21.7,8.0,85.8,22.1,7.9,86.2,22.9,8.1,86.6,22.5,8.1 Iowa,IA,19000,19.9,80.1,16.9,5.2,86.1,21.2,6.5,88.9,24.0,7.4,89.6,24.3,7.5,90.3,24.3,7.3,90.5,25.1,7.4 Kansas,KS,20000,18.7,81.3,21.1,7.0,86.0,25.8,8.7,88.5,28.6,9.8,89.1,28.8,9.8,89.5,29.6,10.1,89.7,29.5,10.2 Kentucky,KY,21000,35.4,64.6,13.6,5.5,74.1,17.1,6.9,79.6,20.0,8.2,80.1,20.0,8.0,81.3,19.7,7.9,81.7,21.0,8.5 Louisiana,LA,22000,31.7,68.3,16.1,5.6,74.8,18.7,6.5,79.4,20.3,6.8,79.9,20.4,6.6,81.2,20.3,6.5,82.2,21.4,6.9 Maine,ME,23000,21.2,78.8,18.8,6.1,85.4,22.9,7.9,88.7,25.8,8.9,89.4,26.7,9.2,89.7,25.4,8.9,90.2,26.9,9.6 Maryland,MD,24000,21.6,78.4,26.5,10.9,83.8,31.4,13.4,87.1,35.1,15.7,87.4,35.2,15.7,88.0,35.2,15.4,88.2,35.7,16.0 Massachusetts,MA,25000,20.0,80.0,27.2,10.6,84.8,33.2,13.7,87.9,37.0,15.6,88.4,37.9,16.0,88.7,38.1,16.4,89.0,38.2,16.4 Michigan,MI,26000,23.2,76.8,17.4,6.4,83.4,21.8,8.1,87.2,24.5,9.2,87.4,24.7,9.5,88.1,24.7,9.4,87.9,24.6,9.4 Minnesota,MN,27000,17.6,82.4,21.8,6.3,87.9,27.4,8.3,90.7,30.4,9.6,91.0,31.0,10.0,91.6,31.5,10.0,91.5,31.5,10.3 Mississippi,MS,28000,35.7,64.3,14.7,5.1,72.9,16.9,5.8,77.9,18.8,6.1,78.5,18.9,6.4,79.9,19.4,6.8,80.4,19.6,7.1 Missouri,MO,29000,26.1,73.9,17.8,6.1,81.3,21.6,7.6,84.8,24.3,8.7,85.6,24.5,8.9,86.5,25.0,9.1,86.8,25.2,9.5 Montana,MT,30000,19.0,81.0,19.8,5.7,87.2,24.4,7.2,90.1,27.4,8.4,90.0,27.0,8.6,90.9,27.1,8.4,90.8,27.4,8.3 Nebraska,NE,31000,18.2,81.8,18.9,5.9,86.6,23.7,7.3,89.5,26.9,8.4,89.6,27.5,8.8,90.1,27.1,8.6,89.8,27.4,8.8 Nevada,NV,32000,21.2,78.8,15.3,5.2,80.7,18.2,6.1,83.9,20.8,7.2,83.7,21.8,7.5,83.5,21.9,7.0,83.9,21.8,7.6 New Hampshire,NH,33000,17.8,82.2,24.4,7.9,87.4,28.7,10.0,89.9,31.9,11.2,90.5,32.5,11.5,90.9,33.3,12.0,91.3,32.0,11.2 New Jersey,NJ,34000,23.3,76.7,24.9,8.8,82.1,29.8,11.0,86.1,33.4,12.4,87.0,33.9,12.7,87.4,34.4,12.8,87.4,34.5,12.9 New Mexico,NM,35000,24.9,75.1,20.4,8.3,78.9,23.5,9.8,81.5,25.3,10.9,82.3,24.8,10.2,82.4,24.7,10.7,82.8,25.3,10.4 New York,NY,36000,25.2,74.8,23.1,9.9,79.1,27.4,11.8,84.1,31.2,13.3,84.1,31.7,13.5,84.1,31.9,13.8,84.7,32.4,14.0 North Carolina,NC,37000,30.0,70.0,17.4,5.4,78.1,22.5,7.2,82.0,24.8,8.3,83.0,25.6,8.6,83.6,26.1,8.6,84.3,26.5,8.8 North Dakota,ND,38000,23.3,76.7,18.1,4.5,83.9,22.0,5.5,88.1,25.6,6.5,89.0,25.7,6.4,89.6,26.9,6.6,90.1,25.8,6.7 Ohio,OH,39000,24.3,75.7,17.0,5.9,83.0,21.1,7.4,86.2,23.0,8.3,87.1,24.1,8.8,87.6,24.1,8.7,87.6,24.1,8.8 Oklahoma,OK,40000,25.4,74.6,17.8,6.0,80.6,20.3,6.8,84.3,22.1,7.2,84.8,22.8,7.6,85.5,22.2,7.2,85.6,22.7,7.4 Oregon,OR,41000,18.5,81.5,20.6,7.0,85.1,25.1,8.7,87.6,27.5,10.0,88.0,28.3,10.3,88.6,28.1,10.1,89.1,29.2,10.4 Pennsylvania,PA,42000,25.3,74.7,17.9,6.6,81.9,22.4,8.4,86.2,25.4,9.6,86.8,25.8,9.9,87.5,26.3,10.0,87.9,26.4,10.2 Rhode Island,RI,44000,28.0,72.0,21.3,7.8,78.0,25.6,9.7,82.4,29.6,11.3,83.0,29.8,11.8,83.7,30.0,11.3,84.7,30.5,11.7 South Carolina,SC,45000,31.7,68.3,16.6,5.4,76.3,20.4,6.9,81.3,22.7,7.9,82.1,23.5,8.2,83.2,23.7,8.5,83.6,24.3,8.4 South Dakota,SD,46000,22.9,77.1,17.2,4.9,84.6,21.5,6.0,88.3,24.8,7.2,88.2,25.0,7.0,90.3,25.1,7.3,89.9,25.1,7.3 Tennessee,TN,47000,32.9,67.1,16.0,5.4,75.9,19.6,6.8,80.9,21.7,7.5,81.4,21.8,7.6,83.0,22.9,8.0,83.1,23.0,7.9 Texas,TX,48000,27.9,72.1,20.3,6.5,75.7,23.2,7.6,78.6,24.7,8.0,79.1,25.2,8.2,79.6,25.3,8.3,79.9,25.5,8.5 Utah,UT,49000,14.9,85.1,22.3,6.8,87.7,26.1,8.3,90.2,28.6,9.4,90.2,28.7,9.1,90.4,29.1,9.4,90.4,28.5,9.1 Vermont,VT,50000,19.2,80.8,24.3,8.9,86.4,29.4,11.1,89.8,32.4,12.8,90.3,33.6,12.9,90.6,32.1,12.2,91.0,33.1,13.3 Virginia,VA,51000,24.8,75.2,24.5,9.1,81.5,29.5,11.6,85.4,32.7,13.2,85.9,33.6,13.7,85.9,33.7,13.8,86.6,34.0,14.1 Washington,WA,53000,16.2,83.8,22.9,7.0,87.1,27.7,9.3,89.0,30.5,10.7,89.3,30.3,10.8,89.6,30.7,10.9,89.7,31.0,11.1 West Virginia,WV,54000,34.0,66.0,12.3,4.8,75.2,14.8,5.9,81.0,16.5,6.6,81.2,17.3,6.6,82.2,17.1,6.7,82.8,17.3,6.7 Wisconsin,WI,55000,21.4,78.6,17.7,5.6,85.1,22.4,7.2,88.4,25.1,8.4,89.0,25.4,8.5,89.6,25.7,8.6,89.8,25.7,8.4 Wyoming,WY,56000,17.0,83.0,18.8,5.7,87.9,21.9,7.0,90.2,22.7,7.4,91.2,23.4,7.7,91.7,23.6,7.9,91.8,23.8,7.9 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Census of Population, CPH-L-96; 2000 Census of Population, P37. ""Sex by Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and Over,"" using American FactFinder; 2009 American Community Survey, R1501, ""Percent of Persons 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed High School (Includes Equivalency),"" R1502, ""Percent of Persons 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree,"" and R1503, ""Percent of Persons 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree,"" , accessed 2 February 2011.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, For more information:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Internet release date: 9/30/2011,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,