Table 13: Number and Percent of Persons 25 Years of Age or Older who are High School Graduates or Higher and College Graduates or Higher for the United States and States in the United States, 2000 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ High School Graduates College Graduates __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Total Male Female Total Male Female __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ US/State Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ United States 146,496,014 80.4 69,747,228 80.1 76,748,786 80.7 44,462,605 24.4 22,725,125 26.1 21,737,480 22.8 Alabama 2,173,319 75.3 1,016,804 75.1 1,156,515 75.4 549,608 19.0 274,406 20.3 275,202 17.9 Alaska 335,274 88.3 172,685 88.3 162,589 88.4 93,807 24.7 47,150 24.1 46,657 25.4 Arizona 2,636,637 81.0 1,279,099 80.4 1,357,538 81.5 766,212 23.5 408,206 25.7 358,006 21.5 Arkansas 1,303,751 75.3 615,522 74.9 688,229 75.7 288,428 16.7 143,658 17.5 144,770 15.9 California 16,356,157 76.8 7,953,065 76.8 8,403,092 76.8 5,669,966 26.6 2,966,146 28.6 2,703,820 24.7 Colorado 2,413,593 86.9 1,188,569 86.5 1,225,024 87.4 907,755 32.7 474,911 34.5 432,844 30.9 Connecticut 1,927,961 84.0 905,566 83.9 1,022,395 84.1 720,994 31.4 361,679 33.5 359,315 29.5 Delaware 425,122 82.6 199,602 81.7 225,520 83.4 128,917 25.0 65,424 26.8 63,493 23.5 District of Columbia 299,286 77.8 138,736 77.9 160,550 77.7 150,237 39.1 74,203 41.7 76,034 36.8 Florida 8,804,697 79.9 4,167,194 79.4 4,637,503 80.3 2,462,328 22.3 1,297,103 24.7 1,165,225 20.2 Georgia 4,074,616 78.6 1,936,443 78.1 2,138,173 79.0 1,260,178 24.3 636,734 25.7 623,444 23.0 Hawaii 678,666 84.6 337,696 85.6 340,970 83.6 210,041 26.2 106,220 26.9 103,821 25.5 Idaho 667,144 84.7 327,027 84.3 340,117 85.1 170,615 21.7 93,229 24.0 77,386 19.4 Illinois 6,493,228 81.4 3,075,613 81.1 3,417,615 81.8 2,078,049 26.1 1,054,577 27.8 1,023,472 24.5 Indiana 3,197,738 82.1 1,527,059 82.1 1,670,679 82.2 755,613 19.4 388,215 20.9 367,398 18.1 Iowa 1,632,420 86.1 775,022 85.4 857,398 86.8 402,090 21.2 200,944 22.1 201,146 20.4 Kansas 1,463,408 86.0 700,217 85.5 763,191 86.5 438,978 25.8 223,619 27.3 215,359 24.4 Kentucky 1,961,397 74.1 921,020 73.1 1,040,377 75.0 453,469 17.1 226,434 18.0 227,035 16.4 Louisiana 2,076,416 74.8 960,847 73.7 1,115,569 75.8 519,778 18.7 252,505 19.4 267,273 18.2 Maine 742,605 85.4 348,595 84.4 394,010 86.3 198,960 22.9 96,264 23.3 102,696 22.5 Maryland 2,930,509 83.8 1,367,124 83.5 1,563,385 84.1 1,099,360 31.4 548,412 33.5 550,948 29.6 Massachusetts 3,622,182 84.8 1,694,848 84.6 1,927,334 84.9 1,418,295 33.2 705,781 35.2 712,514 31.4 Michigan 5,351,808 83.4 2,546,850 82.9 2,804,958 83.8 1,396,259 21.8 719,643 23.4 676,616 20.2 Minnesota 2,783,000 87.9 1,342,574 87.4 1,440,426 88.4 868,082 27.4 440,833 28.7 427,249 26.2 Mississippi 1,280,487 72.9 589,343 71.9 691,144 73.7 297,091 16.9 141,744 17.3 155,347 16.6 Missouri 2,955,811 81.3 1,400,741 81.4 1,555,070 81.2 784,476 21.6 396,399 23.0 388,077 20.3 Montana 511,263 87.2 248,172 86.6 263,091 87.6 142,961 24.4 72,736 25.4 70,225 23.4 Nebraska 941,380 86.6 449,377 85.8 492,003 87.3 258,140 23.7 129,156 24.7 128,984 22.9 Nevada 1,056,802 80.7 533,481 80.7 523,321 80.6 237,875 18.2 129,642 19.6 108,233 16.7 New Hampshire 720,233 87.4 344,487 86.6 375,746 88.2 236,104 28.7 121,832 30.6 114,272 26.8 New Jersey 4,643,322 82.1 2,190,362 82.3 2,452,960 81.9 1,684,861 29.8 864,039 32.4 820,822 27.4 New Mexico 894,820 78.9 427,243 78.5 467,577 79.1 266,149 23.5 134,343 24.7 131,806 22.3 New York 9,916,212 79.1 4,612,218 78.9 5,303,994 79.2 3,433,212 27.4 1,685,798 28.8 1,747,414 26.1 North Carolina 4,128,270 78.1 1,937,436 77.0 2,190,834 79.1 1,186,713 22.5 584,433 23.2 602,280 21.8 North Dakota 342,629 83.9 165,376 83.0 177,253 84.7 89,843 22.0 44,047 22.1 45,796 21.9 Ohio 6,149,655 83.0 2,906,577 83.0 3,243,078 83.0 1,563,532 21.1 804,894 23.0 758,638 19.4 Oklahoma 1,775,940 80.6 849,049 80.6 926,891 80.6 446,771 20.3 229,359 21.8 217,412 18.9 Oregon 1,916,187 85.1 924,180 84.4 992,007 85.9 564,566 25.1 293,352 26.8 271,214 23.5 Pennsylvania 6,770,179 81.9 3,182,535 82.0 3,587,644 81.8 1,847,631 22.4 943,074 24.3 904,557 20.6 Rhode Island 541,487 78.0 252,258 78.1 289,229 77.8 177,817 25.6 89,775 27.8 88,042 23.7 South Carolina 1,981,731 76.3 926,890 75.7 1,054,841 76.9 530,055 20.4 263,846 21.6 266,209 19.4 South Dakota 401,179 84.6 192,136 83.4 209,043 85.7 102,012 21.5 51,278 22.3 50,734 20.8 Tennessee 2,843,244 75.9 1,338,964 75.5 1,504,280 76.3 732,688 19.6 371,605 20.9 361,083 18.3 Texas 9,676,332 75.7 4,676,612 75.5 4,999,720 75.8 2,972,293 23.2 1,556,073 25.1 1,416,220 21.5 Utah 1,050,881 87.7 517,612 87.3 533,269 88.1 312,963 26.1 177,724 30.0 135,239 22.3 Vermont 349,327 86.4 164,313 85.0 185,014 87.7 119,025 29.4 56,718 29.3 62,307 29.5 Virginia 3,801,964 81.5 1,801,326 80.8 2,000,638 82.1 1,374,988 29.5 703,626 31.5 671,362 27.6 Washington 3,333,171 87.1 1,625,654 86.9 1,707,517 87.3 1,061,425 27.7 555,712 29.7 505,713 25.8 West Virginia 927,767 75.2 436,127 74.6 491,640 75.8 182,960 14.8 92,209 15.8 90,751 14.0 Wisconsin 2,957,461 85.1 1,420,612 84.5 1,536,849 85.6 779,273 22.4 389,432 23.2 389,841 21.7 Wyoming 277,346 87.9 136,370 87.2 140,976 88.5 69,162 21.9 35,983 23.0 33,179 20.8 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________