Table 13a: Number and Percent of White Alone 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 119,587,422 83.6 57,241,477 83.4 62,345,945 83.7 37,291,563 26.1 19,346,754 28.2 17,944,809 24.1 Alabama 1,682,209 78.0 804,973 78.1 877,236 77.8 457,267 21.2 238,172 23.1 219,095 19.4 Alaska 260,359 92.5 135,652 91.9 124,707 93.2 82,398 29.3 42,105 28.5 40,293 30.1 Arizona 2,245,285 85.4 1,084,395 85.0 1,160,890 85.7 684,229 26.0 366,618 28.7 317,611 23.4 Arkansas 1,118,029 77.5 531,718 77.0 586,311 77.8 256,540 17.8 130,506 18.9 126,034 16.7 California 11,403,802 83.3 5,549,925 83.4 5,853,877 83.3 4,077,720 29.8 2,177,690 32.7 1,900,030 27.0 Colorado 2,132,617 89.5 1,046,823 89.2 1,085,794 89.9 833,554 35.0 436,751 37.2 396,803 32.8 Connecticut 1,682,295 86.3 792,265 86.2 890,030 86.4 652,863 33.5 328,763 35.8 324,100 31.4 Delaware 341,260 85.0 161,410 84.2 179,850 85.8 107,344 26.7 55,254 28.8 52,090 24.8 District of Columbia 121,675 94.4 61,793 94.7 59,882 94.1 99,609 77.3 52,181 80.0 47,428 74.5 Florida 7,471,323 82.5 3,555,609 82.3 3,915,714 82.8 2,156,030 23.8 1,158,171 26.8 997,859 21.1 Georgia 2,925,956 81.8 1,414,982 81.5 1,510,974 82.1 979,689 27.4 513,276 29.6 466,413 25.3 Hawaii 200,647 92.7 106,762 92.7 93,885 92.6 79,040 36.5 43,565 37.8 35,475 35.0 Idaho 632,655 86.6 310,006 86.4 322,649 86.8 163,033 22.3 89,232 24.9 73,801 19.8 Illinois 5,220,174 85.0 2,497,525 85.0 2,722,649 84.9 1,709,433 27.8 883,770 30.1 825,663 25.7 Indiana 2,893,300 83.2 1,385,255 83.3 1,508,045 83.1 689,183 19.8 355,976 21.4 333,207 18.4 Iowa 1,572,873 86.9 744,253 86.2 828,620 87.5 384,943 21.3 191,661 22.2 193,282 20.4 Kansas 1,324,632 87.8 632,105 87.5 692,527 88.1 405,514 26.9 206,756 28.6 198,758 25.3 Kentucky 1,795,129 74.2 842,015 73.1 953,114 75.1 419,929 17.4 209,804 18.2 210,125 16.6 Louisiana 1,517,193 80.0 720,550 79.3 796,643 80.6 412,905 21.8 210,990 23.2 201,915 20.4 Maine 726,865 85.5 341,122 84.5 385,743 86.5 194,808 22.9 94,276 23.4 100,532 22.5 Maryland 2,025,415 86.3 966,145 86.3 1,059,270 86.3 815,029 34.7 421,943 37.7 393,086 32.0 Massachusetts 3,238,585 86.8 1,512,602 86.6 1,725,983 87.0 1,278,121 34.3 635,038 36.3 643,083 32.4 Michigan 4,528,536 85.3 2,173,817 85.0 2,354,719 85.5 1,201,507 22.6 629,388 24.6 572,119 20.8 Minnesota 2,603,670 89.2 1,249,878 88.6 1,353,792 89.7 814,827 27.9 411,707 29.2 403,120 26.7 Mississippi 923,143 78.9 437,167 78.2 485,976 79.5 234,315 20.0 118,781 21.2 115,534 18.9 Missouri 2,603,634 82.4 1,243,115 82.6 1,360,519 82.2 705,163 22.3 360,991 24.0 344,172 20.8 Montana 478,948 87.8 232,842 87.3 246,106 88.4 136,858 25.1 69,915 26.2 66,943 24.0 Nebraska 881,275 88.2 420,125 87.6 461,150 88.8 243,712 24.4 121,671 25.4 122,041 23.5 Nevada 867,072 83.9 439,945 84.0 427,127 83.7 199,828 19.3 111,516 21.3 88,312 17.3 New Hampshire 698,189 87.6 333,216 86.8 364,973 88.4 227,002 28.5 116,699 30.4 110,303 26.7 New Jersey 3,623,329 84.7 1,716,946 85.1 1,906,383 84.3 1,327,481 31.0 689,755 34.2 637,726 28.2 New Mexico 682,434 83.3 326,475 83.2 355,959 83.4 229,374 28.0 116,925 29.8 112,449 26.4 New York 7,506,789 84.0 3,533,520 83.9 3,973,269 84.1 2,722,204 30.5 1,361,909 32.3 1,360,295 28.8 North Carolina 3,242,417 81.2 1,539,012 80.3 1,703,405 82.0 999,698 25.0 505,217 26.3 494,481 23.8 North Dakota 325,418 84.2 157,047 83.3 168,371 85.1 86,433 22.4 42,391 22.5 44,042 22.3 Ohio 5,425,976 84.2 2,576,951 84.2 2,849,025 84.2 1,403,926 21.8 728,529 23.8 675,397 20.0 Oklahoma 1,453,941 82.1 695,894 82.3 758,047 81.9 381,609 21.5 198,056 23.4 183,553 19.8 Oregon 1,750,346 87.1 840,588 86.6 909,758 87.6 516,579 25.7 268,241 27.6 248,338 23.9 Pennsylvania 6,048,662 83.4 2,858,853 83.7 3,189,809 83.1 1,675,092 23.1 860,992 25.2 814,100 21.2 Rhode Island 492,690 80.1 229,543 80.3 263,147 79.9 165,065 26.8 83,061 29.1 82,004 24.9 South Carolina 1,491,508 80.9 712,975 80.5 778,533 81.2 447,005 24.2 231,443 26.1 215,562 22.5 South Dakota 374,125 85.7 179,109 84.5 195,016 86.8 97,433 22.3 49,255 23.2 48,178 21.4 Tennessee 2,395,794 77.0 1,138,279 76.6 1,257,515 77.3 637,349 20.5 330,921 22.3 306,428 18.8 Texas 7,574,175 79.5 3,671,658 79.7 3,902,517 79.4 2,456,153 25.8 1,305,191 28.3 1,150,962 23.4 Utah 975,302 89.9 478,235 89.7 497,067 90.1 294,129 27.1 167,616 31.4 126,513 22.9 Vermont 341,304 86.6 160,499 85.1 180,805 87.9 116,112 29.5 55,302 29.3 60,810 29.6 Virginia 2,953,546 84.3 1,412,831 83.7 1,540,715 84.9 1,131,349 32.3 590,978 35.0 540,371 29.8 Washington 2,899,559 89.3 1,411,494 89.0 1,488,065 89.5 927,384 28.5 487,922 30.8 439,462 26.4 West Virginia 886,385 75.1 416,325 74.4 470,060 75.7 173,006 14.7 87,147 15.6 85,859 13.8 Wisconsin 2,765,088 86.6 1,328,603 86.0 1,436,485 87.2 735,147 23.0 367,942 23.8 367,205 22.3 Wyoming 261,889 88.8 128,650 88.2 133,239 89.3 66,642 22.6 34,795 23.9 31,847 21.3 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________