Table 13b: Number and Percent of Black or African American 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 14,350,401 72.3 6,369,929 70.9 7,980,472 73.4 2,831,269 14.3 1,176,692 13.1 1,654,577 15.2 Alabama 439,906 66.9 187,113 65.1 252,793 68.4 75,596 11.5 27,458 9.6 48,138 13.0 Alaska 10,405 88.7 5,639 89.0 4,766 88.4 1,747 14.9 888 14.0 859 15.9 Arizona 72,963 81.7 39,112 82.6 33,851 80.7 16,601 18.6 8,900 18.8 7,701 18.4 Arkansas 148,641 65.8 65,645 65.4 82,996 66.1 23,098 10.2 8,704 8.7 14,394 11.5 California 1,073,459 80.5 508,107 80.1 565,352 81.0 228,948 17.2 105,028 16.6 123,920 17.7 Colorado 80,037 84.4 42,696 84.4 37,341 84.3 19,416 20.5 10,276 20.3 9,140 20.6 Connecticut 129,789 73.9 57,166 73.1 72,623 74.7 24,126 13.7 10,414 13.3 13,712 14.1 Delaware 64,412 74.2 28,746 72.8 35,666 75.3 12,543 14.4 5,365 13.6 7,178 15.2 District of Columbia 157,124 70.4 67,366 69.6 89,758 71.0 39,070 17.5 16,676 17.2 22,394 17.7 Florida 861,576 67.0 385,292 65.3 476,284 68.6 159,672 12.4 66,007 11.2 93,665 13.5 Georgia 966,382 72.5 428,346 71.6 538,036 73.2 206,559 15.5 83,515 14.0 123,044 16.7 Hawaii 11,261 92.9 7,357 93.1 3,904 92.6 2,545 21.0 1,487 18.8 1,058 25.1 Idaho 2,199 82.5 1,435 84.7 764 78.8 598 22.4 410 24.2 188 19.4 Illinois 777,283 73.0 330,371 70.3 446,912 75.1 156,328 14.7 62,626 13.3 93,702 15.8 Indiana 214,394 74.9 96,285 73.8 118,109 75.9 34,586 12.1 15,261 11.7 19,325 12.4 Iowa 23,969 77.3 12,402 76.8 11,567 77.8 4,559 14.7 2,406 14.9 2,153 14.5 Kansas 66,581 79.7 32,290 79.9 34,291 79.6 12,405 14.9 6,010 14.9 6,395 14.8 Kentucky 124,644 73.2 57,953 73.2 66,691 73.2 18,156 10.7 8,032 10.1 10,124 11.1 Louisiana 495,518 63.1 208,826 59.9 286,692 65.7 85,475 10.9 30,446 8.7 55,029 12.6 Maine 2,440 84.7 1,398 82.9 1,042 87.1 648 22.5 351 20.8 297 24.8 Maryland 706,552 78.9 306,381 77.2 400,171 80.3 181,624 20.3 74,906 18.9 106,718 21.4 Massachusetts 147,998 76.3 68,115 76.5 79,883 76.2 38,249 19.7 18,066 20.3 20,183 19.3 Michigan 599,216 74.1 260,727 71.6 338,489 76.2 103,133 12.8 40,883 11.2 62,250 14.0 Minnesota 66,820 79.0 34,642 79.3 32,178 78.7 15,813 18.7 8,797 20.1 7,016 17.2 Mississippi 334,043 60.4 140,780 57.7 193,263 62.6 55,772 10.1 19,239 7.9 36,533 11.8 Missouri 260,963 73.9 112,731 72.5 148,232 75.0 46,569 13.2 18,564 11.9 28,005 14.2 Montana 1,030 91.2 645 91.0 385 91.4 375 33.2 239 33.7 136 32.3 Nebraska 28,342 78.6 13,368 77.9 14,974 79.2 5,088 14.1 2,546 14.8 2,542 13.5 Nevada 62,300 78.9 31,961 79.8 30,339 78.1 9,486 12.0 4,444 11.1 5,042 13.0 New Hampshire 4,326 84.4 2,471 84.6 1,855 84.1 1,424 27.8 814 27.9 610 27.7 New Jersey 505,116 74.5 221,506 73.1 283,610 75.6 109,503 16.2 46,557 15.4 62,946 16.8 New Mexico 15,312 79.4 8,421 81.6 6,891 76.9 3,626 18.8 1,868 18.1 1,758 19.6 New York 1,260,693 70.6 526,790 68.5 733,903 72.2 282,715 15.8 112,351 14.6 170,364 16.8 North Carolina 725,132 70.7 318,398 69.5 406,734 71.7 134,775 13.1 52,402 11.4 82,373 14.5 North Dakota 1,358 92.6 881 95.3 477 87.8 301 20.5 197 21.3 104 19.2 Ohio 551,362 73.9 244,455 72.9 306,907 74.7 88,959 11.9 38,256 11.4 50,703 12.3 Oklahoma 111,131 78.5 53,184 78.7 57,947 78.4 19,387 13.7 8,633 12.8 10,754 14.5 Oregon 24,332 79.8 13,390 80.3 10,942 79.2 5,429 17.8 3,213 19.3 2,216 16.0 Pennsylvania 511,896 71.8 221,447 69.8 290,449 73.4 85,162 12.0 35,846 11.3 49,316 12.5 Rhode Island 17,283 71.0 8,320 71.4 8,963 70.6 4,066 16.7 2,305 19.8 1,761 13.9 South Carolina 442,322 64.9 189,809 62.9 252,513 66.5 67,219 9.9 23,922 7.9 43,297 11.4 South Dakota 1,917 84.1 1,269 83.6 648 85.0 441 19.3 286 18.8 155 20.3 Tennessee 373,778 70.8 163,071 69.7 210,707 71.7 68,266 12.9 26,265 11.2 42,001 14.3 Texas 1,047,116 75.8 482,579 75.3 564,537 76.3 211,978 15.3 91,937 14.3 120,041 16.2 Utah 6,651 83.2 3,982 82.5 2,669 84.2 1,581 19.8 965 20.0 616 19.4 Vermont 1,073 84.2 640 83.8 433 84.7 444 34.8 266 34.8 178 34.8 Virginia 596,593 71.6 265,950 69.5 330,643 73.3 125,998 15.1 52,071 13.6 73,927 16.4 Washington 90,342 84.0 49,210 84.4 41,132 83.5 20,848 19.4 11,361 19.5 9,487 19.3 West Virginia 26,773 76.6 12,784 77.0 13,989 76.3 4,024 11.5 1,869 11.3 2,155 11.7 Wisconsin 104,109 68.5 47,535 68.1 56,574 68.7 16,007 10.5 7,142 10.2 8,865 10.8 Wyoming 1,539 86.7 942 87.1 597 85.9 331 18.6 222 20.5 109 15.7 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________