Table 13.  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By State,
Including Confidence Intervals of Estimates: March 2000
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date: December 19, 2000
(Numbers in Thousands)
								Bachelor's
		Total		Completed				degree
		25 Years		High School				or more
State		and over		Percent		1.6* (S.E.)/1		Percent		1.6* (S.E.)/1
Alabama		2,790		77.5		2		20.4		1.9
Alaska		359		90.4		1.7		28.1		2.6
Arizona		2,996		85.1		1.7		24.6		2
Arkansas		1,635		81.7		1.8		18.4		1.8
California		20,983		81.2		0.8		27.5		0.9
Colorado		2,640		89.7		1.4		34.6		2.2
Connecticut		2,231		88.2		1.7		31.6		2.5
Delaware		490		86.1		2.1		24		2.5
District of Columbia		346		83.2		2.2		38.3		2.9
Florida		10,156		84		1		22.8		1.1
Georgia		5,024		82.6		1.6		23.1		1.8
Hawaii		759		87.4		2		26.3		2.7
Idaho		759		86.2		1.6		20		1.9
Illinois		7,513		85.5		1		27.1		1.3
Indiana		3,893		84.6		1.8		17.1		1.8
Iowa		1,829		89.7		1.5		25.5		2.2
Kansas		1,624		88.1		1.6		27.3		2.2
Kentucky		2,543		78.7		2		20.5		2
Louisiana		2,641		80.8		1.9		22.5		2.1
Maine		847		89.3		1.7		24.1		2.3
Maryland		3,417		85.7		1.9		32.3		2.6
Massachusetts		4,075		85.1		1.3		32.7		1.7
Michigan		6,262		86.2		1.1		23		1.3
Minnesota		2,997		90.8		1.4		31.2		2.2
Mississippi		1,724		80.3		1.9		18.7		1.9
Missouri		3,500		86.6		1.7		26.2		2.2
Montana		563		89.6		1.4		23.8		2
Nebraska		1,019		90.4		1.5		24.6		2.2
Nevada		1,174		82.8		2		19.3		2.1
New Hampshire		796		88.1		1.9		30.1		2.7
New Jersey		5,380		87.3		1		30.1		1.4
New Mexico		1,098		82.2		1.9		23.6		2.1
New York		12,009		82.5		0.9		28.7		1
North Carolina		4,936		79.2		1.6		23.2		1.6
North Dakota		411		85.5		1.7		22.6		2
Ohio		7,240		87		1		24.6		1.3
Oklahoma		2,171		86.1		1.5		22.5		1.8
Oregon		2,201		88.1		1.6		27.2		2.2
Pennsylvania		7,788		85.7		1		24.3		1.2
Rhode Island		629		81.3		2.2		26.4		2.4
South Carolina		2,593		83		2		19		2.1
South Dakota		439		91.8		1.4		25.7		2.2
Tennessee		3,579		79.9		2		22		2.1
Texas		12,484		79.2		1		23.9		1
Utah		1,184		90.7		1.5		26.4		2.2
Vermont		390		90		1.9		28.8		2.8
Virginia		4,568		86.6		1.6		31.9		2.2
Washington		3,687		91.8		1.5		28.6		2.5
West Virginia		1,195		77.1		1.9		15.3		1.6
Wisconsin		3,352		86.7		1.6		23.8		2
Wyoming		311		90		1.5		20.6		2
1/1.645 times the standard error added to or subtracted from the estimate provides the 90 percent confidence interval