State Rankings
APRIL 1, 1990
PERSONS 25 YEARS AND OVER PERSONS 16-19 YRS.
% WITH LESS % HIGH SCHOOL % BACHELOR'S % NOT ENROLLED
THAN 9TH GRADE GRADUATES DEGREE IN SCHOOL, NOT
EDUCATION OR HIGHER OR HIGHER HIGH SCHOOL GRAD
State Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank
Alabama 13.7 8 66.9 47 15.7 45 12.6 10
Alaska 5.1 50 86.6 1 23.0 12 10.9 21
Arizona 9.0 29 78.7 20 20.3 23 14.4 2
Arkansas 15.2 5 66.3 48 13.3 50 11.4 17
California 11.2 16 76.2 28 23.4 10 14.2 4
Colorado 5.6 48 84.4 3 27.0 4 9.8 32
Connecticut 8.4 34 79.2 17 27.2 2 9.0 36
Delaware 9.6 23 77.5 23 21.4 17 10.4 26
D. C. 7.2 43 73.1 39 33.3 1 13.9 6
Florida 9.5 24 74.4 37 18.3 30 14.3 3
Georgia 12.0 13 70.9 42 19.3 26 14.1 5
Hawaii 10.1 21 80.1 13 22.9 13 7.5 45
Idaho 7.4 42 79.7 16 17.7 35 10.4 27
Illinois 10.3 19 76.2 29 21.0 20 10.6 24
Indiana 8.5 33 75.6 31 15.6 46 11.4 18
Iowa 9.2 28 80.1 14 16.9 41 6.6 49
Kansas 7.7 41 81.3 10 21.1 19 8.7 38
Kentucky 19.0 1 64.6 50 13.6 49 13.3 8
Louisiana 14.7 7 68.3 44 16.1 43 12.5 11
Maine 8.8 30 78.8 18 18.8 28 8.3 41
Maryland 7.9 38 78.4 22 26.5 5 10.9 22
Massachusetts 8.0 36 80.0 15 27.2 3 8.5 40
Michigan 7.8 40 76.8 25 17.4 37 10.0 29
Minnesota 8.6 32 82.4 6 21.8 16 6.4 50
Mississippi 15.6 4 64.3 51 14.7 48 11.8 13
Missouri 11.6 14 73.9 38 17.8 33 11.4 19
Montana 8.1 35 81.0 11 19.8 25 8.1 42
Nebraska 8.0 36 81.8 8 18.9 27 7.0 47
Nevada 6.0 46 78.8 19 15.3 47 15.2 1
New Hampshire 6.7 44 82.2 7 24.4 8 9.4 34
New Jersey 9.4 26 76.7 26 24.9 6 9.6 33
New Mexico 11.4 15 75.1 33 20.4 22 11.7 15
New York 10.2 20 74.8 34 23.1 11 9.9 31
North Carolina 12.7 12 70.0 43 17.4 38 12.5 12
North Dakota 15.0 6 76.7 27 18.1 31 4.6 51
Ohio 7.9 38 75.7 30 17.0 40 8.9 37
Oklahoma 9.8 22 74.6 36 17.8 34 10.4 28
Oregon 6.2 45 81.5 9 20.6 21 11.8 14
Pennsylvania 9.4 26 74.7 35 17.9 32 9.1 35
Rhode Island 1.1 18 72.0 41 21.3 18 11.1 20
SOUTH CAROLINA 13.6 9 68.3 45 16.6 42 11.7 16
South Dakota 13.4 11 77.1 24 17.2 39 7.7 44
Tennessee 16.0 3 67.1 46 16.0 44 13.4 7
Texas 13.5 10 72.1 40 20.3 24 12.9 9
Utah 3.4 51 85.1 2 22.3 15 8.7 39
Vermont 8.7 31 80.8 12 24.3 9 8.0 43
Virginia 11.2 16 75.2 32 24.5 7 10.0 30
Washington 5.5 49 83.8 4 22.9 14 10.6 25
West Virginia 16.8 2 66.0 49 12.3 51 10.9 23
Wisconsin 9.5 24 78.6 21 17.7 36 7.1 46
Wyoming 5.7 47 83.0 5 18.8 29 6.9 48
UNITED STATES 10.4 x 75.2 x 20.3 x 11.2 x
Northeast Region 9.4 x 76.2 x 22.8 x 9.4 x
Midwest Region 9.1 x 77.1 x 18.4 x 9.3 x
South Region 12.6 x 71.3 x 18.7 x 12.6 x
West Region 9.3 x 78.6 x 22.7 x 12.8 x
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