Table 13. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By State, 1 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 2.0 20.4 1.9 Alaska 359 90.4 1.7 28.1 2.6 Arizona 2,996 85.1 1.7 24.6 2.0 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 24.0 2.5 District of Columbia 346 83.2 2.2 38.3 2.9 Florida 10,156 84.0 1.0 22.8 1.1 Georgia 5,024 82.6 1.6 23.1 1.8 Hawaii 759 87.4 2.0 26.3 2.7 Idaho 759 86.2 1.6 20.0 1.9 Illinois 7,513 85.5 1.0 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 2.0 20.5 2.0 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 23.0 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 2.0 Nebraska 1,019 90.4 1.5 24.6 2.2 Nevada 1,174 82.8 2.0 19.3 2.1 New Hampshire 796 88.1 1.9 30.1 2.7 New Jersey 5,380 87.3 1.0 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 1.0 North Carolina 4,936 79.2 1.6 23.2 1.6 North Dakota 411 85.5 1.7 22.6 2.0 Ohio 7,240 87.0 1.0 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 1.0 24.3 1.2 Rhode Island 629 81.3 2.2 26.4 2.4 South Carolina 2,593 83.0 2.0 19.0 2.1 South Dakota 439 91.8 1.4 25.7 2.2 Tennessee 3,579 79.9 2.0 22.0 2.1 Texas 12,484 79.2 1.0 23.9 1.0 Utah 1,184 90.7 1.5 26.4 2.2 Vermont 390 90.0 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 2.0 Wyoming 311 90.0 1.5 20.6 2.0 1/1.645 times the standard error added to or subtracted from the estimate provides the 90 percent confidence interval.