Table 13. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By State,
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          Including Confidence Intervals of Estimates: March 2001
(Numbers in thousands)

                                                              Bachelor's
                         Total       Completed                  degree
                        25 years    High School    1.6*(S.      or more     1.6*(S.
State                   and over      Percent       E.)/1       Percent      E.)/1

Alabama                   2,806         80.2          1.3         20.2         1.3
Alaska                      376         91.1          1.0         25.7         1.6
Arizona                   3,182         83.8          1.4         24.4         1.6
Arkansas                  1,713         80.5          1.3         18.6         1.3
California               21,006         81.0          0.6         29.1         0.7
Colorado                  2,766         88.6          0.9         35.2         1.3
Connecticut               2,281         87.5          0.9         32.4         1.3
Delaware                    521         84.7          1.3         28.6         1.6
District of Columbia        382         82.5          1.4         41.6         1.8
Florida                  10,831         84.1          0.7         24.6         0.8
Georgia                   5,145         82.5          1.3         24.2         1.4
Hawaii                      789         89.1          1.1         27.9         1.6
Idaho                       783         87.3          1.2         21.2         1.4
Illinois                  7,849         86.2          0.7         26.7         0.9
Indiana                   3,929         84.4          1.0         21.2         1.1
Iowa                      1,865         87.8          1.0         23.9         1.3
Kansas                    1,726         87.8          0.9         27.9         1.3
Kentucky                  2,582         79.0          1.3         20.4         1.3
Louisiana                 2,626         81.0          1.4         19.7         1.4
Maine                       867         85.4          1.0         22.2         1.2
Maryland                  3,458         88.1          1.0         35.7         1.5
Massachusetts             4,283         85.7          0.9         32.5         1.3
Michigan                  6,418         86.3          0.8         24.0         1.0
Minnesota                 3,245         92.6          0.7         31.4         1.3
Mississippi               1,784         81.7          1.4         23.3         1.5
Missouri                  3,615         88.2          1.0         25.3         1.3
Montana                     566         90.2          1.1         22.8         1.5
Nebraska                  1,059         89.7          1.0         25.7         1.4
Nevada                    1,322         84.9          1.2         20.8         1.3
New Hampshire               837         89.3          0.9         31.6         1.4
New Jersey                5,650         86.6          0.8         30.7         1.1
New Mexico                1,109         81.2          1.5         22.0         1.6
New York                 12,409         83.2          0.6         28.9         0.8
North Carolina            5,196         80.0          1.2         23.1         1.2
North Dakota                403         87.0          1.0         24.4         1.3
Ohio                      7,370         88.2          0.7         24.1         0.9
Oklahoma                  2,144         85.8          1.1         21.1         1.3
Oregon                    2,246         86.6          1.0         27.2         1.4
Pennsylvania              8,180         85.9          0.7         25.8         0.9
Rhode Island                697         78.7          1.1         27.4         1.2
South Carolina            2,639         81.9          1.3         23.4         1.4
South Dakota                476         87.7          1.0         23.6         1.3
Tennessee                 3,672         78.1          1.4         21.0         1.4
Texas                    12,634         78.4          0.8         23.8         0.8
Utah                      1,233         90.0          1.1         27.9         1.6
Vermont                     409         86.8          1.1         29.0         1.5
Virginia                  4,614         84.6          1.1         30.6         1.4
Washington                3,708         89.9          1.0         26.9         1.5
West Virginia             1,203         79.5          1.2         15.8         1.0
Wisconsin                 3,468         87.0          0.9         24.9         1.2
Wyoming                     314         90.2          1.0         19.2         1.3




1/1.645 times the standard error added to or subtracted from the estimate provides the 90 percent confidence interval.