Table 13. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By State,                                        1
          Including Confidence Intervals of Estimates: March 2002
(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                   2,874         78.9          1.3         22.7         1.3
Alaska                      383         92.2          1.0         25.6         1.6
Arizona                   3,182         84.6          1.3         26.3         1.6
Arkansas                  1,692         81.0          1.3         18.3         1.3
California               20,958         80.2          0.6         27.9         0.7
Colorado                  2,781         87.6          0.9         35.7         1.3
Connecticut               2,313         88.0          0.9         32.6         1.3
Delaware                    518         88.5          1.2         29.5         1.7
District of Columbia        382         83.5          1.4         44.4         1.8
Florida                  11,051         83.3          0.7         25.7         0.8
Georgia                   5,135         82.9          1.3         25.0         1.4
Hawaii                      799         87.9          1.2         26.8         1.6
Idaho                       811         86.8          1.2         20.9         1.4
Illinois                  8,088         85.9          0.7         27.3         0.9
Indiana                   4,058         85.3          1.0         23.7         1.2
Iowa                      1,867         88.3          1.0         23.1         1.3
Kansas                    1,747         87.5          0.9         29.1         1.3
Kentucky                  2,620         80.8          1.3         21.6         1.3
Louisiana                 2,709         78.8          1.5         22.1         1.5
Maine                       916         87.4          0.9         23.8         1.2
Maryland                  3,453         87.5          1.0         37.6         1.5
Massachusetts             4,357         86.5          0.9         34.3         1.3
Michigan                  6,600         86.5          0.8         22.5         0.9
Minnesota                 3,268         92.2          0.8         30.5         1.3
Mississippi               1,756         79.1          1.5         20.9         1.5
Missouri                  3,551         88.1          1.0         26.7         1.3
Montana                     595         89.7          1.1         23.6         1.5
Nebraska                  1,063         89.8          1.0         27.1         1.4
Nevada                    1,356         85.8          1.1         22.1         1.4
New Hampshire               873         90.2          0.9         30.1         1.3
New Jersey                5,894         85.9          0.8         31.4         1.0
New Mexico                1,113         81.6          1.5         25.4         1.7
New York                 12,401         83.7          0.6         28.8         0.8
North Carolina            5,135         80.1          1.2         22.4         1.2
North Dakota                422         89.0          1.0         25.3         1.3
Ohio                      7,509         87.3          0.7         24.5         0.9
Oklahoma                  2,163         85.1          1.1         20.4         1.2
Oregon                    2,216         87.7          1.0         27.1         1.4
Pennsylvania              8,205         86.1          0.7         26.1         0.9
Rhode Island                700         80.1          1.1         30.1         1.3
South Carolina            2,588         80.2          1.4         23.3         1.4
South Dakota                492         89.2          0.9         23.6         1.2
Tennessee                 3,708         80.1          1.4         21.5         1.4
Texas                    12,622         78.1          0.8         26.2         0.9
Utah                      1,215         91.0          1.1         26.8         1.6
Vermont                     421         87.4          1.1         30.8         1.5
Virginia                  4,659         86.7          1.1         34.6         1.5
Washington                3,849         90.4          1.0         28.3         1.5
West Virginia             1,229         78.5          1.2         15.9         1.0
Wisconsin                 3,520         86.8          0.9         24.7         1.2
Wyoming                     323         91.6          0.9         19.6         1.3



1/1.645 times the standard error added to or subtracted from the estimate provides the 90 percent confidence interval.
Note: 2000 based weights, SCHIP Sample