Table 13. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By State,                                          1
          Including Confidence Intervals of Estimates: March 1999

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  September 15, 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                   2,799         81.1             1.9           21.8            2.0
Alaska                      374         92.8             1.5           25.5            2.5
Arizona                   2,956         83.1             1.8           24.2            2.0
Arkansas                  1,595         78.9             1.9           17.3            1.8
California               20,640         80.4             0.8           27.1            0.9
Colorado                  2,604         90.4             1.4           38.7            2.3
Connecticut               2,202         83.7             2.0           33.5            2.5
Delaware                    496         84.5             2.1           24.0            2.5
District of Columbia        357         82.8             2.2           42.1            2.9
Florida                  10,008         82.7             1.0           21.6            1.1
Georgia                   4,873         80.7             1.7           21.5            1.8
Hawaii                      760         88.0             2.0           26.2            2.6
Idaho                       747         84.8             1.7           20.8            2.0
Illinois                  7,575         85.4             1.0           25.6            1.3
Indiana                   3,757         82.9             1.9           18.4            1.9
Iowa                      1,814         89.7             1.5           21.7            2.1
Kansas                    1,671         87.6             1.6           26.5            2.1
Kentucky                  2,530         78.2             2.0           19.8            2.0
Louisiana                 2,687         78.3             2.0           20.7            2.0
Maine                       867         88.9             1.7           22.9            2.2
Maryland                  3,483         84.7             1.9           34.7            2.6
Massachusetts             4,041         85.1             1.3           31.0            1.7
Michigan                  6,165         85.5             1.1           21.3            1.3
Minnesota                 2,981         91.1             1.4           32.0            2.2
Mississippi               1,712         78.0             2.0           19.2            1.9
Missouri                  3,568         85.0             1.8           23.0            2.1
Montana                     559         88.8             1.5           24.0            2.0
Nebraska                  1,048         89.3             1.5           20.4            2.0
Nevada                    1,176         86.4             1.8           20.2            2.1
New Hampshire               779         86.5             2.0           27.2            2.6
New Jersey                5,260         87.4             1.0           30.5            1.5
New Mexico                1,094         80.9             1.9           24.5            2.1
New York                 11,916         81.9             0.9           26.9            1.0
North Carolina            4,910         79.8             1.6           23.9            1.6
North Dakota                400         84.9             1.8           22.3            2.0
Ohio                      7,254         86.1             1.0           25.5            1.3
Oklahoma                  2,170         83.5             1.6           23.7            1.9
Oregon                    2,184         86.2             1.7           26.8            2.2
Pennsylvania              7,896         86.1             1.0           23.9            1.2
Rhode Island                658         80.9             2.1           26.8            2.4
South Carolina            2,568         78.6             2.2           20.9            2.2
South Dakota                433         88.7             1.6           25.6            2.2
Tennessee                 3,538         79.1             2.0           17.7            1.9
Texas                    12,151         78.2             1.0           24.4            1.1
Utah                      1,132         91.0             1.5           27.9            2.3
Vermont                     394         89.3             1.9           28.3            2.8
Virginia                  4,376         87.3             1.6           31.6            2.2
Washington                3,733         91.2             1.5           28.6            2.5
West Virginia             1,203         75.1             1.9           17.9            1.7
Wisconsin                 3,350         86.8             1.6           23.6            2.0
Wyoming                     310         90.7             1.4           22.3            2.1






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