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"Census 2000 PHC-T-41.  A Half-Century of Learning:  Historical Statistics on Educational Attainment in the United States, 1940 to 2000",,,,,,,,,
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"Table 5b.  Percent of the Total Population 25 Years and Over with a High School Diploma or Higher by Sex, for the United States, Regions, and States:  1940 to 2000",,,,,,,,,
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"[1950 to 2000 data based on a sample.  For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf]",,,,,,,,,
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Geographic area,1940,1950,1960,1970,1980,1990,2000,,
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United States,22.7,32.6,39.5,51.9,67.3,75.7,80.1,,
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.Region,,,,,,,,,
..Northeast,22.5,34.8,39.9,52.6,68.0,76.9,81.5,,
..Midwest,22.5,33.2,39.6,52.5,68.2,77.4,83.2,,,,,,
..South,18.2,24.9,33.7,44.9,61.2,71.6,77.2,,,,,,
..West,31.2,42.8,48.9,61.9,75.4,79.1,80.3,,,,,,
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.State,,,,,,,,,,,,,
..Alabama,14.6,20.1,29.7,41.6,57.8,67.9,75.1,,,,,,
..Alaska,--,--,52.9,66.3,82.8,87.1,88.3,,,,,,
..Arizona,27.0,36.5,43.7,57.8,73.1,79.2,80.5,,,,,,
..Arkansas,13.9,19.9,27.9,39.4,56.2,66.6,74.9,,,,,,
..California,34.6,45.4,50.3,62.9,74.7,76.9,76.8,,,,,,
..Colorado,28.1,40.2,49.4,62.9,79.4,85.1,86.5,,,,,,
..Connecticut,23.2,35.4,41.9,54.8,70.8,79.7,83.9,,,,,,
..Delaware,22.0,32.5,41.6,54.0,69.0,77.5,81.7,,,,,,
..District of Columbia,39.6,48.3,45.8,53.9,67.5,73.1,77.9,,,,,,
..Florida,24.6,33.9,41.0,52.0,67.2,74.7,79.4,,,,,,
..Georgia,15.7,19.4,31.3,41.6,58.7,71.9,78.1,,,,,,
..Hawaii,--,--,44.5,61.5,75.2,81.7,85.6,,,,,,
..Idaho,26.6,36.7,44.9,57.4,73.3,79.3,84.3,,,,,,
..Illinois,23.3,34.4,39.9,52.9,67.7,76.8,81.1,,,,,,
..Indiana,23.4,34.7,40.7,52.9,67.5,76.4,82.1,,,,,,
..Iowa,24.4,34.2,41.8,55.8,70.2,79.5,85.4,,,,,,
..Kansas,24.9,36.9,45.8,58.5,73.5,81.7,85.6,,,,,,
..Kentucky,14.0,20.4,25.9,37.5,53.1,64.2,73.1,,,,,,
..Louisiana,16.4,21.5,31.7,42.5,59.2,68.3,73.7,,,,,,
..Maine,24.7,33.2,39.5,52.0,67.8,78.2,84.4,,,,,,
..Maryland,20.0,31.1,38.9,52.4,68.3,78.7,83.5,,,,,,
..Massachusetts,28.9,41.0,45.0,57.3,72.4,80.4,84.6,,,,,,
..Michigan,22.7,32.7,38.5,51.2,67.9,76.8,82.9,,,,,,
..Minnesota,21.2,31.2,39.6,54.4,71.8,81.9,87.4,,,,,,
..Mississippi,14.3,19.8,28.2,40.3,54.9,64.0,71.9,,,,,,
..Missouri,20.5,29.3,35.3,48.5,64.6,74.9,81.4,,,,,,
..Montana,24.4,34.7,42.9,55.6,72.8,80.2,86.6,,,,,,
..Nebraska,24.4,35.2,43.5,56.2,72.5,81.4,85.8,,,,,,
..Nevada,31.4,42.3,50.3,64.5,76.3,79.6,80.7,,,,,,
..New Hampshire,23.8,34.0,40.1,55.9,72.0,82.0,86.6,,,,,,
..New Jersey,22.9,34.7,40.4,52.9,68.7,77.6,82.3,,,,,,
..New Mexico,21.6,33.8,44.3,55.6,69.9,75.9,78.5,,,,,,
..New York,23.1,35.8,40.3,52.9,67.5,75.5,78.9,,,,,,
..North Carolina,16.7,18.6,29.3,37.3,55.1,69.6,77.0,,,,,,
..North Dakota,17.9,25.3,33.4,45.8,63.8,75.0,83.0,,,,,,
..Ohio,24.2,34.8,40.2,52.4,67.5,76.1,83.0,,,,,,
..Oklahoma,22.3,31.5,39.2,51.5,67.2,75.5,80.6,,,,,,
..Oregon,29.5,38.9,44.9,57.8,75.2,81.2,84.4,,,,,,
..Pennsylvania,20.2,30.9,36.8,49.6,65.5,75.5,82.0,,,,,,
..Rhode Island,20.4,31.0,34.2,46.2,62.5,73.1,78.1,,,,,,
..South Carolina,16.3,17.2,28.4,38.0,55.1,68.9,75.7,,,,,,
..South Dakota,20.1,28.9,36.5,47.9,65.2,75.4,83.4,,,,,,
..Tennessee,16.4,22.7,28.7,41.1,56.6,67.5,75.5,,,,,,
..Texas,22.7,29.2,38.3,48.0,64.4,72.9,75.5,,,,,,
..Utah,35.7,48.3,54.8,67.2,81.0,85.6,87.3,,,,,,
..Vermont,23.4,31.7,37.8,53.4,69.3,79.5,85.0,,,,,,
..Virginia,18.6,26.7,34.7,46.5,62.8,75.1,80.8,,,,,,
..Washington,29.9,41.2,48.7,62.4,78.0,84.2,86.9,,,,,,
..West Virginia,16.3,23.2,28.8,40.6,56.0,65.9,74.6,,,,,,
..Wisconsin,19.9,30.8,38.6,52.1,69.0,78.4,84.5,,,,,,
..Wyoming,27.0,38.8,47.8,59.9,77.7,83.0,87.2,,,,,,
Footnotes:,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"The data cells for Alaska and Hawaii are filled with an ""--"" in 1940 and 1950 because they were not states at that time.",,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census of Population, 1940 to 2000.",,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Internet Release Date: April 6, 2006",,,,,,,,,,,,,
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