Multiple tables with row headers in column A and column headers in row 10,,,,,,,,, "Census 2000 PHC-T-41. A Half-Century of Learning: Historical Statistics on Educational Attainment in the United States, 1940 to 2000",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, "Table 6b. Percent of the Total Population 25 Years and Over with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher by Sex, for the United States, Regions, and States: 1940 to 2000",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, (leading dots indicate subparts),,,,,,,,, "[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]",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, Geographic area,1940,1950,1960,1970,1980,1990,2000,, MALE ONLY,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, United States,5.5,7.3,9.7,13.5,20.1,23.3,26.1,, ,,,,,,,,, .Region,,,,,,,,, ..Northeast,6.3,8.5,10.7,14.7,21.7,26.2,29.3,, ..Midwest,5.0,6.7,8.7,12.1,18.1,21.1,24.4,,,,,, ..South,4.4,6.1,8.6,12.2,18.3,21.5,24.1,,,,,, ..West,6.8,8.9,11.8,16.5,23.7,26.0,28.2,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, .State,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..Alabama,3.1,4.2,6.7,9.6,14.9,18.2,20.3,,,,,, ..Alaska,--,--,10.1,15.5,23.2,23.9,24.1,,,,,, ..Arizona,6.5,8.1,10.7,15.6,21.3,23.5,25.7,,,,,, ..Arkansas,2.6,3.7,5.8,8.0,13.1,15.0,17.5,,,,,, ..California,7.6,9.6,12.3,17.1,24.3,26.8,28.6,,,,,, ..Colorado,6.5,9.4,13.0,18.5,27.9,30.7,34.5,,,,,, ..Connecticut,6.4,8.9,12.3,17.7,26.0,31.1,33.5,,,,,, ..Delaware,6.7,9.7,13.5,17.3,22.1,24.8,26.8,,,,,, ..District of Columbia,15.0,17.7,17.9,21.3,31.7,36.3,41.7,,,,,, ..Florida,5.7,7.5,9.7,13.0,19.0,21.8,24.7,,,,,, ..Georgia,3.7,5.1,7.5,11.3,17.8,22.1,25.7,,,,,, ..Hawaii,--,--,9.9,15.9,23.0,24.4,26.9,,,,,, ..Idaho,5.0,6.5,8.9,12.5,19.8,20.9,24.0,,,,,, ..Illinois,5.7,7.6,9.5,13.3,20.1,24.1,27.8,,,,,, ..Indiana,4.6,6.4,7.9,10.5,15.4,18.1,20.9,,,,,, ..Iowa,4.7,6.1,7.9,10.9,16.8,19.1,22.1,,,,,, ..Kansas,5.0,6.8,9.9,13.9,20.7,24.1,27.3,,,,,, ..Kentucky,3.3,4.4,5.9,8.6,13.1,15.3,18.0,,,,,, ..Louisiana,4.1,5.7,8.2,11.0,16.7,18.0,19.4,,,,,, ..Maine,4.4,5.5,6.8,10.2,17.2,20.6,23.3,,,,,, ..Maryland,6.4,9.1,12.4,18.5,25.3,30.3,33.5,,,,,, ..Massachusetts,7.0,9.2,11.8,16.6,25.1,30.8,35.2,,,,,, ..Michigan,4.7,6.3,8.4,11.8,17.6,20.0,23.4,,,,,, ..Minnesota,4.8,6.6,9.3,13.8,21.0,24.4,28.7,,,,,, ..Mississippi,3.1,4.2,6.4,9.5,14.3,16.4,17.3,,,,,, ..Missouri,4.7,6.2,7.9,11.3,17.3,20.6,23.0,,,,,, ..Montana,5.1,6.8,9.0,12.7,20.1,21.9,25.4,,,,,, ..Nebraska,4.9,6.0,8.3,11.8,18.6,21.3,24.7,,,,,, ..Nevada,6.9,8.0,9.8,13.0,18.0,17.7,19.6,,,,,, ..New Hampshire,5.4,7.0,8.8,13.5,22.5,27.5,30.6,,,,,, ..New Jersey,6.9,9.1,11.7,16.2,23.8,29.2,32.4,,,,,, ..New Mexico,4.8,7.6,11.7,15.7,21.4,23.3,24.7,,,,,, ..New York,7.2,9.7,11.6,15.3,22.2,26.2,28.8,,,,,, ..North Carolina,3.9,4.9,6.9,9.7,15.4,19.3,23.2,,,,,, ..North Dakota,3.9,4.9,6.8,10.2,17.3,19.6,22.1,,,,,, ..Ohio,5.5,7.1,9.0,11.9,17.2,19.9,23.0,,,,,, ..Oklahoma,5.0,6.9,9.5,12.6,19.0,20.8,21.8,,,,,, ..Oregon,6.3,7.7,10.2,14.5,21.6,23.4,26.8,,,,,, ..Pennsylvania,5.3,6.8,8.6,11.6,17.4,21.0,24.3,,,,,, ..Rhode Island,5.6,7.2,8.6,12.4,19.8,24.9,27.8,,,,,, ..South Carolina,4.5,5.3,7.4,10.2,15.8,18.7,21.6,,,,,, ..South Dakota,4.2,5.3,6.9,10.2,16.2,19.0,22.3,,,,,, ..Tennessee,3.5,4.8,6.7,9.8,15.4,18.4,20.9,,,,,, ..Texas,4.8,6.9,9.8,13.7,20.9,23.4,25.1,,,,,, ..Utah,7.5,9.5,13.4,18.6,25.5,27.4,30.0,,,,,, ..Vermont,4.9,6.5,8.6,13.7,21.7,25.6,29.3,,,,,, ..Virginia,5.1,7.7,10.4,15.6,23.4,27.9,31.5,,,,,, ..Washington,6.2,8.1,11.4,15.7,23.2,26.4,29.7,,,,,, ..West Virginia,3.8,4.8,6.1,8.0,12.3,13.9,15.8,,,,,, ..Wisconsin,4.6,6.3,8.2,11.8,17.7,19.7,23.2,,,,,, ..Wyoming,5.2,8.2,10.2,13.8,20.3,21.2,23.0,,,,,, Footnotes:,,,,,,,,,,,,, "The data cells for Alaska and Hawaii are filled with an ""--"" in 1940 and 1950 because they were not states at that time.",,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census of Population, 1940 to 2000.",,,,,,,,,,,,, "Internet Release Date: April 6, 2006",,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,