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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 8a.  Percent of the White Population 25 Years and Over with a Bachelor's Degree 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,4.9,6.6,8.1,11.3,17.1,21.5,26.1,,
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.Region,,,,,,,,,
..Northeast,5.2,7.1,8.4,11.7,18.0,21.5,29.0,,
..Midwest,4.3,5.8,7.1,10.0,15.2,23.9,23.7,,,,,,
..South,4.8,6.3,7.9,10.8,16.3,19.0,24.6,,,,,,
..West,6.3,8.1,9.9,13.5,20.2,20.4,28.6,,,,,,
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.State,,,,,,,,,,,,,
..Alabama,4.1,4.9,6.7,8.9,13.5,17.3,21.2,,,,,,
..Alaska,--,--,11.4,16.5,24.4,26.8,29.3,,,,,,
..Arizona,7.1,8.4,9.7,13.2,18.9,22.2,26.0,,,,,,
..Arkansas,2.8,3.7,5.4,7.3,11.5,14.1,17.8,,,,,,
..California,6.9,8.7,10.2,13.8,20.8,25.4,29.8,,,,,,
..Colorado,6.0,8.4,10.8,15.1,24.0,28.3,35.0,,,,,,
..Connecticut,5.0,7.3,9.7,14.1,21.4,28.5,33.5,,,,,,
..Delaware,5.8,8.3,11.1,14.1,18.6,23.0,26.8,,,,,,
..District of Columbia,13.6,17.2,20.9,35.3,57.6,69.0,77.3,,,,,,
..Florida,6.4,7.6,8.6,11.1,15.8,19.3,23.8,,,,,,
..Georgia,4.6,5.8,7.5,10.7,16.6,21.8,27.4,,,,,,
..Hawaii,--,--,16.3,21.5,28.2,30.2,36.5,,,,,,
..Idaho,4.5,5.6,7.2,10.0,16.1,18.0,22.3,,,,,,
..Illinois,4.7,6.3,7.7,10.9,17.0,22.4,27.8,,,,,,
..Indiana,3.9,5.5,6.5,8.6,12.8,15.8,19.8,,,,,,
..Iowa,4.2,5.2,6.4,9.1,13.9,16.7,21.3,,,,,,
..Kansas,4.7,6.3,8.3,11.6,17.4,21.7,26.9,,,,,,
..Kentucky,3.1,4.0,5.1,7.5,11.3,13.9,17.4,,,,,,
..Louisiana,5.1,6.6,8.4,10.7,16.0,18.7,21.8,,,,,,
..Maine,3.4,4.9,5.5,8.4,14.4,18.8,22.9,,,,,,
..Maryland,5.5,8.1,10.3,15.3,22.1,28.9,34.7,,,,,,
..Massachusetts,5.6,7.4,8.9,12.7,20.2,27.7,34.3,,,,,,
..Michigan,4.2,5.7,7.2,10.0,14.9,18.1,22.6,,,,,,
..Minnesota,4.2,5.8,7.5,11.1,17.3,21.9,27.9,,,,,,
..Mississippi,5.4,6.2,7.7,10.0,14.4,17.2,20.0,,,,,,
..Missouri,4.1,5.3,6.5,9.4,14.4,18.3,22.3,,,,,,
..Montana,4.9,6.4,7.7,11.3,17.9,20.3,25.1,,,,,,
..Nebraska,4.3,5.3,6.8,9.8,15.7,19.2,24.4,,,,,,
..Nevada,7.0,7.9,8.7,11.2,14.9,15.9,19.3,,,,,,
..New Hampshire,4.3,6.1,7.1,10.8,18.1,24.2,28.5,,,,,,
..New Jersey,5.3,7.2,8.8,12.5,19.1,25.8,31.0,,,,,,
..New Mexico,4.8,7.5,10.3,13.4,20.1,23.4,28.0,,,,,,
..New York,5.8,8.0,9.3,12.7,19.4,25.3,30.5,,,,,,
..North Carolina,5.0,5.8,7.0,9.4,14.7,19.3,25.0,,,,,,
..North Dakota,3.6,4.6,5.6,8.5,14.9,18.3,22.4,,,,,,
..Ohio,4.6,6.1,7.3,9.7,14.1,17.6,21.8,,,,,,
..Oklahoma,5.0,6.6,8.2,10.5,15.7,18.7,21.6,,,,,,
..Oregon,5.5,6.9,8.5,11.8,17.9,20.8,25.7,,,,,,
..Pennsylvania,4.4,5.7,6.7,9.1,14.0,18.5,23.1,,,,,,
..Rhode Island,4.6,6.0,6.6,9.5,15.6,21.8,26.8,,,,,,
..South Carolina,7.0,7.4,8.5,10.7,15.9,19.8,24.2,,,,,,
..South Dakota,3.9,5.1,5.8,8.8,14.4,17.6,22.3,,,,,,
..Tennessee,3.5,4.6,6.0,8.4,13.2,16.7,20.5,,,,,,
..Texas,4.9,6.7,8.6,11.6,18.5,22.6,25.8,,,,,,
..Utah,6.2,7.9,10.2,14.0,20.2,22.7,27.1,,,,,,
..Vermont,4.1,6.0,7.3,11.4,18.9,24.2,29.5,,,,,,
..Virginia,5.4,7.8,9.6,13.9,21.1,27.0,32.3,,,,,,
..Washington,5.6,7.5,9.4,12.8,19.1,23.3,28.6,,,,,,
..West Virginia,3.5,4.4,5.3,6.8,10.3,12.2,14.7,,,,,,
..Wisconsin,3.9,5.5,6.7,9.9,15.0,18.1,23.0,,,,,,
..Wyoming,5.2,7.4,8.8,11.9,17.6,19.3,22.6,,,,,,
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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Race data for 2000 are for race alone.  See text for further explanation.,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census of Population, 1940 to 2000.",,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Internet Release Date: April 6, 2006",,,,,,,,,,,,,
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