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 8b. 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",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, (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,5.9,7.9,10.3,14.4,21.3,25.0,28.2,, ,,,,,,,,, .Region,,,,,,,,, ..Northeast,6.6,8.8,11.2,15.4,22.7,27.6,31.1,, ..Midwest,5.2,6.9,9.0,12.6,18.8,21.9,25.4,,,,,, ..South,5.4,7.2,9.8,13.7,20.3,23.8,26.8,,,,,, ..West,7.0,9.2,12.2,17.0,25.1,28.0,31.2,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, .State,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..Alabama,4.3,5.4,8.2,11.3,17.0,20.6,23.1,,,,,, ..Alaska,--,--,11.9,18.1,26.8,27.7,28.5,,,,,, ..Arizona,7.4,8.9,11.5,16.3,23.2,25.8,28.7,,,,,, ..Arkansas,3.2,4.3,6.6,8.8,14.1,16.0,18.9,,,,,, ..California,7.8,10.0,12.8,17.7,26.2,29.6,32.7,,,,,, ..Colorado,6.5,**,13.1,18.7,29.1,32.3,37.2,,,,,, ..Connecticut,6.5,9.0,12.7,18.3,27.0,32.6,35.8,,,,,, ..Delaware,7.5,**,15.1,18.9,23.9,26.7,28.8,,,,,, ..District of Columbia,18.8,23.5,28.2,46.4,68.0,73.3,80.0,,,,,, ..Florida,7.4,9.0,11.0,14.3,20.4,23.3,26.8,,,,,, ..Georgia,5.0,6.5,9.2,13.4,20.6,25.4,29.6,,,,,, ..Hawaii,--,--,18.5,25.3,33.0,33.0,37.8,,,,,, ..Idaho,5.1,**,8.9,12.5,20.1,21.4,24.9,,,,,, ..Illinois,5.9,7.9,10.0,14.2,21.4,25.9,30.1,,,,,, ..Indiana,4.7,6.6,8.2,10.8,15.9,18.5,21.4,,,,,, ..Iowa,4.7,**,7.9,10.9,16.7,18.9,22.2,,,,,, ..Kansas,5.1,7.0,10.2,14.3,21.2,24.9,28.6,,,,,, ..Kentucky,3.5,4.6,6.2,9.0,13.4,15.6,18.2,,,,,, ..Louisiana,5.8,7.7,10.5,13.5,19.9,21.5,23.2,,,,,, ..Maine,4.4,**,6.8,10.2,17.2,20.6,23.4,,,,,, ..Maryland,7.3,10.4,14.1,20.6,28.2,33.8,37.7,,,,,, ..Massachusetts,7.1,9.3,11.9,16.7,25.3,31.4,36.3,,,,,, ..Michigan,4.9,6.7,9.0,12.5,18.6,21.1,24.6,,,,,, ..Minnesota,4.8,**,9.3,13.8,21.0,24.5,29.2,,,,,, ..Mississippi,5.5,6.6,9.0,12.1,17.4,19.8,21.3,,,,,, ..Missouri,4.9,6.5,8.3,11.9,18.0,21.3,24.0,,,,,, ..Montana,5.2,**,9.1,13.0,20.6,22.6,26.2,,,,,, ..Nebraska,4.9,**,8.4,11.9,18.8,21.5,25.4,,,,,, ..Nevada,7.2,**,10.3,13.6,18.7,18.7,21.3,,,,,, ..New Hampshire,5.4,**,8.8,13.4,22.4,27.3,30.4,,,,,, ..New Jersey,7.1,9.5,12.3,17.2,25.1,30.7,34.2,,,,,, ..New Mexico,5.1,8.1,12.3,16.6,24.5,26.8,29.8,,,,,, ..New York,7.4,10.0,12.2,16.4,24.0,28.8,32.3,,,,,, ..North Carolina,4.8,5.7,8.0,11.1,17.4,21.7,26.4,,,,,, ..North Dakota,3.9,**,6.8,10.3,17.4,19.8,22.5,,,,,, ..Ohio,5.6,7.4,9.5,12.5,17.9,20.6,23.8,,,,,, ..Oklahoma,5.3,7.2,10.0,13.3,19.8,22.0,23.4,,,,,, ..Oregon,6.3,**,10.2,14.5,21.7,23.7,27.6,,,,,, ..Pennsylvania,5.5,7.1,9.0,12.2,18.0,21.8,25.2,,,,,, ..Rhode Island,5.7,**,8.7,12.5,20.0,25.5,29.1,,,,,, ..South Carolina,6.5,7.1,9.4,12.5,19.1,22.7,26.1,,,,,, ..South Dakota,4.3,**,7.0,10.4,16.6,19.5,23.2,,,,,, ..Tennessee,4.0,5.3,7.4,10.7,16.4,19.6,22.3,,,,,, ..Texas,5.3,7.5,10.6,14.8,23.2,26.5,28.3,,,,,, ..Utah,7.6,**,13.5,18.7,26.0,28.0,31.4,,,,,, ..Vermont,4.9,**,8.5,13.6,21.5,25.5,29.3,,,,,, ..Virginia,6.2,9.2,12.2,17.9,26.2,31.1,35.0,,,,,, ..Washington,6.2,8.3,11.5,15.9,23.5,26.9,30.8,,,,,, ..West Virginia,4.0,4.9,6.2,8.1,12.2,13.7,15.6,,,,,, ..Wisconsin,4.6,**,8.3,12.0,17.9,20.1,23.8,,,,,, ..Wyoming,5.2,**,10.3,13.9,20.8,21.8,23.9,,,,,, Footnotes:,,,,,,,,,,,,, "The data cells for Alaska and Hawaii are filled with an ""--"" in 1940 and 1950 because they were not states at that time.",,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, An '**' indicates that data by race and sex were not available in 1950.,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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",,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,