Education Levels of the Population:
ACS Educational Attainment by Degree-Level and Age-Group (American Community Survey)

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Alabama	83.2	1.7	500485	11133	601653	5338	30429	3351	70739	4456	155218	6814	153032	7562	42797	3525	109257	4859	40181	3094
Alaska	91.8	3.6	95161	4167	103690	1953	1266	469	7263	1322	25016	2098	35704	2457	9080	1699	19516	2063	5845	1271
Arizona	85.1	1.7	731226	14660	859440	3440	41541	4097	86673	5769	209663	7728	240207	8616	77380	5101	153118	7325	50858	4069
Arkansas	86.5	2.1	318391	8766	368047	4979	12092	1942	37564	3699	110641	4936	96049	5224	28716	3117	62632	3908	20353	2435
California	82.9	0.6	4413891	29813	5323453	6550	379804	10489	529758	12927	1115019	16505	1273895	18134	390499	10271	1183758	16758	450720	10346
Colorado	88.7	1.6	645761	11881	728299	3870	28417	3228	54121	3910	154308	6247	171390	6858	56901	4225	198932	6177	64230	4070
Connecticut	89.5	2.0	377322	8648	421750	2190	16523	3052	27905	3061	96464	4695	89245	4709	24910	2474	106944	4440	59759	3687
Delaware	85.5	4.2	94517	4836	110516	1392	5222	1201	10777	1796	28272	2761	24333	2578	7651	1631	22984	2286	11277	1711
Florida	86.0	1.0	1952799	22818	2270950	7137	101690	7195	216461	8138	625401	12872	514166	12871	232943	9747	418893	10698	161396	6628
Georgia	84.1	1.2	1112702	16858	1322903	7720	72209	5671	137992	6742	341427	9948	310658	9798	91959	5704	255300	8370	113358	5161
Hawaii	94.7	3.1	171319	5899	180950	1826	1859	784	7772	1322	52556	3319	48954	3874	18493	2289	39334	2781	11982	1672
Idaho	89.7	2.8	187879	6524	209440	2958	6694	1446	14867	2047	59900	3566	62679	4032	17939	2060	36703	2971	10658	1694
Illinois	88.6	1.0	1573198	18071	1774676	5220	62838	4475	138640	6581	398887	9284	386089	10340	132366	5920	454634	9309	201222	6759
Indiana	87.5	1.3	724636	11386	828516	4637	30671	2849	73209	4453	233456	6831	195340	6664	72871	4049	168763	6018	54206	3469
Iowa	91.9	1.9	351960	7732	383022	3303	9732	1558	21330	2366	84792	3988	92013	4289	54775	2795	92307	4181	28073	2643
Kansas	89.8	1.9	334595	7920	372496	3891	13061	1899	24840	2488	78500	4608	98799	4994	35126	2963	91477	4262	30693	2592
Kentucky	88.0	1.6	495763	9926	563583	4370	17454	2223	50366	3687	167842	6088	140144	6386	48500	3403	98699	4236	40578	2995
Louisiana	84.4	1.6	525414	10655	622584	5033	21322	2605	75848	4775	186083	6867	144313	6357	41046	3466	115925	5151	38047	2828
Maine	93.2	3.1	134785	4790	144557	1623	1322	642	8450	1641	45093	2824	34122	2995	14450	1629	31992	2249	9128	1419
Maryland	88.1	1.6	676041	12292	767284	3463	36204	3418	55039	4114	167165	7173	164855	7092	54450	3709	184186	6788	105385	4751
Massachusetts	92.0	1.4	776948	12162	844548	2596	22387	2937	45213	3738	174553	6707	146859	7262	50240	3659	257428	7574	147868	5351
Michigan	89.9	1.1	1045160	13666	1161947	4208	27148	2471	89639	4576	291276	7959	324336	8555	100267	5025	233923	6423	95358	4332
Minnesota	92.9	1.3	666992	10274	718057	3921	13619	1911	37446	3043	142891	5561	165934	5949	89061	3716	202719	5330	66387	3538
Mississippi	82.9	2.0	311817	9145	375964	6059	13533	2144	50614	3791	99770	5225	94294	5920	41245	3368	53612	3948	22896	2629
Missouri	89.1	1.3	690485	10707	775040	4189	17591	2014	66964	4411	192735	6294	191483	7183	68564	4345	167570	5330	70133	4091
Montana	92.0	3.3	111477	4465	121182	2029	1001	427	8704	1654	30811	2574	33030	2684	10221	1530	30816	2429	6599	1198
Nebraska	91.0	2.0	219999	5525	241827	2948	7254	1449	14574	2124	49687	3288	62874	3661	27168	2231	61386	2961	18884	1715
Nevada	83.0	2.2	320659	8844	386326	2469	19302	2668	46365	3532	108359	5221	105868	4823	25420	2872	60389	3876	20623	2424
New Hampshire	94.0	3.4	135026	5293	143669	2126	1808	631	6835	1241	38862	2706	29794	3012	15047	1819	37989	3089	13334	1691
New Jersey	90.7	1.2	1005918	14109	1109449	2877	46075	4013	57456	4432	269325	8461	204705	7641	75256	5022	318860	8111	137772	5603
New Mexico	83.3	2.5	219846	7469	263857	4073	12018	2234	31993	3147	70178	4436	76716	4319	21199	2620	35456	3378	16297	1837
New York	88.1	0.8	2342090	22985	2659287	5118	117573	6646	199624	8057	547861	12736	466594	13079	229291	7955	711288	12963	387056	9029
North Carolina	85.7	1.1	1065012	15557	1243403	8596	61468	4414	116923	6297	289646	8470	312416	8261	105911	5299	265598	8049	91441	4630
North Dakota	95.8	3.5	85204	3418	88894	1374	500	270	3190	753	17879	1670	22776	2170	12994	1638	24292	1970	7263	1283
Ohio	90.2	1.1	1280620	15445	1419211	4370	30481	2709	108110	5261	388577	9060	346083	8902	130118	6096	293867	7923	121975	5063
Oklahoma	87.1	1.7	441123	9420	506655	4497	17229	2056	48303	3481	149723	5808	137564	5847	35818	2937	90318	4479	27700	2424
Oregon	87.6	1.9	459953	10511	524977	3791	21042	2763	43982	3976	121725	5408	140496	5360	43017	3376	114366	5368	40349	3070
Pennsylvania	91.3	1.1	1380761	16930	1511925	4829	36171	3214	94993	5282	428407	9635	292221	9982	138741	5773	359281	7780	162111	6688
Rhode Island	86.4	3.8	109422	5031	126617	1455	6960	1487	10235	1844	27295	2705	26884	2933	10119	1609	29963	2488	15161	1759
South Carolina	86.0	1.6	505112	10670	587427	5702	20187	2566	62128	4642	158017	6431	139166	6437	48681	3731	114723	4753	44525	3626
South Dakota	92.6	3.3	96073	3911	103800	2061	2180	761	5547	1085	26970	2233	25036	2111	13093	1493	24393	2083	6581	1243
Tennessee	88.3	1.4	718988	12123	814655	4658	22262	2953	73405	4880	259280	8018	186923	6995	55444	4098	149982	5455	67359	4670
Texas	82.6	0.7	2981169	26462	3607541	9666	230404	9565	395968	11738	898575	15436	898806	14772	245417	9434	697641	13440	240730	7943
Utah	91.3	1.9	410024	8675	449176	2479	10606	1782	28546	2814	107594	5064	128318	5568	46023	3101	102179	4309	25910	2084
Vermont	93.5	4.3	65216	3185	69728	1112	495	403	4017	1007	21346	1710	14414	1825	5527	1093	17637	1657	6292	1164
Virginia	89.4	1.2	969768	14854	1084897	8960	37839	4335	77290	4943	245336	8198	238101	8913	79063	5097	269774	7968	137494	5148
Washington	89.2	1.4	834562	14175	936043	4854	37257	3122	64224	4333	216746	8221	236432	7870	93677	4849	204546	6655	83161	4316
West Virginia	89.8	2.4	195699	5998	217955	3121	4450	1068	17806	2014	78152	3673	52459	3586	15447	1823	34499	2679	15142	1839
Wisconsin	91.3	1.4	654667	10366	717027	3631	16725	2208	45635	3589	186957	6354	171518	7088	83479	3868	157637	5184	55076	3327
Wyoming	94.3	4.0	72485	3773	76868	2294	621	361	3762	1212	20911	2062	22629	2141	9703	1377	13910	1848	5332	1344
Nation	87.2	0.2	35707203	96732	40972083	38469	1749493	26772	3515387	37007	10011995	52878	9584632	59373	3381601	31188	9025140	51428	3703835	34536

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey

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Education Levels of the Population: ACS Educational Attainment by Degree-Level and Age-Group (American Community Survey)

Education Levels of the Population:
ACS Educational Attainment by Degree-Level and Age-Group (American Community Survey)