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

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Alabama	85.2	0.8	2146392	21546	2519288	8576	102359	5378	270537	9027	753606	12661	588997	11777	209930	7444	379422	9753	214437	7391
Alaska	93.3	1.9	371717	8501	398495	3726	7276	1276	19502	2010	113520	4750	121037	5038	31380	2805	68837	3679	36943	2962
Arizona	86.0	0.9	2829071	29971	3288070	6303	184668	8200	274331	10518	771483	16416	881651	17521	294538	11225	581397	14954	300002	9988
Arkansas	86.2	1.0	1306368	16480	1514802	7536	72849	4800	135585	5919	528075	10219	351411	9389	100128	4931	217035	7325	109719	5723
California	82.0	0.3	16440226	61422	20045819	10437	1859961	23236	1745632	22533	4130374	34359	4511756	33651	1588179	20639	4010467	32190	2199450	23008
Colorado	91.0	0.8	2558661	23074	2811813	6831	98201	5586	154951	6924	591001	11704	646551	12358	253298	8844	693924	12840	373887	9018
Connecticut	91.3	0.9	1761934	17930	1929089	3635	61528	4264	105627	5631	501086	10055	365697	8997	154754	6037	427696	9246	312701	8034
Delaware	88.9	1.8	424428	8702	477208	2092	18742	2260	34038	2991	147033	5338	97986	4440	35859	3124	88415	4172	55135	3367
Florida	87.7	0.5	8692592	53526	9908186	14098	428854	13952	786740	17619	2904408	31791	2126333	27585	1003938	19383	1753121	24908	904792	18727
Georgia	86.2	0.6	4512168	35472	5233066	15245	243103	9717	477795	13801	1484632	21268	1124465	18406	378333	12118	998793	18881	525945	13653
Hawaii	93.3	1.4	686519	10981	736043	3059	17029	2075	32495	2881	197308	6005	183379	6397	84063	4388	150335	5443	71434	3624
Idaho	90.0	1.5	714796	12908	794174	4753	31539	3098	47839	3761	206811	7228	218378	6740	78951	4883	149433	6380	61223	4247
Illinois	89.1	0.5	6127645	34112	6879099	8094	311391	8842	440063	10596	1750370	18561	1505483	19028	563984	11565	1463138	17491	844670	14226
Indiana	89.0	0.7	3026672	24144	3398967	7180	113176	5454	259119	8548	1131205	14050	746283	13328	305782	8988	561959	10826	281443	7969
Iowa	92.7	0.9	1454205	14814	1569011	5139	39396	2872	75410	3678	456336	7921	352369	8008	195549	6213	313560	7590	136391	5173
Kansas	91.1	1.0	1339135	15101	1470135	5327	50419	3235	80581	4437	371330	8224	369861	8051	123872	5138	316216	7529	157856	5549
Kentucky	86.8	0.8	2020787	20156	2328389	6197	96449	4899	211153	7162	787968	12584	516394	11182	186589	6938	315337	8430	214499	7218
Louisiana	84.8	0.8	2035656	20576	2401441	8468	103514	5487	262271	7903	820676	12262	545834	11593	140554	6391	360792	9359	167800	6358
Maine	93.6	1.3	678481	9539	725229	2460	12085	1569	34663	2688	233665	5533	154534	4924	72415	3535	140902	4940	76965	3720
Maryland	90.9	0.7	2893117	23983	3183898	6618	104511	5725	186270	7124	785370	13243	661596	12967	217689	7693	696649	12149	531813	11530
Massachusetts	91.3	0.7	3269891	25200	3580139	4150	133051	5693	177197	7093	842538	14201	609837	12940	298467	8953	888302	13078	630747	10852
Michigan	90.9	0.5	4729419	26310	5200454	6561	125617	5433	345418	8659	1500532	15304	1312878	15647	493381	10287	899960	11507	522668	9102
Minnesota	93.7	0.6	2680193	18982	2859718	5702	63116	3692	116409	4927	687720	10085	660472	10039	337767	7599	679231	9891	315003	6988
Mississippi	83.4	1.0	1272865	17464	1525685	9165	72538	4801	180282	7221	443936	9793	367037	9995	144020	7050	208134	7632	109738	5675
Missouri	89.7	0.7	2829031	22998	3153950	7007	80462	4419	244457	7692	927865	13219	754665	12520	256747	8175	570335	11715	319419	8669
Montana	94.0	1.7	494045	9408	525817	3179	6227	1168	25545	2479	153079	5232	135033	5319	50472	3174	111263	4768	44198	3115
Nebraska	92.0	1.0	871021	10500	946315	3944	31338	2695	43956	3140	241306	5836	237122	5640	104668	4095	197864	5415	90061	4095
Nevada	84.2	1.3	1239016	19649	1471320	4467	89517	5741	142787	7712	420529	12225	377714	11184	111535	7024	225073	9320	104165	6607
New Hampshire	93.4	1.4	681269	10340	729617	3235	12515	1796	35833	3015	200883	5610	146399	5559	75869	3880	164908	5422	93210	4036
New Jersey	90.4	0.6	4337060	27672	4797835	5042	205082	7379	255693	8038	1304124	16227	870838	14063	326716	9236	1160667	15004	674715	11772
New Mexico	84.9	1.2	909185	13433	1071129	5465	60271	4058	101673	5026	284480	7947	261537	7882	89110	5037	161309	6156	112749	4907
New York	87.3	0.4	9194641	41870	10532784	7285	558308	13185	779835	15495	2706364	25340	1792905	20122	969790	14791	2168317	22041	1557265	17775
North Carolina	87.1	0.6	4460822	34948	5123401	13861	228207	9482	434372	12309	1339297	20281	1162281	18348	498121	13259	981908	17410	479215	12831
North Dakota	94.9	1.7	331968	6438	349689	2151	3611	762	14110	1746	87515	3314	88082	3638	53254	3212	76848	3343	26269	2325
Ohio	90.7	0.5	5532290	30202	6101402	7370	134413	5589	434699	10824	1997875	17449	1367933	15949	542758	11022	1032777	14974	590947	11041
Oklahoma	87.9	0.8	1715707	16326	1951806	5554	76753	3995	159346	5584	590231	9599	482105	9229	153067	5649	340530	8082	149774	5250
Oregon	90.0	0.9	1881966	18891	2091633	6417	81400	5013	128267	6142	498721	10189	567307	10657	186128	7312	404798	9368	225012	7162
Pennsylvania	91.4	0.4	6150670	30106	6731817	7439	158165	6382	422982	9854	2366755	18255	1187489	15055	589625	11398	1258688	14432	748113	11788
Rhode Island	87.9	1.7	491211	9703	558589	2282	27877	2700	39501	3419	137558	5692	112567	4898	52237	3527	116607	4834	72242	4296
South Carolina	86.6	0.9	2126330	24044	2455645	9628	94460	5485	234855	8304	747501	14496	539714	12351	231829	9075	404636	11096	202650	8069
South Dakota	92.9	1.9	387824	8201	417563	2939	10049	1513	19690	2155	123946	4675	99257	4041	48061	3227	83607	3817	32953	2999
Tennessee	87.5	0.7	2987856	26246	3415359	9276	133410	6286	294093	9151	1135036	15435	754843	13642	234125	8452	568335	12949	295517	8793
Texas	82.5	0.4	11033040	55158	13366566	16348	1092143	18627	1241383	20715	3329672	31415	3093545	30164	949585	18775	2494952	30023	1165286	20149
Utah	90.6	1.1	1223869	15085	1350344	5130	43089	3713	83386	4906	304118	7785	375077	9081	134307	5709	281744	7448	128623	5159
Vermont	93.7	1.7	319679	6201	341011	1797	4463	805	16869	1561	99533	3372	62506	3118	30945	2164	78938	3315	47757	2677
Virginia	90.2	0.6	3975243	29248	4408509	11596	148318	7461	284948	8961	1080973	16787	912363	15406	341004	10418	972964	14840	667939	12566
Washington	91.0	0.7	3385712	26008	3722183	7949	139562	6496	196909	7566	848605	13823	925860	14626	396194	10605	782846	13778	432207	10073
West Virginia	87.7	1.2	870373	12190	992881	4234	35094	3043	87414	4609	409110	7696	185297	6204	73760	3824	130177	5484	72029	3777
Wisconsin	92.3	0.6	2806107	19921	3039159	6419	68616	3736	164436	5698	919906	11703	684008	10893	336583	7847	583233	9755	282377	7592
Wyoming	92.9	2.2	282131	7120	303579	2853	3880	1178	17568	2176	88884	4193	83474	3964	32491	2757	52262	3331	25020	2208
Nation	87.7	0.1	144810982	186415	165086644	56652	7893452	50548	12382210	64650	44544848	103449	36332226	97649	14172352	63302	31857975	94756	17903581	69076

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 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)