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

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Alabama	32.8	1.1	203728	6763	621094	4829	26893	2921	63662	4004	184066	6085	142745	5952	60148	3763	93076	4667	50504	3131
Alaska	40.4	2.9	37751	2760	93460	1705	1020	403	6237	1373	21355	2354	27097	2564	9099	1379	19309	1906	9343	1443
Arizona	35.3	1.1	290897	9202	823770	3265	49514	3814	73819	4817	191899	7088	217641	6558	69835	5432	146712	6146	74350	4170
Arkansas	28.7	1.3	106763	5123	371843	4085	15453	2238	35893	3199	123247	5294	90487	4491	28702	2664	54283	3606	23778	2479
California	38.8	0.4	2012430	21846	5191065	5680	519720	12132	534595	12432	1044182	15999	1080138	16408	370375	9844	1044509	16102	597546	11002
Colorado	48.0	1.2	337519	8738	703506	3714	32284	3095	42358	3830	135726	5634	155619	5769	60240	4289	175570	6194	101709	4427
Connecticut	47.8	1.4	231192	6635	484117	2056	14013	2006	27395	3579	124702	5129	86815	4355	39311	2752	114468	4766	77413	3706
Delaware	38.6	2.5	44890	2921	116236	1540	3824	1149	7828	1393	36641	2589	23053	2416	9319	1483	21562	1907	14009	1641
Florida	38.1	0.7	928166	16857	2437991	6859	103147	7121	195450	8630	695411	12337	515817	12698	254658	9390	449304	11085	224204	8551
Georgia	38.9	0.8	547858	11522	1406883	6997	55436	4044	114977	6153	383203	10417	305409	8364	108075	6107	290706	7929	149077	5708
Hawaii	43.5	2.2	76647	3913	176314	1432	3516	1024	7455	1292	51269	3372	37427	2912	18792	2266	39073	2426	18782	2071
Idaho	38.1	1.9	73678	3745	193371	2302	7351	1410	13291	1970	48649	2815	50402	2939	19031	1821	39270	2797	15377	1698
Illinois	43.2	0.7	745903	11969	1727424	4515	77763	4738	114028	5784	417462	9925	372268	9036	145635	5409	376122	8462	224146	6511
Indiana	35.4	0.9	296700	7664	839031	3501	26928	2807	61255	3731	264350	6624	189798	6606	81443	4451	150632	5145	64625	3529
Iowa	42.9	1.3	157028	5066	366296	2694	12812	1614	15263	1718	93812	3927	87381	3406	47637	2878	76844	3541	32547	2200
Kansas	43.9	1.5	153269	5432	348844	3002	15083	2059	20785	2090	80407	4146	79300	3944	28117	2463	78806	3634	46346	3199
Kentucky	32.0	1.2	184848	7134	578077	3278	22232	2338	51365	3499	186549	6060	133083	5780	46870	3648	86212	5195	51766	3255
Louisiana	29.2	1.1	167797	6287	573691	5324	23156	2722	62506	4292	189931	7233	130301	5694	39378	2957	89060	4509	39359	3233
Maine	39.3	2.2	67474	3788	171819	1620	2835	886	7880	1549	56558	3258	37072	2562	19142	2053	31699	2430	16633	2057
Maryland	45.9	1.1	364975	8680	794620	3454	31844	3062	43342	3425	195847	6449	158612	6033	53211	3724	175196	5826	136568	5247
Massachusetts	53.2	1.0	473006	9399	888333	2950	27926	2952	41064	3379	207490	6888	138847	5868	75065	4571	226624	6407	171317	5137
Michigan	39.1	0.8	498934	10147	1277405	3485	26872	2499	81952	4445	337662	7939	331985	7379	125011	5366	236776	6753	137147	5344
Minnesota	50.3	1.0	342283	7210	679897	3093	17793	1939	27513	2596	137145	4488	155163	4251	82239	3911	178908	5002	81136	3416
Mississippi	32.0	1.4	123167	5645	384801	4853	12323	1996	41980	3720	114861	4865	92470	4945	40411	3519	54273	3608	28483	2543
Missouri	38.0	1.0	284175	7514	748075	3796	17086	2216	58870	4255	214756	5864	173188	5256	60015	3883	143433	5280	80727	3675
Montana	42.3	2.7	48189	3205	113805	1788	1820	706	4670	1111	29675	2408	29451	2493	11259	1471	26267	2230	10663	1770
Nebraska	45.6	1.7	101650	3920	222830	2525	9575	1749	13439	1984	44720	3125	53446	2894	24167	2097	53458	2698	24025	1921
Nevada	29.2	1.4	112291	5440	384597	2093	26826	2891	30419	2975	113264	5390	101797	5107	29709	3102	56638	3638	25944	2594
New Hampshire	47.6	2.2	85185	4040	179134	1505	2834	936	8540	1537	49331	3362	33244	2769	19809	2069	42190	2724	23186	2149
New Jersey	47.3	0.9	585138	10903	1236842	3239	49142	4007	66597	4801	327507	8368	208458	6706	90140	4982	308125	7395	186873	6274
New Mexico	34.3	1.7	86639	4457	252488	3502	14030	2367	25868	3085	60568	3767	65383	3769	24256	2638	35910	2763	26473	2296
New York	45.1	0.6	1175826	16089	2608602	4575	140220	5990	200017	6705	662652	11119	429887	9846	250328	7102	527906	10990	397592	9361
North Carolina	39.9	0.8	533927	11709	1339385	6866	54956	4145	105371	6265	335501	8511	309630	8378	137160	6210	271067	8418	125700	5259
North Dakota	50.2	3.3	38431	2562	76567	1149	861	397	2560	670	15113	1567	19602	1958	11049	1443	19592	1729	7790	1223
Ohio	38.7	0.7	569600	10405	1472448	3930	28981	2774	95949	5817	451122	8932	326796	8338	139969	5801	281316	6829	148315	5289
Oklahoma	33.2	1.1	154371	5315	465265	3577	19297	2188	35983	2790	142745	5179	112869	4903	38920	3020	82801	3601	32650	2483
Oregon	39.9	1.3	198669	6500	497859	3579	23071	2399	34545	3372	108186	5190	133388	5391	38344	3214	104401	4558	55924	3338
Pennsylvania	41.3	0.7	666515	11839	1613956	4306	35579	3115	92575	4706	532950	9545	286337	7954	147222	5731	328700	7741	190593	6885
Rhode Island	43.3	2.7	59691	3715	138010	1413	6436	1571	10101	1870	34057	3195	27725	2454	11844	1672	29695	2574	18152	2093
South Carolina	35.6	1.1	215617	6927	604903	4690	19393	2725	52451	4120	178907	6291	138535	6206	62670	3948	101447	4547	51500	3425
South Dakota	43.4	2.9	41610	2875	95771	1833	1882	796	5194	1351	26422	2334	20663	1787	12158	1679	22464	2015	6988	1177
Tennessee	34.2	0.9	293842	8321	859877	5054	28005	3018	73549	4648	277356	7360	187125	6271	69052	4606	145564	5545	79226	4156
Texas	34.3	0.5	1192804	17843	3479592	7915	293656	8779	352742	10904	838214	14097	802176	15280	239327	8319	641222	13266	312255	8555
Utah	41.8	1.5	139061	5174	332449	2205	12565	2082	20386	2506	75796	3531	84641	4235	34195	2786	72135	3524	32731	2568
Vermont	45.8	2.9	35591	2278	77686	796	898	493	2951	804	22683	1855	15563	1689	8396	1289	17163	1519	10032	1105
Virginia	46.8	0.9	523808	10649	1120016	5810	45595	3634	72438	4648	252412	8322	225763	7505	88782	4974	253488	7166	181538	6107
Washington	44.6	1.0	406520	9343	911095	3628	37691	3443	55779	4272	195352	7274	215753	7142	93373	4826	202015	6631	111132	4476
West Virginia	28.2	1.6	67324	3950	239097	2260	6600	1226	19806	2339	96163	4054	49204	3554	19077	2221	32253	2659	15994	1897
Wisconsin	42.6	0.9	308453	6810	724623	3206	17127	2027	39910	2929	200077	5639	159056	5259	80896	3422	152572	4735	74985	3500
Wyoming	37.8	3.4	24978	2334	66064	1698	604	389	2722	826	20397	1930	17363	1927	8414	1377	11924	1579	4640	1029
Nation	40.0	0.2	16463546	64883	41192328	29284	2027741	23811	3179400	31966	10644497	47243	8877144	40540	3584599	33537	8232598	44188	4646349	33653

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)