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

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Alabama	33.6	0.8	410753	10547	1222897	7254	46551	4102	137506	6612	335928	9634	292159	8802	108222	5673	203150	7168	99381	5261
Alaska	34.5	1.9	68881	4006	199635	2991	2408	877	10600	1508	55398	3313	62348	3516	14862	1984	37379	2738	16640	2147
Arizona	35.2	0.9	595767	15587	1691414	5323	85797	5543	169066	8379	395442	12398	445342	13732	148496	8107	312231	11416	135040	6849
Arkansas	30.2	1.0	225881	7974	748235	6450	32035	3198	64567	4350	245105	7890	180647	6853	54163	3730	120891	5900	50827	3857
California	38.7	0.3	4095176	33568	10574461	8585	853603	16816	1036730	17980	2220914	26438	2368038	25513	769611	15286	2240688	24873	1084877	16567
Colorado	47.2	0.9	686256	13080	1454498	5782	55318	4331	94311	5561	290941	8530	327672	9540	127132	6348	382561	9690	176563	6073
Connecticut	47.6	1.1	426066	9899	895133	2761	26524	2845	53218	3678	217326	7290	171999	6283	68097	4355	217284	6790	140685	5737
Delaware	39.3	1.9	89768	4488	228198	1685	12330	1754	15606	2164	62257	3706	48237	3131	16354	2155	47374	3122	26040	2399
Florida	38.2	0.6	1807574	28251	4737206	11438	193836	9975	389634	12540	1327172	21678	1018990	19858	515746	15279	886116	19410	405712	13708
Georgia	37.8	0.7	1032857	20732	2729575	12949	128944	7379	243769	10074	719737	16172	604268	14685	203157	9669	566695	15077	263005	10441
Hawaii	41.0	1.6	151199	5809	368648	2531	4180	1080	16416	2112	100540	4380	96313	4676	44475	3244	75392	4071	31332	2577
Idaho	36.2	1.6	145300	6626	401476	3762	16255	2206	25534	2799	102909	5535	111478	5301	39132	3385	77654	4847	28514	2993
Illinois	44.9	0.6	1567172	19533	3493622	6367	149336	6851	224924	8155	809466	13829	742724	14661	287056	9151	843095	13434	437021	10832
Indiana	36.9	0.7	614145	12125	1665807	5915	58796	3952	135745	6422	475543	10081	381578	9709	165551	6887	321709	8353	126885	5461
Iowa	45.8	1.1	342653	8213	748390	4258	18143	2045	36392	2772	178638	5840	172564	6017	104003	4577	172698	5847	65952	3508
Kansas	42.6	1.1	308235	7917	723592	4357	26082	2396	44273	3532	159587	6039	185415	6035	64585	4038	170910	5633	72740	3827
Kentucky	33.3	0.9	377645	9809	1132823	4836	36473	3252	99056	5177	345571	8699	274078	8545	98271	5288	175430	6514	103944	5081
Louisiana	30.4	0.8	365789	10103	1202180	7200	41416	3836	133324	5947	380438	9105	281213	8902	82147	5061	201622	7350	82020	4737
Maine	41.0	1.6	127825	4914	311962	2044	3754	945	15623	1920	94048	3924	70712	3559	31533	2567	68597	3453	27695	2372
Maryland	47.0	0.8	732628	13407	1559422	5570	59077	4294	89832	5563	346862	9000	331023	9584	105561	5729	372258	9110	254809	7996
Massachusetts	53.7	0.8	929155	14640	1730407	3298	50873	3703	90905	5181	362316	9579	297158	9188	133229	6396	482375	10359	313551	8131
Michigan	39.0	0.5	940460	12770	2412851	5342	55544	3442	164400	6413	623067	10602	629380	11919	228507	7054	478139	8544	233814	6349
Minnesota	51.0	0.8	710688	11106	1394407	4483	32013	2639	63743	3957	276703	7185	311260	7330	175542	6021	380167	7757	154979	5189
Mississippi	31.8	1.1	241695	8985	759879	7778	29316	3117	90776	5612	207790	7384	190302	7491	78964	5614	110558	5583	52173	4248
Missouri	39.5	0.8	602937	11858	1524587	5775	37220	3164	116147	5631	393078	9054	375205	9445	136368	6292	309016	8255	157553	5735
Montana	42.3	1.9	99689	4609	235814	2554	1975	651	10465	1559	64537	3468	59148	3677	23416	2110	57210	3576	19063	2000
Nebraska	44.6	1.3	207888	6106	466615	3222	18090	2138	24702	2548	98690	4316	117245	4404	54825	3173	110218	4304	42845	2947
Nevada	28.2	1.3	216971	9918	768679	3540	43249	4149	90840	6417	220938	9806	196681	8613	55408	5517	118858	6993	42705	4363
New Hampshire	47.1	1.6	151036	5293	320482	2697	4288	1193	18147	2286	81170	3997	65841	3671	32782	2496	77291	3760	40963	2766
New Jersey	47.3	0.6	1105760	14991	2339093	4476	96475	5468	123889	6083	582980	11161	429989	10697	160306	6765	622411	10787	323043	7913
New Mexico	32.1	1.3	166658	6834	519695	4519	25209	2804	58154	3776	132071	5529	137603	5926	46920	3981	77997	4474	41741	3292
New York	48.0	0.5	2534197	24996	5275705	6048	251990	9563	393278	11019	1200930	17490	895310	15050	467636	10775	1256079	17889	810482	13737
North Carolina	39.9	0.7	1024597	19296	2565849	11450	129070	7364	217326	9032	590319	14311	604537	13547	248204	9775	543106	14181	233287	8700
North Dakota	49.1	2.3	82796	3976	168718	1835	1522	545	7216	1294	36116	2544	41068	2610	26908	2438	42413	2587	13475	1782
Ohio	38.6	0.5	1110323	15263	2873531	5831	62895	3921	198072	7899	805564	11583	696677	12000	269953	7708	557126	10479	283244	7982
Oklahoma	33.7	0.8	329554	8177	978872	4612	43023	3316	79133	4041	284125	7288	243037	6725	79749	4165	182040	5963	67765	3736
Oregon	39.2	1.0	404801	10071	1032100	5151	48000	4006	71014	4739	234444	7306	273841	8096	87500	5222	215678	7003	101623	5012
Pennsylvania	42.8	0.5	1335850	16268	3117906	6080	70272	4459	186725	7404	941905	13000	583154	11174	290135	8347	687029	11278	358686	8232
Rhode Island	43.1	2.1	113495	5468	263537	1852	10273	1830	19400	2556	62264	4081	58105	3743	22327	2461	59260	3672	31908	3220
South Carolina	35.5	1.0	424313	12110	1196090	8342	40965	3975	114219	6172	336140	10445	280453	9227	109263	6095	220117	8676	94933	5851
South Dakota	42.9	2.2	85994	4496	200584	2459	4134	1028	11198	1771	50193	3173	49065	3112	26005	2461	44221	2997	15768	2275
Tennessee	34.4	0.8	574932	13107	1673673	7849	49013	4258	139963	6620	527840	12116	381925	10224	119479	6449	310046	9341	145407	6555
Texas	34.6	0.4	2486642	31380	7183889	13423	511427	14528	735461	15387	1739452	23886	1710907	25129	514578	14653	1386271	23554	585793	14671
Utah	41.0	1.1	323281	8742	789245	4275	25463	3062	55238	4201	173724	6147	211539	7309	84328	4994	174233	6106	64720	3768
Vermont	47.7	2.2	70427	3351	147780	1507	1666	569	7912	1168	40056	2243	27719	2037	13497	1542	39172	2373	17758	1794
Virginia	47.5	0.7	1049674	16934	2211033	9569	65523	5563	131136	6756	499351	12492	465349	11504	170775	7356	550779	11894	328120	9548
Washington	43.4	0.8	813490	14564	1873695	6492	74333	5081	115583	5855	420436	10266	449853	10617	202703	8161	411134	9826	199653	6997
West Virginia	31.8	1.3	143431	5817	451697	3403	10871	1835	36289	3265	167436	5789	93670	4668	38506	2948	71043	4211	33882	2724
Wisconsin	42.4	0.7	610184	10320	1440462	5274	34608	2836	83270	4370	379507	8632	332893	8006	167351	5797	315446	6780	127387	5190
Wyoming	37.9	2.4	55280	3657	145915	2243	1499	656	9765	1713	40406	2910	38965	2887	16656	2099	28804	2609	9820	1470
Nation	40.4	0.1	33261456	97659	82368056	41460	3690656	37356	6508829	47893	20466254	76652	18440861	74162	7134836	48240	17475576	70828	8651044	46836

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)