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Lowest high school or higher by state

Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Census ACS 5-year, table B15003, counting every level from a regular diploma upward.

  1. 1California84.8%
  2. 2Texas86.7%
  3. 3Nevada87.7%
  4. 4New Mexico87.9%
  5. 5Mississippi88.0%
  6. 6New York88.0%
  7. 7Louisiana88.2%
  8. 8Kentucky89.0%
  9. 9Arkansas89.3%
  10. 10Alabama89.6%
  11. 11Arizona89.7%
  12. 12Georgia89.8%
  13. 13West Virginia90.1%
  14. 14Oklahoma90.2%
  15. 15Florida90.4%
  16. 16New Jersey90.4%
  17. 17Rhode Island90.4%
  18. 18Indiana90.6%
  19. 19Tennessee90.6%
  20. 20Illinois90.7%
  21. 21North Carolina90.9%
  22. 22South Carolina91.0%
  23. 23Massachusetts91.4%
  24. 24Maryland91.4%
  25. 25Virginia91.7%
  26. 26Connecticut91.8%
  27. 27Delaware91.8%
  28. 28District of Columbia92.0%
  29. 29Kansas92.0%
  30. 30Missouri92.0%
  31. 31Michigan92.2%
  32. 32Ohio92.2%
  33. 33Oregon92.3%
  34. 34Washington92.3%
  35. 35Pennsylvania92.4%
  36. 36Idaho92.5%
  37. 37Nebraska92.6%
  38. 38Iowa93.0%
  39. 39Colorado93.2%
  40. 40Alaska93.4%
  41. 41Utah93.6%
  42. 42Hawaii93.7%
  43. 43Wisconsin93.7%
  44. 44South Dakota94.0%
  45. 45North Dakota94.1%
  46. 46Minnesota94.2%
  47. 47Wyoming94.4%
  48. 48Montana94.6%
  49. 49Vermont94.7%
  50. 50Maine94.8%
  51. 51New Hampshire95.0%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built