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The most educated states

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree 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. Measures the adults who live here, not the schools — a college town and a county that keeps its graduates read the same way.

  1. 1District of Columbia65.5%
  2. 2Massachusetts48.3%
  3. 3Colorado47.8%
  4. 4Vermont45.1%
  5. 5Maryland44.7%
  6. 6New Jersey44.5%
  7. 7Virginia43.3%
  8. 8Connecticut42.6%
  9. 9New Hampshire41.5%
  10. 10New York41.2%
  11. 11Washington41.0%
  12. 12Minnesota40.0%
  13. 13Illinois39.2%
  14. 14Utah39.1%
  15. 15Rhode Island39.0%
  16. 16California38.1%
  17. 17Hawaii37.8%
  18. 18Oregon37.8%
  19. 19Maine37.1%
  20. 20North Carolina37.1%
  21. 21Pennsylvania36.4%
  22. 22Georgia36.3%
  23. 23Montana36.3%
  24. 24Delaware36.0%
  25. 25Kansas36.0%
  26. 26Florida35.8%
  27. 27Nebraska35.4%
  28. 28Texas35.2%
  29. 29Arizona34.7%
  30. 30Wisconsin34.6%
  31. 31South Dakota34.2%
  32. 32North Dakota34.0%
  33. 33Missouri33.5%
  34. 34Michigan33.3%
  35. 35South Carolina33.3%
  36. 36Idaho33.0%
  37. 37Alaska32.8%
  38. 38Ohio32.4%
  39. 39Tennessee32.4%
  40. 40Wyoming32.3%
  41. 41Iowa32.1%
  42. 42New Mexico31.8%
  43. 43Indiana30.7%
  44. 44Alabama29.9%
  45. 45Oklahoma29.3%
  46. 46Nevada28.5%
  47. 47Kentucky27.9%
  48. 48Louisiana27.8%
  49. 49Arkansas27.1%
  50. 50Mississippi27.0%
  51. 51West Virginia24.4%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built