US educational attainment by state (2023)

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Counts of high school graduates (diploma or GED) and bachelor's degree holders for the population 25 years and over. Other attainment categories, including no schooling, some college, master's, professional, and doctorate degrees, are omitted. Includes data for 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Normalise these counts using 'Total Population 25 Years And Over'.

At a glance

Records: 52
Geometry: Polygon
Area type: State
Location: United States
Country: United States
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Licence: Public domain (17 U.S.C. §105)
Year: 2023
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Columns (7)

Educational attainment for adults 25+3 columns of the same measure, compared side by side

Column	Type	Statistics	Description
State Code	string	—	Standard geographic identifier for the state.
State	string	—	The name of the US state, district, or territory.
Total Population	integer	min 579,761 · max 39,242,785 · μ 6454662.02	Total Population (B01003_001E), 2023 — the collection's standard population attribute for this geography, included on every statistics dataset. Where a selected attribute is itself a table total, prefer that one as the denominator for its own table: per-table disclosure control means totals from different tables can differ slightly.
Total Population 25 Years And Over	integer	min 395,504 · max 26,941,198 · μ 4439360.10	The total number of people aged 25 years and over.
High School DiplomaEducational attainment for adults 25+	integer	min 58,680 · max 4,838,712 · μ 989387.98	The number of people aged 25 years and over whose highest level of educational attainment is a regular high school diploma.
GED Or Alternative CredentialEducational attainment for adults 25+	integer	min 11,642 · max 840,075 · μ 174201.65	The number of people aged 25 years and over whose highest level of educational attainment is a GED or alternative credential.
Bachelor's DegreeEducational attainment for adults 25+	integer	min 74,355 · max 6,035,609 · μ 944066.62	The number of people aged 25 years and over whose highest level of educational attainment is a bachelor's degree.

Data preview

State Code	State	Total Population	Total Population 25 Years And Over	High School Diploma	GED Or Alternative Credential	Bachelor's Degree
29	Missouri	6,168,181	4,217,432	1,088,422	191,020	824,697
20	Kansas	2,937,569	1,933,293	416,763	78,352	425,528
04	Arizona	7,268,175	4,990,633	967,753	203,940	999,535
30	Montana	1,105,072	770,335	178,305	36,454	175,932
53	Washington	7,740,984	5,409,147	963,792	212,611	1,279,696
33	New Hampshire	1,387,834	1,009,222	230,682	41,876	243,501
26	Michigan	10,051,595	6,967,452	1,687,150	277,388	1,343,511
02	Alaska	733,971	487,903	115,232	25,974	95,793
21	Kentucky	4,510,725	3,078,157	811,378	195,337	489,842
44	Rhode Island	1,095,371	776,505	172,082	33,780	172,759

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