| Table 8-15 | |||||||||||
| High school graduates among individuals 25–44 years old, by state: 2000, 2005, and 2009 | |||||||||||
| Graduates 25–44 years old | Population 25–44 years old | Graduates/population 25–44 years old (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | 2000 | 2005 | 2009 | 2000 | 2005 | 2009 | 2000 | 2005 | 2009 | ||
| United States | 72,241,876 | 71,215,646 | 72,337,536 | 85,040,251 | 83,257,116 | 83,096,278 | 85.0 | 85.5 | 87.1 | ||
| Alabama | 1,064,945 | 1,035,193 | 1,055,386 | 1,288,527 | 1,231,043 | 1,235,509 | 82.6 | 84.1 | 85.4 | ||
| Alaska | 186,160 | 162,669 | 179,001 | 203,522 | 191,837 | 197,248 | 91.5 | 84.8 | 90.7 | ||
| Arizona | 1,232,818 | 1,367,583 | 1,528,930 | 1,511,469 | 1,695,189 | 1,826,751 | 81.6 | 80.7 | 83.7 | ||
| Arkansas | 622,698 | 633,557 | 651,055 | 750,972 | 747,630 | 755,915 | 82.9 | 84.7 | 86.1 | ||
| California | 8,286,071 | 8,316,850 | 8,590,128 | 10,714,403 | 10,668,824 | 10,604,180 | 77.3 | 78.0 | 81.0 | ||
| Colorado | 1,242,919 | 1,240,697 | 1,279,279 | 1,400,850 | 1,388,046 | 1,445,400 | 88.7 | 89.4 | 88.5 | ||
| Connecticut | 926,614 | 852,932 | 820,616 | 1,032,689 | 951,020 | 899,649 | 89.7 | 89.7 | 91.2 | ||
| Delaware | 207,799 | 206,583 | 209,049 | 236,441 | 234,823 | 232,837 | 87.9 | 88.0 | 89.8 | ||
| District of Columbia | 157,077 | 163,027 | 180,722 | 189,439 | 190,118 | 197,983 | 82.9 | 85.8 | 91.3 | ||
| Florida | 3,840,710 | 4,000,762 | 4,170,014 | 4,569,347 | 4,787,948 | 4,789,059 | 84.1 | 83.6 | 87.1 | ||
| Georgia | 2,238,995 | 2,368,999 | 2,418,543 | 2,652,764 | 2,746,294 | 2,830,740 | 84.4 | 86.3 | 85.4 | ||
| Hawaii | 333,762 | 308,637 | 344,834 | 362,336 | 354,560 | 360,037 | 92.1 | 87.0 | 95.8 | ||
| Idaho | 316,815 | 327,870 | 355,984 | 362,401 | 375,247 | 400,329 | 87.4 | 87.4 | 88.9 | ||
| Illinois | 3,265,416 | 3,200,557 | 3,146,716 | 3,795,544 | 3,611,958 | 3,544,995 | 86.0 | 88.6 | 88.8 | ||
| Indiana | 1,567,100 | 1,500,650 | 1,502,416 | 1,791,828 | 1,716,726 | 1,689,050 | 87.5 | 87.4 | 89.0 | ||
| Iowa | 740,397 | 713,525 | 685,787 | 808,259 | 746,659 | 734,622 | 91.6 | 95.6 | 93.4 | ||
| Kansas | 687,268 | 656,920 | 649,026 | 769,204 | 713,752 | 717,645 | 89.3 | 92.0 | 90.4 | ||
| Kentucky | 1,009,246 | 993,094 | 1,014,340 | 1,210,773 | 1,172,770 | 1,162,402 | 83.4 | 84.7 | 87.3 | ||
| Louisiana | 1,044,255 | 1,026,229 | 1,022,069 | 1,293,128 | 1,217,593 | 1,186,325 | 80.8 | 84.3 | 86.2 | ||
| Maine | 339,227 | 317,653 | 301,407 | 370,597 | 344,295 | 322,409 | 91.5 | 92.3 | 93.5 | ||
| Maryland | 1,487,216 | 1,399,879 | 1,398,327 | 1,664,677 | 1,611,882 | 1,557,085 | 89.3 | 86.8 | 89.8 | ||
| Massachusetts | 1,795,438 | 1,690,234 | 1,635,794 | 1,989,783 | 1,857,726 | 1,787,350 | 90.2 | 91.0 | 91.5 | ||
| Michigan | 2,630,713 | 2,455,339 | 2,293,446 | 2,960,544 | 2,743,365 | 2,536,880 | 88.9 | 89.5 | 90.4 | ||
| Minnesota | 1,395,170 | 1,345,742 | 1,299,949 | 1,497,320 | 1,420,387 | 1,394,305 | 93.2 | 94.7 | 93.2 | ||
| Mississippi | 650,242 | 648,458 | 644,971 | 807,170 | 771,676 | 761,785 | 80.6 | 84.0 | 84.7 | ||
| Missouri | 1,426,806 | 1,378,001 | 1,388,876 | 1,626,302 | 1,566,374 | 1,554,391 | 87.7 | 88.0 | 89.4 | ||
| Montana | 225,105 | 216,509 | 214,586 | 245,220 | 226,076 | 231,769 | 91.8 | 95.8 | 92.6 | ||
| Nebraska | 441,527 | 421,008 | 412,126 | 487,107 | 453,659 | 451,666 | 90.6 | 92.8 | 91.2 | ||
| Nevada | 508,173 | 585,942 | 631,069 | 628,572 | 719,501 | 769,608 | 80.8 | 81.4 | 82.0 | ||
| New Hampshire | 350,744 | 330,926 | 310,704 | 381,240 | 357,080 | 333,694 | 92.0 | 92.7 | 93.1 | ||
| New Jersey | 2,313,820 | 2,165,296 | 2,135,875 | 2,624,146 | 2,485,721 | 2,363,679 | 88.2 | 87.1 | 90.4 | ||
| New Mexico | 425,745 | 411,608 | 430,512 | 516,100 | 510,063 | 523,059 | 82.5 | 80.7 | 82.3 | ||
| New York | 4,926,064 | 4,786,794 | 4,697,650 | 5,831,622 | 5,548,409 | 5,351,598 | 84.5 | 86.3 | 87.8 | ||
| North Carolina | 2,117,289 | 2,148,501 | 2,217,822 | 2,500,535 | 2,485,963 | 2,553,673 | 84.7 | 86.4 | 86.8 | ||
| North Dakota | 164,893 | 155,297 | 150,983 | 174,891 | 151,681 | 153,582 | 94.3 | 102.4 | 98.3 | ||
| Ohio | 2,965,744 | 2,759,770 | 2,716,279 | 3,325,210 | 3,122,259 | 2,998,151 | 89.2 | 88.4 | 90.6 | ||
| Oklahoma | 836,030 | 807,209 | 828,944 | 975,169 | 929,451 | 957,235 | 85.7 | 86.8 | 86.6 | ||
| Oregon | 861,602 | 872,276 | 907,376 | 997,269 | 988,164 | 1,028,645 | 86.4 | 88.3 | 88.2 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 3,136,195 | 2,908,593 | 2,922,659 | 3,508,562 | 3,280,173 | 3,187,617 | 89.4 | 88.7 | 91.7 | ||
| Rhode Island | 265,033 | 264,154 | 247,679 | 310,636 | 296,463 | 274,622 | 85.3 | 89.1 | 90.2 | ||
| South Carolina | 990,207 | 999,627 | 1,036,562 | 1,185,955 | 1,172,501 | 1,200,366 | 83.5 | 85.3 | 86.4 | ||
| South Dakota | 188,052 | 180,013 | 180,578 | 206,399 | 194,122 | 196,143 | 91.1 | 92.7 | 92.1 | ||
| Tennessee | 1,439,729 | 1,459,559 | 1,502,094 | 1,718,428 | 1,698,113 | 1,710,134 | 83.8 | 86.0 | 87.8 | ||
| Texas | 5,115,457 | 5,248,281 | 5,709,404 | 6,484,321 | 6,665,252 | 7,064,651 | 78.9 | 78.7 | 80.8 | ||
| Utah | 555,513 | 646,632 | 700,665 | 626,600 | 686,668 | 775,481 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 90.4 | ||
| Vermont | 162,109 | 150,073 | 138,869 | 176,456 | 158,184 | 148,584 | 91.9 | 94.9 | 93.5 | ||
| Virginia | 1,962,040 | 1,896,614 | 1,959,386 | 2,237,655 | 2,194,670 | 2,194,699 | 87.7 | 86.4 | 89.3 | ||
| Washington | 1,617,766 | 1,592,550 | 1,654,322 | 1,816,217 | 1,783,093 | 1,855,094 | 89.1 | 89.3 | 89.2 | ||
| West Virginia | 420,900 | 411,155 | 408,715 | 501,343 | 468,846 | 459,606 | 84.0 | 87.7 | 88.9 | ||
| Wisconsin | 1,429,331 | 1,367,667 | 1,326,456 | 1,581,690 | 1,495,775 | 1,449,006 | 90.4 | 91.4 | 91.5 | ||
| Wyoming | 126,931 | 117,952 | 129,556 | 138,619 | 127,487 | 139,035 | 91.6 | 92.5 | 93.2 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 794,579 | 868,650 | 879,051 | 1,049,995 | 1,076,844 | 1,084,239 | 75.7 | 80.7 | 81.1 | ||
SOURCES: Census Bureau, 2000 Decennial Census, Population Estimates Program (various years), and American Community Survey (various years). Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 |
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