State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States
PERSONS 25 YEARS OLD AND OVER WITH A
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR MORE, 2002
[When States share the same rank, the next
lower rank is omitted.
Because of
rounded data, States may have identical values shown,
but different ranks]
State
Percent
Rank
United
States
26.7
(X)
Alabama
22.7
38
Alaska
25.6
26
Arizona
26.3
22
Arkansas
18.3
49
California
27.9
15
Colorado
35.7
2
Connecticut
32.6
5
Delaware
29.5
11
District
of Columbia
44.4
(X)
Florida
25.7
25
Georgia
25.0
29
Hawaii
26.8
19
Idaho
20.9
45
Illinois
27.3
16
Indiana
23.7
33
Iowa
23.1
37
Kansas
29.1
12
Kentucky
21.6
43
Louisiana
22.1
41
Maine
23.8
32
Maryland
37.6
1
Massachusetts
34.3
4
Michigan
22.5
39
Minnesota
30.5
8
Mississippi
20.9
45
Missouri
26.7
21
Montana
23.6
34
Nebraska
27.1
17
Nevada
22.1
41
New
Hampshire
30.1
9
New
Jersey
31.4
6
New
Mexico
25.4
27
New
York
28.8
13
North
Carolina
22.4
40
North
Dakota
25.3
28
Ohio
24.5
31
Oklahoma
20.4
47
Oregon
27.1
17
Pennsylvania
26.1
24
Rhode
Island
30.1
9
South
Carolina
23.3
36
South
Dakota
23.6
34
Tennessee
21.5
44
Texas
26.2
23
Utah
26.8
19
Vermont
30.8
7
Virginia
34.6
3
Washington
28.3
14
West
Virginia
15.9
50
Wisconsin
24.7
30
Wyoming
19.6
48
X Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau,
See Table 231, 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States.
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