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Educational attainment of adults 25+ by state

Percentage of the population aged 25 and over by highest level of education completed.

Reference period: 2024
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey — ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501
Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

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United States	89.9	25.7	36.8	14.7
Alabama	89.6	29.9	29.9	11.8
Alaska	93.4	28.5	32.8	13.1
Arizona	89.7	23.3	34.7	13.8
Arkansas	89.3	33.1	27.1	10
California	84.8	20.5	38.1	14.9
Colorado	93.2	19	47.8	18.7
Connecticut	91.8	25.4	42.6	19.3
Delaware	91.8	29	36	16
District of Columbia	92	14.3	65.5	38.3
Florida	90.4	26.4	35.8	13.7
Georgia	89.8	26.2	36.3	14.8
Hawaii	93.7	27.2	37.8	13.9
Idaho	92.5	26.3	33	11.2
Illinois	90.7	24.6	39.2	15.9
Indiana	90.6	32	30.7	11.2
Iowa	93	29	32.1	10.9
Kansas	92	25.4	36	13.6
Kentucky	89	32.1	27.9	11.8
Louisiana	88.2	32.9	27.8	10.5
Maine	94.8	29.5	37.1	14.6
Maryland	91.4	23.1	44.7	21.5
Massachusetts	91.4	22.2	48.3	22.6
Michigan	92.2	27.5	33.3	13.1
Minnesota	94.2	23	40	14
Mississippi	88	29.4	27	10.7
Missouri	92	29.5	33.5	13.3
Montana	94.6	26.3	36.3	12
Nebraska	92.6	25.2	35.4	13
Nevada	87.7	28	28.5	10.1
New Hampshire	95	26.3	41.5	16.6
New Jersey	90.4	24.7	44.5	18.2
New Mexico	87.9	26.3	31.8	14
New York	88	24	41.2	18.4
North Carolina	90.9	24.7	37.1	14.5
North Dakota	94.1	24.3	34	10.5
Ohio	92.2	31.3	32.4	12.5
Oklahoma	90.2	30.8	29.3	10.5
Oregon	92.3	22.7	37.8	14.9
Pennsylvania	92.4	32.4	36.4	15.1
Rhode Island	90.4	27.4	39	16.5
South Carolina	91	27.7	33.3	13
South Dakota	94	27.9	34.2	11.2
Tennessee	90.6	30.7	32.4	12.4
Texas	86.7	24.4	35.2	13.1
Utah	93.6	22.4	39.1	13.7
Vermont	94.7	25.8	45.1	19.2
Virginia	91.7	23.6	43.3	19.2
Washington	92.3	21.1	41	16.6
West Virginia	90.1	39.4	24.4	9.6
Wisconsin	93.7	28.8	34.6	12
Wyoming	94.4	27.9	32.3	12