States Ranked by Percent of Population 25 and Over Without a High School Diploma | ||||
Rank | State | Number of People 25 and Over Without a High School Diploma | Total Population 25 and Over | Percent of Population 25 and Over Without a High School Diploma |
1. | Mississippi | 477,030 | 1,757,517 | 27.14% |
2. | Kentucky | 685,000 | 2,646,397 | 25.88% |
3. | Louisiana | 699,052 | 2,775,468 | 25.19% |
4. | West Virginia | 305,814 | 1,233,581 | 24.79% |
5. | Alabama | 714,081 | 2,887,400 | 24.73% |
6. | Arkansas | 427,449 | 1,731,200 | 24.69% |
7. | Texas | 3,114,561 | 12,790,893 | 24.35% |
8. | Tennessee | 901,684 | 3,744,928 | 24.08% |
9. | South Carolina | 614,279 | 2,596,010 | 23.66% |
10. | California | 4,942,743 | 21,298,900 | 23.21% |
11. | District of Columbia | 85,249 | 384,535 | 22.17% |
12. | Rhode Island | 153,086 | 694,573 | 22.04% |
13. | North Carolina | 1,154,724 | 5,282,994 | 21.86% |
14. | Georgia | 1,111,349 | 5,185,965 | 21.43% |
15. | New Mexico | 239,981 | 1,134,801 | 21.15% |
16. | New York | 2,626,324 | 12,542,536 | 20.94% |
17. | Florida | 2,219,948 | 11,024,645 | 20.14% |
18. | Oklahoma | 427,233 | 2,203,173 | 19.39% |
19. | Nevada | 253,374 | 1,310,176 | 19.34% |
20. | Arizona | 619,547 | 3,256,184 | 19.03% |
21. | Missouri | 679,095 | 3,634,906 | 18.68% |
22. | Illinois | 1,480,443 | 7,973,671 | 18.57% |
23. | Virginia | 864,610 | 4,666,574 | 18.53% |
24. | Pennsylvania | 1,496,105 | 8,266,284 | 18.10% |
25. | New Jersey | 1,014,477 | 5,657,799 | 17.93% |
26. | Indiana | 695,540 | 3,893,278 | 17.87% |
27. | Delaware | 89,536 | 514,658 | 17.40% |
28. | Ohio | 1,262,085 | 7,411,740 | 17.03% |
29. | Michigan | 1,064,133 | 6,415,941 | 16.59% |
30. | Maryland | 565,086 | 3,495,595 | 16.17% |
31. | North Dakota | 65,956 | 408,585 | 16.14% |
32. | Connecticut | 367,656 | 2,295,617 | 16.02% |
33. | Hawaii | 123,811 | 802,477 | 15.43% |
34. | South Dakota | 73,180 | 474,359 | 15.43% |
35. | Idaho | 120,361 | 787,505 | 15.28% |
36. | Massachusetts | 651,093 | 4,273,275 | 15.24% |
37. | Wisconsin | 518,417 | 3,475,878 | 14.91% |
38. | Oregon | 334,811 | 2,250,998 | 14.87% |
39. | Maine | 127,288 | 869,893 | 14.63% |
40. | Kansas | 237,799 | 1,701,207 | 13.98% |
41. | Iowa | 263,436 | 1,895,856 | 13.90% |
42. | Vermont | 54,896 | 404,223 | 13.58% |
43. | Nebraska | 145,861 | 1,087,241 | 13.42% |
44. | Colorado | 363,039 | 2,776,632 | 13.07% |
45. | Washington | 494,336 | 3,827,507 | 12.92% |
46. | Montana | 75,358 | 586,621 | 12.85% |
47. | New Hampshire | 103,754 | 823,987 | 12.59% |
48. | Utah | 147,011 | 1,197,892 | 12.27% |
49. | Wyoming | 38,317 | 315,663 | 12.14% |
50. | Minnesota | 381,345 | 3,164,345 | 12.05% |
51. | Alaska | 44,282 | 379,556 | 11.67% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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