United States

PERCENT RANKING, 2000

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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