United States

PERCENT RANKING, 2000

States Ranked by Percent of Population 25 and Over With Less Than a 9th Grade Education
Rank State Number of People 25 and Over With Less Than a 9th Grade Education Total Population 25 and Over Percent of Population 25 and Over With Less Than a 9th Grade Education
1. Kentucky 309,293 2,646,397 11.69%
2. California 2,446,324 21,298,900 11.49%
3. Texas 1,465,420 12,790,893 11.46%
4. West Virginia 123,622 1,233,581 10.02%
5. Mississippi 169,178 1,757,517 9.63%
6. Tennessee 359,789 3,744,928 9.61%
7. Arkansas 162,464 1,731,200 9.38%
8. Louisiana 257,710 2,775,468 9.29%
9. New Mexico 104,985 1,134,801 9.25%
10. North Dakota 35,658 408,585 8.73%
11. Alabama 240,333 2,887,400 8.32%
12. South Carolina 215,776 2,596,010 8.31%
13. Rhode Island 56,312 694,573 8.11%
14. New York 1,005,805 12,542,536 8.02%
15. North Carolina 413,495 5,282,994 7.83%
16. Arizona 254,696 3,256,184 7.82%
17. District of Columbia 29,803 384,535 7.75%
18. Georgia 393,197 5,185,965 7.58%
19. Illinois 597,684 7,973,671 7.50%
20. South Dakota 35,421 474,359 7.47%
21. Virginia 338,184 4,666,574 7.25%
22. Hawaii 57,805 802,477 7.20%
23. Florida 739,222 11,024,645 6.71%
24. New Jersey 373,429 5,657,799 6.60%
25. Missouri 237,618 3,634,906 6.54%
26. Nevada 84,237 1,310,176 6.43%
27. Oklahoma 134,976 2,203,173 6.13%
28. Massachusetts 247,556 4,273,275 5.79%
29. Connecticut 132,917 2,295,617 5.79%
30. Iowa 105,424 1,895,856 5.56%
31. Pennsylvania 452,069 8,266,284 5.47%
32. Maine 47,183 869,893 5.42%
33. Nebraska 58,376 1,087,241 5.37%
34. Wisconsin 186,125 3,475,878 5.35%
35. Indiana 206,540 3,893,278 5.31%
36. Idaho 41,039 787,505 5.21%
37. Kansas 88,124 1,701,207 5.18%
38. Vermont 20,769 404,223 5.14%
39. Maryland 178,169 3,495,595 5.10%
40. Minnesota 158,858 3,164,345 5.02%
41. Oregon 111,705 2,250,998 4.96%
42. Delaware 25,490 514,658 4.95%
43. Colorado 134,348 2,776,632 4.84%
44. Michigan 299,014 6,415,941 4.66%
45. Ohio 331,801 7,411,740 4.48%
46. Washington 165,205 3,827,507 4.32%
47. Montana 25,200 586,621 4.30%
48. Alaska 15,663 379,556 4.13%
49. New Hampshire 32,426 823,987 3.94%
50. Wyoming 10,614 315,663 3.36%
51. Utah 38,426 1,197,892 3.21%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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