Demographics Table
State![]() |
Value (Percent)![]() |
People (Education: At Least High School)![]() |
Rank within US (of 52 states) ![]() |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 87.7 | 191,498,014 | N/A |
Puerto Rico | 75.5 | 1,786,169 | 1 |
California | 82.9 | 21,743,320 | 2 |
Texas | 83.2 | 14,821,927 | 3 |
Mississippi | 83.9 | 1,650,969 | 4 |
Louisiana | 84.8 | 2,635,981 | 5 |
New Mexico | 85.3 | 1,188,722 | 6 |
Kentucky | 85.7 | 2,574,431 | 7 |
Alabama | 85.8 | 2,829,915 | 8 |
Arkansas | 86.2 | 1,723,278 | 9 |
Nevada | 86.3 | 1,727,287 | 10 |
New York | 86.5 | 11,766,493 | 11 |
West Virginia | 86.5 | 1,117,854 | 12 |
Georgia | 86.7 | 5,882,633 | 13 |
Arizona | 86.8 | 4,020,930 | 14 |
Tennessee | 87.0 | 3,940,436 | 15 |
South Carolina | 87.1 | 2,949,232 | 16 |
North Carolina | 87.4 | 6,011,908 | 17 |
Oklahoma | 87.8 | 2,260,213 | 18 |
Florida | 88.0 | 12,917,238 | 19 |
Rhode Island | 88.0 | 645,194 | 20 |
Indiana | 88.6 | 3,897,191 | 21 |
Illinois | 88.9 | 7,717,756 | 22 |
Virginia | 89.3 | 5,117,532 | 23 |
New Jersey | 89.5 | 5,488,429 | 24 |
Missouri | 89.6 | 3,694,309 | 25 |
Delaware | 89.8 | 592,497 | 26 |
Maryland | 90.0 | 3,705,101 | 27 |
Ohio | 90.1 | 7,150,925 | 28 |
Pennsylvania | 90.2 | 8,047,345 | 29 |
Oregon | 90.4 | 2,576,511 | 30 |
Massachusetts | 90.4 | 4,294,435 | 31 |
Connecticut | 90.5 | 2,242,882 | 32 |
Michigan | 90.5 | 6,130,679 | 33 |
Idaho | 90.6 | 986,575 | 34 |
District of Columbia | 90.6 | 441,176 | 35 |
Kansas | 90.7 | 1,718,956 | 36 |
Nebraska | 91.1 | 1,131,724 | 37 |
Washington | 91.1 | 4,557,222 | 38 |
Colorado | 91.4 | 3,425,874 | 39 |
South Dakota | 91.7 | 520,139 | 40 |
Hawaii | 91.8 | 907,671 | 41 |
Wisconsin | 91.9 | 3,613,715 | 42 |
Utah | 92.0 | 1,638,705 | 43 |
Iowa | 92.0 | 1,914,664 | 44 |
Maine | 92.3 | 893,471 | 45 |
North Dakota | 92.5 | 453,439 | 46 |
Vermont | 92.6 | 406,988 | 47 |
Alaska | 92.7 | 442,967 | 48 |
Wyoming | 92.9 | 361,647 | 49 |
New Hampshire | 92.9 | 884,508 | 50 |
Minnesota | 93.0 | 3,469,361 | 51 |
Montana | 93.2 | 665,659 | 52 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/18/2021 5:03 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Education: At least high school, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/18/2021 5:03 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Education: At least high school, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.