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18–24-year-olds with high school only: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Educational attainment of young adults 18–24: High school graduate, incl. equivalency. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Educational attainment of young adults 18–24 by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 37 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 25 %
RI 35.9 %
DE 40.3 %
CT 34.9 %
NJ 34.2 %
MD 37 %
MA 31.7 %
VT 39.7 %
NH 39.8 %

Lowest: 25 to 34.9 %
Group 2: 34.9 to 37.4 %
Group 3: 37.4 to 39 %
Group 4: 39 to 40.6 %
Highest: 40.6 to 49.7 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Alaska	49.7
2	Nevada	46.2
3	West Virginia	41.8
4	Idaho	41.7
5	Arkansas	41.4
5	Missouri	41.4
7	Louisiana	41.3
8	New Mexico	41.1
9	Kentucky	40.8
10	Oklahoma	40.6
10	Tennessee	40.6
12	Delaware	40.3
13	South Carolina	40.2
14	New Hampshire	39.8
15	Alabama	39.7
15	Ohio	39.7
15	Vermont	39.7
18	Indiana	39.6
19	Montana	39.4
20	Washington	39.1
21	Hawaii	39
21	Oregon	39
21	Wisconsin	39
24	Texas	38.8
25	Pennsylvania	38.5
26	South Dakota	38.3
27	Georgia	37.9
28	Michigan	37.8
29	Colorado	37.7
30	Arizona	37.5
31	Maine	37.4
32	Maryland	37
33	Illinois	36.4
34	North Carolina	36
35	Rhode Island	35.9
36	Florida	35.7
37	Utah	35.6
38	Virginia	35.5
39	Nebraska	35.3
40	California	34.9
40	Connecticut	34.9
40	Wyoming	34.9
43	Kansas	34.5
43	Minnesota	34.5
45	New Jersey	34.2
46	Iowa	33.9
47	Mississippi	31.8
48	Massachusetts	31.7
49	New York	31.1
50	North Dakota	30.1
51	District of Columbia	25

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1501: Educational Attainment. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by educational attainment of young adults 18–24: High school graduate, incl. equivalency (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-educational-attainment-of-young-adults-18-to-24-high-school-graduate-incl-equivalency/

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