Educational attainment by race and Hispanic origin by state

Name: Educational attainment by race and Hispanic origin by state (United States)
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
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Share of adults 25 and over who have finished high school (or equivalent) and who hold a bachelor's degree or higher, for all adults and for White alone not Hispanic, Black alone, American Indian or Alaska Native alone, Asian alone, and Hispanic or Latino adults (of any race). Blank cells are values the Census Bureau does not publish because too few people were sampled. Percentages are as published in the ACS subject table.

Reference period: 2025
Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

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All adults, high school or higher (%), 2025, sorted high to low. 51 areas ranked by All adults, high school or higher (%). Highest: Vermont (95.4); lowest: California (86.2); national value 90.6. Full data in the table below.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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United States	90.6	37.4	94.8	41.1	89.5	27.3	81.3	19.2	90.1	59.9	77	22.9
Alabama	89.6	31.1	91.4	33.9	87.6	22.5	82.9	28.5	89.6	59.3	73.8	24.3
Alaska	94.1	32.9	96.8	40.5	90.2	24.8	87.6	8.2	87.1	28.5	90.4	24.2
Arizona	90.5	34.3	95.5	40.7	94.9	32.2	80.8	13.7	92.4	63	79.3	19
Arkansas	90.7	28.8	92.8	30.5	88.2	22.1	89.7	27.6	92.1	63.3	75.4	18.5
California	86.2	38.8	96	49.8	91.8	31.4	78.2	20.3	91.1	58.5	72.4	18.8
Colorado	93.6	47.1	97.3	54.2	94	35.1	87.2	21	91.9	60.9	81.3	23.4
Connecticut	92.3	43.6	96.2	49.7	89	27.5	69.6	17.3	91.7	67.5	79.3	21.9
Delaware	93.2	39	95.2	42.5	93	26.8	81.5	36.6	94.1	75.7	78.5	23
District of Columbia	92.8	64.9	99.5	92.7	89.1	31.8			97.3	88	76.3	57.4
Florida	91.3	36.7	95.1	40.3	87.4	25.6	78.5	21.2	90.5	58	85.6	32.2
Georgia	90.7	36.3	93.7	39.6	90.5	29.6	74.3	27.1	90.2	60.6	75.7	25.8
Hawaii	93.8	38.9	97.3	52.9	99	39.1	93.6	30.8	92.2	40.1	92	28.4
Idaho	92.6	33.2	95.1	35.2	83.8	33.4	84.5	16.3	96.4	50.7	75.5	19.1
Illinois	91.7	39.1	95.9	43.6	90.8	26.2	75.2	23.1	93.2	67.3	76.8	21
Indiana	91.2	30.7	93.1	31.5	88.6	24.4	78.1	23.9	81.7	52.7	78.4	21.7
Iowa	93.7	32.6	95.7	33.8	90.1	26.7	73.6	21.5	82.7	50	75.2	16.6
Kansas	92.7	36.7	96	39.9	90.7	27.2	84	28.6	88.2	49.4	72.4	18.5
Kentucky	90.1	28.7	91.2	29.1	88.1	20.9	81.8	4.9	87.5	58.4	76.6	25.4
Louisiana	88.3	28.3	91.5	32.1	84.3	20.3	74.6	17.4	84.6	47.7	79.3	25.5
Maine	95	38.6	95.5	38.4	84.3	33.8	84.8	25.3	92.7	59.4	89.2	34.6
Maryland	91.9	45.5	95.8	51.5	92.3	36.2	72.1	22.3	92.1	66.8	73.5	28.5
Massachusetts	92.2	49.2	95.7	52.9	88.9	35.3	68.2	32.4	87.6	67.8	78.5	25.6
Michigan	92.7	33.9	94.2	35.1	88.8	21.1	84.2	18.7	90.7	65.5	81	24.8
Minnesota	94.7	40.8	97	42.8	84.6	26.9	81.7	15.7	86.4	48.2	80.6	25.5
Mississippi	88.3	26.9	91.1	30.9	85	20	83.3	13.5	81.9	50.1	78.3	22.6
Missouri	92.4	33.7	93.7	34.9	89.2	23	87.1	20.2	89.5	64.3	81.1	27.3
Montana	94.6	36.2	95.6	37.6	91.6	34	84.7	14.9	94.5	54.6	88.7	31.4
Nebraska	93.2	36.2	97.1	39.1	88.8	24.7	77.3	14.3	82.1	52.6	71.4	18.6
Nevada	89.4	29	94.7	34.3	91.4	18.1	89.7	16.5	93.6	43.4	76.7	18.4
New Hampshire	94.9	41.5	95.7	41.4	83.8	32.1	75.4	15.9	93.5	63.4	87.8	33.8
New Jersey	91.4	45	95.9	50.7	90.5	30.2	63.4	17	94.3	73.6	79	24.6
New Mexico	88.6	31.4	96.3	44.5	87.4	29.7	87.5	13.9	91.5	56.5	81.6	21.1
New York	88.8	42	95.1	48.9	86.8	29.4	76.5	23.4	82.5	52.2	75.6	25
North Carolina	91.3	38.1	94.3	42	89.9	27.6	77.4	19.1	91.4	66.8	73.9	23.5
North Dakota	94.2	34.3	95.7	35.9	86.7	26.3	82.3	16.8	93	69.1	87.4	13.1
Ohio	92.7	32.5	94.1	33.6	89.1	21.7	80.3	21.3	89.1	61.3	82	25.2
Oklahoma	90.5	28.7	93.2	31.9	90.8	22.3	89.5	19.6	83.1	43.5	74.2	16
Oregon	92.2	36.6	94.9	38.4	90.7	29.3	77.9	17.4	91.8	57	76.2	21.3
Pennsylvania	92.4	37.1	94.5	38.7	90.4	24.7	77.2	18.3	86.5	62.2	78.5	23.9
Rhode Island	89.8	39.9	93.8	44.6	82	32.4			88.1	47.5	75.7	21.3
South Carolina	90.9	34.5	93.5	38.7	87.9	22.8	81.2	19.6	86.7	57.6	76.6	26
South Dakota	93.7	33	95.8	35.3	85.4	23.6	80.9	10.5	89.2	60.1	81.6	23.3
Tennessee	91	32.8	92.6	34.5	90.9	24.6	77.4	28.2	88.6	61	75.5	23.1
Texas	87.8	35.5	95.7	43.9	92.2	30.9	81.9	23.2	91.2	66.6	76.2	21.4
Utah	93.5	39.1	96.5	41.9	82.3	23.5	80.9	13.1	89.3	62.4	80.3	24.4
Vermont	95.4	44.5	96.4	44.9	80.1	14.7			67.9	40.9	95.7	53.7
Virginia	92.6	44.7	95.2	47.8	90.4	31	86	27.1	92.4	65.9	79.9	32.8
Washington	92.7	41.4	95.8	42.3	92.6	31.5	85.9	20.1	91.4	62.2	76.2	23.6
West Virginia	90.3	24.7	90.3	24.2	91.5	21.8			91.5	60.9	89.5	29.1
Wisconsin	93.9	35.2	95.9	36.9	87.3	20.7	86.4	15.2	85.7	48.6	77.7	22
Wyoming	94.8	33.7	96.6	35.8	83.8	30.1	86	21	94.8	52.6	84.3	23.3

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

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Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
Dataset: ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501
Table: Educational attainment by race and Hispanic origin by state
Data last updated: 2026-11-09
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Educational attainment by race and Hispanic origin by state (United States, 2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501. Retrieved 2026-11-09 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-education-by-race/