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Bachelor's Degree or Higher by state

Percent. Every state colored on one scale across all years, joined to the map by FIPS code.

2024
20102024
Texas: 35.2%California: 38.1%Kentucky: 27.9%Georgia: 36.3%Wisconsin: 34.6%Oregon: 37.8%Missouri: 33.5%Virginia: 43.3%Tennessee: 32.4%Louisiana: 27.8%New York: 41.2%Idaho: 33.0%Florida: 35.8%Illinois: 39.2%Montana: 36.3%Minnesota: 40.0%Maryland: 44.7%Iowa: 32.1%District of Columbia: 65.5%Ohio: 32.4%Nebraska: 35.4%Washington: 41.0%South Dakota: 34.2%Oklahoma: 29.3%Wyoming: 32.3%West Virginia: 24.4%Indiana: 30.7%Massachusetts: 48.3%Nevada: 28.5%North Dakota: 34.0%Arkansas: 27.1%Mississippi: 27.0%Colorado: 47.8%North Carolina: 37.1%Utah: 39.1%Hawaii: 37.8%New Mexico: 31.8%Kansas: 36.0%Rhode Island: 39.0%Michigan: 33.3%Alaska: 32.8%Delaware: 36.0%Alabama: 29.9%South Carolina: 33.3%Maine: 37.1%New Jersey: 44.5%Pennsylvania: 36.4%New Hampshire: 41.5%Arizona: 34.7%Connecticut: 42.6%Vermont: 45.1%3538283635383443322841333639364045323235413429322431482934272748373938323633333033373635
17.3%
65.9%

The color scale is fixed across all years, so a state changing shade as you move the slider is a real change in the value.

2024 · Highest: District of Columbia 65.5% · Lowest: West Virginia 24.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 1-year · S1501_C02_015E · table · 2010 to 2024

Reading it. Educational attainment of the 25-and-older population. A measure of credentials, not of skill or income.

Comparing states is harder than it looks. A dollar buys more in some states than others, and survey estimates carry a margin of error. Read the map for the pattern, not for a precise ranking.