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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN)Table S23 (6 of 8): Base populations for indicators using 1990 U.S. Census estimates, by population group (and indicator) and state: 1990

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                             Those aged              Those aged               Those aged                 Those aged
                     25-64 in the labor      25-64 in the labor       25-64 in the labor         25-64 in the labor
                           force having            force having             force having               force having
                          attained less             attained an          attained a non-      attained a university
                          than an upper         upper secondary      university level of            level of higher
                    secondary education               education         higher education                  education
                                   (26)                    (26)                     (26)                       (26)
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Alabama                         306,560                 799,764                 103,063                     311,013
Alaska                           21,414                 138,617                  20,023                      64,174
Arizona                         193,987                 727,009                 117,752                     342,932
Arkansas                        172,509                 488,927                  41,085                     151,460
California                    2,108,299               5,448,311               1,143,129                   3,446,570
Colorado                        137,204                 738,343                 117,917                     461,448
Connecticut                     177,853                 667,739                 114,405                     481,392
Delaware                         39,367                 147,505                  21,517                      71,825
District of Columbia             47,346                 100,265                   8,914                     109,405
Florida                         870,829               2,553,238                 436,540                   1,131,095
Georgia                         504,208               1,352,577                 165,597                     633,559
Hawaii                           49,684                 242,865                  51,673                     129,428
Idaho                            48,173                 209,648                  34,309                      80,858
Illinois                        657,210               2,407,790                 338,099                   1,245,462
Indiana                         326,965               1,305,859                 151,702                     431,457
Iowa                            108,086                 644,785                 108,445                     235,274
Kansas                          102,121                 559,149                  67,632                     262,457
Kentucky                        277,668                 748,235                  75,523                     252,456
Louisiana                       280,110                 799,415                  63,440                     319,845
Maine                            61,230                 285,150                  40,978                     114,551
Maryland                        275,144               1,052,997                 131,200                     681,756
Massachusetts                   302,307               1,160,610                 227,036                     875,260
Michigan                        445,884               2,034,757                 311,871                     808,436
Minnesota                       150,104               1,009,149                 193,762                     501,927
Mississippi                     209,478                 455,399                  60,369                     176,429
     
Missouri                        289,300               1,145,810                 116,674                     462,715
Montana                          30,166                 179,189                  21,463                      78,096
Nebraska                         58,053                 371,547                  56,716                     151,259
Nevada                           82,270                 315,050                  37,343                      95,214
New Hampshire                    54,338                 252,525                  47,876                     138,898
     
New Jersey                      466,281               1,593,497                 210,295                   1,043,405
New Mexico                       86,138                 297,540                  35,378                     141,335
New York                      1,094,454               3,376,607                 610,049                   2,175,257
North Carolina                  547,124               1,392,744                 237,508                     581,452
North Dakota                     26,483                 125,717                  31,964                      57,717
     
Ohio                            574,697               2,413,158                 293,456                     926,874
Oklahoma                        174,356                 667,502                  78,047                     271,491
Oregon                          128,197                 626,756                  98,386                     293,909
Pennsylvania                    608,958               2,572,196                 319,674                   1,109,645
Rhode Island                     69,731                 194,780                  34,926                     110,378
     
South Carolina                  161,897                 326,476                  49,722                     115,888
South Dakota                     33,341                 150,275                  24,532                      57,666
Tennessee                       393,161               1,032,871                 101,363                     400,738
Texas                         1,264,382               3,312,914                 421,886                   1,671,986
Utah                             57,207                 324,063                  53,671                     155,743
Vermont                          27,668                 122,241                  19,756                      68,047
Virginia                        423,700               1,288,386                 175,275                     787,044
Washington                      190,390               1,061,206                 193,906                     558,840
West Virginia                   106,661                 355,729                  31,950                     107,039
Wisconsin                       223,547               1,145,775                 182,741                     436,684
Wyoming                          19,653                 107,997                  15,622                      40,031
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing.



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