#### Education: High School and College Completion Rates, 1990

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|                                                                              | **Population 25 Years and Over, 1990** | **Persons with High School Diploma or Higher, 1990** | **Persons with College Degree or Higher, 1990** | **Percent Completed High School, 1990** | **Percent Completed College, 1990** | **High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990** | **College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990** |
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| **United States**                                                                 | 158,868,436                            | 119,524,718                                          | 32,310,253                                      | 75.2%                                   | 20.3%                               | 100.0%                                                    | 100.0%                                                |
| **Appalachian Region**                                                            | 14,108,438                             | 9,643,616                                            | 1,999,412                                       | 68.4%                                   | 14.2%                               | 90.9%                                                     | 69.7%                                                 |
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| **STATE TOTALS**                                                                  |
| **Alabama**                                                                       | 2,545,969                              | 1,702,331                                            | 399,228                                         | 66.9%                                   | 15.7%                               | 88.9%                                                     | 77.1%                                                 |
| **Georgia**                                                                       | 4,023,420                              | 2,853,605                                            | 777,158                                         | 70.9%                                   | 19.3%                               | 94.3%                                                     | 95.0%                                                 |
| **Kentucky**                                                                      | 2,333,833                              | 1,507,976                                            | 318,127                                         | 64.6%                                   | 13.6%                               | 85.9%                                                     | 67.0%                                                 |
| **Maryland**                                                                      | 3,122,665                              | 2,448,733                                            | 826,164                                         | 78.4%                                   | 26.5%                               | 104.2%                                                    | 130.1%                                                |
| **Mississippi**                                                                   | 1,538,997                              | 989,312                                              | 226,947                                         | 64.3%                                   | 14.7%                               | 85.4%                                                     | 72.5%                                                 |
| **New York**                                                                      | 11,818,569                             | 8,840,965                                            | 2,733,829                                       | 74.8%                                   | 23.1%                               | 99.4%                                                     | 113.7%                                                |
| **North Carolina**                                                                | 4,253,494                              | 2,975,747                                            | 739,049                                         | 70.0%                                   | 17.4%                               | 93.0%                                                     | 85.4%                                                 |
| **Ohio**                                                                          | 6,924,764                              | 5,239,876                                            | 1,175,336                                       | 75.7%                                   | 17.0%                               | 100.6%                                                    | 83.5%                                                 |
| **Pennsylvania**                                                                  | 7,872,932                              | 5,878,654                                            | 1,412,746                                       | 74.7%                                   | 17.9%                               | 99.2%                                                     | 88.2%                                                 |
| **South Carolina**                                                                | 2,167,590                              | 1,480,330                                            | 360,833                                         | 68.3%                                   | 16.6%                               | 90.8%                                                     | 81.9%                                                 |
| **Tennessee**                                                                     | 3,139,066                              | 2,105,152                                            | 500,991                                         | 67.1%                                   | 16.0%                               | 89.1%                                                     | 78.5%                                                 |
| **Virginia**                                                                      | 3,974,814                              | 2,987,611                                            | 972,894                                         | 75.2%                                   | 24.5%                               | 99.9%                                                     | 120.3%                                                |
| **West Virginia**                                                                 | 1,171,766                              | 773,239                                              | 144,518                                         | 66.0%                                   | 12.3%                               | 87.7%                                                     | 60.6%                                                 |
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| **STATE APPALACHIAN TOTALS**                                                      |
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| Appalachian Alabama                                                               | 1,647,475                              | 1,102,861                                            | 261,683                                         | 66.9%                                   | 15.9%                               | 89.0%                                                     | 78.1%                                                 |
| Appalachian Georgia                                                               | 973,720                                | 654,492                                              | 149,703                                         | 67.2%                                   | 15.4%                               | 89.3%                                                     | 75.6%                                                 |
| Appalachian Kentucky                                                              | 677,708                                | 348,029                                              | 57,989                                          | 51.4%                                   | 8.6%                                | 68.3%                                                     | 42.1%                                                 |
| Appalachian Maryland                                                              | 148,905                                | 103,822                                              | 16,825                                          | 69.7%                                   | 11.3%                               | 92.7%                                                     | 55.6%                                                 |
| Appalachian Mississippi                                                           | 341,283                                | 200,936                                              | 40,920                                          | 58.9%                                   | 12.0%                               | 78.3%                                                     | 59.0%                                                 |
| Appalachian New York                                                              | 679,215                                | 524,974                                              | 123,722                                         | 77.3%                                   | 18.2%                               | 102.7%                                                    | 89.6%                                                 |
| Appalachian North Carolina                                                        | 875,934                                | 587,526                                              | 134,601                                         | 67.1%                                   | 15.4%                               | 89.2%                                                     | 75.6%                                                 |
| Appalachian Ohio                                                                  | 1,260,504                              | 892,525                                              | 132,599                                         | 70.8%                                   | 10.5%                               | 94.1%                                                     | 51.7%                                                 |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania                                                          | 3,852,285                              | 2,887,392                                            | 584,888                                         | 75.0%                                   | 15.2%                               | 99.6%                                                     | 74.7%                                                 |
| Appalachian South Carolina                                                        | 569,833                                | 377,545                                              | 93,650                                          | 66.3%                                   | 16.4%                               | 88.1%                                                     | 80.8%                                                 |
| Appalachian Tennessee                                                             | 1,438,969                              | 916,251                                              | 205,349                                         | 63.7%                                   | 14.3%                               | 84.6%                                                     | 70.2%                                                 |
| Appalachian Virginia                                                              | 470,841                                | 274,024                                              | 52,965                                          | 58.2%                                   | 11.2%                               | 77.4%                                                     | 55.3%                                                 |
| West Virginia                                                                     | 1,171,766                              | 773,239                                              | 144,518                                         | 66.0%                                   | 12.3%                               | 87.7%                                                     | 60.6%                                                 |