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 | Total |  |  |  |  | Urban |  |  |  |  |  | Rural
Name | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2007-2011 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2007-2011 |  | 1970 |  | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2007-2011
District of Columbia | 0.1778343509411395 | 0.2746197821162766 | 0.3331084664813959 | 0.3906978558518731 | 0.504570926649263 | 0.1778343509411395 | 0.2746197821162766 | 0.3331084664813959 | 0.3906978558518731 | 0.504570926649263
Florida | 0.1026401749447627 | 0.1488184636307274 | 0.1827809488917054 | 0.2233475998546892 | 0.2599669354499917 | 0.1037264593995693 | 0.1480513457785222 | 0.1856117118419441 | 0.227726585456309 | 0.2649841605509284 |  | 0.06223017213775437 |  | 0.08922005248677564 | 0.1075789266813594 | 0.1176662357884274 | 0.1318299571244702
Georgia | 0.09211141815341645 | 0.1459286708790197 | 0.1931585566508095 | 0.2429977834404976 | 0.2750240106389601 | 0.1058420322183187 | 0.1649359534646691 | 0.217832661388852 | 0.2720284570006421 | 0.3050300726520707 |  | 0.0527472563547846 |  | 0.08532637245839153 | 0.1012833140990797 | 0.1246663475740642 | 0.144997299726852
Illinois | 0.1031025098335974 | 0.1620488177519207 | 0.2104484139551654 | 0.2606138377166552 | 0.3065549168241287 | 0.1103939689240096 | 0.173584724910554 | 0.2264149713456229 | 0.2795006411670033 | 0.3271087325332819 |  | 0.06066135290375189 |  | 0.09490508368301248 | 0.1104563807172053 | 0.1347263078964065 | 0.1623292080978611
New Jersey | 0.1183565769019718 | 0.1833913637507002 | 0.248540280703561 | 0.2977944250052008 | 0.3497081296776957 | 0.1183565769019718 | 0.1833913637507002 | 0.248540280703561 | 0.2977944250052008 | 0.3497081296776957
New York | 0.1188778098306339 | 0.1794184168434846 | 0.2313164140260974 | 0.2737255049537031 | 0.3248983247243946 | 0.1215358443671988 | 0.1842481607931838 | 0.2385806042278647 | 0.2824840336415467 | 0.3351236985522728 |  | 0.08313016079061163 |  | 0.1204788265793087 | 0.1427669039344489 | 0.1656003719706892 | 0.1972532635775822
North Dakota | 0.08387913513581434 | 0.1482223032849608 | 0.1806556550245871 | 0.2198881505684252 | 0.2654771795660377 | 0.130288992292851 | 0.2084532289258927 | 0.24468132811449 | 0.2818294610534188 | 0.3311195445920304 |  | 0.0635636087726271 |  | 0.115952773085882 | 0.1390897861916664 | 0.1727767867145824 | 0.2074298317692341
Ohio | 0.09265905738224733 | 0.1365239132967463 | 0.1697293943880254 | 0.2109534333368413 | 0.2448716596382051 | 0.1005019208954145 | 0.1481961374423781 | 0.1867588019766251 | 0.2333759243357584 | 0.2703693738002144 |  | 0.06067417131698417 |  | 0.09183129940901066 | 0.1041153318924556 | 0.1255426872907844 | 0.1479179614667495
South Carolina | 0.08966792513379813 | 0.1342331488001883 | 0.1664673669836085 | 0.2041806464535961 | 0.2419866254628176 | 0.0957099836923354 | 0.143380606042939 | 0.1789032683406447 | 0.218982437687031 | 0.259319084254245 |  | 0.068426032422698 |  | 0.0994479578319597 | 0.1138177814478392 | 0.1388818824431905 | 0.1566449172133342
West Virginia | 0.0677094723117359 | 0.1041705534758099 | 0.1233334983264577 | 0.1483161624571066 | 0.1761538449591454 | 0.07719180823072373 | 0.118775801818122 | 0.143317013410719 | 0.1705354732181985 | 0.2015565876137561 |  | 0.05447594854129497 |  | 0.08372803347280335 | 0.09465522580055237 | 0.1153339563210427 | 0.1375778414069345
Puerto Rico |  |  |  | 0.1827768421107832 | 0.219501430852519 |  |  |  | 0.1852125948601202 | 0.2219500743607922 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.1222375378496859 | 0.1619260197669391
Arizona | 0.1256037486745649 | 0.1741366137850562 | 0.2028844369642144 | 0.2353097982177911 | 0.2639690508008634 | 0.1296714312671007 | 0.1791871248380812 | 0.2098337885970342 | 0.2420779738692629 | 0.2709534260427746 |  | 0.07474527035993925 |  | 0.1032540555137627 | 0.09778518928538897 | 0.1241781463153671 | 0.1379835573048886
California | 0.1344490884180308 | 0.1960173557564071 | 0.2335681973506029 | 0.266209334754377 | 0.3023411280450448 | 0.1355460199925744 | 0.1973284158626568 | 0.2355985823240175 | 0.268459779703228 | 0.3046348360365373 |  | 0.08687830428823184 |  | 0.1457924567909873 | 0.1561524165124865 | 0.179829922098478 | 0.2126673046595948
Colorado | 0.1492597740150622 | 0.2295901594515506 | 0.2696898824529964 | 0.3269266507048827 | 0.3629316245205448 | 0.1615321362323829 | 0.2403372106802895 | 0.2819697149052973 | 0.3403324828744663 | 0.3766104887872597 |  | 0.09146219429211865 |  | 0.1723722468216111 | 0.1978810874051445 | 0.2502480626908873 | 0.2815894383485294
Connecticut | 0.1366298488726256 | 0.2065947991857545 | 0.2718067561846197 | 0.3140741682954953 | 0.3571043306287444 | 0.1375067594833915 | 0.2077113917025115 | 0.2730499368633157 | 0.3163885086648047 | 0.3588758271591718 |  | 0.1195455373959536 |  | 0.1861523766943728 | 0.2499915651675158 | 0.2746553552492046 | 0.3272794443623467
Indiana | 0.0832634846749252 | 0.1251972401054668 | 0.1555941160118872 | 0.1940814398560801 | 0.2268701775290804 | 0.09216919598594173 | 0.138556931397237 | 0.1743800738671226 | 0.2181235706037538 | 0.2523538627662952 |  | 0.05806349055840791 |  | 0.0869814654084566 | 0.09962813917926064 | 0.120017817838801 | 0.1435038833489969
Iowa | 0.09095163664782538 | 0.1394357515019687 | 0.1685008650392447 | 0.2120888928273033 | 0.2487833905051455 | 0.1165574201605157 | 0.17455294696774 | 0.2113231049842348 | 0.2625447288810542 | 0.3047898802282685 |  | 0.0690013923966703 |  | 0.1066620877558864 | 0.1246309802281741 | 0.1551413432917936 | 0.1786066350390538
Kansas | 0.1137686502641135 | 0.1703239387307273 | 0.2109773324069438 | 0.2580391451481213 | 0.2971987489025461 | 0.1369728649767763 | 0.2045388657943973 | 0.2540838987366379 | 0.3061442997704868 | 0.3483322841932808 |  | 0.08647049007459587 |  | 0.1260479897932033 | 0.1451065038891597 | 0.1758445768438349 | 0.1987576343689055
Maine | 0.08363532240160797 | 0.1439683307143721 | 0.1877194062942662 | 0.228717784831008 | 0.2710470762537682 | 0.09290397486682148 | 0.1539306949191661 | 0.2096694445998098 | 0.2543602373672644 | 0.3032797408507938 |  | 0.07255605490993253 |  | 0.1317962696888722 | 0.1595781297506296 | 0.194413314736132 | 0.2273773421764438
Massachusetts | 0.1255289242864594 | 0.2002826242125907 | 0.2723216234926706 | 0.3318988363725714 | 0.3871720599526032 | 0.1257567772722658 | 0.20033759298894 | 0.2725149707809402 | 0.3321602240350316 | 0.3877689411411939 |  | 0.1078553927696385 |  | 0.1965054953903136 | 0.2595568335588633 | 0.3154364425812247 | 0.3503412460802815
Montana | 0.1101100661713872 | 0.1746000048813716 | 0.1979441736818786 | 0.2437024927508562 | 0.2815395699067347 | 0.1408512137428912 | 0.1999768388952153 | 0.2224387590926601 | 0.2685357826328658 | 0.3042909255338113 |  | 0.09517907234653272 |  | 0.1612409401883086 | 0.184893860414296 | 0.2305348609111209 | 0.2694682885530593
New Mexico | 0.1273428740071443 | 0.1758403839654273 | 0.204138349646105 | 0.2345336318878817 | 0.2544380405865694 | 0.1497979385188212 | 0.2037260312910829 | 0.2400344416990069 | 0.2703607412975904 | 0.2878097279724582 |  | 0.1010086666341243 |  | 0.1345313037314637 | 0.1460447110977406 | 0.1724269169252115 | 0.1880982096258141
Oklahoma | 0.1002018179786007 | 0.150733347610214 | 0.1778915157881232 | 0.2027852556290405 | 0.2303030177347911 | 0.1145432875183851 | 0.1706076636963706 | 0.200169303578147 | 0.2266389395015821 | 0.2574848938133971 |  | 0.08235826777243334 |  | 0.1235414235705951 | 0.1434248149093694 | 0.1634881247784473 | 0.1822820744963447
Oregon | 0.1177934022131028 | 0.1785217626330751 | 0.2059811282822986 | 0.2508069753949137 | 0.2898772625548434 | 0.1282284564062573 | 0.1937083886545819 | 0.223422843201649 | 0.2716782842291862 | 0.3123774185248471 |  | 0.08107463666710968 |  | 0.1218933990248049 | 0.135461459426254 | 0.1600864587539488 | 0.1854230747354005
Pennsylvania | 0.08748810527093076 | 0.1355501278686188 | 0.1794434398772909 | 0.2235140965396301 | 0.2666965194836082 | 0.09196338067205803 | 0.1427448114517021 | 0.1899531684398163 | 0.2370701965556668 | 0.2821809609857523 |  | 0.05527753951721603 |  | 0.086024549510066 | 0.1050351044100909 | 0.1288966758855698 | 0.1557935126004859
Wyoming | 0.117808811891898 | 0.171535063825451 | 0.1879079378908373 | 0.2191007498503151 | 0.2421052920103171 | 0.1317830839738217 | 0.1871940122523262 | 0.2053761269554682 | 0.2191918241951158 | 0.2311310767644595 |  | 0.1112551433445957 |  | 0.1646370036641204 | 0.1803111859573721 | 0.2190611276288154 | 0.2467584171864388
Arkansas | 0.06655054505291666 | 0.1082006225329402 | 0.1332112421882833 | 0.1666058225508318 | 0.1958348121376055 | 0.08248367313364884 | 0.1325716934703255 | 0.1631410041622922 | 0.2019307427617801 | 0.2361704648612436 |  | 0.0509748407679045 |  | 0.08252577778733364 | 0.09827564228848226 | 0.1217668063151161 | 0.1379494620837781
Idaho | 0.09961183154790303 | 0.1582786542630233 | 0.1765115784011761 | 0.2166525926819512 | 0.2455716179729213 | 0.111466914494386 | 0.172487051240823 | 0.1938271674287448 | 0.2385406007036885 | 0.2672352030685849 |  | 0.08587977182974989 |  | 0.1395755182181312 | 0.1513733037578288 | 0.1804934887370473 | 0.2045816127705976
Kentucky | 0.07210829639677394 | 0.1107681440289223 | 0.1363109528402418 | 0.1713533532572777 | 0.2064047021864154 | 0.08901984583280098 | 0.138369097794037 | 0.1736121671224737 | 0.2181810351840067 | 0.2590524955776238 |  | 0.05158786550878616 |  | 0.07869420115817274 | 0.09082047224325054 | 0.113469676076141 | 0.1372992495686023
Louisiana | 0.09049711754260147 | 0.1390425780446999 | 0.1612628961676693 | 0.1872758035761897 | 0.2111920934334646 | 0.09741500134073826 | 0.1497040441891524 | 0.1739255922373293 | 0.2014775777060624 | 0.2273428972756965 |  | 0.06291775726684116 |  | 0.09320626485091596 | 0.1027288422200405 | 0.1191429096621102 | 0.1333065568832212
Minnesota | 0.1110006345563406 | 0.1736286935120887 | 0.2182170981916304 | 0.2743322867765683 | 0.3178023048438966 | 0.1305872283433866 | 0.2012014227884452 | 0.250542575904236 | 0.3114813465726762 | 0.3567408223842241 |  | 0.06673534836032011 |  | 0.1077812828601472 | 0.1280620227128509 | 0.1641472282835524 | 0.1958628167220232
Nebraska | 0.09649612302904591 | 0.1551735290022617 | 0.1894103603336784 | 0.2374266606943631 | 0.2784206125355761 | 0.126505736438005 | 0.1933959680647132 | 0.2336935789193352 | 0.2857918779335353 | 0.3300790954196625 |  | 0.06713823488916426 |  | 0.1136948128098975 | 0.1335197142059017 | 0.1689918726996897 | 0.1955934174204028
Nevada | 0.1078581155762782 | 0.1443846030346058 | 0.1527788682915462 | 0.1815595767286227 | 0.2216593828069179 | 0.1128845063833233 | 0.1481552289084318 | 0.1563462415773817 | 0.1859140368561164 | 0.2286810050423948 |  | 0.08174616157603234 |  | 0.120911734132783 | 0.1291397444441225 | 0.1477389826425599 | 0.1605482645436902
New Hampshire | 0.1085115959776806 | 0.1820895907947737 | 0.243651018218391 | 0.2865385012142182 | 0.3310554458521 | 0.1104325321535677 | 0.185869945737791 | 0.2554203522174842 | 0.3016417385978378 | 0.3477895359703275 |  | 0.1059105573149436 |  | 0.176642270014638 | 0.2248819653183393 | 0.2620824697699849 | 0.3043312916664266
Tennessee | 0.0789409129742954 | 0.1259809616916073 | 0.1595987468884057 | 0.1956480872262431 | 0.2303099209315507 | 0.09078723272043392 | 0.1440025428264856 | 0.1830954665438166 | 0.2242101235883064 | 0.2612439192184993 |  | 0.04502479794935845 |  | 0.07382115420499238 | 0.08821554452134091 | 0.1095079386526488 | 0.1332897337804746
Vermont | 0.1148755819001646 | 0.1904213169926555 | 0.2431216672031799 | 0.2944538039646433 | 0.3384621836600606 | 0.1437080119432695 | 0.2213370073080149 | 0.2904664560490615 | 0.3484148993161693 | 0.3931933749818393 |  | 0.1038618501951419 |  | 0.1782248878680033 | 0.2227100650976465 | 0.2697527146571652 | 0.3126196209174538
Wisconsin | 0.09758064654587784 | 0.1482508239113946 | 0.1774175512713034 | 0.2241945776002495 | 0.2603532113010648 | 0.108870290668387 | 0.1639764530082741 | 0.1976224516316556 | 0.2504599657245233 | 0.2889302260925551 |  | 0.06728526911419903 |  | 0.1079476164262329 | 0.1241641453455923 | 0.1563132596964256 | 0.1850991989904293
Alabama | 0.07846979043541623 | 0.1217973089073947 | 0.1568078794360811 | 0.190347025005195 | 0.2197010399359098 | 0.08883884292698864 | 0.1374946921443737 | 0.1784496873070832 | 0.2170797408972917 | 0.2478869467634707 |  | 0.05299887447856255 |  | 0.0820436839841323 | 0.09779116083727725 | 0.1159965374949745 | 0.1352923654268685
Alaska | 0.1414026143403385 | 0.2121023683157626 | 0.2309320580845081 | 0.2471493007619429 | 0.2721072002370074 | 0.1552201843860337 | 0.2252648748732568 | 0.2512957043146008 | 0.2655763515774143 | 0.2928483248467108 |  | 0.1346606334841629 |  | 0.1888581529859026 | 0.1915356888002488 | 0.2098469334905698 | 0.2306741173898787
Delaware | 0.1309347761791263 | 0.1746838160838167 | 0.2140541751556013 | 0.2504906170699766 | 0.2797186955690021 | 0.1309347761791263 | 0.1746838160838167 | 0.2140541751556013 | 0.2504906170699766 | 0.2797186955690021
Hawaii | 0.1396595494786186 | 0.2034575827964529 | 0.2288242089543828 | 0.2617408349398176 | 0.2950638443833438 | 0.149637856975971 | 0.2116609702889115 | 0.2381402624083672 | 0.2716561269986199 | 0.3044095676227386 |  | 0.07433770613957684 |  | 0.1531994638279044 | 0.1781032103428239 | 0.2133987406648118 | 0.2546101189783231
Maryland | 0.1393667087785209 | 0.2035520044047928 | 0.2645701668286544 | 0.3144986761910347 | 0.360615637774092 | 0.1417102577820048 | 0.2064415681736965 | 0.2681661418800189 | 0.3185244240429076 | 0.3644410141528195 |  | 0.0651993290379219 |  | 0.1111008423331837 | 0.1434047375672192 | 0.1762368429035096 | 0.2281441360954455
Michigan | 0.09422541621313142 | 0.1425925573463468 | 0.1735596670136558 | 0.2176234164248081 | 0.2527130149185365 | 0.09902924451352073 | 0.1496870319527876 | 0.184563721476611 | 0.232728215995842 | 0.2699012220229157 |  | 0.06769610362323573 |  | 0.1080007157475648 | 0.1218052276008422 | 0.151185137193198 | 0.1793678128190793
Mississippi | 0.08055755183762386 | 0.122888567852422 | 0.1474642250764621 | 0.1690401856710348 | 0.1966125407951764 | 0.1016921553641824 | 0.1523087619535917 | 0.1835562020655026 | 0.206996684392964 | 0.2403624755480847 |  | 0.06954962299871961 |  | 0.1051268402268069 | 0.1230642062755656 | 0.1412321994548313 | 0.1614785473265848
Missouri | 0.08971559160259142 | 0.1389389499824577 | 0.177957448385714 | 0.2158174104089624 | 0.2540601177363145 | 0.101455963535925 | 0.1593019789710336 | 0.2054924050575342 | 0.2488640544172742 | 0.2917571705798233 |  | 0.05792804550013678 |  | 0.08579390218411688 | 0.1016656547489489 | 0.125160908957969 | 0.1489453880359155
North Carolina | 0.08450605228789784 | 0.1323520466946147 | 0.1737510385579479 | 0.2246288752173483 | 0.265331981835041 | 0.0958066936911856 | 0.1492153245421003 | 0.1960109358283356 | 0.2526653955252605 | 0.2961879892039778 |  | 0.05756746146931291 |  | 0.09099090050412972 | 0.1130935022467197 | 0.1426966684213145 | 0.1666737418761434
Rhode Island | 0.09387653077190211 | 0.1543139160320073 | 0.212700089232058 | 0.2560090875977039 | 0.3060090010118729 | 0.09387653077190211 | 0.1543139160320073 | 0.212700089232058 | 0.2560090875977039 | 0.3060090010118729
South Dakota | 0.08596068063531304 | 0.1400647707254783 | 0.1716399535423926 | 0.215052312699875 | 0.2581862156963568 | 0.09516127570487316 | 0.1583747204554036 | 0.1969859363434493 | 0.2451856214520096 | 0.2879675529517801 |  | 0.08178941854374018 |  | 0.130068538492946 | 0.15527950310559 | 0.1926935675778897 | 0.2323167259786477
Texas | 0.1087260009403222 | 0.1688008337192562 | 0.2031796388281774 | 0.2323757223205604 | 0.2605812623543892 | 0.1189177365923228 | 0.1837539342357386 | 0.2195528801905768 | 0.2487299623559026 | 0.2762509611655741 |  | 0.06930638387249828 |  | 0.1016436593072148 | 0.1154479426053302 | 0.1346907423317967 | 0.1526341975221615
Utah | 0.1397985526174145 | 0.1987854538231246 | 0.2226104147791036 | 0.2612614492792338 | 0.2958538714015424 | 0.1463922074001834 | 0.2070008881167387 | 0.2308488352184029 | 0.2680397968623157 | 0.3030167645151218 |  | 0.09375405370346349 |  | 0.1410192127994165 | 0.1590831869059985 | 0.2094186785260483 | 0.2397705347890557
Virginia | 0.1230306261196477 | 0.1909829661983501 | 0.2448851283903617 | 0.2946461365447114 | 0.3435312557942741 | 0.1418071343557375 | 0.217116084689006 | 0.2740744716360054 | 0.3261867265963397 | 0.3758527665225795 |  | 0.05164010710903569 |  | 0.0805610258414636 | 0.09675607852738206 | 0.1239338495468818 | 0.1510440337073175
Washington | 0.1272213848823148 | 0.1895198729860454 | 0.2293280748722968 | 0.2773149729053402 | 0.3137088550875032 | 0.1306932274764692 | 0.1951145515517935 | 0.2372616451609085 | 0.2867765515482432 | 0.324066252410434 |  | 0.1006321220427074 |  | 0.1470167400881057 | 0.1640275534638176 | 0.1981323509613619 | 0.2267311443949494
For 1970 and 1980, the share of adults who are college graduates includes those who completed at four or more years of college regardless of degree earned. In 1990, 2000, and 2007-2011 the share includes those who received a bachelor's or higher degree.  Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) definitions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) February 2013. See the What is Rural?  The data for 2007-2011 is a 5-year average from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.   Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 1980, 1990, 2000 Censuses of Population, and the 2007-2011 American Community Survey.  1970 Data:  Minnesota Population Center. National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 2.0. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota 2011.  The College of William and [NAME] and the Minnesota Population Center. School Attendance Boundary Information System (SABINS): Version 1.0. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota 2011.