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50 State Comparison - Fiscal, Economics, and Population Table
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Percent of population 25 years and over who have a high school diploma, 2003 to 2009.| State | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Alabama | 78.8% | 79.5% | 80.3% | 80.1% | 80.4% | 81.9% | 82.1% |
| Alaska | 91.2% | 91.4% | 91.0% | 89.7% | 90.5% | 91.6% | 91.4% |
| Arizona | 83.5% | 83.7% | 83.8% | 83.8% | 83.5% | 83.8% | 84.2% |
| Arkansas | 79.7% | 80.2% | 81.0% | 80.5% | 81.1% | 82.0% | 82.4% |
| California | 80.2% | 80.4% | 80.1% | 80.1% | 80.2% | 80.2% | 80.6% |
| Colorado | 88.1% | 87.4% | 88.7% | 88.0% | 88.9% | 88.9% | 89.3% |
| Connecticut | 87.6% | 89.0% | 87.9% | 88.0% | 88.0% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| Delaware | 86.0% | 85.6% | 85.6% | 85.5% | 87.4% | 87.2% | 87.4% |
| District of Columbia | 81.7% | 84.4% | 83.6% | 84.3% | 85.7% | 85.8% | 87.1% |
| Florida | 84.0% | 84.5% | 84.6% | 84.5% | 84.9% | 85.2% | 85.3% |
| Georgia | 80.9% | 81.0% | 82.8% | 82.2% | 82.9% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| Hawaii | 87.8% | 87.2% | 88.1% | 89.0% | 89.4% | 90.3% | 90.4% |
| Idaho | 87.9% | 87.3% | 86.7% | 87.3% | 88.4% | 87.9% | 88.4% |
| Illinois | 85.2% | 85.2% | 85.7% | 85.0% | 85.7% | 85.9% | 86.4% |
| Indiana | 83.7% | 84.4% | 85.3% | 85.2% | 85.8% | 86.2% | 86.6% |
| Iowa | 88.9% | 89.5% | 89.6% | 88.9% | 89.6% | 90.3% | 90.5% |
| Kansas | 88.8% | 89.4% | 88.7% | 88.5% | 89.1% | 89.5% | 89.7% |
| Kentucky | 78.7% | 77.6% | 79.0% | 79.6% | 80.1% | 81.3% | 81.7% |
| Louisiana | 78.9% | 79.9% | 80.5% | 79.4% | 79.9% | 81.2% | 82.2% |
| Maine | 88.3% | 88.3% | 89.0% | 88.7% | 89.4% | 89.7% | 90.2% |
| Maryland | 86.8% | 87.1% | 87.0% | 87.1% | 87.4% | 88.0% | 88.2% |
| Massachusetts | 87.7% | 88.2% | 88.0% | 87.9% | 88.4% | 88.7% | 89.0% |
| Michigan | 87.1% | 86.9% | 87.0% | 87.2% | 87.4% | 88.1% | 87.9% |
| Minnesota | 90.8% | 90.7% | 90.9% | 90.7% | 91.0% | 91.6% | 91.5% |
| Mississippi | 77.4% | 77.3% | 78.5% | 77.9% | 78.5% | 79.9% | 80.4% |
| Missouri | 85.4% | 86.3% | 85.0% | 84.8% | 85.6% | 86.5% | 86.8% |
| Montana | 90.5% | 89.9% | 90.7% | 90.1% | 90.0% | 90.9% | 90.8% |
| Nebraska | 89.7% | 89.4% | 89.5% | 89.5% | 89.6% | 90.1% | 89.8% |
| Nevada | 82.1% | 83.0% | 82.8% | 83.9% | 83.7% | 83.5% | 83.9% |
| New Hampshire | 89.4% | 88.3% | 89.9% | 89.9% | 90.5% | 90.9% | 91.3% |
| New Jersey | 85.3% | 86.2% | 86.3% | 86.1% | 87.0% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| New Mexico | 80.3% | 80.3% | 82.0% | 81.5% | 82.3% | 82.4% | 82.8% |
| New York | 83.2% | 83.9% | 84.3% | 84.1% | 84.1% | 84.1% | 84.7% |
| North Carolina | 80.1% | 81.0% | 82.3% | 82.0% | 83.0% | 83.6% | 84.3% |
| North Dakota | 88.4% | 87.9% | 88.2% | 88.1% | 89.0% | 89.6% | 90.1% |
| Ohio | 86.0% | 86.6% | 86.3% | 86.2% | 87.1% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| Oklahoma | 83.3% | 83.4% | 84.3% | 84.3% | 84.8% | 85.5% | 85.6% |
| Oregon | 87.7% | 87.2% | 87.5% | 87.6% | 88.0% | 88.6% | 89.1% |
| Pennsylvania | 85.6% | 85.8% | 86.7% | 86.2% | 86.8% | 87.5% | 87.9% |
| Rhode Island | 81.6% | 82.8% | 83.5% | 82.4% | 83.0% | 83.7% | 84.7% |
| South Carolina | 81.5% | 81.4% | 81.7% | 81.3% | 82.1% | 83.2% | 83.6% |
| South Dakota | 88.6% | 89.4% | 88.6% | 88.3% | 88.2% | 90.3% | 89.9% |
| Tennessee | 81.1% | 80.7% | 81.2% | 80.9% | 81.4% | 83.0% | 83.1% |
| Texas | 77.8% | 78.7% | 78.8% | 78.6% | 79.1% | 79.6% | 79.9% |
| United States of America | 83.5% | 83.9% | 84.2% | 84.1% | 84.5% | 85.0% | 85.3% |
| Utah | 90.0% | 89.2% | 90.1% | 90.2% | 90.2% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| Vermont | 88.6% | 89.2% | 89.5% | 89.8% | 90.3% | 90.6% | 91.0% |
| Virginia | 84.5% | 84.9% | 85.4% | 85.4% | 85.9% | 85.9% | 86.6% |
| Washington | 89.7% | 89.4% | 88.8% | 89.0% | 89.3% | 89.6% | 89.7% |
| West Virginia | 78.3% | 79.4% | 81.2% | 81.0% | 81.2% | 82.2% | 82.8% |
| Wisconsin | 87.1% | 87.1% | 88.8% | 88.4% | 89.0% | 89.6% | 89.8% |
| Wyoming | 90.4% | 90.7% | 91.3% | 90.2% | 91.2% | 91.7% | 91.8% |
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