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Percent of Population with Associate Degree or Higher, Top States by Age
| Age 25-64 Total | 25 to 34 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | Population | Percent | Geography | Population | Percent | |
| Massachusetts | 1,800,880 | 51% | Massachusetts | 465,250 | 55% | |
| Connecticut | 897,881 | 47% | Minnesota | 362,682 | 51% | |
| Colorado | 1,291,799 | 47% | North Dakota | 45,587 | 50% | |
| Minnesota | 1,310,233 | 46% | New York | 1,337,323 | 50% | |
| New Hampshire | 334,779 | 46% | New Jersey | 530,460 | 48% | |
| Vermont | 153,997 | 45% | Iowa | 178,523 | 47% | |
| New Jersey | 2,164,008 | 45% | Connecticut | 196,163 | 47% | |
| North Dakota | 155,340 | 45% | New Hampshire | 67,380 | 46% | |
| Maryland | 1,421,095 | 45% | Maryland | 352,393 | 46% | |
| New York | 4,671,800 | 45% | Illinois | 813,604 | 46% | |
| Nation | 63,442,021 | 39% | Nation | 16,456,298 | 40% | |
| 35 to 44 years | 45 to 64 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | Population | Percent | Geography | Population | Percent | |
| Massachusetts | 466,586 | 52% | Massachusetts | 869,044 | 48% | |
| Minnesota | 345,790 | 50% | Colorado | 623,772 | 47% | |
| North Dakota | 37,711 | 50% | Connecticut | 463,857 | 46% | |
| Connecticut | 237,861 | 49% | New Hampshire | 180,977 | 45% | |
| Colorado | 342,413 | 49% | Vermont | 85,230 | 45% | |
| New Hampshire | 86,422 | 48% | Maryland | 692,285 | 43% | |
| New Jersey | 593,839 | 48% | New Jersey | 1,039,709 | 43% | |
| Vermont | 37,381 | 48% | Washington | 776,535 | 43% | |
| Virginia | 525,177 | 47% | Hawaii | 156,077 | 43% | |
| Maryland | 376,417 | 47% | Virginia | 912,863 | 42% | |
| Nation | 16,747,003 | 41% | Minnesota | 601,761 | 42% | |
| Nation | 30,238,720 | 37% | ||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
