Presidential Vote by State Educational Attainment

% of Adults with College Degree, by State, with State's Presidential Vote in 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= Voted Democrat

 

 

 

 

= Voted Republican

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% with College Degree

State % Vote for Bush

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District of Columbia

36.31

9

 

 

Massachusetts

31.49

37

 

 

Colorado

29.48

53

 

 

Maryland

29.37

43

 

 

Connecticut

29.17

44

 

 

New Jersey

27.81

46

 

 

Vermont

27.51

39

 

 

Virginia

27.09

54

 

 

New Hampshire

26.53

49

 

 

New York

25.21

40

 

 

Washington

25.11

46

 

 

Minnesota

25.09

47

 

 

California

23.95

45

 

 

Illinois

23.90

44

 

 

Rhode island

23.89

39

 

 

Alaska

23.72

62

 

 

Hawaii

23.03

44

 

 

Kansas

22.99

63

 

 

Delaware

22.97

46

 

 

Oregon

22.89

47

 

 

Nebraska

22.45

67

 

 

Montana

22.35

59

 

National average 22.27

 

 

Utah

22.01

72

 

 

Georgia

21.80

59

 

 

Maine

21.69

45

 

 

Arizona

21.09

55

 

 

Pennsylvania

21.02

49

 

 

North Carolina

20.76

57

 

 

Wisconsin

20.73

49

 

 

Texas

20.60

61

 

 

Florida

20.39

52

 

 

New Mexico

20.25

50

 

 

North Dakota

19.92

63

 

 

Wyoming

19.90

69

 

 

Michigan

19.76

48

 

 

Missouri

19.63

54

 

 

Ohio

19.45

51

 

 

Iowa

19.39

50

 

 

South Dakota

19.07

61

 

 

Idaho

18.88

69

 

 

South Carolina

18.85

58

 

 

Oklahoma

18.21

66

 

 

Tennessee

18.09

57

 

 

Indiana

17.75

60

 

 

Alabama

17.35

63

 

 

Louisiana

16.89

57

 

 

Nevada

16.58

51

 

 

Kentucky

15.95

60

 

 

Mississippi

15.20

60

 

 

Arkansas

14.96

54

 

 

West Virginia

13.73

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education data: 2000 Census, from IPUMS (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series).

 

 

 

 

 

By Matt Sobek


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