The following statistics is relating
to “Least Educated States in U.S”. It
should be noted that here only locations with “Average Education Index” information. The rank that given might not
be perfect and complete list. Locations without “Average Education Index” information are not listed here.
The following information is based
on ACS* 2006-2010 data and a total of 51 results found and listed.
The education index is an indicator
of the average education level of the population. A higher education index
value means that more educated population and we know that more educated people
ensure to build more developed country.
|
Rank
|
Average Education Index
|
State / Population
|
|
1.
|
12.63
|
West Virginia / 1,840,802
|
|
2.
|
12.75
|
Mississippi / 2,941,991
|
|
3.
|
12.78
|
Arkansas / 2,872,684
|
|
4.
|
12.79
|
Louisiana / 4,429,940
|
|
5.
|
12.82
|
Kentucky / 4,285,828
|
|
6.
|
12.92
|
Alabama / 4,712,651
|
|
7.
|
12.98
|
Tennessee / 6,234,968
|
|
8.
|
13.05
|
Texas / 24,311,891
|
|
9.
|
13.09
|
South Carolina / 4,511,428
|
|
10.
|
13.12
|
Nevada / 2,633,331
|
|
11.
|
13.14
|
Indiana / 6,417,398
|
|
12.
|
13.15
|
Oklahoma / 3,675,339
|
|
13.
|
13.23
|
North Carolina / 9,271,178
|
|
14.
|
13.25
|
Georgia / 9,468,815
|
|
15.
|
13.26
|
New Mexico / 2,013,122
|
|
16.
|
13.28
|
Ohio / 11,512,431
|
|
17.
|
13.30
|
Missouri / 5,922,314
|
|
18.
|
13.31
|
Florida / 18,511,620
|
|
19.
|
13.32
|
Pennsylvania / 12,612,705
|
|
20.
|
13.34
|
California / 36,637,290
|
|
21.
|
13.41
|
Arizona / 6,246,816
|
|
22.
|
13.42
|
Rhode Island / 1,056,389
|
|
23.
|
13.42
|
Iowa / 3,016,267
|
|
24.
|
13.43
|
Idaho / 1,526,797
|
|
25.
|
13.43
|
South Dakota / 799,462
|
|
26.
|
13.44
|
Michigan / 9,952,687
|
|
27.
|
13.46
|
Wisconsin / 5,637,947
|
|
28.
|
13.47
|
Delaware / 881,278
|
|
29.
|
13.49
|
Maine / 1,327,665
|
|
30.
|
13.54
|
North Dakota / 659,858
|
|
31.
|
13.56
|
New York / 19,229,752
|
|
32.
|
13.56
|
Wyoming / 545,579
|
|
33.
|
13.56
|
Illinois / 12,745,359
|
|
34.
|
13.62
|
Nebraska / 1,799,125
|
|
35.
|
13.65
|
Montana / 973,739
|
|
36.
|
13.66
|
Kansas / 2,809,329
|
|
37.
|
13.69
|
Oregon / 3,761,925
|
|
38.
|
13.69
|
Hawaii / 1,333,591
|
|
39.
|
13.72
|
New Jersey / 8,721,577
|
|
40.
|
13.72
|
Alaska / 691,189
|
|
41.
|
13.74
|
Virginia / 7,841,754
|
|
42.
|
13.81
|
Utah / 2,657,236
|
|
43.
|
13.84
|
Washington / 6,561,297
|
|
44.
|
13.85
|
Vermont / 624,258
|
|
45.
|
13.85
|
Minnesota / 5,241,914
|
|
46.
|
13.88
|
New Hampshire / 1,313,939
|
|
47.
|
13.89
|
Connecticut / 3,545,837
|
|
48.
|
13.93
|
Maryland / 5,696,423
|
|
49.
|
14.00
|
Colorado / 4,887,061
|
|
50.
|
14.04
|
Massachusetts / 6,477,096
|
|
51.
|
14.59
|
District of Columbia / 584,400
|
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American
Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can
interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
