Educational distribution among liberals by state (2014) Switch to: State among liberals by educational group

% of liberals who have completed…

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Arizona42%28%15%16%139
California34%30%20%16%1,108
Colorado33%24%17%25%140
Connecticut30%23%22%25%108
District of Columbia15%16%37%32%122
Florida41%31%15%13%474
Georgia39%33%14%14%189
Illinois32%32%19%16%349
Indiana45%26%17%11%124
Maryland30%28%21%20%186
Massachusetts24%28%27%22%261
Michigan33%37%19%11%247
Minnesota30%31%24%15%153
Missouri46%22%19%12%141
New Jersey29%30%22%19%227
New York34%26%22%18%600
North Carolina32%31%18%18%235
Ohio40%36%14%11%222
Oregon28%33%24%15%133
Pennsylvania42%24%19%16%319
Tennessee45%29%19%8%121
Texas49%25%16%10%502
Vermont21%29%26%23%119
Virginia29%24%23%24%177
Washington23%33%24%20%223
Wisconsin21%32%25%22%121
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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