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Levels of education for California residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for California

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

California education attainment by county, ages 25-34

A focus on "some college, no degree" can improve state college attainment rates. More: California PDF

County	Percent w/college degree	Number w/college degree	Total population (ages 25-34)	< 9th grade	9th-12th grade, no diploma	High school grad/GED	Some college, no degree	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree
TOTAL	32.9%	1,702,058	5,168,768	541,186	742,572	1,021,706	1,161,246	340,832	990,557	370,669
San Francisco	66.0%	119,339	180,743	6,446	9,434	17,911	27,613	9,398	77,758	32,183
Santa Clara	51.6%	153,771	298,237	21,307	27,000	43,243	52,916	20,547	84,423	48,801
Marin	51.2%	16,357	31,948	2,164	3,310	3,911	6,206	1,782	10,941	3,634
San Mateo	50.1%	55,674	111,107	7,985	8,925	16,154	22,369	7,376	33,016	15,282
Alameda	45.6%	108,500	238,186	16,235	23,791	39,479	50,181	15,906	63,239	29,355
Yolo	41.8%	9,858	23,602	1,894	2,896	4,081	4,873	1,266	5,388	3,204
Placer	40.9%	11,818	28,886	993	1,791	5,572	8,712	2,845	7,055	1,918
Contra Costa	39.2%	48,947	124,878	7,663	12,040	24,788	31,440	9,275	30,119	9,553
Santa Cruz	37.6%	13,737	36,548	4,020	3,451	6,560	8,780	2,596	8,403	2,738
San Diego	35.9%	156,557	436,610	29,233	47,402	86,408	117,010	31,368	92,415	32,774
Orange	35.5%	164,048	462,244	54,469	61,569	78,863	103,295	33,776	99,976	30,296
Sacramento	32.6%	58,180	178,528	8,822	20,403	41,002	50,121	14,740	33,462	9,978
Butte	32.5%	7,456	22,973	1,244	2,473	4,773	7,027	2,175	4,385	896
El Dorado	32.1%	4,966	15,478	635	1,692	3,320	4,865	1,150	3,097	719
Alpine	32.1%	34	106	0	12	41	19	4	26	4
Santa Barbara	31.8%	17,287	54,443	7,951	7,213	10,158	11,834	3,709	9,685	3,893
San Luis Obispo	30.7%	8,311	27,028	1,739	3,546	5,739	7,693	2,486	4,837	988
Humboldt	30.6%	4,860	15,902	507	1,735	3,827	4,973	1,559	2,768	533
Los Angeles	30.3%	472,696	1,562,471	213,606	273,754	289,392	313,023	93,576	277,560	101,560
Mariposa	30.0%	460	1,535	0	157	513	405	113	296	51
Sonoma	29.5%	17,034	57,683	5,490	7,030	12,636	15,493	4,724	10,078	2,232
Nevada	29.5%	2,263	7,684	164	763	2,200	2,294	659	1,347	257
Ventura	29.4%	30,290	102,853	11,907	13,764	21,775	25,117	7,707	17,069	5,514
Napa	27.3%	4,230	15,510	1,949	2,243	3,030	4,058	979	2,486	765
Mono	26.3%	528	2,009	201	232	493	555	99	390	39
Solano	25.5%	13,992	54,863	3,210	7,333	13,555	16,773	4,291	7,751	1,950
Plumas	23.7%	371	1,564	21	161	514	497	99	172	100
Sierra	23.4%	71	304	12	27	114	80	27	44	0
Fresno	22.2%	24,335	109,806	17,707	18,814	23,827	25,123	6,973	13,543	3,819
Shasta	22.1%	3,638	16,476	429	2,047	4,790	5,572	1,531	1,613	494
Siskiyou	21.5%	759	3,538	172	455	1,019	1,133	269	381	109
Monterey	21.0%	13,365	63,674	13,347	11,352	13,197	12,413	3,178	7,565	2,622
San Benito	20.8%	1,595	7,657	774	1,036	2,235	2,017	462	914	219
Sutter	20.7%	2,121	10,245	1,137	1,552	2,864	2,571	846	1,060	215
San Bernardino	20.6%	48,907	237,845	21,705	45,256	61,715	60,262	16,307	24,506	8,094
San Joaquin	19.4%	14,475	74,656	8,818	12,691	19,821	18,851	5,372	7,164	1,939
Riverside	19.1%	38,425	201,385	21,314	37,811	52,950	50,885	12,255	19,330	6,840
Stanislaus	18.1%	10,868	59,951	6,675	10,412	16,713	15,283	3,562	5,834	1,472
Inyo	18.1%	277	1,529	145	235	499	373	60	148	69
Yuba	17.9%	1,408	7,885	837	1,305	2,103	2,232	756	503	149
Calaveras	17.4%	530	3,039	85	576	923	925	197	259	74
Modoc	17.1%	136	797	37	157	278	189	70	49	17
Imperial	16.5%	3,425	20,748	1,176	4,580	6,673	4,894	1,293	1,609	523
Mendocino	16.5%	1,535	9,330	872	1,444	3,038	2,441	580	752	203
Tuolumne	15.9%	907	5,691	87	1,170	1,951	1,576	350	396	161
Merced	15.1%	4,235	27,954	5,392	4,408	7,210	6,709	1,828	1,918	489
Amador	15.1%	523	3,457	122	637	1,228	947	153	275	95
Kern	15.0%	13,830	92,114	11,715	19,006	25,943	21,620	4,268	7,393	2,169
Colusa	14.5%	336	2,320	675	392	439	478	119	193	24
Glenn	14.5%	467	3,226	502	695	840	722	267	175	25
Kings	14.0%	3,246	23,180	2,303	4,334	7,836	5,461	1,399	1,539	308
Tulare	13.8%	6,804	49,431	10,482	9,355	11,914	10,876	2,717	3,238	849
Lake	13.4%	667	4,991	364	1,049	1,463	1,448	264	295	108
Trinity	13.2%	144	1,090	11	161	436	338	57	73	14
Tehama	12.6%	774	6,148	564	1,072	1,972	1,766	348	336	90
Madera	11.0%	1,819	16,590	3,509	3,567	4,324	3,371	612	1,008	199
Lassen	9.3%	577	6,224	105	1,378	2,373	1,791	320	212	45
Del Norte	7.6%	295	3,868	258	1,478	1,080	757	187	90	18

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