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Levels of education for New Mexico residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for New Mexico

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

New Mexico education attainment by county, ages 25-34

A focus on "some college, no degree" can improve state college attainment rates. More: New Mexico 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	27.3%	63,131	231,391	12,351	30,554	63,609	61,746	16,698	33,960	12,473
Los Alamos	73.5%	1,367	1,860	17	19	187	270	112	528	727
Bernalillo	34.6%	27,213	78,611	3,316	7,947	18,687	21,448	5,305	15,694	6,214
Santa Fe	34.2%	5,669	16,560	1,555	2,086	3,553	3,697	1,123	3,071	1,475
San Miguel	34.0%	1,177	3,464	85	442	877	883	488	503	186
Mora	30.3%	146	482	10	22	195	109	39	49	58
Roosevelt	30.1%	757	2,515	91	373	604	690	149	525	83
Catron	29.5%	75	254	6	44	78	51	17	53	5
Harding	28.1%	16	57	8	7	15	11	0	12	4
Sandoval	27.8%	3,056	10,983	164	1,000	3,712	3,051	906	1,761	389
Grant	27.1%	878	3,239	78	325	967	991	261	446	171
Dona Ana	26.2%	5,903	22,544	2,079	3,508	5,326	5,728	1,547	3,158	1,198
DeBaca	25.3%	55	217	15	34	49	64	22	30	3
Colfax	24.1%	300	1,245	12	126	398	409	106	146	48
Taos	23.8%	785	3,295	99	442	1,137	832	128	568	89
Curry	22.6%	1,434	6,344	245	830	1,785	2,050	562	726	146
Socorro	21.4%	437	2,039	94	436	623	449	110	226	101
Otero	21.4%	1,718	8,042	412	972	2,315	2,625	835	667	216
Rio Arriba	19.6%	1,062	5,420	363	872	1,793	1,330	381	536	145
Lincoln	19.4%	318	1,638	96	237	463	524	86	208	24
San Juan	18.8%	2,562	13,594	474	2,041	4,403	4,114	1,229	1,108	225
Valencia	18.8%	1,650	8,775	571	1,390	2,886	2,278	715	695	240
Sierra	18.6%	187	1,004	71	202	366	178	72	97	18
Chaves	18.6%	1,246	6,694	567	1,140	1,865	1,876	445	662	139
Lea	17.6%	1,204	6,849	507	1,646	1,870	1,622	495	619	90
Eddy	17.0%	917	5,402	213	836	2,068	1,368	325	479	113
Cibola	16.5%	523	3,166	76	534	1,334	699	279	207	37
Quay	15.9%	151	950	38	179	363	219	49	73	29
Torrance	15.8%	343	2,165	127	336	730	629	122	189	32
McKinley	15.0%	1,476	9,836	351	1,842	3,453	2,714	648	653	175
Luna	13.1%	336	2,560	488	488	850	398	99	166	71
Union	12.6%	55	438	47	45	173	118	10	41	4
Hidalgo	12.3%	76	617	52	50	285	154	24	43	9
Guadalupe	7.3%	39	532	24	103	199	167	9	21	9

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