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* PERCENT CHANGE, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, 1980 & 1990 *
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COMPARISON OF UNITED STATES, STATE OF ARKANSAS,
AND PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
Prepared by the Census State Data Center, Arkansas Institute for
Economic Advancement, College of Business Administration,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock from the 1980 and 1990
Census of Population and Housing, Bureau of the Census,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Educational Attainment
Persons Less 1 to 3 Yrs High
25 Yrs Than High School
& Over 9th Grade School Graduate
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United States 19.6 -32.0 12.6 3.7
Arkansas 11.9 -36.5 16.4 10.4
Northwest 22.8 -34.4 25.7 19.8
White River 11.0 -34.1 17.6 22.6
East 6.1 -34.2 17.1 16.2
Western 14.1 -34.4 22.3 5.3
West Central 11.4 -37.4 17.9 11.4
Central 18.3 -38.1 14.2 2.0
Southwest 3.9 -41.1 11.6 4.6
Southeast 1.9 -39.9 7.9 9.0
Educational Attainment
1 to 3 Yrs 4 5 or
College Years More Yrs.
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United States 90.3 82.4 13.2
Arkansas 98.1 58.8 9.0
Northwest 122.6 77.6 4.4
White River 102.6 43.9 14.6
East 104.2 46.8 1.0
Western 98.4 65.6 11.5
West Central 97.8 57.7 9.5
Central 95.3 70.8 17.2
Southwest 82.8 39.4 -0.4
Southeast 72.9 35.6 -0.4
This page was compiled by the Institute for Economic Advancement and funded in part by the Economic Development Administration.