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* PERCENT DISTRIBUTION, 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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1980
United States 100.0 18.3 15.3 34.6
Arkansas 100.0 26.8 17.7 33.2
Northwest 100.0 24.6 15.8 34.8
White River 100.0 32.8 19.2 31.2
East 100.0 37.4 17.8 27.9
Western 100.0 25.0 18.1 34.8
West Central 100.0 27.0 18.1 34.0
Central 100.0 17.6 15.6 35.7
Southwest 100.0 26.4 20.4 34.1
Southeast 100.0 29.1 19.5 32.5
1990
United States 100.0 10.4 14.4 30.0
Arkansas 100.0 15.2 18.4 32.7
Northwest 13.2 16.2 34.0
White River 100.0 19.4 20.3 34.5
East 100.0 23.2 19.6 30.6
Western 100.0 14.4 19.4 32.1
West Central 100.0 15.1 19.2 34.0
Central 100.0 9.2 15.1 30.8
Southwest 100.0 15.0 22.0 34.3
Southeast 100.0 17.2 20.6 34.8
Educational Attainment
1 to 3 Yrs 4 5 or
College Years More Yrs.
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1980
United States 15.7 8.6 7.6
Arkansas 11.5 6.3 4.6
Northwest 12.3 6.5 5.9
White River 9.0 4.8 3.1
East 8.7 4.8 3.5
Western 13.2 5.2 3.7
West Central 10.9 5.7 4.3
Central 15.2 9.0 6.9
Southwest 10.4 5.4 3.3
Southeast 9.5 6.1 3.4
1990
United States 24.9 13.1 7.2
Arkansas 20.3 8.9 4.5
Northwest 22.3 9.4 5.0
White River 16.4 6.2 3.2
East 16.7 6.6 3.3
Western 22.9 7.5 3.6
West Central 19.4 8.1 4.3
Central 25.1 13.1 6.9
Southwest 18.4 7.3 3.1
Southeast 16.0 8.1 3.3
This page was compiled by the Institute for Economic Advancement and funded in part by the Economic Development Administration.