College Degrees and Political Persuasion
"% College Degree" is the percent of state population over the age 25 with a college degree.
| State |
% College
Degree |
Winner |
Win Ratio |
Bush |
Kerry |
| D.C. |
42.5 |
Kerry |
9.55 |
21,256 |
202,970 |
| Massachusetts |
35.5 |
Kerry |
1.68 |
1,071,109 |
1,803,800 |
| Colorado |
33.5 |
Bush |
1.10 |
1,101,255 |
1,001,732 |
| Maryland |
33.1 |
Kerry |
1.30 |
1,024,703 |
1,334,493 |
| Connecticut |
32.9 |
Kerry |
1.24 |
693,826 |
857,488 |
| Virginia |
31.7 |
Bush |
1.18 |
1,716,959 |
1,454,742 |
| New Jersey |
31.6 |
Kerry |
1.14 |
1,670,003 |
1,911,430 |
| Vermont |
30.8 |
Kerry |
1.52 |
121,180 |
184,067 |
| New
Hampshire |
30.2 |
Kerry |
1.03 |
331,237 |
340,511 |
| Minnesota |
29.8 |
Kerry |
1.07 |
1,346,695 |
1,445,014 |
| Washington |
29.7 |
Kerry |
1.16 |
1,304,894 |
1,510,201 |
| New York |
29.3 |
Kerry |
1.46 |
2,962,567 |
4,314,280 |
| California |
28.5 |
Kerry |
1.22 |
5,509,826 |
6,745,485 |
| Illinois |
28.1 |
Kerry |
1.23 |
2,346,608 |
2,891,989 |
| Alaska |
28 |
Bush |
1.72 |
190,889 |
111,025 |
| Hawaii |
27.9 |
Kerry |
1.19 |
194,191 |
231,708 |
| Utah |
27.3 |
Bush |
2.75 |
663,742 |
241,199 |
| Kansas |
26.7 |
Bush |
1.69 |
736,456 |
434,993 |
| Rhode
Island |
26.7 |
Kerry |
1.54 |
169,046 |
259,760 |
| Oregon |
25.9 |
Kerry |
1.09 |
866,831 |
943,163 |
| New Mexico |
25.9 |
Bush |
1.02 |
376,930 |
370,942 |
| Delaware |
25.1 |
Kerry |
1.17 |
171,660 |
200,152 |
| Nebraska |
24.8 |
Bush |
2.02 |
512,814 |
254,328 |
| Montana |
24.8 |
Bush |
1.53 |
266,063 |
173,710 |
| Texas |
24.5 |
Bush |
1.60 |
4,526,917 |
2,832,704 |
| Georgia |
24.4 |
Bush |
1.40 |
1,914,254 |
1,366,149 |
| Florida |
24.1 |
Bush |
1.11 |
3,964,522 |
3,583,544 |
| Maine |
24 |
Kerry |
1.20 |
330,201 |
396,842 |
| Missouri |
23.9 |
Bush |
1.16 |
1,455,713 |
1,259,171 |
| North
Dakota |
23.8 |
Bush |
1.77 |
196,651 |
111,052 |
| South
Dakota |
23.6 |
Bush |
1.56 |
232,584 |
149,244 |
| Michigan |
23.6 |
Kerry |
1.07 |
2,313,746 |
2,479,183 |
| Pennsylvania |
23.6 |
Kerry |
1.05 |
2,793,847 |
2,938,095 |
| Wyoming |
23.4 |
Bush |
2.37 |
167,629 |
70,776 |
| North
Carolina |
23.4 |
Bush |
1.29 |
1,961,166 |
1,525,849 |
| Arizona |
23.2 |
Bush |
1.24 |
1,104,294 |
893,524 |
| Wisconsin |
23.2 |
Kerry |
1.01 |
1,478,120 |
1,489,504 |
| South
Carolina |
22.7 |
Bush |
1.42 |
937,974 |
661,699 |
| Idaho |
22.6 |
Bush |
2.26 |
409,235 |
181,098 |
| Iowa |
22.2 |
Bush |
1.01 |
751,957 |
741,898 |
| Ohio |
21.9 |
Bush |
1.04 |
2,858,727 |
2,739,952 |
| Tennessee |
21 |
Bush |
1.34 |
1,384,375 |
1,036,477 |
| Oklahoma |
20.7 |
Bush |
1.90 |
959,792 |
503,966 |
| Alabama |
20.6 |
Bush |
1.70 |
1,176,394 |
693,933 |
| Indiana |
20.6 |
Bush |
1.53 |
1,479,438 |
969,011 |
| Louisiana |
20.4 |
Bush |
1.34 |
1,102,169 |
820,299 |
| Arkansas |
19.7 |
Bush |
1.22 |
573,182 |
470,230 |
| Kentucky |
18.8 |
Bush |
1.50 |
1,069,439 |
712,733 |
| Nevada |
18.6 |
Bush |
1.05 |
418,690 |
397,190 |
| Mississippi |
17.7 |
Bush |
1.47 |
672,660 |
457,766 |
| West
Virginia |
16.1 |
Bush |
1.30 |
423,778 |
326,541 |
Data courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau and Wikipedia data on the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election