2,471,189 California Residents 25 and Older Never Completed 9th Grade; Highest Percentage in Nation.
(CNSNews.com) – California once again ranked No. 1 among the 50 states for the percentage of its residents 25 and older who have never completed ninth grade and 50th for the percentage who have at least graduated from high school, according to new five-year estimates (2014-2018) released Thursday by the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
California, as CNSNews.com reported last year, also ranked No. 1 for the percentage who never completed ninth grade and No. 50 for the percentage who had graduated from high school in the five-year estimates (2013-2017) the Census Bureau released in December 2018.
In California, according to the new five-year estimate, 2,471,189 residents 25 and older had never completed ninth grade.
That equaled 9.4 percent of the state’s total 2018 population of residents 25 and older.
Texas ranked second with 8.5 percent (1,506,111) of its 25-and-older population having never completed ninth grade.
New York ranked third with 6.3 percent (857,177) of its 25-and-oder population having never completed ninth grade.
New Mexico ranked fourth with 6.2 percent (86,723) of its 25-and-older population having never completed ninth grade.
Kentucky ranked fifth with 5.8 percent (174,998) of its 25-and-older population having never completed ninth grade.
The five states with the smallest percentages of residents 25 and older who never finished ninth grade were Wyoming (1.9 percent), Montana (2 percent), New Hampshire (2.2 percent), Vermont (2.3 percent) and Alaska (2.6 percent). read more
I completed 9th grade….best 7 years of my life…..
I think the key word here is “Residents”.
True personal experience;
The family moved from WN. To Cal. while I was in the 9th grade.
1st day of my 9th grade math class was;
Teacher handed out paper and pencils
Told the class to write down the answers from the record player (78rpm).
1st question; 3+5=
2nd question; 9-4=
3rd question; 7+8=
I was flabbergasted, I got straight As but holy crap, this state was eons behind many other states.
jellybean
Ironically when I was the same age we left SoCal for Wisconsin and I experienced the exact same thing. Wisconsin was a least a grade behind where I left.
I thot the key word here wuz dood!
before you jump to any conclusions
we need to know if common core math was used to calculate the percentages
I guess tortilla benders don’t like Alaska’s climate.