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National Data

Goal 6: Adult Literacy and Lifelong Learning

Gap (in percentage points) between White and Black high school graduates who complete a college degree.
Please see the table below for data values and additional information.

 

State=Nation, Year=1999, Value=19          State=Nation, Year=1998, Value=19          State=Nation, Year=1997, Value=21          State=Nation, Year=1996, Value=19          State=Nation, Year=1995, Value=15          State=Nation, Year=1994, Value=16          State=Nation, Year=1993, Value=17          State=Nation, Year=1992, Value=16
^ Data not collected in this year.


State 1990^ 1991^ 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000^ Change*
Nation     16 17 16 15 19 21 19 19   No statistically significant change

Source: Current Population Survey
^ Data not collected in this year.
* Better: statistically significant improvement; Worse: statistically significant decline; No change: no statistically significant change. If no change information is shown, either there were no data collected or only one year of data was collected.
For more information about national indicators see the Technical Notes and Sources.

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