| Population 25 Years and Over, 1980 | Persons with High School Diploma or Higher, 1980 | Persons with College Degree or Higher, 1980 | Percent Completed High School, 1980 | Percent Completed College, 1980 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 |
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United States | 132,835,687 | 88,300,490 | 21,558,480 | 66.5% | 16.2% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 12,675,241 | 7,284,251 | 1,410,794 | 57.5% | 11.1% | 86.5% | 68.6% |
Pennsylvania | 7,240,244 | 4,683,501 | 981,416 | 64.7% | 13.6% | 97.3% | 83.5% |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | 3,670,655 | 2,386,695 | 430,691 | 65.0% | 11.7% | 97.8% | 72.3% |
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County |
Allegheny | 920,764 | 635,653 | 151,927 | 69.0% | 16.5% | 103.9% | 101.7% |
Armstrong | 47,711 | 28,006 | 3,215 | 58.7% | 6.7% | 88.3% | 41.5% |
Beaver | 125,346 | 81,211 | 11,814 | 64.8% | 9.4% | 97.5% | 58.1% |
Bedford | 27,860 | 16,158 | 1,820 | 58.0% | 6.5% | 87.2% | 40.3% |
Blair | 83,346 | 54,467 | 6,761 | 65.4% | 8.1% | 98.3% | 50.0% |
Bradford | 36,242 | 23,504 | 3,210 | 64.9% | 8.9% | 97.6% | 54.6% |
Butler | 85,376 | 58,964 | 9,973 | 69.1% | 11.7% | 103.9% | 72.0% |
Cambria | 110,535 | 67,497 | 9,507 | 61.1% | 8.6% | 91.9% | 53.0% |
Cameron | 4,167 | 2,686 | 303 | 64.5% | 7.3% | 97.0% | 44.8% |
Carbon | 34,243 | 19,665 | 2,503 | 57.4% | 7.3% | 86.4% | 45.0% |
Centre | 54,047 | 40,947 | 14,837 | 75.8% | 27.5% | 114.0% | 169.1% |
Clarion | 23,443 | 14,928 | 2,578 | 63.7% | 11.0% | 95.8% | 67.8% |
Clearfield | 49,374 | 29,435 | 3,752 | 59.6% | 7.6% | 89.7% | 46.8% |
Clinton | 22,636 | 14,411 | 2,104 | 63.7% | 9.3% | 95.8% | 57.3% |
Columbia | 36,506 | 23,180 | 3,715 | 63.5% | 10.2% | 95.5% | 62.7% |
Crawford | 52,169 | 34,898 | 5,462 | 66.9% | 10.5% | 100.6% | 64.5% |
Elk | 22,436 | 14,497 | 1,983 | 64.6% | 8.8% | 97.2% | 54.5% |
Erie | 159,736 | 111,720 | 21,143 | 69.9% | 13.2% | 105.2% | 81.6% |
Fayette | 97,695 | 56,483 | 7,028 | 57.8% | 7.2% | 87.0% | 44.3% |
Forest | 3,231 | 1,909 | 188 | 59.1% | 5.8% | 88.9% | 35.9% |
Fulton | 7,492 | 3,889 | 544 | 51.9% | 7.3% | 78.1% | 44.7% |
Greene | 23,999 | 13,293 | 2,276 | 55.4% | 9.5% | 83.3% | 58.4% |
Huntingdon | 24,885 | 15,314 | 2,144 | 61.5% | 8.6% | 92.6% | 53.1% |
Indiana | 49,635 | 32,028 | 5,556 | 64.5% | 11.2% | 97.1% | 69.0% |
Jefferson | 29,018 | 18,094 | 2,424 | 62.4% | 8.4% | 93.8% | 51.5% |
Juniata | 11,464 | 6,338 | 768 | 55.3% | 6.7% | 83.2% | 41.3% |
Lackawanna | 145,319 | 92,693 | 15,541 | 63.8% | 10.7% | 96.0% | 65.9% |
Lawrence | 65,815 | 41,583 | 6,569 | 63.2% | 10.0% | 95.0% | 61.5% |
Luzerne | 222,071 | 135,990 | 20,536 | 61.2% | 9.2% | 92.1% | 57.0% |
Lycoming | 70,716 | 46,407 | 7,317 | 65.6% | 10.3% | 98.7% | 63.8% |
McKean | 30,537 | 19,849 | 2,811 | 65.0% | 9.2% | 97.8% | 56.7% |
Mercer | 77,094 | 51,491 | 8,997 | 66.8% | 11.7% | 100.5% | 71.9% |
Mifflin | 28,439 | 16,374 | 1,941 | 57.6% | 6.8% | 86.6% | 42.1% |
Monroe | 42,902 | 29,109 | 6,012 | 67.8% | 14.0% | 102.1% | 86.3% |
Montour | 10,434 | 6,293 | 1,439 | 60.3% | 13.8% | 90.7% | 85.0% |
Northumberland | 64,171 | 36,971 | 4,309 | 57.6% | 6.7% | 86.7% | 41.4% |
Perry | 20,982 | 12,828 | 1,516 | 61.1% | 7.2% | 92.0% | 44.5% |
Pike | 12,387 | 8,052 | 1,455 | 65.0% | 11.7% | 97.8% | 72.4% |
Potter | 10,317 | 6,353 | 864 | 61.6% | 8.4% | 92.6% | 51.6% |
Schuylkill | 104,666 | 58,897 | 6,428 | 56.3% | 6.1% | 84.7% | 37.8% |
Snyder | 19,267 | 11,398 | 1,863 | 59.2% | 9.7% | 89.0% | 59.6% |
Somerset | 49,297 | 28,580 | 3,642 | 58.0% | 7.4% | 87.2% | 45.5% |
Sullivan | 3,799 | 2,318 | 305 | 61.0% | 8.0% | 91.8% | 49.5% |
Susquehanna | 22,550 | 14,690 | 1,968 | 65.1% | 8.7% | 98.0% | 53.8% |
Tioga | 23,074 | 14,742 | 2,379 | 63.9% | 10.3% | 96.1% | 63.5% |
Union | 18,573 | 12,163 | 2,652 | 65.5% | 14.3% | 98.5% | 88.0% |
Venango | 39,079 | 25,374 | 3,599 | 64.9% | 9.2% | 97.7% | 56.7% |
Warren | 29,006 | 19,385 | 2,649 | 66.8% | 9.1% | 100.5% | 56.3% |
Washington | 135,253 | 84,355 | 14,501 | 62.4% | 10.7% | 93.8% | 66.1% |
Wayne | 21,748 | 13,510 | 1,913 | 62.1% | 8.8% | 93.5% | 54.2% |
Westmoreland | 244,605 | 167,689 | 30,324 | 68.6% | 12.4% | 103.1% | 76.4% |
Wyoming | 15,198 | 10,426 | 1,626 | 68.6% | 10.7% | 103.2% | 65.9% |