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Percent of the Population 25 and Over with No High School Diploma for the 100 Largest Cities and Their Suburbs, 1990, 2000 & Percent Change, Ranked by Lowest Rate

 
2000
1990
% Chng NAPC
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  City ST Rank Value Rank Value
1 Miami/Hialeah 1    FL 1 48.4% 1 52.8% -8.4%
  Suburbs Excluding City   9 26.0% 15 27.8% -6.3%    
2 Santa Ana/Anaheim 2    CA 2 43.2% 7 37.1% 16.3%
  Suburbs Excluding City   42 14.7% 70 13.9% 5.3%    
3 Newark    NJ 3 42.1% 2 48.8% -13.8%
  Suburbs Excluding City   39 15.1% 47 19.8% -23.5%    
4 Los Angelas/Long Beach/Glendale    CA 4 32.1% 17 31.6% 1.6%
  Suburbs Excluding City   6 28.3% 13 28.5% -.6%    
5 Stockton    CA 5 31.8% 12 33.4% -4.6%
  Suburbs Excluding City   7 26.6% 12 29.9% -11.2%    
6 Baltimore    MD 6 31.6% 4 39.3% -19.6%
  Suburbs Excluding City   55 13.7% 50 19.2% -28.9%    
7 El Paso    TX 7 31.4% 9 34.7% -9.3%
  Suburbs Excluding City   1 50.5% 1 49.7% 1.5%    
8 Cleveland    OH 8 31.0% 3 41.2% -24.8%
  Suburbs Excluding City   53 13.7% 44 19.8% -30.6%    
9 Fresno    CA 9 30.9% 20 31.0% -.1%
  Suburbs Excluding City   3 34.3% 5 36.7% -6.8%    
10 Detroit    MI 10 30.4% 5 37.8% -19.8%
  Suburbs Excluding City   40 15.0% 36 20.7% -27.9%    
11 Houston    TX 11 29.6% 26 29.5% .2%
  Suburbs Excluding City   21 19.2% 39 20.4% -5.5%    
12 Philadelphia    PA 12 28.8% 8 35.7% -19.3%
  Suburbs Excluding City   57 13.4% 52 18.7% -28.1%    
13 St. Louis    MO 13 28.7% 6 37.2% -22.9%
  Suburbs Excluding City   41 14.9% 31 21.8% -31.6%    
14 Chicago    IL 14 28.2% 11 34.0% -17.0%
  Suburbs Excluding City   48 14.2% 59 17.0% -16.5%    
15 New York/Yonkers 3    NY 15 27.6% 18 31.5% -12.5%
  Suburbs Excluding City   47 14.2% 62 16.6% -14.4%    
16 Jersey City    NJ 16 27.4% 10 34.3% -20.1%
  Suburbs Excluding City   5 30.7% 4 37.0% -16.9%    
17 Rochester    NY 17 27.0% 19 31.2% -13.6%
  Suburbs Excluding City   60 13.1% 55 18.3% -28.5%    
18 Buffalo    NY 18 25.4% 14 32.7% -22.5%
  Suburbs Excluding City   43 14.5% 37 20.5% -29.1%    
19 New Orleans    LA 19 25.3% 16 31.9% -20.6%
  Suburbs Excluding City   17 20.7% 18 25.8% -19.8%    
20 Milwaukee    WI 20 25.2% 29 28.5% -11.7%
  Suburbs Excluding City   74 9.9% 68 14.5% -31.6%    
21 Riverside    CA 21 25.1% 52 22.2% 13.0%
  Suburbs Excluding City   10 25.5% 19 25.5% -.2%    
22 San Antonio    TX 22 24.9% 21 30.9% -19.2%
  Suburbs Excluding City   26 17.2% 46 19.8% -13.2%    
23 Dallas/Garland/Irving/Plano 4    TX 23 24.9% 47 23.0% 8.1%
  Suburbs Excluding City   32 16.1% 45 19.8% -18.8%    
24 Richmond    VA 24 24.8% 15 31.9% -22.2%
  Suburbs Excluding City   35 15.6% 33 21.8% -28.6%    
25 Birmingham    AL 25 24.5% 22 30.7% -20.1%
  Suburbs Excluding City   24 17.7% 20 25.4% -30.2%    
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Footnotes
1 Miami/Hialeah, FL was Miami FL MSA Excluding City in 1980
2 Orange Co. (Santa Ana/Anaheim, CA) was Anaheim/Santa Ana, CA MSA Excluding City in 1980
3 New York/Yonkers, NY was New York, NY MSA Excluding City in 1980
4 Dallas/Garland/Irving/Plano, TX was Dallas/Garland, TX MSA Excluding City in 1980

Notes
* Data for MSAs are listed excluding the central city. Where two or more cities are shown together, they belong to the same Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). In these cases, the city data were combined to create a single urban entity.
* Suburbs refers to the MSA excluding the city(ies).
* Where two or more cities are shown together, they belong to the same Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). In these cases, the city data were combined to create a single urban entity.
* Tabulations are based on numbers with more decimal places than shown.

Source
* Andrulis, Dennis, and Goodman, Nanette. Social Change and Health Landscape of Urban and Suburban America. Health Forum, Inc., 1999 and from the Suny Downstate Medical Center website: http://www.downstate.edu/urbansoc_healthdata/Urban Center Website/web design2/Home Page.htm
* Tabulations based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 1980, 1990, 2000.
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