Name of State Percent with Bachelors Degree, 1999 Child Poverty Rate Children Lacking Health Insurance Percent
1 Alabama 21.8 23.8 15.3
2 Alaska 25.5 16.2 10.4
3 Arizona 24.2 23.2 25.9
4 Arkansas 17.3 25 22.6
5 California 27.1 24.6 19.3
6 Colorado 38.7 14.6 14.7
7 Connecticut 33.5 14.7 11.4
8 Delaware 24 15.4 14.9
9 DC 42.1 33.7 15.5
10 Florida 21.6 21.8 19.3
11 Georgia 21.5 22.8 17.3
12 Hawaii 26.2 16.2 6.8
13 Idaho 20.8 17.3 16.6
14 Illinois 25.6 17.5 12
15 Indiana 18.4 14.8 12.7
16 Iowa 21.7 13.7 9.4
17 Kansas 26.5 15.4 9.7
18 Kentucky 19.8 23.1 15.1
19 Louisiana 20.7 26 21.4
20 Maine 22.9 14.9 13.3
21 Maryland 34.7 14.9 12.1
22 Massachusetts 31 17 8.9
23 Michigan 21.3 18 9
24 Minnesota 32 13.1 8.6
25 Mississippi 19.2 24.5 19.5
26 Missouri 23 17.7 11.5
27 Montana 24 21.3 14.1
28 Nebraska 20.4 12.6 8.4
29 Nevada 20.2 15.4 20.4
30 New Hampshire 27.2 10 10.1
31 New Jersey 30.5 14.8 16.1
32 New Mexico 24.5 27.5 17
33 New York 26.9 24.7 15
34 North Carolina 23.9 18.6 16.5
35 North Dakota 22.3 16.8 12
36 Ohio 25.5 16 10
37 Oklahoma 23.7 23.7 18.5
38 Oregon 26.8 16.3 13.4
39 Pennsylvania 23.9 16.6 8.3
40 Rhode Island 26.8 17.3 7.5
41 South Carolina 20.9 23 18.2
42 Sourth Dakota 25.6 19 9.1
43 Tennessee 17.7 18.9 13.4
44 Texas 24.4 23.6 25.3
45 Utah 27.9 12.5 11.7
46 Vermont 28.3 12.7 6.4
47 Virginia 31.6 17 12.1
48 Washington 28.6 15.2 10.2
49 West Virginnia 17.9 24.7 10.7
50 Wisconsin 23.6 14.3 6.9
51 Wyoming 22.3 15.3 13.8