Table 5.-Level of school completed by persons 25 years
old and over and 25 to 29 years old, by color: United
States, 1940 to 1959

small number of persons not reporting on years of
school completed were included in base of percent-
ages but were not distributed)

Note.-Data are for 48 States and D. C.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current

Population Reports, Series P-20, No. 99.

Table 6-Median school years completed by persons 25 years old and by regions, divisions, and States: 1960

9.9

10.4

12.0

11.3

9.5

Missouri------

9.6

8.7

8.4

South Dakota----

10.4

9.0

8.6

11.7

9.6

Source: U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1960 Census of

Population, PC(1) 1c.