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High School Completion Rate is Highest in U.S. History
December 14, 2017
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release:

For the first time in U.S. history, 90 percent of the population age 25 and older have completed high school. This is according to new Educational Attainment data (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2017/demo/education-attainment/cps-detailed-tables.html) released today from the U.S. Census Bureau.

"In 1940, less than half of the population age 25 and older had a high school diploma. O . . .

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