Cities with the Lowest Percent of People who Graduated High School

Top 100 Results Sorted from Lowest to Highest by City where Population is greater than 50,000

Rank	City	Percent of People who Graduated High School
1	Florence-Graham, California	29.1%
2	Huntington Park, California	32.2%
3	East Los Angeles, California	33.7%
4	Lynwood, California	38.5%
5	South Gate, California	39.9%
6	Santa Ana, California	43.2%
7	El Monte, California	44.2%
8	Baldwin Park, California	47.5%
9	Compton, California	48.0%
10	Cicero, Illinois	48.2%
11	Hialeah, Florida	49.8%
12	Paramount, California	50.0%
13	Camden, New Jersey	51.0%
14	Brownsville, Texas	51.7%
15	Miami, Florida	52.7%
16	Rosemead, California	53.2%
17	Union City, New Jersey	54.4%
18	Laredo, Texas	54.8%
19	Pomona, California	54.9%
20	Pico Rivera, California	55.1%
21	Passaic, New Jersey	55.5%
22	Salinas, California	56.0%
23	Fall River, Massachusetts	56.6%
24	National City, California	57.2%
25	New Bedford, Massachusetts	57.6%
26	Newark, New Jersey	57.9%
27	Lawrence, Massachusetts	58.2%
28	Paterson, New Jersey	58.5%
29	Oxnard, California	59.5%
30	Hartford, Connecticut	60.8%
31	Carol City, Florida	61.0%
32	Santa Maria, California	61.0%
33	Elizabeth, New Jersey	61.7%
34	Montebello, California	62.1%
35	Reading, Pennsylvania	62.3%
36	Trenton, New Jersey	62.4%
37	Ontario, California	62.5%
38	Norwalk, California	63.0%
39	Inglewood, California	63.7%
40	San Bernardino, California	64.9%
41	Bridgeport, Connecticut	65.0%
42	McAllen, Texas	65.3%
43	Fontana, California	65.4%
44	South Whittier, California	65.5%
45	Providence, Rhode Island	65.8%
46	Brentwood, New York	65.8%
47	Harlingen, Texas	66.2%
48	Pawtucket, Rhode Island	66.2%
49	Waukegan, Illinois	66.5%
50	Rialto, California	66.5%
51	North Las Vegas, Nevada	66.5%
52	Hempstead, New York	66.6%
53	Los Angeles, California	66.6%
54	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	66.6%
55	Hawthorne, California	66.8%
56	North Miami, Florida	67.0%
57	Pasadena, Texas	67.1%
58	Garden Grove, California	67.8%
59	Vineland, New Jersey	67.8%
60	Stockton, California	68.2%
61	Baltimore, Maryland	68.4%
62	Merced, California	68.5%
63	El Paso, Texas	68.6%
64	Pontiac, Michigan	68.9%
65	New Britain, Connecticut	69.0%
66	Cleveland, Ohio	69.0%
67	Fresno, California	69.1%
68	Anaheim, California	69.3%
69	Yakima, Washington	69.4%
70	Dundalk, Maryland	69.5%
71	Detroit, Michigan	69.6%
72	Port Arthur, Texas	69.7%
73	Fountainbleau, Florida	70.2%
74	Turlock, California	70.4%
75	Houston, Texas	70.4%
76	Dallas, Texas	70.4%
77	Carson, California	70.6%
78	Chino, California	70.7%
79	Odessa, Texas	70.7%
80	Tamiami, Florida	70.8%
81	Bellflower, California	70.8%
82	Lowell, Massachusetts	71.2%
83	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	71.2%
84	St. Louis, Missouri	71.3%
85	Westminster, California	71.5%
86	Elkhart, Indiana	71.5%
87	Monterey Park, California	71.6%
88	Waco, Texas	71.6%
89	Waterbury, Connecticut	71.7%
90	Chicago, Illinois	71.8%
91	Baytown, Texas	72.0%
92	Irvington, New Jersey	72.0%
93	Gastonia, North Carolina	72.2%
94	New York, New York	72.3%
95	Downey, California	72.3%
96	Macon, Georgia	72.3%
97	East Orange, New Jersey	72.4%
98	Albany, Georgia	72.5%
99	Jersey City, New Jersey	72.6%
100	Utica, New York	72.6%

Source(s): 2000 U.S. Census, American Fact Finder

Cities with the Lowest Percent of People who Graduated High School

Top 100 Results Sorted from Lowest to Highest by City where Population is greater than 50,000

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