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Exhibit 22

McKinsey & Company’s blueprint to help engineer economic development and growth.

States are represented by their abbreviations in the table below:
  • West Virginia (WV)
  • Kentucky (KY)
  • Maryland (MD)
  • Ohio (OH) 
  • Pennsylvania (PA)
  • Virginia (VA)
  • United States (USA)
Exhibit 22: Breakdown of educational attainment levels for populations aged 25+ in West Virginia and neighboring states [92]
Educational attainment in population 25+, 2014 WV KY MD OH PA VA USA
Bachelor's or higher (% total) 19.6% 23.3%
38.8%
26.8%
29.7%
37.0%
30.6%
Some college or associate degree (% total) 25.7%
28.3%
25.7%
29.2%
24.3%
27.3%
29.0%
High school graduate (% total) 40.7%
33.5%
25.1%
33.7%
35.7%
24.6%
27.6%
No High school diploma (% total) 14.0%
14.9%
10.4%
10.3%
10.3%
11.1%
12.9%

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