Is a state's income related to its high school dropout rate? Research question: Do the high Dropout school dropout rates differ among the five income quintiles?

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State High School Dropout Rates by Income Groups Lowest Income Quintile 2nd Income Quintile 3rd Income Quintile 4th Income Quintile Highest Income Quintile Dropout Dropout % Dropout Dropout State % State State % State % State 40.0 Kentudky 343 N. Carolina .5 Oregon 24.2 S. Carolina 445 Wyoming 26.0 Minnesota 30.5 Illinois 15.3 24.6 Mississippi W. Virginia New Mexico 398 N. Dakota 5.5 Missouri Arkansas Montana Louisiana 273 Arizona 21.5 Maine 43.0 S. Dakota 39.0 Tee 4 Georgia 26.9 lowa 16.3 Vermont 22.0 Indiana 23.3 Ohio 27.6 Pennsylvania 2 California 25.5 Mihigan 121 Rhode Island 313 N. Hampshire 39.4 Alaska 44.2 Nevada 42.2 Virginia 36,0 Delaware 21.9 Washington 272 Colorado 39.2 Kansas 24.4 Nebraska 2.1 Texas 28.0 27.0 27.4 332 Maryfand 26.3 New York 25,7 New Jersey 35.9 Massachusetts 25.0 25.9 Connecticut Oklahoma 16.8 Florida 19.5 Hawai 28.8 Wisconsin 20.4 idaho 28.2