COLUMBUS — Census figures indicate the percentage of Ohio's adult population with college degrees is lower than that of other nearby Midwestern industrial states.

        In Illinois, 27 percent of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher compared with 23 percent in Michigan and 20.6 percent in Ohio.

        “We sense that Ohio is unable to attract a college-educated population to the extent that other states are,” said Robert Sheehan, vice chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, which oversees state colleges and universities. “States that early on began to diversify their economy and make strong commitments to higher education are doing better than we are.”

        According to the College Board, a national testing organization, workers with bachelor's degrees earn 81 percent more, on average, than those whose highest level of education is a high school diploma.

        Census Bureau and Internal Revenue Service data show that people who attended college for at least one year pay about 71 percent of all income taxes, while those with only high-school diplomas pay 23 percent.

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