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About 1% of the world's population holds a PhD.
Massachusetts has the highest percentage of residents with a PhD, with approximately 2.37% of its population holding this advanced degree.
15.129% of the US army Genrals have a PhD
It is slightly over 1% of the US population that holds a PhD. When you include all doctorates and professional degrees, it is 3% of the US population.
As of 2021, the percentage of white individuals in the US prison population is around 30%.
According to US 2000 Census, 1,754,331 of population over 25 years of age have a doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, etc). This is under one percent of population (0.96) in this age group. Including people with professional degrees who are normally referred to with Dr title like physicians, dentists, etc (MD, DDS, etc) 5,373,866 (2.95%) of US population over 25 carry doctor title.
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1.22% of the total US population lives in Oregon.
1.85% of the total US population lives in Maryland.
4.06% of the total US population lives in Pennsylvania.
2.15% of the total US population lives in Washington.