What Percentage of the General U A)second Quartile
B)first Quartile
C)third Quartile
D)first Quartile as Well

Multiple Choice

What percentage of the general U.S. population have bachelor's degrees? Suppose that the Statistical Abstract of the United States, 120th Edition, gives the following percentage of bachelor's degrees by state. For convenience, the data are sorted in increasing order. Illinois has a bachelor's degree percentage rate of about 18%. Into what quartile does this rate fall?
$$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 17 & 18 & 18 & 18 & 19 & 20 & 20 & 20 & 21 & 21 \\21 & 21 & 21 & 22 & 22 & 22 & 22 & 22 & 23 & 23 \\24 & 24 & 24 & 24 & 24 & 25 & 25 & 25 & 25 & 26 \\26 & 26 & 26 & 26 & 26 & 27 & 27 & 27 & 28 & 28 \\28 & 29 & 29 & 31 & 31 & 32 & 32 & 34 & 35 & 38\end{array}$$

A) second quartile
B) first quartile
C) third quartile
D) first quartile as well as second quartile
E) none of these choices