hah, until I read this I was confused why there would be more "bachelors" – un-partnered males in a given state. for whatever reason I didn't realize this was degree level! wondering if there's a trend with high school and post bachelor education levels too.

Yeah - maybe a more general term like "educational attainment" would be better. :) In fact, the World Population Review data set has high school school attainment data and there is *not* a significant correlation. I would think, though, that the fact that minors are legally required to attend school would outweigh any other factors that might correlate with rr_score. I bet there is a correlation with post-bac education but haven't checked.