Table 15. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By Metropolitan Area, 1 Including Confidence Intervals of Estimates: March 1999 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: September 15, 2000 (Numbers in thousands) Bachelor's Total Completed degree 25 years High School or more Metropolitan Area and over Percent 1.6*(S.E.)/1 Percent 1.6*(S.E.)/1 Atlanta, GA MSA 2,431 89.9 1.9 30.9 3.0 Boston-Law., MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 3,737 85.2 1.4 32.7 1.8 ...Boston, MA-NH PMSA 2,234 87.3 1.7 39.0 2.4 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 735 90.6 2.7 27.3 4.0 Charlotte-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA 966 81.0 3.6 25.1 4.0 Chicago-Gary-Ken., IL-IN-WI CMSA 5,240 85.2 1.3 29.0 1.7 ...Chicago, IL PMSA 4,904 85.2 1.3 30.2 1.7 Cincinnati-Hamil., OH-KY-IN CMSA 1,175 85.6 2.7 30.5 3.6 ...Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 995 84.7 3.0 30.7 3.9 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 2,008 88.9 1.8 28.0 2.5 ...Cleveland-Lor.-Elyria, OH PMSA 1,574 88.5 2.1 28.1 2.9 Columbus, OH MSA 927 85.4 3.0 29.3 3.9 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 3,138 85.9 1.8 32.0 2.4 ...Dallas-TX PMSA 2,218 84.3 2.2 34.3 2.9 ...Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 920 89.9 2.7 26.6 4.0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1,645 90.6 1.7 40.4 2.9 ...Denver, CO PMSA 1,309 90.4 2.0 38.7 3.2 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 3,578 84.6 1.5 24.0 1.8 ...Detroit, MI PMSA 2,924 84.6 1.7 23.1 1.9 Hartford, CT MSA 737 87.4 2.9 38.5 4.2 Houston-Galveston-Braz., TX CMSA 2,939 77.5 2.3 26.5 2.5 ...Houston, TX PMSA 2,587 76.8 2.4 26.1 2.5 Indianapolis, IN MSA 926 82.3 3.7 28.6 4.4 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 1,309 89.3 2.2 27.3 3.1 Los Angeles-Riv.-Orange, CA CMSA 9,640 77.1 1.1 24.8 1.1 ...LA-Long Beach, CA PMSA 5,745 73.9 1.3 26.3 1.3 ...Orange County, CA PMSA 1,780 84.1 2.5 29.6 3.2 ...Riverside-San Bern., CA PMSA 1,678 78.4 3.0 15.5 2.6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 2,487 78.3 2.0 24.2 2.1 ...Ft Lauderdale, FL PMSA 1,093 83.8 2.9 25.2 3.4 ...Miami, FL-PMSA 1,394 74.0 2.8 23.4 2.7 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 1,167 88.4 2.7 24.8 3.7 ...Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 934 88.9 2.9 25.7 4.0 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 1,829 94.0 1.5 36.6 3.0 New Orleans, LA MSA 811 84.8 3.3 24.1 3.9 NY-Nor. NJ-LI, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 13,336 82.1 0.8 30.3 0.9 ...Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 913 87.8 2.4 31.6 3.4 ...Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 1,921 86.9 1.9 31.0 2.6 ...New York, NY PMSA 5,679 76.4 1.3 29.0 1.4 ...Newark, NJ PMSA 1,284 87.1 2.2 35.4 3.1 Norfolk-VA Beach, VA-NC MSA 976 89.7 3.1 32.8 4.8 Phil.-Atl. City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 4,073 85.8 1.3 28.2 1.6 ...Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 3,391 86.4 1.4 28.8 1.9 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 1,924 85.1 2.1 25.3 2.5 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 1,607 89.7 1.9 26.6 2.8 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 1,488 87.2 2.1 28.6 2.8 ...Portland-Vanc., OR-WA PMSA 1,280 88.5 2.1 29.9 3.1 Providence-Fall River, RI-MA MSA 743 78.9 2.2 24.9 2.3 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 1,124 87.9 2.8 28.6 3.9 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 1,594 83.3 2.8 22.3 3.1 Salt Lake City-Odgen, UT MSA 771 92.1 1.7 29.1 2.8 San Antonio, TX MSA 965 79.1 3.4 20.7 3.4 San Diego, CA MSA 1,732 82.0 2.6 28.9 3.1 San Fran-Oaklnd-San Jose, CA CMSA 4,725 88.2 1.4 37.6 2.1 ...Oakland, CA PMSA 1,495 91.7 2.1 39.6 3.7 ...San Francisco, CA PMSA 1,324 87.6 2.6 41.4 3.9 1/1.645 times the standard error added to or subtracted from the estimate provides the 90 percent confidence interval. Table 15. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By Metropolitan Area, 2 Including Confidence Intervals of Estimates: March 1999 (Numbers in thousands) Bachelor's Total Completed degree 25 years High School or more Metropolitan Area and over Percent 1.6*(S.E.)/1 Percent 1.6*(S.E.)/1 ...San Jose, CA PMSA 1,272 85.1 2.9 36.7 3.9 Seattle-Tacoma-Brem., WA CMSA 2,216 93.0 1.8 35.5 3.3 ...Seattle-Bellevue, WA PMSA 1,582 92.4 2.2 38.9 4.0 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clrwtr, FL MSA 1,688 81.5 2.5 19.5 2.5 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 4,963 87.2 1.2 39.0 1.8 ...Baltimore, MD PMSA 1,828 83.5 2.8 36.2 3.6 ...Wash. DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3,010 89.2 1.5 41.4 2.3 1/1.645 times the standard error added to or subtracted from the estimate provides the 90 percent confidence interval.