Table 15. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By Metropolitan Area, 1 Including Confidence Intervals of Estimates: March 2000 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: December 19, 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 2,620 89.0 1.9 31.4 2.9 Boston-Law., MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 3,823 85.3 1.3 34.4 1.8 ...Boston, MA-NH PMSA 2,236 87.9 1.6 41.1 2.5 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 760 90.2 2.7 22.6 3.7 Charlotte-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA 907 81.8 3.7 23.1 4.0 Chicago-Gary-Ken., IL-IN-WI CMSA 5,274 85.2 1.3 30.7 1.7 ...Chicago, IL PMSA 4,914 85.3 1.3 31.4 1.7 Cincinnati-Hamil., OH-KY-IN CMSA 1,207 86.4 2.6 27.7 3.4 ...Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 1,018 85.8 2.9 28.8 3.8 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 2,020 89.6 1.7 28.7 2.6 ...Cleveland-Lor.-Elyria, OH PMSA 1,591 88.7 2.0 28.5 2.9 Columbus, OH MSA 973 84.9 3.0 25.0 3.6 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 3,251 85.6 1.8 30.7 2.3 ...Dallas-TX PMSA 2,246 84.7 2.2 33.0 2.8 ...Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 1,004 87.4 2.9 25.5 3.8 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1,689 89.3 1.8 38.7 2.8 ...Denver, CO PMSA 1,344 91.1 1.9 38.2 3.2 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 3,623 85.4 1.5 26.2 1.8 ...Detroit, MI PMSA 2,939 84.8 1.7 25.7 2.0 Hartford, CT MSA 803 89.0 2.6 28.2 3.8 Houston-Galveston-Braz., TX CMSA 2,786 79.1 2.4 25.7 2.5 ...Houston, TX PMSA 2,441 78.7 2.4 26.0 2.6 Indianapolis, IN MSA 988 83.7 3.5 25.5 4.1 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 1,204 90.6 2.1 34.7 3.5 Los Angeles-Riv.-Orange, CA CMSA 9,754 77.9 1.1 25.6 1.1 ...LA-Long Beach, CA PMSA 5,756 74.4 1.3 25.0 1.3 ...Orange County, CA PMSA 1,829 86.8 2.3 31.9 3.2 ...Riverside-San Bern., CA PMSA 1,736 78.3 2.9 19.3 2.8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 2,495 81.7 1.9 25.1 2.1 ...Ft Lauderdale, FL PMSA 1,129 89.7 2.3 27.1 3.4 ...Miami, FL-PMSA 1,365 75.1 2.8 23.4 2.7 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 1,251 87.3 2.7 26.9 3.6 ...Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 1,029 88.0 2.8 27.6 3.9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 1,772 94.0 1.5 38.4 3.1 New Orleans, LA MSA 869 87.9 2.9 26.1 3.9 NY-Nor. NJ-LI, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 13,406 83.4 0.7 32.6 0.9 ...Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 894 86.4 2.5 30.6 3.4 ...Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 1,823 88.8 1.8 31.4 2.7 ...New York, NY PMSA 5,797 77.7 1.3 32.9 1.5 ...Newark, NJ PMSA 1,308 87.9 2.1 34.7 3.0 Norfolk-VA Beach, VA-NC MSA 1,003 89.8 3.0 29.0 4.6 Phil.-Atl. City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 4,015 86.4 1.3 27.8 1.6 ...Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 3,309 87.3 1.4 29.0 1.9 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 1,883 85.1 2.1 23.9 2.5 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 1,537 87.5 2.1 24.2 2.7 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 1,513 90.0 1.9 29.4 2.8 ...Portland-Vanc., OR-WA PMSA 1,271 91.1 1.9 31.7 3.1 Providence-Fall River, RI-MA MSA 721 79.3 2.2 26.2 2.4 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 1,144 90.6 2.5 31.4 4.0 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 1,683 85.5 2.6 24.5 3.1 Salt Lake City-Odgen, UT MSA 791 89.9 1.8 27.9 2.7 San Antonio, TX MSA 1,045 81.1 3.2 15.9 3.0 San Diego, CA MSA 1,803 85.3 2.4 34.0 3.2 San Fran-Oaklnd-San Jose, CA CMSA 4,759 88.9 1.4 37.3 2.1 ...Oakland, CA PMSA 1,463 89.9 2.3 34.3 3.7 ...San Francisco, CA PMSA 1,388 86.6 2.7 39.5 3.8 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 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 ...San Jose, CA PMSA 1,267 91.4 2.3 42.4 4.0 Seattle-Tacoma-Brem., WA CMSA 2,169 93.2 1.8 33.8 3.3 ...Seattle-Bellevue, WA PMSA 1,557 92.8 2.2 35.7 4.0 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clrwtr, FL MSA 1,642 83.2 2.4 18.6 2.5 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 4,938 87.8 1.2 37.2 1.8 ...Baltimore, MD PMSA 1,663 85.4 2.8 30.1 3.6 ...Wash. DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3,113 90.0 1.4 42.0 2.3 1/1.645 times the standard error added to or subtracted from the estimate provides the 90 percent confidence interval.