Table 15. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By Metropolitan Area, 1 Including Confidence Intervals of Estimates: March 2001 (Numbers in thousands) Bachelor's Total Completed degree 25 years High School 1.6*(S. or more 1.6*(S. Metropolitan Area and over Percent E.)/1 Percent E.)/1 Atlanta, GA MSA 2,815 88.0 1.5 33.1 2.2 Boston-Law., MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 4,017 86.6 1.0 35.2 1.3 ...Boston, MA-NH PMSA 2,352 89.1 1.2 40.8 1.8 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 773 89.4 2.1 28.0 3.0 Charlotte-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA 991 78.9 2.8 24.1 3.0 Chicago-Gary-Ken., IL-IN-WI CMSA 5,550 86.1 0.9 30.9 1.2 ...Chicago, IL PMSA 5,169 86.1 0.9 31.8 1.2 Cincinnati-Hamil., OH-KY-IN CMSA 1,184 86.9 1.9 26.8 2.5 ...Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 1,022 86.6 2.1 28.5 2.7 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 2,074 90.7 1.2 27.3 1.8 ...Cleveland-Lor.-Elyria, OH PMSA 1,587 89.9 1.4 25.5 2.0 Columbus, OH MSA 986 89.8 1.8 30.3 2.8 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 3,453 81.7 1.5 28.9 1.8 ...Dallas-TX PMSA 2,341 81.6 1.8 31.0 2.2 ...Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 1,112 81.9 2.5 24.5 2.8 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1,754 87.8 1.2 38.5 1.7 ...Denver, CO PMSA 1,404 89.1 1.2 38.8 1.9 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 3,686 86.6 1.0 27.2 1.4 ...Detroit, MI PMSA 2,960 86.1 1.2 26.7 1.5 Hartford, CT MSA 788 89.0 1.4 31.2 2.0 Houston-Galveston-Braz., TX CMSA 2,938 81.5 1.7 25.9 2.0 ...Houston, TX PMSA 2,577 80.7 1.8 27.0 2.0 Indianapolis, IN MSA 1,025 86.2 1.8 34.0 2.5 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 1,183 90.2 1.3 31.4 2.0 Los Angeles-Riv.-Orange, CA CMSA 9,945 77.6 0.9 27.2 0.9 ...LA-Long Beach, CA PMSA 5,999 74.2 1.0 28.2 1.1 ...Orange County, CA PMSA 1,721 84.3 2.1 32.2 2.7 ...Riverside-San Bern., CA PMSA 1,831 80.4 2.2 17.5 2.1 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 2,712 82.2 1.4 25.0 1.6 ...Ft Lauderdale, FL PMSA 1,193 89.5 1.8 27.2 2.6 ...Miami, FL-PMSA 1,520 76.4 2.0 23.3 2.0 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 1,201 84.2 1.8 28.8 2.2 ...Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 984 84.6 1.8 30.6 2.3 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 1,961 96.2 0.7 37.8 1.7 New Orleans, LA MSA 855 88.3 2.1 28.4 2.9 NY-Nor. NJ-LI, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 14,000 83.6 0.6 32.2 0.7 ...Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 902 84.6 2.0 33.1 2.6 ...Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 1,798 91.6 1.2 33.1 2.1 ...New York, NY PMSA 6,039 77.6 1.0 31.5 1.1 ...Newark, NJ PMSA 1,487 87.4 1.5 33.9 2.1 Norfolk-VA Beach, VA-NC MSA 944 87.9 2.3 25.0 3.0 Phil.-Atl. City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 4,153 86.6 0.9 30.6 1.2 ...Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 3,360 87.6 1.0 32.0 1.4 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 2,031 84.8 1.6 25.8 2.0 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 1,666 88.2 1.4 27.1 2.0 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 1,563 88.8 1.2 29.8 1.7 ...Portland-Vanc., OR-WA PMSA 1,346 89.0 1.3 32.0 1.9 Providence-Fall River, RI-MA MSA 778 78.3 1.1 24.5 1.2 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 1,149 92.4 1.8 32.6 3.3 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 1,767 88.0 1.4 29.0 1.9 Salt Lake City-Odgen, UT MSA 828 90.8 1.3 28.8 2.0 San Antonio, TX MSA 1,037 77.2 2.7 18.3 2.5 San Diego, CA MSA 1,904 86.7 1.8 35.4 2.5 San Fran-Oaklnd-San Jose, CA CMSA 4,600 89.4 1.1 39.6 1.7 ...Oakland, CA PMSA 1,428 93.2 1.6 39.0 3.1 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 2001 (Numbers in thousands) Bachelor's Total Completed degree 25 years High School 1.6*(S. or more 1.6*(S. Metropolitan Area and over Percent E.)/1 Percent E.)/1 ...San Francisco, CA PMSA 1,324 85.7 2.3 40.8 3.2 ...San Jose, CA PMSA 1,233 90.0 2.0 43.5 3.3 Seattle-Tacoma-Brem., WA CMSA 2,202 91.8 1.2 33.7 2.0 ...Seattle-Bellevue, WA PMSA 1,556 91.7 1.4 35.9 2.4 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clrwtr, FL MSA 1,805 84.5 1.7 22.0 2.0 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 5,122 88.7 0.7 40.0 1.0 ...Baltimore, MD PMSA 1,557 85.3 1.6 31.1 2.1 ...Wash. DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3,409 90.7 0.7 45.2 1.3 1/1.645 times the standard error added to or subtracted from the estimate provides the 90 percent confidence interval.