Table 15. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, By Metropolitan Area,                            1
          Including Confidence Intervals of Estimates: March 2002
(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                         2,736         87.7          1.5         34.9         2.2
Boston-Law., MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA           4,049         87.7          0.9         36.0         1.3
...Boston, MA-NH PMSA                   2,405         88.8          1.2         41.1         1.8
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA             744         86.4          2.4         24.2         3.0
Charlotte-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA             965         79.3          2.8         23.4         3.0
Chicago-Gary-Ken., IL-IN-WI CMSA        5,723         86.1          0.9         31.7         1.2
...Chicago, IL PMSA                     5,321         86.1          0.9         32.3         1.2
Cincinnati-Hamil., OH-KY-IN CMSA        1,241         84.8          2.0         30.3         2.5
...Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA            1,082         84.7          2.1         31.0         2.7
Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA                2,144         90.8          1.2         26.8         1.8
...Cleveland-Lor.-Elyria, OH PMSA       1,669         90.0          1.4         25.0         2.0
Columbus, OH MSA                          992         88.9          1.9         33.7         2.9
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA              3,391         82.1          1.5         31.1         1.8
...Dallas-TX  PMSA                      2,286         80.9          1.9         33.5         2.3
...Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA        1,105         84.7          2.4         26.0         2.9
Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA          1,780         87.2          1.2         38.0         1.7
...Denver, CO PMSA                      1,384         88.1          1.3         37.4         1.9
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA        3,809         86.1          1.0         25.2         1.3
...Detroit, MI PMSA                     3,128         86.2          1.1         24.3         1.4
Hartford, CT MSA                          784         87.2          1.5         29.8         2.0
Houston-Galveston-Braz., TX CMSA        3,043         80.0          1.8         29.0         2.0
...Houston, TX PMSA                     2,694         79.6          1.8         30.0         2.1
Indianapolis, IN MSA                    1,084         89.5          1.6         35.4         2.5
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA                  1,159         91.5          1.2         32.4         2.1
Los Angeles-Riv.-Orange, CA CMSA       10,234         77.3          0.9         26.3         0.9
...LA-Long Beach, CA PMSA               6,041         73.7          1.0         27.5         1.1
...Orange County, CA PMSA               1,794         85.5          2.0         33.9         2.7
...Riverside-San Bern., CA PMSA         1,939         79.6          2.2         15.3         1.9
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA          2,642         81.4          1.5         27.1         1.7
...Ft Lauderdale, FL PMSA               1,209         87.4          1.9         28.0         2.6
...Miami, FL-PMSA                       1,433         76.3          2.1         26.4         2.2
Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA               1,211         84.5          1.7         28.3         2.2
...Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA            969         85.4          1.8         30.5         2.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA         2,001         93.6          0.9         36.3         1.7
New Orleans, LA MSA                       862         84.4          2.4         32.6         3.0
NY-Nor. NJ-LI, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA        14,156         83.8          0.6         32.2         0.7
...Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA                928         85.1          1.9         30.9         2.5
...Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA              1,869         91.5          1.2         32.3         2.0
...New York, NY PMSA                    6,013         78.6          1.0         30.8         1.1
...Newark, NJ PMSA                      1,484         83.4          1.7         33.7         2.1
Norfolk-VA Beach, VA-NC MSA               994         89.2          2.1         29.5         3.1
Phil.-Atl. City,  PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA      4,274         87.0          0.9         30.5         1.2
...Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA             3,451         87.0          1.0         31.2         1.4
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA                    1,964         85.5          1.6         28.2         2.1
Pittsburgh, PA MSA                      1,672         90.4          1.3         30.6         2.1
Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA              1,559         89.8          1.1         29.2         1.7
...Portland-Vanc., OR-WA PMSA           1,342         90.4          1.2         32.1         1.9
Providence-Fall River, RI-MA MSA          797         79.5          1.1         26.7         1.2
Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA                1,203         91.2          1.9         28.2         3.1
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA                    1,680         87.7          1.4         30.5         2.0
Salt Lake City-Odgen, UT MSA              798         92.0          1.2         27.4         2.0
San Antonio, TX MSA                     1,080         78.6          2.6         26.4         2.8
San Diego, CA MSA                       1,681         85.6          2.0         32.0         2.6
San Fran-Oaklnd-San Jose, CA CMSA       4,421         88.6          1.2         39.5         1.8
...Oakland, CA PMSA                     1,412         91.8          1.7         37.3         3.1
...San Francisco, CA PMSA               1,252         86.9          2.2         45.1         3.3

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 2002
(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 Jose, CA PMSA                     1,152         87.6          2.3         44.1         3.4
Seattle-Tacoma-Brem., WA CMSA            2,306         92.2          1.1         33.5         2.0
...Seattle-Bellevue, WA PMSA             1,626         93.0          1.3         37.0         2.4
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clrwtr, FL MSA      1,838         84.6          1.7         26.3         2.1
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA             5,157         89.3          0.6         43.1         1.0
...Baltimore, MD PMSA                    1,546         87.3          1.5         33.9         2.2
...Wash. DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA                3,413         90.9          0.7         48.9         1.3


















































1/1.645 times the standard error added to or subtracted from the estimate provides the 90 percent confidence interval.