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POV29: Years of School Completed by Poverty Status, Sex, Age, Nativity and Citizenship: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  All educational levels (23) No high school diploma (23) High school, no college (23) Some college, less than 4 year degree (23) 4 year degree or higher
All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

Hispanic (of any race)
 
Both Sexes, total (1) 		47,398 14,861 31.4 13,821 5,347 38.7 9,274 2,267 24.4 6,683 1,121 16.8 3,670 337 9.2
  Under 25 years 21,442 8,127 37.9 3,931 1,509 38.4 1,663 481 28.9 1,657 311 18.8 242 36 15.0
    Under 18 years 16,370 6,604 40.3 2,350 799 34.0 45 13 (B) 25 2 (B) 0 0 (X)
    18 to 24 years 5,072 1,523 30.0 1,581 710 44.9 1,618 468 28.9 1,632 309 18.9 242 36 15.0
  25 years and over 25,956 6,734 25.9 9,890 3,838 38.8 7,611 1,786 23.5 5,026 809 16.1 3,428 301 8.8
    25 to 34 years 8,127 2,243 27.6 2,739 1,159 42.3 2,623 700 26.7 1,717 300 17.5 1,048 83 8.0
    35 to 44 years 7,028 1,898 27.0 2,553 1,048 41.0 2,051 530 25.9 1,399 219 15.6 1,025 101 9.8
    45 to 54 years 5,123 1,100 21.5 1,952 640 32.8 1,504 282 18.8 1,004 134 13.3 662 43 6.5
    55 to 64 years 2,961 643 21.7 1,174 367 31.3 758 130 17.1 591 99 16.7 438 48 10.9
    65 years and over 2,717 851 31.3 1,472 623 42.4 676 144 21.3 314 58 18.4 256 26 10.1
      65 to 74 years 1,627 477 29.3 814 327 40.2 432 93 21.4 210 37 17.5 171 20 11.7
      75 years and over 1,090 374 34.3 657 296 45.0 244 51 21.0 104 21 20.3 85 6 6.7
 
Male, total 		24,342 6,989 28.7 7,378 2,516 34.1 4,903 1,028 21.0 3,181 423 13.3 1,755 130 7.4
  Under 25 years 10,988 3,997 36.4 2,110 758 35.9 903 215 23.8 757 122 16.1 92 9 10.2
    Under 18 years 8,352 3,285 39.3 1,193 382 32.0 19 8 (B) 15 2 (B) 0 0 (X)
    18 to 24 years 2,635 712 27.0 917 376 41.0 884 207 23.4 742 119 16.1 92 9 10.2
  25 years and over 13,355 2,992 22.4 5,268 1,758 33.4 3,999 813 20.3 2,424 301 12.4 1,663 121 7.2
    25 to 34 years 4,441 983 22.1 1,637 537 32.8 1,494 302 20.2 838 107 12.7 472 37 7.9
    35 to 44 years 3,708 895 24.1 1,426 524 36.8 1,085 253 23.3 699 78 11.1 499 40 8.0
    45 to 54 years 2,607 512 19.6 1,016 300 29.5 765 142 18.5 488 54 11.0 339 17 5.0
    55 to 64 years 1,430 289 20.2 598 175 29.3 353 57 16.0 261 42 15.9 217 16 7.2
    65 years and over 1,168 313 26.8 592 221 37.4 303 60 19.7 137 21 15.6 137 11 7.7
      65 to 74 years 715 185 25.9 331 121 36.5 201 41 20.2 87 14 16.4 96 9 9.6
      75 years and over 453 128 28.2 260 100 38.4 101 19 18.9 50 7 (B) 41 1 (B)
 
Female, total 		23,056 7,872 34.1 6,443 2,831 43.9 4,372 1,239 28.3 3,502 698 19.9 1,915 207 10.8
  Under 25 years 10,455 4,130 39.5 1,821 751 41.2 760 266 35.0 900 189 21.1 150 27 17.9
    Under 18 years 8,018 3,319 41.4 1,157 417 36.0 26 5 (B) 10 0 (B) 0 0 (X)
    18 to 24 years 2,437 811 33.3 664 334 50.3 733 261 35.6 889 189 21.3 150 27 17.9
  25 years and over 12,601 3,742 29.7 4,622 2,080 45.0 3,612 973 26.9 2,602 508 19.5 1,765 180 10.2
    25 to 34 years 3,686 1,259 34.2 1,102 622 56.4 1,130 398 35.2 879 193 22.0 576 46 8.0
    35 to 44 years 3,320 1,003 30.2 1,128 524 46.5 966 277 28.7 700 141 20.2 526 61 11.5
    45 to 54 years 2,516 587 23.3 936 340 36.3 739 141 19.0 517 80 15.5 323 26 8.1
    55 to 64 years 1,531 354 23.1 576 192 33.3 404 73 18.1 330 57 17.3 221 32 14.6
    65 years and over 1,549 538 34.7 880 402 45.7 373 84 22.5 177 36 20.6 119 15 12.8
      65 to 74 years 911 291 32.0 483 206 42.7 230 52 22.5 123 23 18.3 75 11 (B)
      75 years and over 638 246 38.6 397 196 49.4 143 32 22.5 54 14 (B) 44 4 (B)
 
Native (24) 		29,695 9,020 30.4 5,157 1,874 36.3 4,947 1,068 21.6 4,501 664 14.8 2,077 125 6.0
Foreign-born 17,703 5,841 33.0 8,664 3,473 40.1 4,328 1,199 27.7 2,182 456 20.9 1,593 212 13.3
  Naturalized citizen 5,157 1,091 21.2 1,812 605 33.4 1,473 272 18.5 1,039 143 13.7 759 50 6.7
  Not a citizen 12,546 4,750 37.9 6,852 2,868 41.9 2,855 927 32.5 1,143 314 27.5 834 162 19.4
 
All Citizens 		34,852 10,111 29.0 6,969 2,479 35.6 6,419 1,340 20.9 5,540 807 14.6 2,836 175 6.2

Poverty Footnotes

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