Table 2.4 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1995 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 18,873| 100.0| 3,068| 100.0| 6,348| 100.0| 4,403| 100.0| 5,054| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 4,785| 25.4| 820| 26.7| 1,647| 25.9| 1,139| 25.9| 1,179| 23.3| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,879| 10.0| 282| 9.2| 827| 13.0| 383| 8.7| 386| 7.6| |High school graduate | 4,652| 24.6| 617| 20.1| 1,471| 23.2| 1,102| 25.0| 1,463| 28.9| |Some college or associate degree | 3,146| 16.7| 374| 12.2| 1,010| 15.9| 760| 17.3| 1,002| 19.8| |Bachelor's degree | 2,831| 15.0| 640| 20.9| 941| 14.8| 671| 15.2| 580| 11.5| |Advanced degree | 1,581| 8.4| 336| 11.0| 452| 7.1| 349| 7.9| 444| 8.8| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 6,664| 35.3| 1,101| 35.9| 2,475| 39.0| 1,522| 34.6| 1,566| 31.0| |High school graduate or more | 12,210| 64.7| 1,967| 64.1| 3,874| 61.0| 2,881| 65.4| 3,488| 69.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 14,462| 76.6| 2,092| 68.2| 4,956| 78.1| 3,384| 76.9| 4,030| 79.7| |Bachelor's degree or more | 4,412| 23.4| 976| 31.8| 1,393| 21.9| 1,019| 23.1| 1,024| 20.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 9,108| 100.0| 1,505| 100.0| 3,260| 100.0| 2,143| 100.0| 2,200| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,266| 24.9| 405| 26.9| 831| 25.5| 517| 24.1| 514| 23.3| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 932| 10.2| 131| 8.7| 454| 13.9| 192| 8.9| 156| 7.1| |High school graduate | 2,049| 22.5| 268| 17.8| 708| 21.7| 522| 24.4| 551| 25.0| |Some college or associate degree | 1,455| 16.0| 163| 10.8| 495| 15.2| 391| 18.2| 407| 18.5| |Bachelor's degree | 1,367| 15.0| 315| 20.9| 484| 14.8| 291| 13.6| 277| 12.6| |Advanced degree | 1,039| 11.4| 224| 14.9| 288| 8.8| 231| 10.8| 296| 13.5| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,198| 35.1| 535| 35.6| 1,285| 39.4| 708| 33.1| 669| 30.4| |High school graduate or more | 5,910| 64.9| 970| 64.4| 1,975| 60.6| 1,435| 66.9| 1,531| 69.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 6,702| 73.6| 966| 64.2| 2,488| 76.3| 1,622| 75.7| 1,626| 73.9| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,406| 26.4| 539| 35.8| 772| 23.7| 521| 24.3| 574| 26.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 9,765| 100.0| 1,563| 100.0| 3,088| 100.0| 2,260| 100.0| 2,854| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,519| 25.8| 415| 26.5| 816| 26.4| 622| 27.5| 666| 23.3| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 947| 9.7| 151| 9.7| 373| 12.1| 192| 8.5| 231| 8.1| |High school graduate | 2,603| 26.7| 349| 22.3| 762| 24.7| 579| 25.6| 912| 32.0| |Some college or associate degree | 1,691| 17.3| 211| 13.5| 516| 16.7| 369| 16.3| 595| 20.9| |Bachelor's degree | 1,463| 15.0| 324| 20.8| 457| 14.8| 380| 16.8| 302| 10.6| |Advanced degree | 543| 5.6| 113| 7.2| 164| 5.3| 118| 5.2| 148| 5.2| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,466| 35.5| 566| 36.2| 1,190| 38.5| 814| 36.0| 896| 31.4| |High school graduate or more | 6,300| 64.5| 997| 63.8| 1,899| 61.5| 1,446| 64.0| 1,958| 68.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 7,759| 79.5| 1,126| 72.0| 2,468| 79.9| 1,762| 78.0| 2,404| 84.2| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,006| 20.5| 437| 28.0| 621| 20.1| 498| 22.0| 450| 15.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Age 25 years and over. 2/ Years of school completed, not attended. SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census Current Population Survey, March 1995 Internet Release date: September 12, 2000