Table 3.4 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1995 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |---------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total 3/ |18,873| 100.0| 3,484| 100.0| 4,682| 100.0| 5,683| 100.0| 1,868| 100.0| 956| 100.0| 2,200| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 4,785| 25.4| 583| 16.7| 542| 11.6| 2,928| 51.5| 426| 22.8| 106| 11.1| 201| 9.1| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,879| 10.0| 217| 6.2| 320| 6.8| 911| 16.0| 210| 11.3| 75| 7.8| 146| 6.6| |High school graduate | 4,652| 24.6| 1,106| 31.7| 1,075| 23.0| 1,014| 17.8| 554| 29.6| 331| 34.6| 573| 26.0| |Some college or associate degree | 3,146| 16.7| 651| 18.7| 852| 18.2| 569| 10.0| 362| 19.4| 247| 25.9| 465| 21.1| |Bachelor's degree | 2,831| 15.0| 565| 16.2| 1,196| 25.5| 207| 3.6| 207| 11.1| 132| 13.8| 524| 23.8| |Advanced degree | 1,581| 8.4| 363| 10.4| 698| 14.9| 55| 1.0| 110| 5.9| 66| 6.9| 291| 13.2| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 6,664| 35.3| 800| 23.0| 862| 18.4| 3,839| 67.5| 636| 34.0| 181| 18.9| 347| 15.8| |High school graduate or more |12,210| 64.7| 2,685| 77.0| 3,821| 81.6| 1,844| 32.5| 1,232| 66.0| 776| 81.1| 1,853| 84.2| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree |14,462| 76.6| 2,556| 73.4| 2,789| 59.6| 5,421| 95.4| 1,551| 83.0| 758| 79.3| 1,385| 63.0| |Bachelor's degree or more | 4,412| 23.4| 928| 26.6| 1,893| 40.4| 261| 4.6| 317| 17.0| 198| 20.7| 815| 37.0| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |---------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total 3/ | 9,108| 100.0| 1,497| 100.0| 2,211| 100.0| 3,046| 100.0| 826| 100.0| 442| 100.0| 1,087| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,266| 24.9| 221| 14.8| 196| 8.8| 1,560| 51.2| 165| 20.0| 35| 8.0| 89| 8.2| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 932| 10.2| 79| 5.3| 159| 7.2| 505| 16.6| 77| 9.3| 32| 7.3| 80| 7.4| |High school graduate | 2,049| 22.5| 436| 29.1| 421| 19.0| 541| 17.8| 258| 31.2| 147| 33.2| 247| 22.7| |Some college or associate degree | 1,455| 16.0| 266| 17.8| 446| 20.2| 289| 9.5| 158| 19.1| 117| 26.6| 178| 16.4| |Bachelor's degree | 1,367| 15.0| 276| 18.4| 500| 22.6| 109| 3.6| 92| 11.1| 71| 16.1| 320| 29.4| |Advanced degree | 1,039| 11.4| 219| 14.6| 490| 22.2| 42| 1.4| 77| 9.3| 39| 8.7| 173| 15.9| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,198| 35.1| 300| 20.1| 354| 16.0| 2,065| 67.8| 242| 29.3| 68| 15.3| 169| 15.6| |High school graduate or more | 5,910| 64.9| 1,196| 79.9| 1,857| 84.0| 981| 32.2| 584| 70.7| 374| 84.7| 918| 84.4| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 6,702| 73.6| 1,002| 67.0| 1,221| 55.2| 2,895| 95.1| 657| 79.6| 332| 75.1| 594| 54.7| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,406| 26.4| 494| 33.0| 990| 44.8| 151| 4.9| 169| 20.4| 110| 24.9| 493| 45.3| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | CENTRAL | | | | | | Total | EUROPE | ASIA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |---------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total 3/ | 9,765| 100.0| 1,988| 100.0| 2,471| 100.0| 2,637| 100.0| 1,042| 100.0| 514| 100.0| 1,113| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,519| 25.8| 362| 18.2| 346| 14.0| 1,368| 51.9| 261| 25.0| 70| 13.7| 112| 10.0| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 947| 9.7| 137| 6.9| 161| 6.5| 406| 15.4| 134| 12.8| 42| 8.2| 66| 5.9| |High school graduate | 2,603| 26.7| 670| 33.7| 654| 26.5| 473| 17.9| 296| 28.4| 184| 35.7| 326| 29.3| |Some college or associate degree | 1,691| 17.3| 385| 19.4| 406| 16.4| 280| 10.6| 203| 19.5| 130| 25.2| 287| 25.8| |Bachelor's degree | 1,463| 15.0| 290| 14.6| 696| 28.2| 98| 3.7| 115| 11.0| 61| 11.8| 204| 18.4| |Advanced degree | 543| 5.6| 144| 7.2| 208| 8.4| 13| 0.5| 33| 3.2| 27| 5.3| 118| 10.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,466| 35.5| 499| 25.1| 507| 20.5| 1,774| 67.3| 394| 37.8| 113| 21.9| 178| 16.0| |High school graduate or more | 6,300| 64.5| 1,488| 74.9| 1,964| 79.5| 863| 32.7| 648| 62.2| 402| 78.1| 935| 84.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 7,759| 79.5| 1,554| 78.2| 1,568| 63.4| 2,526| 95.8| 894| 85.8| 427| 82.9| 791| 71.0| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,006| 20.5| 434| 21.8| 903| 36.6| 111| 4.2| 148| 14.2| 88| 17.1| 322| 29.0| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada. 2/ Age 25 years and over. 3/ 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