Table 2.4 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1996 (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/ | 19,089| 100.0| 3,595| 100.0| 6,381| 100.0| 4,307| 100.0| 4,806| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 4,709| 24.7| 909| 25.3| 1,639| 25.7| 1,115| 25.9| 1,046| 21.8| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 2,091| 11.0| 414| 11.5| 821| 12.9| 426| 9.9| 430| 9.0| |High school graduate | 4,489| 23.5| 746| 20.8| 1,411| 22.1| 958| 22.2| 1,374| 28.6| |Some college or associate degree | 3,312| 17.3| 488| 13.6| 1,002| 15.7| 793| 18.4| 1,030| 21.4| |Bachelor's degree | 2,845| 14.9| 621| 17.3| 997| 15.6| 668| 15.5| 560| 11.6| |Advanced degree | 1,643| 8.6| 418| 11.6| 512| 8.0| 348| 8.1| 366| 7.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 6,800| 35.6| 1,322| 36.8| 2,459| 38.5| 1,541| 35.8| 1,477| 30.7| |High school graduate or more | 12,289| 64.4| 2,273| 63.2| 3,921| 61.5| 2,766| 64.2| 3,329| 69.3| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 14,600| 76.5| 2,556| 71.1| 4,872| 76.4| 3,291| 76.4| 3,880| 80.7| |Bachelor's degree or more | 4,488| 23.5| 1,039| 28.9| 1,509| 23.6| 1,016| 23.6| 926| 19.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 9,219| 100.0| 1,748| 100.0| 3,336| 100.0| 2,066| 100.0| 2,070| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,277| 24.7| 397| 22.7| 852| 25.5| 542| 26.2| 487| 23.5| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,056| 11.5| 213| 12.2| 437| 13.1| 217| 10.5| 189| 9.1| |High school graduate | 1,965| 21.3| 361| 20.7| 716| 21.5| 417| 20.2| 471| 22.7| |Some college or associate degree | 1,491| 16.2| 238| 13.6| 511| 15.3| 352| 17.0| 390| 18.8| |Bachelor's degree | 1,372| 14.9| 291| 16.7| 499| 15.0| 299| 14.5| 283| 13.7| |Advanced degree | 1,059| 11.5| 247| 14.2| 320| 9.6| 240| 11.6| 251| 12.1| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,333| 36.2| 610| 34.9| 1,289| 38.6| 758| 36.7| 675| 32.6| |High school graduate or more | 5,886| 63.8| 1,137| 65.1| 2,047| 61.4| 1,307| 63.3| 1,394| 67.4| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 6,788| 73.6| 1,209| 69.2| 2,516| 75.4| 1,527| 73.9| 1,536| 74.2| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,430| 26.4| 538| 30.8| 820| 24.6| 538| 26.1| 534| 25.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 9,870| 100.0| 1,848| 100.0| 3,045| 100.0| 2,241| 100.0| 2,736| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,431| 24.6| 511| 27.7| 787| 25.9| 573| 25.6| 560| 20.5| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,035| 10.5| 201| 10.9| 384| 12.6| 210| 9.4| 242| 8.8| |High school graduate | 2,524| 25.6| 385| 20.8| 694| 22.8| 541| 24.1| 903| 33.0| |Some college or associate degree | 1,821| 18.5| 250| 13.5| 491| 16.1| 441| 19.7| 639| 23.4| |Bachelor's degree | 1,474| 14.9| 330| 17.8| 498| 16.3| 369| 16.5| 277| 10.1| |Advanced degree | 584| 5.9| 170| 9.2| 192| 6.3| 108| 4.8| 114| 4.2| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,467| 35.1| 712| 38.5| 1,171| 38.4| 783| 34.9| 801| 29.3| |High school graduate or more | 6,403| 64.9| 1,136| 61.5| 1,874| 61.6| 1,458| 65.1| 1,935| 70.7| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 7,812| 79.1| 1,347| 72.9| 2,356| 77.4| 1,764| 78.7| 2,344| 85.7| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,058| 20.9| 500| 27.1| 689| 22.6| 477| 21.3| 392| 14.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996 Internet Release date: September 12, 2000