Table 3.4 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1996 (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/ |19,089| 100.0| 3,623| 100.0| 5,075| 100.0| 5,913| 100.0| 2,050| 100.0| 1,029| 100.0| 1,398| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 4,709| 24.7| 501| 13.8| 589| 11.6| 2,946| 49.8| 429| 20.9| 125| 12.1| 119| 8.5| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 2,091| 11.0| 298| 8.2| 311| 6.1| 978| 16.5| 304| 14.8| 107| 10.4| 94| 6.7| |High school graduate | 4,489| 23.5| 1,089| 30.0| 1,075| 21.2| 1,126| 19.0| 550| 26.8| 312| 30.3| 337| 24.1| |Some college or associate degree | 3,312| 17.3| 767| 21.2| 891| 17.5| 606| 10.3| 469| 22.9| 249| 24.2| 329| 23.6| |Bachelor's degree | 2,845| 14.9| 551| 15.2| 1,402| 27.6| 214| 3.6| 203| 9.9| 164| 15.9| 311| 22.3| |Advanced degree | 1,643| 8.6| 417| 11.5| 808| 15.9| 44| 0.8| 94| 4.6| 72| 7.0| 207| 14.8| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 6,800| 35.6| 799| 22.1| 900| 17.7| 3,923| 66.3| 733| 35.7| 231| 22.5| 213| 15.2| |High school graduate or more |12,289| 64.4| 2,824| 77.9| 4,175| 82.3| 1,990| 33.7| 1,317| 64.3| 797| 77.5| 1,185| 84.8| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree |14,600| 76.5| 2,655| 73.3| 2,866| 56.5| 5,655| 95.6| 1,752| 85.5| 792| 77.0| 880| 62.9| |Bachelor's degree or more | 4,488| 23.5| 969| 26.7| 2,210| 43.5| 258| 4.4| 298| 14.5| 236| 23.0| 518| 37.1| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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/ | 9,219| 100.0| 1,554| 100.0| 2,523| 100.0| 3,132| 100.0| 904| 100.0| 455| 100.0| 649| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,277| 24.7| 200| 12.8| 227| 9.0| 1,567| 50.0| 176| 19.4| 41| 9.0| 67| 10.3| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,056| 11.5| 121| 7.8| 145| 5.8| 530| 16.9| 167| 18.4| 45| 9.8| 48| 7.3| |High school graduate | 1,965| 21.3| 390| 25.1| 466| 18.5| 618| 19.7| 211| 23.3| 139| 30.6| 141| 21.7| |Some college or associate degree | 1,491| 16.2| 296| 19.0| 449| 17.8| 287| 9.2| 220| 24.3| 120| 26.3| 119| 18.3| |Bachelor's degree | 1,372| 14.9| 292| 18.8| 692| 27.4| 101| 3.2| 74| 8.2| 63| 13.9| 149| 23.0| |Advanced degree | 1,059| 11.5| 256| 16.5| 543| 21.5| 29| 0.9| 58| 6.4| 47| 10.3| 126| 19.4| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,333| 36.2| 321| 20.6| 373| 14.8| 2,097| 66.9| 342| 37.8| 86| 18.9| 114| 17.6| |High school graduate or more | 5,886| 63.8| 1,234| 79.4| 2,150| 85.2| 1,035| 33.1| 562| 62.2| 370| 81.1| 535| 82.4| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 6,788| 73.6| 1,006| 64.7| 1,288| 51.1| 3,003| 95.9| 772| 85.4| 345| 75.7| 374| 57.6| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,430| 26.4| 548| 35.3| 1,235| 48.9| 130| 4.1| 132| 14.6| 110| 24.3| 275| 42.4| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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/ | 9,870| 100.0| 2,069| 100.0| 2,553| 100.0| 2,780| 100.0| 1,146| 100.0| 573| 100.0| 749| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,431| 24.6| 302| 14.6| 362| 14.2| 1,379| 49.6| 253| 22.1| 83| 14.6| 52| 7.0| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,035| 10.5| 177| 8.5| 166| 6.5| 447| 16.1| 137| 12.0| 62| 10.8| 46| 6.2| |High school graduate | 2,524| 25.6| 699| 33.8| 608| 23.8| 507| 18.2| 340| 29.7| 172| 30.1| 197| 26.3| |Some college or associate degree | 1,821| 18.5| 471| 22.8| 442| 17.3| 319| 11.5| 250| 21.8| 130| 22.6| 210| 28.1| |Bachelor's degree | 1,474| 14.9| 259| 12.5| 710| 27.8| 113| 4.1| 129| 11.3| 100| 17.5| 162| 21.7| |Advanced degree | 584| 5.9| 161| 7.8| 265| 10.4| 15| 0.6| 36| 3.2| 25| 4.4| 81| 10.8| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,467| 35.1| 478| 23.1| 527| 20.7| 1,826| 65.7| 391| 34.1| 145| 25.4| 99| 13.2| |High school graduate or more | 6,403| 64.9| 1,591| 76.9| 2,025| 79.3| 954| 34.3| 755| 65.9| 428| 74.6| 650| 86.8| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 7,812| 79.1| 1,649| 79.7| 1,578| 61.8| 2,652| 95.4| 980| 85.5| 447| 78.1| 506| 67.6| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,058| 20.9| 420| 20.3| 975| 38.2| 128| 4.6| 166| 14.5| 126| 21.9| 243| 32.4| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996 Internet Release date: September 12, 2000