Table 2.4 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1997 (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/ | 20,221| 100.0| 4,188| 100.0| 6,755| 100.0| 4,528| 100.0| 4,749| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 4,836| 23.9| 952| 22.7| 1,691| 25.0| 1,129| 24.9| 1,063| 22.4| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 2,173| 10.7| 484| 11.5| 835| 12.4| 418| 9.2| 436| 9.2| |High school graduate | 4,774| 23.6| 932| 22.3| 1,510| 22.3| 979| 21.6| 1,353| 28.5| |Some college or associate degree | 3,487| 17.2| 594| 14.2| 1,103| 16.3| 844| 18.6| 946| 19.9| |Bachelor's degree | 3,172| 15.7| 776| 18.5| 1,078| 16.0| 747| 16.5| 571| 12.0| |Advanced degree | 1,778| 8.8| 451| 10.8| 538| 8.0| 410| 9.1| 380| 8.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 7,009| 34.7| 1,436| 34.3| 2,526| 37.4| 1,548| 34.2| 1,499| 31.6| |High school graduate or more | 13,212| 65.3| 2,753| 65.7| 4,229| 62.6| 2,980| 65.8| 3,250| 68.4| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 15,270| 75.5| 2,962| 70.7| 5,139| 76.1| 3,371| 74.5| 3,799| 80.0| |Bachelor's degree or more | 4,950| 24.5| 1,227| 29.3| 1,616| 23.9| 1,157| 25.5| 951| 20.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 9,934| 100.0| 2,075| 100.0| 3,550| 100.0| 2,228| 100.0| 2,081| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,351| 23.7| 444| 21.4| 899| 25.3| 554| 24.8| 454| 21.8| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,108| 11.2| 276| 13.3| 441| 12.4| 212| 9.5| 179| 8.6| |High school graduate | 2,108| 21.2| 450| 21.7| 738| 20.8| 415| 18.6| 504| 24.2| |Some college or associate degree | 1,641| 16.5| 284| 13.7| 557| 15.7| 394| 17.7| 406| 19.5| |Bachelor's degree | 1,575| 15.9| 342| 16.5| 574| 16.2| 377| 16.9| 282| 13.5| |Advanced degree | 1,151| 11.6| 278| 13.4| 340| 9.6| 277| 12.4| 256| 12.3| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,459| 34.8| 721| 34.7| 1,340| 37.8| 765| 34.4| 633| 30.4| |High school graduate or more | 6,475| 65.2| 1,355| 65.3| 2,210| 62.2| 1,463| 65.6| 1,448| 69.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 7,208| 72.6| 1,455| 70.1| 2,635| 74.2| 1,575| 70.7| 1,543| 74.1| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,727| 27.4| 621| 29.9| 914| 25.8| 654| 29.3| 538| 25.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 10,286| 100.0| 2,113| 100.0| 3,205| 100.0| 2,300| 100.0| 2,669| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,485| 24.2| 507| 24.0| 792| 24.7| 576| 25.0| 609| 22.8| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,065| 10.4| 207| 9.8| 394| 12.3| 207| 9.0| 257| 9.6| |High school graduate | 2,666| 25.9| 482| 22.8| 771| 24.1| 564| 24.5| 849| 31.8| |Some college or associate degree | 1,847| 18.0| 310| 14.7| 546| 17.0| 451| 19.6| 540| 20.2| |Bachelor's degree | 1,597| 15.5| 434| 20.5| 504| 15.7| 370| 16.1| 289| 10.8| |Advanced degree | 627| 6.1| 172| 8.2| 198| 6.2| 133| 5.8| 124| 4.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,550| 34.5| 715| 33.8| 1,186| 37.0| 782| 34.0| 866| 32.5| |High school graduate or more | 6,737| 65.5| 1,398| 66.2| 2,019| 63.0| 1,517| 66.0| 1,802| 67.5| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 8,063| 78.4| 1,507| 71.3| 2,503| 78.1| 1,797| 78.1| 2,256| 84.5| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,224| 21.6| 606| 28.7| 702| 21.9| 503| 21.9| 413| 15.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1997 Internet Release date: September 12, 2000