Table 3.4 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1997 (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/ |20,221| 100.0| 3,748| 100.0| 5,461| 100.0| 6,201| 100.0| 2,269| 100.0| 1,225| 100.0| 1,315| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 4,836| 23.9| 515| 13.7| 597| 10.9| 2,955| 47.7| 512| 22.5| 139| 11.4| 118| 9.0| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 2,173| 10.7| 273| 7.3| 280| 5.1| 1,052| 17.0| 342| 15.1| 135| 11.0| 91| 6.9| |High school graduate | 4,774| 23.6| 1,145| 30.6| 1,154| 21.1| 1,185| 19.1| 621| 27.4| 354| 28.9| 314| 23.9| |Some college or associate degree | 3,487| 17.2| 738| 19.7| 997| 18.3| 661| 10.7| 452| 19.9| 309| 25.2| 330| 25.1| |Bachelor's degree | 3,172| 15.7| 621| 16.6| 1,552| 28.4| 272| 4.4| 235| 10.4| 183| 14.9| 310| 23.6| |Advanced degree | 1,778| 8.8| 456| 12.2| 881| 16.1| 76| 1.2| 107| 4.7| 105| 8.6| 152| 11.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 7,009| 34.7| 788| 21.0| 877| 16.1| 4,007| 64.6| 854| 37.6| 274| 22.4| 209| 15.9| |High school graduate or more |13,212| 65.3| 2,960| 79.0| 4,584| 83.9| 2,194| 35.4| 1,416| 62.4| 951| 77.6| 1,107| 84.1| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree |15,270| 75.5| 2,671| 71.3| 3,028| 55.4| 5,854| 94.4| 1,927| 84.9| 937| 76.5| 853| 64.8| |Bachelor's degree or more | 4,950| 24.5| 1,077| 28.7| 2,433| 44.6| 348| 5.6| 342| 15.1| 288| 23.5| 462| 35.2| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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/ | 9,934| 100.0| 1,620| 100.0| 2,712| 100.0| 3,310| 100.0| 1,062| 100.0| 574| 100.0| 656| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,351| 23.7| 210| 13.0| 224| 8.3| 1,572| 47.5| 218| 20.5| 57| 10.0| 70| 10.6| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,108| 11.2| 112| 6.9| 152| 5.6| 576| 17.4| 185| 17.4| 60| 10.5| 24| 3.6| |High school graduate | 2,108| 21.2| 428| 26.4| 504| 18.6| 630| 19.0| 275| 25.9| 148| 25.7| 123| 18.8| |Some college or associate degree | 1,641| 16.5| 279| 17.2| 477| 17.6| 359| 10.9| 214| 20.1| 155| 27.0| 156| 23.8| |Bachelor's degree | 1,575| 15.9| 304| 18.8| 764| 28.2| 126| 3.8| 117| 11.0| 80| 14.0| 184| 28.1| |Advanced degree | 1,151| 11.6| 286| 17.7| 591| 21.8| 47| 1.4| 54| 5.1| 74| 12.8| 99| 15.1| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,459| 34.8| 322| 19.9| 376| 13.9| 2,148| 64.9| 402| 37.9| 117| 20.4| 93| 14.2| |High school graduate or more | 6,475| 65.2| 1,298| 80.1| 2,336| 86.1| 1,162| 35.1| 660| 62.1| 456| 79.6| 563| 85.8| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 7,208| 72.6| 1,029| 63.5| 1,357| 50.0| 3,137| 94.8| 891| 83.9| 420| 73.1| 373| 56.8| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,727| 27.4| 591| 36.5| 1,355| 50.0| 173| 5.2| 171| 16.1| 154| 26.9| 283| 43.2| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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/ |10,286| 100.0| 2,128| 100.0| 2,749| 100.0| 2,891| 100.0| 1,207| 100.0| 652| 100.0| 659| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,485| 24.2| 305| 14.3| 373| 13.6| 1,383| 47.8| 294| 24.4| 82| 12.6| 48| 7.3| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,065| 10.4| 161| 7.6| 128| 4.7| 476| 16.5| 157| 13.0| 75| 11.5| 67| 10.2| |High school graduate | 2,666| 25.9| 718| 33.7| 650| 23.6| 556| 19.2| 346| 28.7| 207| 31.7| 191| 28.9| |Some college or associate degree | 1,847| 18.0| 459| 21.5| 520| 18.9| 302| 10.4| 238| 19.7| 154| 23.6| 174| 26.4| |Bachelor's degree | 1,597| 15.5| 316| 14.9| 788| 28.7| 146| 5.1| 118| 9.8| 102| 15.7| 126| 19.1| |Advanced degree | 627| 6.1| 170| 8.0| 290| 10.6| 29| 1.0| 53| 4.4| 32| 4.9| 53| 8.1| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,550| 34.5| 466| 21.9| 501| 18.2| 1,859| 64.3| 451| 37.4| 157| 24.1| 115| 17.5| |High school graduate or more | 6,737| 65.5| 1,662| 78.1| 2,248| 81.8| 1,032| 35.7| 756| 62.6| 495| 75.9| 544| 82.5| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 8,063| 78.4| 1,642| 77.2| 1,671| 60.8| 2,716| 94.0| 1,036| 85.8| 518| 79.5| 480| 72.8| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,224| 21.6| 486| 22.8| 1,078| 39.2| 175| 6.0| 171| 14.2| 134| 20.5| 179| 27.2| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1997 Internet Release date: September 12, 2000