Table 2.4 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1999 (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/ | 21,193| 100.0| 5,765| 100.0| 6,403| 100.0| 4,397| 100.0| 4,629| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 4,878| 23.0| 1,177| 20.4| 1,601| 25.0| 1,010| 23.0| 1,090| 23.5| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 2,391| 11.3| 702| 12.2| 840| 13.1| 474| 10.8| 376| 8.1| |High school graduate | 5,179| 24.4| 1,379| 23.9| 1,501| 23.4| 1,039| 23.6| 1,262| 27.3| |Some college or associate degree | 3,351| 15.8| 735| 12.8| 984| 15.4| 776| 17.6| 856| 18.5| |Bachelor's degree | 3,352| 15.8| 1,112| 19.3| 904| 14.1| 738| 16.8| 598| 12.9| |Advanced degree | 2,042| 9.6| 660| 11.4| 573| 9.0| 361| 8.2| 448| 9.7| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 7,269| 34.3| 1,879| 32.6| 2,441| 38.1| 1,484| 33.7| 1,466| 31.7| |High school graduate or more | 13,924| 65.7| 3,885| 67.4| 3,962| 61.9| 2,913| 66.3| 3,163| 68.3| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 15,800| 74.6| 3,993| 69.3| 4,926| 76.9| 3,298| 75.0| 3,583| 77.4| |Bachelor's degree or more | 5,393| 25.4| 1,772| 30.7| 1,477| 23.1| 1,098| 25.0| 1,046| 22.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 10,304| 100.0| 2,858| 100.0| 3,200| 100.0| 2,174| 100.0| 2,071| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,369| 23.0| 593| 20.7| 765| 23.9| 500| 23.0| 512| 24.7| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,176| 11.4| 344| 12.0| 440| 13.7| 240| 11.0| 152| 7.3| |High school graduate | 2,371| 23.0| 684| 23.9| 714| 22.3| 483| 22.2| 491| 23.7| |Some college or associate degree | 1,552| 15.1| 338| 11.8| 487| 15.2| 374| 17.2| 351| 17.0| |Bachelor's degree | 1,578| 15.3| 512| 17.9| 444| 13.9| 333| 15.3| 289| 13.9| |Advanced degree | 1,259| 12.2| 388| 13.6| 351| 11.0| 245| 11.3| 276| 13.3| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,545| 34.4| 936| 32.8| 1,205| 37.6| 739| 34.0| 664| 32.1| |High school graduate or more | 6,760| 65.6| 1,922| 67.2| 1,996| 62.4| 1,435| 66.0| 1,407| 67.9| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 7,467| 72.5| 1,958| 68.5| 2,406| 75.2| 1,596| 73.4| 1,506| 72.7| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,837| 27.5| 900| 31.5| 795| 24.8| 578| 26.6| 565| 27.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 10,889| 100.0| 2,906| 100.0| 3,203| 100.0| 2,222| 100.0| 2,558| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,509| 23.0| 585| 20.1| 837| 26.1| 510| 23.0| 578| 22.6| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,215| 11.2| 358| 12.3| 400| 12.5| 234| 10.5| 224| 8.7| |High school graduate | 2,809| 25.8| 695| 23.9| 787| 24.6| 556| 25.0| 771| 30.1| |Some college or associate degree | 1,800| 16.5| 397| 13.6| 497| 15.5| 401| 18.1| 505| 19.7| |Bachelor's degree | 1,774| 16.3| 600| 20.6| 460| 14.4| 405| 18.2| 309| 12.1| |Advanced degree | 782| 7.2| 272| 9.4| 223| 7.0| 116| 5.2| 172| 6.7| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,725| 34.2| 943| 32.4| 1,236| 38.6| 744| 33.5| 801| 31.3| |High school graduate or more | 7,165| 65.8| 1,964| 67.6| 1,966| 61.4| 1,478| 66.5| 1,756| 68.7| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 8,333| 76.5| 2,034| 70.0| 2,520| 78.7| 1,702| 76.6| 2,077| 81.2| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,556| 23.5| 872| 30.0| 683| 21.3| 520| 23.4| 481| 18.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1999 Internet Release date: September 12, 2000