Table 3.5 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | FOREIGN BORN | EUROPE | ASIA |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |---------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total 3/ |23,544| 100.0| 3,866| 100.0| 6,386| 100.0|11,394| 100.0| 1,898| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 5,155| 21.9| 498| 12.9| 629| 9.9| 3,886| 34.1| 141| 7.4| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 2,569| 10.9| 231| 6.0| 393| 6.2| 1,827| 16.0| 118| 6.2| |High school graduate | 5,900| 25.1| 1,114| 28.8| 1,387| 21.7| 2,864| 25.1| 534| 28.2| |Some college or associate degree | 3,798| 16.1| 754| 19.5| 1,087| 17.0| 1,550| 13.6| 406| 21.4| |Bachelor's degree | 3,835| 16.3| 722| 18.7| 1,800| 28.2| 872| 7.7| 441| 23.2| |Advanced degree | 2,288| 9.7| 547| 14.1| 1,089| 17.1| 395| 3.5| 257| 13.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 7,723| 32.8| 729| 18.9| 1,022| 16.0| 5,713| 50.1| 259| 13.6| |High school graduate or more |15,821| 67.2| 3,138| 81.1| 5,363| 84.0| 5,681| 49.9| 1,639| 86.4| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than bachelor's degree |17,421| 74.0| 2,598| 67.2| 3,497| 54.8|10,127| 88.9| 1,200| 63.2| |Bachelor's degree or more | 6,123| 26.0| 1,269| 32.8| 2,889| 45.2| 1,267| 11.1| 698| 36.8| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Latin 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: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 (reweighted) Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division (Last updated 12/18/02) Table 3.5 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) Male -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | FOREIGN BORN | EUROPE | ASIA |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |---------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total 3/ |11,613| 100.0| 1,817| 100.0| 2,970| 100.0| 5,802| 100.0| 1,025| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,455| 21.1| 194| 10.7| 204| 6.9| 1,984| 34.2| 72| 7.1| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,322| 11.4| 120| 6.6| 169| 5.7| 976| 16.8| 57| 5.5| |High school graduate | 2,756| 23.7| 466| 25.7| 571| 19.2| 1,449| 25.0| 269| 26.3| |Some college or associate degree | 1,772| 15.3| 319| 17.6| 530| 17.8| 735| 12.7| 187| 18.3| |Bachelor's degree | 1,848| 15.9| 358| 19.7| 812| 27.3| 431| 7.4| 247| 24.1| |Advanced degree | 1,461| 12.6| 359| 19.8| 683| 23.0| 227| 3.9| 192| 18.8| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,777| 32.5| 314| 17.3| 374| 12.6| 2,960| 51.0| 129| 12.6| |High school graduate or more | 7,836| 67.5| 1,502| 82.7| 2,596| 87.4| 2,842| 49.0| 896| 87.4| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than bachelor's degree | 8,304| 71.5| 1,099| 60.5| 1,474| 49.7| 5,144| 88.7| 586| 57.2| |Bachelor's degree or more | 3,309| 28.5| 717| 39.5| 1,495| 50.3| 658| 11.3| 439| 42.8| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Latin 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: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 (reweighted) Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division (Last updated 12/18/02) Table 3.5 Educational Attainment of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) Female -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | FOREIGN BORN | EUROPE | ASIA |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |---------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total 3/ |11,931| 100.0| 2,050| 100.0| 3,416| 100.0| 5,592| 100.0| 873| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,699| 22.6| 304| 14.8| 425| 12.4| 1,902| 34.0| 69| 7.9| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,247| 10.5| 111| 5.4| 224| 6.5| 851| 15.2| 61| 7.0| |High school graduate | 3,144| 26.4| 648| 31.6| 816| 23.9| 1,415| 25.3| 265| 30.4| |Some college or associate degree | 2,026| 17.0| 436| 21.2| 557| 16.3| 814| 14.6| 219| 25.1| |Bachelor's degree | 1,987| 16.7| 364| 17.7| 989| 28.9| 441| 7.9| 194| 22.3| |Advanced degree | 827| 6.9| 188| 9.2| 406| 11.9| 168| 3.0| 65| 7.4| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,946| 33.1| 415| 20.2| 649| 19.0| 2,753| 49.2| 130| 14.9| |High school graduate or more | 7,984| 66.9| 1,635| 79.8| 2,767| 81.0| 2,839| 50.8| 743| 85.1| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than bachelor's degree | 9,117| 76.4| 1,498| 73.1| 2,022| 59.2| 4,983| 89.1| 613| 70.3| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,814| 23.6| 552| 26.9| 1,394| 40.8| 609| 10.9| 259| 29.7| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Latin 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: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 (reweighted) Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division (Last updated 12/18/02)