TABLE 3.1. MARCH 1997 CPS: ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVEL BY RACE-ETHNICITY AGE 25 AND OVER:

           BOTH SEXES - VALUES/PERCENTS



Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Internet Release date:  August 7, 1998



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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|

|Total             |  170,581|   15,476|  155,105|    9,157|    1,669|      946|    2,473|    1,231|  129,299|   18,613|    7,193|

|Educational       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Attainment        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Less than 5th     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|grade             |    2,840|    1,449|    1,392|    1,101|       90|       56|      140|       62|      731|      377|      284|

|5th to 8th grade  |   10,472|    3,054|    7,418|    2,086|      233|      158|      406|      171|    5,789|    1,201|      428|

|9th to 12th grade |   17,212|    2,503|   14,708|    1,521|      327|      114|      363|      178|   11,203|    3,022|      484|

|High school       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|graduate or more  |  140,057|    8,471|  131,586|    4,449|    1,019|      617|    1,564|      820|  111,576|   14,013|    5,997|

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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|

|Total             |    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|

|Educational       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Attainment        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Less than 5th     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|grade             |      1.7|      9.4|      0.9|     12.0|      5.4|      6.0|      5.7|      5.0|      0.6|      2.0|      3.9|

|5th to 8th grade  |      6.1|     19.7|      4.8|     22.8|     14.0|     16.7|     16.4|     13.9|      4.5|      6.5|      6.0|

|9th to 12th grade |     10.1|     16.2|      9.5|     16.6|     19.6|     12.1|     14.7|     14.4|      8.7|     16.2|      6.7|

|High school       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|graduate or more  |     82.1|     54.7|     84.8|     48.6|     61.1|     65.2|     63.3|     66.6|     86.3|     75.3|     83.4|

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NOTE:    1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE:  CPS MARCH 1997

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