Table 5.2 Population Age 25 Years and Over by Educational Attainment, Hispanic Origin and Race, and Sex: March 1998 (Numbers in thousands.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Population Age 25 Years and Over | | Hispanic Origin 1/ | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | Central and | | | | | Total | Mexican | Puerto Rican | Cuban |South American |Other Hispanic | Non-Hispanic | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total |172,211| 100.0| 9,649| 100.0| 1,682| 100.0| 952| 100.0| 2,599| 100.0| 1,163| 100.0|156,167| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 12,782| 7.4| 3,314| 34.3| 304| 18.1| 205| 21.5| 593| 22.8| 172| 14.8| 8,192| 5.2| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 16,776| 9.7| 1,678| 17.4| 304| 18.1| 102| 10.7| 319| 12.3| 151| 13.0| 14,222| 9.1| |High school graduate | 58,174| 33.8| 2,415| 25.0| 517| 30.8| 248| 26.0| 745| 28.7| 378| 32.5| 53,871| 34.5| |Some college or associate degree | 42,506| 24.7| 1,522| 15.8| 356| 21.1| 186| 19.6| 489| 18.8| 276| 23.7| 39,676| 25.4| |Bachelor's degree | 28,305| 16.4| 509| 5.3| 130| 7.7| 153| 16.0| 338| 13.0| 125| 10.7| 27,050| 17.3| |Advanced degree | 13,668| 7.9| 210| 2.2| 70| 4.2| 58| 6.1| 114| 4.4| 61| 5.3| 13,155| 8.4| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 29,558| 17.2| 4,993| 51.7| 608| 36.2| 307| 32.2| 913| 35.1| 323| 27.8| 22,414| 14.4| |High school graduate or more |142,653| 82.8| 4,657| 48.3| 1,074| 63.8| 645| 67.8| 1,686| 64.9| 840| 72.2|133,752| 85.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree |130,237| 75.6| 8,930| 92.5| 1,481| 88.1| 741| 77.8| 2,147| 82.6| 977| 84.0|115,961| 74.3| |Bachelor's degree or more | 41,974| 24.4| 719| 7.5| 201| 11.9| 211| 22.2| 452| 17.4| 186| 16.0| 40,205| 25.7| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Hispanic Origin 1/ | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | Central and | | | | | Total | Mexican | Puerto Rican | Cuban |South American |Other Hispanic | Non-Hispanic | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | 82,376| 100.0| 4,997| 100.0| 766| 100.0| 465| 100.0| 1,283| 100.0| 543| 100.0| 74,321| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 6,159| 7.5| 1,692| 33.9| 135| 17.7| 81| 17.5| 302| 23.5| 56| 10.3| 3,892| 5.2| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 8,018| 9.7| 888| 17.8| 158| 20.7| 48| 10.2| 147| 11.5| 61| 11.2| 6,716| 9.0| |High school graduate | 26,575| 32.3| 1,291| 25.8| 230| 30.0| 115| 24.7| 350| 27.3| 202| 37.1| 24,388| 32.8| |Some college or associate degree | 19,792| 24.0| 746| 14.9| 159| 20.7| 123| 26.3| 243| 18.9| 133| 24.4| 18,390| 24.7| |Bachelor's degree | 14,090| 17.1| 252| 5.0| 50| 6.6| 56| 12.1| 164| 12.8| 62| 11.4| 13,505| 18.2| |Advanced degree | 7,742| 9.4| 128| 2.6| 34| 4.4| 42| 9.1| 76| 5.9| 30| 5.6| 7,431| 10.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 14,177| 17.2| 2,580| 51.6| 294| 38.3| 129| 27.7| 449| 35.0| 117| 21.6| 10,607| 14.3| |High school graduate or more | 68,199| 82.8| 2,417| 48.4| 472| 61.7| 336| 72.3| 833| 65.0| 426| 78.4| 63,714| 85.7| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 60,544| 73.5| 4,617| 92.4| 682| 89.0| 367| 78.8| 1,042| 81.3| 451| 83.0| 53,385| 71.8| |Bachelor's degree or more | 21,832| 26.5| 380| 7.6| 84| 11.0| 99| 21.2| 240| 18.7| 92| 17.0| 20,936| 28.2| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Hispanic Origin 1/ | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | Central and | | | | | Total | Mexican | Puerto Rican | Cuban |South American |Other Hispanic | Non-Hispanic | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | 89,835| 100.0| 4,652| 100.0| 915| 100.0| 486| 100.0| 1,316| 100.0| 619| 100.0| 81,846| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 6,623| 7.4| 1,622| 34.9| 169| 18.4| 124| 25.4| 291| 22.1| 116| 18.7| 4,301| 5.3| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 8,758| 9.7| 790| 17.0| 145| 15.9| 54| 11.1| 172| 13.1| 90| 14.5| 7,506| 9.2| |High school graduate | 31,599| 35.2| 1,125| 24.2| 288| 31.4| 133| 27.3| 395| 30.0| 176| 28.5| 29,483| 36.0| |Some college or associate degree | 22,714| 25.3| 777| 16.7| 197| 21.5| 64| 13.1| 247| 18.7| 143| 23.1| 21,286| 26.0| |Bachelor's degree | 14,215| 15.8| 257| 5.5| 80| 8.7| 96| 19.8| 174| 13.2| 63| 10.1| 13,546| 16.6| |Advanced degree | 5,926| 6.6| 82| 1.8| 37| 4.0| 16| 3.3| 37| 2.8| 31| 5.0| 5,724| 7.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 15,381| 17.1| 2,412| 51.8| 314| 34.3| 178| 36.6| 463| 35.2| 206| 33.3| 11,807| 14.4| |High school graduate or more | 74,454| 82.9| 2,240| 48.2| 601| 65.7| 308| 63.4| 853| 64.8| 413| 66.7| 70,038| 85.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor's degree | 69,693| 77.6| 4,313| 92.7| 799| 87.3| 374| 76.9| 1,105| 83.9| 526| 84.9| 62,576| 76.5| |Bachelor's degree or more | 20,142| 22.4| 339| 7.3| 117| 12.7| 112| 23.1| 211| 16.1| 94| 15.1| 19,269| 23.5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1998, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division. Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000