Table 6.1  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race:   2003
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Educational attainment           |               |          Hispanic origin and race 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                                 |     Total     |   Hispanic    |  White alone  |   all Other   |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |185,183|  100.0| 21,189|  100.0|133,488|  100.0| 30,507|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              | 12,276|    6.6|  5,527|   26.1|  4,814|    3.6|  1,936|    6.3|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   | 16,323|    8.8|  3,576|   16.9|  9,354|    7.0|  3,393|   11.1|
|High school graduate             | 59,292|   32.0|  5,814|   27.4| 43,970|   32.9|  9,508|   31.2|
|Some college or associate degree | 46,910|   25.3|  3,859|   18.2| 35,246|   26.4|  7,805|   25.6|
|Bachelor's degree                | 33,213|   17.9|  1,753|    8.3| 26,231|   19.7|  5,229|   17.1|
|Advanced degree                  | 17,169|    9.3|    661|    3.1| 13,873|   10.4|  2,635|    8.6|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    | 28,599|   15.4|  9,102|   43.0| 14,168|   10.6|  5,329|   17.5|
|High school graduate or more     |156,584|   84.6| 12,087|   57.0|119,320|   89.4| 25,178|   82.5|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      |134,801|   72.8| 18,775|   88.6| 93,383|   70.0| 22,642|   74.2|
|Bachelor's degree or more        | 50,382|   27.2|  2,414|   11.4| 40,104|   30.0|  7,864|   25.8|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other
   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Population Divis