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|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                             | 88,597|  100.0| 10,751|  100.0| 64,090|  100.0| 13,756|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  6,049|    6.8|  2,798|   26.0|  2,387|    3.7|    864|    6.3|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   |  8,026|    9.1|  1,902|   17.7|  4,634|    7.2|  1,489|   10.8|
|High school graduate             | 27,356|   30.9|  2,928|   27.2| 20,084|   31.3|  4,344|   31.6|
|Some college or associate degree | 21,568|   24.3|  1,916|   17.8| 16,267|   25.4|  3,386|   24.6|
|Bachelor's degree                | 16,351|   18.5|    840|    7.8| 13,163|   20.5|  2,347|   17.1|
|Advanced degree                  |  9,248|   10.4|    367|    3.4|  7,555|   11.8|  1,326|    9.6|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    | 14,074|   15.9|  4,701|   43.7|  7,021|   11.0|  2,353|   17.1|
|High school graduate or more     | 74,523|   84.1|  6,051|   56.3| 57,069|   89.0| 11,403|   82.9|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      | 62,999|   71.1|  9,545|   88.8| 43,372|   67.7| 10,083|   73.3|
|Bachelor's degree or more        | 25,598|   28.9|  1,207|   11.2| 20,718|   32.3|  3,673|   26.7|
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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