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|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female                           | 96,586|  100.0| 10,438|  100.0| 69,398|  100.0| 16,750|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  6,228|    6.4|  2,728|   26.1|  2,427|    3.5|  1,072|    6.4|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   |  8,297|    8.6|  1,673|   16.0|  4,720|    6.8|  1,904|   11.4|
|High school graduate             | 31,936|   33.1|  2,886|   27.6| 23,886|   34.4|  5,164|   30.8|
|Some college or associate degree | 25,342|   26.2|  1,943|   18.6| 18,979|   27.3|  4,420|   26.4|
|Bachelor's degree                | 16,862|   17.5|    913|    8.7| 13,068|   18.8|  2,881|   17.2|
|Advanced degree                  |  7,922|    8.2|    294|    2.8|  6,318|    9.1|  1,309|    7.8|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    | 14,525|   15.0|  4,402|   42.2|  7,147|   10.3|  2,976|   17.8|
|High school graduate or more     | 82,061|   85.0|  6,036|   57.8| 62,251|   89.7| 13,774|   82.2|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      | 71,802|   74.3|  9,231|   88.4| 50,012|   72.1| 12,560|   75.0|
|Bachelor's degree or more        | 24,784|   25.7|  1,207|   11.6| 19,386|   27.9|  4,191|   25.0|
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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