Table 6.2  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex and Hispanic Origin Type:   2003
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Educational attainment           |               |                                    Hispanic origin type 1/                                    |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               |               |               |    Central    |    South      |    Other      |
|                                 |Total Hispanic |    Mexican    | Puerto Rican  |     Cuban     |   American    |   American    |  Hispanic 2/  |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            | 21,189|  100.0| 13,443|  100.0|  2,072|  100.0|  1,052|  100.0|  1,636|  100.0|  1,317|  100.0|  1,669|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  5,527|   26.1|  4,120|   30.7|    282|   13.6|    202|   19.2|    502|   30.7|    131|   10.0|    289|   17.3|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   |  3,576|   16.9|  2,476|   18.4|    346|   16.7|    104|    9.9|    304|   18.6|    105|    8.0|    240|   14.4|
|High school graduate             |  5,814|   27.4|  3,531|   26.3|    688|   33.2|    361|   34.3|    366|   22.4|    401|   30.5|    467|   28.0|
|Some college or associate degree |  3,859|   18.2|  2,260|   16.8|    500|   24.1|    157|   15.0|    255|   15.6|    302|   22.9|    384|   23.0|
|Bachelor's degree                |  1,753|    8.3|    807|    6.0|    171|    8.2|    148|   14.1|    161|    9.8|    263|   20.0|    203|   12.2|
|Advanced degree                  |    661|    3.1|    248|    1.8|     85|    4.1|     79|    7.5|     48|    3.0|    114|    8.7|     87|    5.2|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    |  9,102|   43.0|  6,596|   49.1|    628|   30.3|    307|   29.2|    806|   49.2|    237|   18.0|    529|   31.7|
|High school graduate or more     | 12,087|   57.0|  6,846|   50.9|  1,444|   69.7|    745|   70.8|    830|   50.8|  1,080|   82.0|  1,141|   68.3|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      | 18,775|   88.6| 12,388|   92.2|  1,817|   87.7|    825|   78.4|  1,427|   87.2|    939|   71.4|  1,380|   82.7|
|Bachelor's degree or more        |  2,414|   11.4|  1,055|    7.8|    256|   12.3|    227|   21.6|    209|   12.8|    377|   28.6|    289|   17.3|
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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.
2/ This category includes Dominicans.

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