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|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                             | 10,751|  100.0|  7,016|  100.0|    961|  100.0|    529|  100.0|    856|  100.0|    666|  100.0|    723|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  2,798|   26.0|  2,146|   30.6|    124|   12.9|     97|   18.3|    256|   30.0|     61|    9.2|    113|   15.6|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   |  1,902|   17.7|  1,344|   19.2|    152|   15.9|     50|    9.5|    203|   23.7|     55|    8.3|     98|   13.5|
|High school graduate             |  2,928|   27.2|  1,817|   25.9|    331|   34.4|    185|   35.0|    185|   21.6|    191|   28.7|    219|   30.3|
|Some college or associate degree |  1,916|   17.8|  1,148|   16.4|    245|   25.5|     85|   16.1|    115|   13.4|    155|   23.3|    167|   23.0|
|Bachelor's degree                |    840|    7.8|    413|    5.9|     75|    7.8|     68|   12.8|     69|    8.0|    135|   20.2|     81|   11.2|
|Advanced degree                  |    367|    3.4|    147|    2.1|     34|    3.5|     44|    8.3|     28|    3.3|     68|   10.3|     46|    6.3|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    |  4,701|   43.7|  3,490|   49.7|    277|   28.8|    147|   27.8|    460|   53.7|    116|   17.5|    211|   29.2|
|High school graduate or more     |  6,051|   56.3|  3,526|   50.3|    685|   71.2|    382|   72.2|    396|   46.3|    550|   82.5|    512|   70.8|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      |  9,545|   88.8|  6,456|   92.0|    853|   88.7|    417|   78.9|    759|   88.7|    463|   69.5|    597|   82.5|
|Bachelor's degree or more        |  1,207|   11.2|    560|    8.0|    108|   11.3|    112|   21.1|     96|   11.3|    203|   30.5|    127|   17.5|
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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