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|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female                           | 10,438|  100.0|  6,427|  100.0|  1,111|  100.0|    523|  100.0|    780|  100.0|    651|  100.0|    946|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  2,728|   26.1|  1,974|   30.7|    158|   14.2|    106|   20.2|    245|   31.4|     70|   10.7|    176|   18.6|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   |  1,673|   16.0|  1,132|   17.6|    194|   17.4|     54|   10.4|    101|   12.9|     50|    7.8|    142|   15.0|
|High school graduate             |  2,886|   27.6|  1,714|   26.7|    357|   32.2|    175|   33.5|    181|   23.2|    210|   32.3|    248|   26.2|
|Some college or associate degree |  1,943|   18.6|  1,111|   17.3|    255|   22.9|     72|   13.8|    141|   18.0|    146|   22.5|    218|   23.0|
|Bachelor's degree                |    913|    8.7|    394|    6.1|     96|    8.6|     80|   15.4|     92|   11.8|    129|   19.8|    122|   12.9|
|Advanced degree                  |    294|    2.8|    101|    1.6|     51|    4.6|     35|    6.7|     21|    2.6|     46|    7.0|     41|    4.3|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    |  4,402|   42.2|  3,107|   48.3|    351|   31.6|    160|   30.6|    346|   44.3|    120|   18.5|    318|   33.6|
|High school graduate or more     |  6,036|   57.8|  3,321|   51.7|    759|   68.4|    363|   69.4|    434|   55.7|    530|   81.5|    628|   66.4|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      |  9,231|   88.4|  5,932|   92.3|    964|   86.8|    408|   77.9|    667|   85.6|    477|   73.2|    783|   82.8|
|Bachelor's degree or more        |  1,207|   11.6|    495|    7.7|    147|   13.2|    116|   22.1|    113|   14.4|    174|   26.8|    163|   17.2|
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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