Table 6.1  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race:   2004
           (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|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |186,877|  100.0| 21,596|  100.0|134,063|  100.0| 31,218|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              | 11,747|    6.3|  5,431|   25.1|  4,430|    3.3|  1,886|    6.0|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   | 15,998|    8.6|  3,555|   16.5|  8,986|    6.7|  3,457|   11.1|
|High school graduate             | 59,810|   32.0|  5,977|   27.7| 44,022|   32.8|  9,812|   31.4|
|Some college or associate degree | 47,572|   25.5|  4,027|   18.6| 35,631|   26.6|  7,913|   25.3|
|Bachelor's degree                | 33,766|   18.1|  1,892|    8.8| 26,569|   19.8|  5,305|   17.0|
|Advanced degree                  | 17,983|    9.6|    714|    3.3| 14,425|   10.8|  2,844|    9.1|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    | 27,745|   14.8|  8,986|   41.6| 13,416|   10.0|  5,343|   17.1|
|High school graduate or more     |159,132|   85.2| 12,610|   58.4|120,647|   90.0| 25,874|   82.9|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      |135,127|   72.3| 18,990|   87.9| 93,069|   69.4| 23,069|   73.9|
|Bachelor's degree or more        | 51,749|   27.7|  2,606|   12.1| 40,994|   30.6|  8,149|   26.1|
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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, 2004, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Population Divis