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|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                             | 89,558|  100.0| 10,986|  100.0| 64,397|  100.0| 14,174|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  5,804|    6.5|  2,821|   25.7|  2,132|    3.3|    850|    6.0|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   |  7,766|    8.7|  1,868|   17.0|  4,390|    6.8|  1,507|   10.6|
|High school graduate             | 27,889|   31.1|  3,009|   27.4| 20,343|   31.6|  4,537|   32.0|
|Some college or associate degree | 21,763|   24.3|  1,990|   18.1| 16,313|   25.3|  3,459|   24.4|
|Bachelor's degree                | 16,632|   18.6|    926|    8.4| 13,371|   20.8|  2,335|   16.5|
|Advanced degree                  |  9,704|   10.8|    372|    3.4|  7,848|   12.2|  1,485|   10.5|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    | 13,569|   15.2|  4,689|   42.7|  6,522|   10.1|  2,358|   16.6|
|High school graduate or more     | 75,988|   84.8|  6,297|   57.3| 57,875|   89.9| 11,816|   83.4|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      | 63,222|   70.6|  9,688|   88.2| 43,179|   67.1| 10,354|   73.1|
|Bachelor's degree or more        | 26,336|   29.4|  1,298|   11.8| 21,218|   32.9|  3,820|   26.9|
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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